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.