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General elections were held in Liberia in 1855 to elect the president of Liberia, with incumbent president Joseph Jenkins Roberts declining to run for a fifth term in office.[1]
The presidential election resulted in a victory for Vice-President Stephen Allen Benson of the True Liberian Party, who defeated Edward James Roye of the Whig Party.[2][3] Beverly P. Yates was elected vice-president.[4]
Benson took office as the country's second president on 7 January 1856, with Roberts making a speech at Benson's inauguration.[5]
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