The following lists events that happened during 1870 in Liberia.
Incumbents President: James Spriggs Payne (until January 3), Edward James Roye (starting January 3) Vice President: Joseph Gibson (until January 3), James Skivring Smith (starting January 3) Chief Justice: C. L. Parsons
Events
May May 3 – Liberian constitutional referendum, 1870
Births January 30 – Theophilus Momolu Gardiner, Liberian religious leader, in Dearlah, Grand Cape Mount County, (d. 1941) October 29 – Samuel Alfred Ross, Vice President of Liberia (1920–1924), in Greenville (d. 1929)Dunn; Beyan; Burrowes; Historical Dictionary of Liberia, pp. 283.
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