List of Leaders of the Libertines

The Freedmen's Council

Main article: Freedmen's Council

As part of the union of the the Republics of Freedland and Liberty into the Provisional Republic of the Libertines, and out of a need for co-ordinated leadership in the Libertine Revolution, the Freedmen's Council was formed. Made up of several free lawyers, merchants, and politicians the Freedmen’s Council was the committee of individuals who governed the Free Republic of the Libertines from the union of Freedland and Liberty in 1838 to the end of the Libertine Revolution in 1846 and the establishment of the Free Republic of the Libertines. The Council was officially led by a president, a role that rotated between the three, later six members of the Council. Initially numbering only three committee members or “Councilmen”, it expanded to six in 1840.

First Free Republic of the Libertines (1843-1934)

Main article: First Free Republic of the Libertines

Upon the creation of the Free Republic of the Libertines and its full independence from both ... and Arcadia, the leadership of the country changed from a directory to a constitutional federal republic modelled on Arcadia's. The President of the Libertines would be indirectly elected to a four-year term by the voting populace of the Libertines, initially adult men who owned property, but later expanded to any man regardless of wealth and then anyone who had reached the voting age of eighteen. Despite there being no term limits when it came to the role of President, most Presidents ended their time in office after two terms out of tradition. John Jenkins Freeman, who was serving as President of the Freedmen’s Council, was elected as the first President of the Free Republic of the Libertines, narrowly defeating his rival Benjamin Priest in the country's first election. Freeman went on to serve as an independent for three terms. He was followed by Philip Blanche Gaines, who also ran as an independent. By the end of Gaines’ tenure, several political parties had formed, such as the Whig Party (later the Democratic Party) and the Liberal Party. These parties would supply many leaders of the Libertines until the 1934 Coup at the hands of Noah Stonewall’s National Renaissance Party, which dissolved the First Free Republic of the Libertines.

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Party	Term of office		Elections Won
1	Joseph B. Freeman (1802-1878)		Independent	22 March 1844	16 October 1852	1844 1848
2	Philip Blanche Gaines (1806–1862)		Independent	16 October 1852	16 October 1860	1852 1856
3	Hiram F. Shepherd (1814-1899)		Whig	16 October 1860	16 October 1872	1860 1864 1868
4	Chester L. LeRoy (1820-1875)		Whig	16 October 1872	3 May 1875 (Died in Office)	1872
5	Lemuel Smith (1821-1880)		Whig	3 May 1875	16 October 1876	N/A
6	Francis W. Johnson (1823-1890)		Protectionist	16 October 1876	16 October 1884	1876 1880
7	Arthur J. Durand (1832-1920)		Liberal	16 October 1884	16 October 1896	1884 1888 1892
8	George S. Saint (1854-1922)		Liberal	16 October 1896	16 October 1904	1896 1900
9	Robert Louis Deperron (1857–1913)		Whig	16 October 1904	11 June 1913 (Died in Office)	1904 1908 1912
10	Alphonso Wallace (1856-1930)		Whig	11 June 1913	16 October 1916	N/A
11	Robert Getty (1873-1939)	File:Jamesweldonjohnson.jpg	Liberal	16 October 1916	16 October 1924	1916 1920
12	Alain Lechhardt Thibodeaux (1867-1964)		Land and Labour	16 October 1924	16 October 1928	1924
13	Noah Mauricanus Stonewall (1886–1940)		National Renaissance	16 October 1928	5 October 1932	1928

National State of the Libertines (1932-1939)

Main article: National State of the Libertines

The constitutional federal republic that had come to define the Free Republic of the Libertines had slowly been dismantled by President Noah Stonewall of the National Renaissance Party. Making a public declaration on the 5th of October 1932 that socialists, Arcadians, and other powers had sought to usurp the government of the Libertines by rigging the upcoming elections, Noah Stonewall cancelled the elections and announced the creation of the National State of the Libertines, in which he would serve as dictator. Met with opposition by Arcadia and ..., Stonewall instigated several incidents against neighbouring Arcadia and ... in the hopes of taking back territory lost in the ... War of 1899. This instigation culminated in the Libertine War, a short but brutal conflict that led to the toppling of Stonewall and his government, and the restoration of the Free Republic of the Libertines.

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Party	Term of office		Elections Won
1	Noah Mauricanus Stonewall (1886–1940)		National Renaissance	13 October 1932	18 January 1939	N/A