William Coe (governor)

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.

William Coe
Governor of Guam Acting
In office April 20, 1899 – May 9, 1899
Preceded by	Joaquín Cruz Pérez
Succeeded by	Louis A. Kaiser
Personal details
Born	William Pritchard Coe (1857-04-12)April 12, 1857 Apia, Samoa
Died	1909 (aged 51–52) Davao, Philippines

See also

• List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States

References

• WILLIAM PRITCHARD COE
• The Coe Families of Maryland and Virginia

• 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.