List of Leaders of the Libertines

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Republic of Liberty (1832-1836)

No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Portrait Party Term of office Elections Won
1 William Russel Brownstone
(1793-1860)
John Russwurm by an unidentified artist, c. 1850, oil on canvas, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 79 252Russwurm d1.jpg Independent 28 July
1834
2 January
1836
N/A

Republic of Freedland (1832-1836)

Provisional Republic of the Libertines (1836-1844)

Made up of several educated African-Arcadian 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 1836 to the establishment of the Free Republic of the Libertines in 1840. The Council, comprised of seven representatives, was officially led by a president, a role that rotated yearly between the members of the Council. All seven members of the Council had served as President by the end of the Libertine Revolution in 1840, with the incumbent President of the Freedman's Council Joseph B. Freeman becoming the first President of the Free Republic of the Libertines in January 1840.


Free Republic of the Libertines (1844-1935)

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 free 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. Joseph B. 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 Benjamin Priest in the country's first election on the 11th of January 1844. 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 1935 Coup at the hands of Noah Stonewall’s People'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
(1801-1878)
Joseph Jenkins Roberts.jpg Independent 11 January
1844
16 October
1852
1844

1848
2 Philip Blanche Gaines
(1806–1862)
Stephen Allen Benson (cropped).jpg Independent 16 October
1852
16 October
1860
1852

1856
3 Hiram Shepherd
(1814-1899)
Frederick Douglass ambrotype (1856).jpg Whig 16 October
1860
16 October
1872
1860

1864

1868
4 Chester L. LeRoy
(1820-1875)
Lieut. Governor Dunn, La - NARA - 527896.jpg Whig 16 October
1872
3 May
1875
(Died in Office)
1872
5 Lemuel Smith
(1821-1880)
Joseph Rainey - Brady-Handy.jpg Whig 3 May
1875
16 October
1876
N/A
6 Francis W. Johnson
(1823-1890)
Blanche Bruce - Brady-Handy.jpg Protectionist 16 October
1876
16 October
1884
1876

1880
7 Arthur J. Durand
(1832-1920)
Robert Smalls - Brady-Handy.jpg Liberal 16 October
1884
16 October
1896
1884

1888

1892
8 George S. Saint
(1854-1922)
Alonzo-herndon 001-800x1024.jpg Liberal 16 October
1896
16 October
1904
1896

1900
9 Robert Louis Deperron
(1857–1913)
Booker T Washington retouched flattened-crop.jpg Whig 16 October
1904
11 December
1913
(Died in Office)
1904

1908

1912
10 Alphonso Wallace
(1856-1930)
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1851-1921 LCCN2001704024.jpg Whig 11 December
1913
16 October
1916
N/A
11 Robert Getty
(1873-1939)
James Weldon Johnson3.jpg Liberal 16 October
1916
16 October
1924
1916

1920
12 Ishmael F. Priest
(1875-1952)
ALain-Locke-Howard-University.jpg Liberal 16 October
1924
16 October
1928
1924
13 Alain Lechhardt Thibodeaux
(1867-1964)
AlainThibodeaux.jpg Land and Labour 16 October
1928
16 October
1932
1928
14 Noah Mauricanus Stonewall
(1876–1940)
Noah Stonewall.jpg People's National Renaissance 16 October
1932
5 October
1935
1928

National State of the Libertines (1935-1939)

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 People's National Renaissance Party (PNRP). Making a public declaration on the 5th of October 1935 that socialists, Arcadians, and other powers had sought to usurp the government of the Libertines by planning a coup, Noah Stonewall disbanded the government with the help of his loyalist paramilitary forces 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 would instigate a war with ... in the hopes of taking back territory lost in the ... War of 1899. This instigation culminated in the Libertine Intervention, 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
(1876–1940)
StonewallLeader.png People's National Renaissance 13 October
1935
18 January
1939
N/A

Free Republic of the Libertines (1939-Present)

One notable change to the constitution was the introduction of term limits; the President of the Libertines was now unable to serve for more than two terms in office.

No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Portrait Party Term of office Elections Won
15 Quentin B. Dove
(1881-1966)
Arthur W. Mitchell.jpg Independent
(1939-1943)

Democratic
(1943-1947)
18 January
1939
16 October
1947
1943
16 Ishmael F. Priest
(1875-1952)
Alain LeRoy Locke.jpg Liberal 16 October
1947
16 October
1951
1947
17 Gordon E. Green
(1890-1955)
Walter Francis White.jpg Democratic 16 October
1951
19 November
1955
(Died in Office)
1951

1955
18 Charles M. Clay
(1893-1970)
CharlesMClay.jpg Democratic 19 November
1955
16 October
1967
1959

1963
19 Elijah Smith
(1918-2017)
Edward Brooke at the 1968 RNC (2) (1).jpg Liberal 16 October
1967
16 October
1975
1967

1971
20 Robert James Pierce
(born 1923)
Jimmy Carter head shot - NARA - 175374.jpg Liberal 16 October
1975
16 October
1983
1975

1979
21 Harvey Morgan
(1922-1990)
Harold Washington (9519692588).jpg Democratic 16 October
1983
16 October
1987
1983
22 Warren Williamson
(born 1940)
Jesse Jackson.jpg Progressive
Republicans
16 October
1987
16 October
1991
1987
23 Eugene DeBois Courtney
(born 1931)
EugeneCourtney.jpg Democratic 16 October
1991
16 October
1999
1991

1995
24 Theodore B. MacKay
(1938-2021)
Colin powell cropped.png Democratic 16 October
1999
16 October
2007
1999

2003
25 Saul Washington
(1939-2020)
John Lewis (6997171333).jpg Liberal 16 October
2007
16 October
2015
2007

2011
26 Raymond Burr
(born 1965)
Ben Carson by Skidmore with lighting correction (cropped).jpg Democratic 16 October
2015
16 October
2019
2015
27 Michelangelo Masters
(born 1968)
Cory Booker (48645217412) (cropped).jpg Liberal 16 October
2019
Present 2019