William Tubman

William Vacanarat Shadrach Tub-man was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th President of Liberia, serving from his election in 1944 until his death in 1971.Tubman is regarded as the "father of modern Liberia"; his presidency was marked by attracting sufficient foreign investment to modernize the economy and infrastructure.

During his tenure, Liberia experienced a period of prosperity. He also led a policy of national unification in order to reduce the social and political differences between his fellow Americo-Liberians and the indigenous Liberians.

William Tubman was born November 29, 1895, in Harper. Tubman's father, Alexander Tubman, was a stonemason, general in the Liberian army, and a former Speaker of the Liberian House of Representatives, as well as a Methodist preacher. Tubman's mother, Elizabeth Rebecca (née Barnes) Tubman, was from Atlanta, Georgia.