About Arthur Emerson
Lived 1893 – 1975 (aged 81–82). Arthur Emerson was an American military personnel and politician.
Arthur Tenney Emerson (1893–1975) was the governor of American Samoa, serving from April 22 to July 17, 1931.
Emerson was born on December 3, 1893, in East Weymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Theodore and Nellie (née Newman) Emerson. He attended Dartmouth College before being appointed to the United States Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1916. He married Gertrude Boucher Childs, the widow of Lieutenant Earle W. F. Childs, in 1921 aboard in Naples, Italy.
Emerson served in World War I, before receiving appointment to the governorship for a brief time.
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Arthur Emerson was born on 3 December 1893 in Weymouth.
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Arthur Emerson died in 1975 in Coronado.
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