Boston Jenkins Drayton (1821–1865) was a Liberian politician and Lutheran minister who served as the 3rd Chief Justice of Liberia from 1861 until 1864. He had previously served as the final Governor of the Republic of Maryland from 1855 until its annexation by Liberia on March 18, 1857.
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1821, Drayton served as the black minister at St. John's Lutheran Church in Charleston under Minister John Bachman. In 1845, Drayton was sent by Bachman to serve as a missionary in Cape Palmas in the newly formed Republic of Maryland.[1] He later pursued a career in politics, becoming the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland under Governor William A. Prout.[2]
In December 1855, Drayton ousted Prout, who had become increasingly unpopular, and assumed the governorship, later being unanimously elected in April 1856 as the Governor of Maryland.[2] By December of that year, relations between the American settlers and the native Grebo population had deteriorated to the point of open warfare. As Maryland had less than 1,000 settlers and had poor financing, Drayton appealed to Liberia for assistance. In response, President Joseph Jenkins Roberts dispatched a militia force to put down the Grebo rebellion. Drayton soon negotiated the annexation of Maryland by Liberia and stepped down as governor on March 18, 1857.[2]
Drayton was later appointed Chief Justice of Liberia by President Stephen Allen Benson in 1861, serving until stepping down in 1864.[3] He died in 1865 as a result of accidental drowning when his canoe capsized near Cape Palmas.[4]
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BostonJenkinsDrayton (1821–1865) was a Liberian politician and Lutheran minister who served as the 3rd Chief Justice of Liberia from 1861 until 1864...
• 1854 Samuel Ford McGill • 1854–56 William A. Prout • 1856–57 BostonJenkinsDrayton History • Establishment as colony February 12, 1834 • Independence...
office 1865–1868 Nominated by Daniel Bashiel Warner Preceded by BostonJenkinsDrayton Succeeded by C. L. Parsons Personal details Born (1815-02-03)February...
Bashiel Warner of the Republican Party, defeating Chief Justice BostonJenkinsDrayton. Warner took office on 4 January 1864. Elections in Liberia African...
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served as the head football coach at Temple University from 2011 to 2012, Boston College from 2013 to 2019, and Colorado State University from 2020 to 2021...
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under authority of the Grand Lodge of New York, Past Grand Master Paul Drayton organized King Solomon Lodge #23 (now #1,) at New Bern, North Carolina...
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lifted only his right arm." Connolly received his undergraduate degree from Boston College in 1952 and attended graduate school at UCLA. Both during and after...
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