Henry Too Wesley

Wesley in 1924

Henry Toö Wesley (5 December 1877 – 18 June 1944) was a Liberian lawyer and politician who served as the country's 19th vice president from 1924 to 1928. A member of the Grebo ethnic group, Wesley was Liberia's first indigenous vice president.^[1]

He was born in Maryland County, Liberia, in 1877.^[2] He was a member of the Senate prior to being elected to the office of vice president. He was the second of three vice presidents to serve under Charles D. B. King.

References

↑ Garvey, Marcus (2006-08-23). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. X: Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520932753.
↑ "A new Vice President". Liberiapastandpresent.org. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Garvey, Marcus (2006-08-23). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. X: Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520932753.

[2] "A new Vice President". Liberiapastandpresent.org. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[1]

[2]