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William Coe (governor)

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William Coe
Governor of Guam
Acting
In office
April 20, 1899 – May 9, 1899
Preceded byJoaquín Cruz Pérez
Succeeded byLouis A. Kaiser
Personal details
Born
William Pritchard Coe

(1857-04-12)April 12, 1857
Apia, Samoa
Died1909 (aged 51–52)
Davao, Philippines

William Pritchard Coe (1857-1909) briefly served as Governor of Guam during 1899. He served in this position for two weeks. Previously Coe had lived in Samoa. Coe was the son of the American merchant and Consul Jonas Mynderse Coe who was born February 12, 1823, in Troy, New York and his first wife, Le'uta Malietoa born in Salesatele, Samoa the daughter of a chief.

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References

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  • Rogers, Robert F. (1995). Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1678-1. OCLC 30594600.
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis (1892). A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 30645223.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Guam
Acting

1899
Succeeded by