William Coe (governor) explained

William Coe
Office:Governor of Guam
Acting
Term Start:April 20, 1899
Term End:May 9, 1899
Predecessor:Joaquín Cruz Pérez
Successor:Louis A. Kaiser
Birth Name:William Pritchard Coe
Birth Date:12 April 1857
Birth Place:Apia, Samoa
Death Place: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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