George Radcliffe Colton - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

George Radcliffe Colton was the Governor of Puerto Rico

Governor of Puerto Rico

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from November 6, 1909 to November 5, 1913, a position to which he was appointed by President

President

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William Howard Taft

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. He was originally from Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg, Illinois

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. During the early part of the 1900s, he served in the United States Army

United States Army

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and attained the rank of colonel

Colonel

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by 1905. (However, this may not have been his final rank before retiring from the military.)

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