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Samuel Ford McGill

1815–1871

United States

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Samuel Ford McGill (January 1815 – June 26, 1871) was a Liberian medical doctor and politician who served as governor of Maryland in Liberia from 1851 to 1854. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, he emigrated to Liberia in 1826.

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