AKM202085 Edward James Roye (1815-72) 1864 (oil on canvas) by Sully, Thomas (1783-1872); 61x50.8 cm; Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; (add.info.: drowned when fleeing Liberia to escape trial; served as the fifth President of Liberia from 1870 to his overthrow in 1871 and subsequent violent death. He had previously served as the 4th Chief Justice of Liberia from 1865 until 1868. He was the first member of Liberia\'s True Whig Party to serve as president.); 穢 Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent ; Courtesy of Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection,; American, out of copyright.