Anthony David Williams (1799-1860) was a Liberian politician who served as the second

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from 1850 to 1854 under

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Joseph Jenkins Roberts. Born free in the United States in 1799, he immigrated as a

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preacher from Petersburg, Virginia to Liberia in 1823. Williams served as the Colonial Agent for the American Colonization Society from 1837 to 1839. During his tenure, the colony of

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was established. In the 1849 elections, Williams ran for vice president against incumbent

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. The failure of any candidate to secure a majority of the vote led the race to be thrown to the House of Representatives, which chose Williams as vice president. He died in 1860. His son, Anthony D. Williams, Jr., served as Secretary of War and Navy, and later unsuccessfully ran for president in

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and

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as the candidate for the New Republican Party and again in 1899 as the candidate of the National Union Party.

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Vice presidents of Liberia 1799 births 1860 deaths Americo-Liberian people 19th-century Liberian politicians 19th-century African-American politicians {{Liberia-politician-stub