Thomas Buchanan (Governor of Liberia)

Thomas Buchanan
Thomas Buchanan
1st Governor of Liberia
	In office; April 1, 1839 – September 3, 1841
Preceded by	Jehudi Ashmun
Succeeded by	Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Personal details
Born	November 19, 1808
Died	September 3, 1841; Monrovia, Liberia

Thomas Buchanan (November 19, 1808 – September 3, 1841) was an American who became a politician, the first official governor of Liberia. He was a cousin of James Buchanan, President of the United States.[1]

Career

Buchanan served in the 1830s as the envoy of the American Colonization Society to the colony of Liberia, which it had founded on the coast in West Africa. He worked first as an administrator in Grand Bassa, later a county that named its seat as Buchanan in his honor. In 1839, Buchanan was sent to Monrovia. After the death of Jehudi Ashmun, a secretary of the ACS and top executive in Liberia, Buchanan was appointed as the first official governor of Liberia. He served from April 1, 1839 until his death on September 3, 1841.[2]

References

Liberia: Who Created This Mess?, The Perspective, August 5, 2003
Miller, Randall M. (1990). Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family. University of Georgia Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780820323794. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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[1] Liberia: Who Created This Mess?, The Perspective, August 5, 2003

[Miller1990-2] Miller, Randall M. (1990). Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family. University of Georgia Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780820323794. Retrieved 19 August 2019.