List of Leaders of the Libertines
Republic of Liberty (1833-1836)
Republic of Freedland (1833-1836)
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. Many of these representatives were Maurian-Arcadians who were born free, who had been educated in Arcadia, and who had moved to the Libertines upon hearing of its revolution. 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 | Vice President | Term of office | Elections Won | Notes | |
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1 | Joseph B. Freeman (1801-1878) |
Independent | Elias B. Coker 1844-1848 Philip Blanche Gaines 1848-1852 |
11 January 1844 |
16 October 1852 |
1844 1848 |
WIP | |
2 | Philip Blanche Gaines (1806–1862) |
Independent | Everett J. Wyatt 1852-1856 Hanson Lewis 1856-1860 |
16 October 1852 |
16 October 1860 |
1852 1856 |
WIP | |
3 | Hiram Shepherd (1814-1899) |
Whig | Joseph Randall 1860-1868 Hayden Hudson 1868-1872 |
16 October 1860 |
16 October 1872 |
1860 1864 1868 |
WIP | |
4 | Chester L. LeRoy (1820-1875) |
Whig | Lemuel Smith | 16 October 1872 |
3 May 1875 (Died in Office) |
1872 | WIP | |
5 | Lemuel Smith (1821-1880) |
Whig | Office vacant from May 3 to October 16, 1876 | 3 May 1875 |
16 October 1876 |
N/A | WIP | |
6 | Francis W. Johnson (1823-1890) |
Protectionist | Elijah Hedge 1876-1880 William J. Sommers 1880-1884 |
16 October 1876 |
16 October 1884 |
1876 1880 |
WIP | |
7 | Arthur J. Durand (1832-1920) |
Liberal | Orville Monroe 1884-1892 Samuel McGill 1892-1896 |
16 October 1884 |
16 October 1896 |
1884 1888 1892 |
WIP | |
8 | George S. Saint (1854-1922) |
Liberal | Frederick Edenfield | 16 October 1896 |
16 October 1904 |
1896 1900 |
WIP | |
9 | Robert Louis Deperron (1857–1913) |
Whig | Oren Brennan 1904-1908 Alphonso Wallace 1908-1913 |
16 October 1904 |
11 December 1913 (Died in Office) |
1904 1908 1912 |
WIP | |
10 | Alphonso Wallace (1856-1930) |
Whig | Office was vacant from 11 December to October 16, 1916 | 11 December 1913 |
16 October 1916 |
N/A | WIP | |
11 | Robert Getty (1873-1939) |
Liberal | Ishmael F. Priest | 16 October 1916 |
16 October 1924 |
1916 1920 |
WIP | |
12 | Ishmael F. Priest (1875-1952) |
Liberal | Willard Patrick Bain | 16 October 1924 |
16 October 1928 |
1924 | WIP | |
13 | Alain Lechhardt Thibodeaux (1867-1964) |
Land and Labour | Thomas Ford | 16 October 1928 |
16 October 1932 |
1928 | WIP | |
14 | Noah Mauricanus Stonewall (1876–1940) |
People's National Renaissance | Domingo Ismael Johnson | 16 October 1932 |
5 October 1935 |
1928 | WIP |
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. | Title | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Party | Term of office | Notes | |
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1 | Dictator of the National State | Noah Mauricanus Stonewall (1876–1940) |
People's National Renaissance | 13 October 1935 |
18 January 1939 |
WIP |
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 | Vice President | Term of office | Elections Won | Notes | |
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15 | Quentin B. Dove (1881-1966) |
Independent (1939-1943) Democratic (1943-1947) |
Louis Robert Mitchell | 18 January 1939 |
16 October 1947 |
1943 | WIP | |
16 | Ishmael F. Priest (1875-1952) |
Liberal | J.C De Priest | 16 October 1947 |
16 October 1951 |
1947 | WIP | |
17 | Gordon E. Green (1890-1955) |
Democratic | Charles M. Clay | 16 October 1951 |
19 November 1955 (Died in Office) |
1951 1955 |
WIP | |
18 | Charles M. Clay (1893-1970) |
Democratic | Office vacant from November 19 to October 16, 1959 Augustus Townes 1959-1967 |
19 November 1955 |
16 October 1967 |
1959 1963 |
WIP | |
19 | Elijah Smith (1918-2017) |
Liberal | Robert James Pierce | 16 October 1967 |
16 October 1975 |
1967 1971 |
WIP | |
20 | Robert James Pierce (born 1923) |
Liberal | WIP | 16 October 1975 |
16 October 1983 |
1975 1979 |
WIP | |
21 | Harvey Morgan (1922-1990) |
125px | Democratic | James P. Baxter | 16 October 1983 |
16 October 1987 |
1983 | WIP |
22 | Warren Williamson (born 1940) |
Progressive Republicans |
Foster Freeman | 16 October 1987 |
16 October 1991 |
1987 | WIP | |
23 | Eugene DeBois Courtney (born 1931) |
Democratic | Floyd Brown 1991-1996 Roland Carter 1996-1999 |
16 October 1991 |
16 October 1999 |
1991 1995 |
WIP | |
24 | Theodore B. MacKay (1938-2021) |
Democratic | Marylandia Byrd-Stevens | 16 October 1999 |
16 October 2007 |
1999 2003 |
WIP | |
25 | Saul Washington (1939-2020) |
Liberal | WIP | 16 October 2007 |
16 October 2015 |
2007 2011 |
WIP | |
26 | Raymond Burr (born 1965) |
Democratic | Emanuel Rush | 16 October 2015 |
16 October 2019 |
2015 | WIP | |
27 | Michelangelo Masters (born 1968) |
Liberal | Toni Cain | 16 October 2019 |
Present | 2019 | WIP |