Henry Too Wesley

Henry Too Wesley (5 December 1877 – 18 June 1944) was a Liberian lawyer and politician who served as the country's 19th vice president from 1924 to 1928. A member of the Grebo ethnic group, Wesley was Liberia's first indigenous vice president.[1]

He was born in Maryland County, Liberia, in 1877.[2] He was a member of the Senate prior to being elected to the office of vice president. He was the second of three vice presidents to serve under Charles D. B. King.

References
  1. Garvey, Marcus (2006-08-23). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. X: Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520932753.
  2. "A new Vice President". Liberiapastandpresent.org. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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