William A. Prout

{{Short description|19th century Liberian politician}} {{refimprove|date=February 2018}} {{infobox office holder |name = William A. Prout |office = 4th Governor of the Republic of Maryland |term_start = June 6, 1854 |term_end = April 1856 |predecessor = Samuel Ford McGill |successor =Boston Jenkins Drayton<ref>{{cite book |last=Beyan |first=Amos J. |year=2005 |title= African American Settlements in West Africa: John Brown Russwurm and the American Civilizing Efforts |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DYHHAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA145 |publisher=Springer |publication-date= |page=145 |isbn=978-1-349-53094-6 |access-date= 2018-02-17 |via=Google Books |quote= Independent Maryland in Liberia was first led by William A. Prout, who had been elected by the settlers of this place. Prout was succeeded by Boston J. Drayton in April 1856; and he continued to serve in this capacity up to March 3, 1857, when Maryland in Liberia became part of Liberia }}</ref> }} '''William A. Prout''' was a Liberian politician.

Prout was the son of Jacob W. Prout, who served as secretary of the Liberian Constitutional Convention. Prout served as the first elected governor of Republic of Maryland after the country achieved independence. In April 1856, Prout was removed from office for repeated public drunkenness.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Burrowes |first=Carl Patrick|date=1989 |title=Black Christian Republicans: Delegates to the 1847 Liberian Constitutional Convention |url=https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/lsj/issue/archive |journal= Liberian Studies Journal|volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=76 |doi=|access-date=June 10, 2022}}</ref><ref name="diction">{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |trans-title=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|language=English |location= |isbn=|page=222}}</ref>

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