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Anthony W. Gardner

1820–1885

United States

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Anthony William Gardner (January 24, 1820 – 1885), sometimes written as Gardiner, served as the ninth president of Liberia from 1878 until 1883. He was the first of a series of thirteen True Whig presidents who held uninterrupted power in Liberia from 1878 until 1980.

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