1927: Fraudulent Election at its peak

Charles Dunbar Burgess King

(1875-1961)

In this year the world witnessed the most fraudulent election in Liberia when Charles Dunbar Burgess King had received 234,000 votes; however, at the time Liberia had only 15,000 registered voters. This was also listed in the Guinness book of record 1982, as the most fraudulent election reported in history.

Charles D. B. King was the 17th president of Liberia. He was in office within the duration of 10 years (1920-1930). He was born 12th March, 1875 in Monrovia, Liberia; he became the president of Liberia under the True Whig political party. He died 4th September, 1961 (aged 86).