Governors under the 1846 Constitution that created the Commonwealth of Liberia, elections for Governor would be reset at 1846 because of this. 1st-Joseph J. Roberts (1847-1855) No Party (Affiliated with Freedom/Republican policies) 2nd-Stephen A. Benson (1855-1863) Freedom-Republican 3rd-Daniel B. Warner (1863-1871) Freedom-Republican(Party became Republican Party in 1866) 4th-James S. Payne (1871-1879) Republican 5th-Anthony W. Gardiner (1879-1883) Liberian-Whig 6th-Edward W. Blyden (1883-1891) Republican 7th-Hilary R. W. Johnson (1891-1899) Republican 8th-Garreston W. Gibson (1899-1903) Republican