Clarence Simpson

Clarence Lorenzo Simpson (1896-1969) was a politician in Liberia. He was foreign minister during much of World War II (1934-1943) under President Edwin Barclay.

Before coming foreign minister, Simpson was the Speaker of Liberian House of Representatives from 1931-1934. After leaving the foreign ministry in 1943, Simpson was one of the six candidates in that year's election; he eventually lost to William V.S. Tubman.^[1] He served as the Vice-President of Liberia from 1944-1952 under Tubman.

Simpson was the Liberian delegate to the League of Nations in 1934 and headed the Liberian delegation to the United Nations in 1945.

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• New Liberian Ambassador, Her Only One, Lands Here Today To Take Up Post In U.S. New York Times, 20 April 1952

v • d • e Vice-Presidents of Liberia Stephen Allen Benson • Beverley Yates • James Priest • James S. Smith • Alfred F. Russell • John Tyler • William D. Coleman • J. J. Ross • J. J. Dossen • John Breckinridge • Samuel Alfred Ross • Henry Too Wesley • Allen Yancy • Clarence Lorenzo Simpson • William R. Tolbert, Jr. • James E. Greene • Bennie Dee Warner • Harry Moniba • Enoch Dogolea • Moses Blah • Joseph Boakai

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