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1935 Liberian general election
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Liberia yes 1943 Liberian general election 1943 1931 Liberian general election 1931 7 May 1935 Presidential election presidential Edwin Barclay portrait (cropped).jpg Edwin Barclay True Whig Party 344,569 97.79% 1927 Charles Dunbar Burgess King (cropped).jpg Charles D. B. King People's Party 7,784 2.21% President Edwin Barclay True Whig Party Edwin Barclay True Whig Party
General elections were held in Liberia on 7 May 1935, alongside a constitutional referendum.https://www.nytimes.com/1935/05/15/archives/barclay-reelected-liberian-president-amendment-extending-term-from.html BARCLAY RE-ELECTED LIBERIAN PRESIDENT; Amendment Extending Term From 4 to 8 Years Carried at May 7 Election The New York Times 15 May 1935 Incumbent President Edwin Barclay of the True Whig Party was re-elected with 98% of the vote, defeating former President Charles D. B. King who ran with the support of the People's Party and Unit Whigs.
The constitutional amendments were approved in the simultaneous referendum, extending the presidential term to eight years, meaning the next presidential election would be in 1943.
Results
President
Edwin Barclay True Whig Party 344569 Charles D. B. King People's Party–Unit Whigs 7784 Timehttps://time.com/archive/6820581/liberia-whig-v-whig/ LIBERIA: Whig v. Whig Time 27 May 1935
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