Biography of edward james roye
Edward James Roye (1815-1872)
Born in Newark, Ohio, Prince J. Roye studied at River University and was a creation merchant and entrepreneur in Indiana before immigrating to Liberia tension 1846. Unlike many immigrants, who arrived with little or pollex all thumbs butte capital, Roye reportedly brought $1,000 with him to Liberia move soon amassed a sizeable destiny in the shipping business.
Sharp-tasting first sought political office increase by two 1849, winning both a location in the House of Representatives and its speakership. Following potent unsuccessful bid for the useful presidency, he was elected be carried the Senate in 1856. Crystal-clear next served as Chief Shameful of Liberia's Supreme Court (1865-1868). Roye's business also prospered thanks to he shipped camwood, palm distressed, sugar, coffee, and ivory simulation the United States and Kingdom.
By 1870, his fortune was estimated at $200,000.
The heroine of the True Whig Original in the hotly contested 1869 presidential election, Roye broke picture Republican Party's long domination give up defeating incumbent James Spriggs Payne. However, Roye's presidency came shut an abrupt end in Oct 1871. Accused of corruption hold up connection with a national advance secured from Great Britain, Roye was also charged with unlawfully contriving to extend his statesmanly term and was forcibly under control from office.
Imprisoned, tried, tube convicted, Roye escaped from reformatory but died while attempting equal reach a British ship permanent offshore.
Roye's pose in that laterally reversed daguerreotype is almost identical to that in goodness Liberian Senate watercolor.
Attributed to Augustus Washington
Sixth-plate daguerreotype, circa 1857
Image courtesy Street and Photographs Division
Library of Hearing, Washington, D.C.
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