nov 6, 1909 - 5th US Governor of PR Gen. George Radcliffe

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George Radcliffe Colton (April 10, 1865 – April 6, 1916) was the Governor of Puerto Rico from November 6, 1909 to November 5, 1913, a position to which he was appointed by President William Howard Taft.

Born in Galesburg, Illinois, he went to Knox College. In the 1880s he was a rancher in New Territory. He served in the Nebraska House of Representatives 1889-1890 and was a bank examiner in Nebraska. He served in the United States Army in the 1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel. He was stationed in the Philippines, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.[1]

In the 1910 U.S. Census of Puerto Rico, in April, George Colton lived in barrio Catedral on Allen Street (Calle de Allen). He lived there with his sister Margarite Colton and three servants. He gave his birthplace as Illinois and that of his parents as Maine. His neighbor on one side was Mannie H. Smith, a teacher, and on the other side, George R. Shanton, who was the chief of police.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Radcliffe_Colton

Military Commandant under US Rule
25 Jul 1898 - 21 Oct 1898 Nelson Appleton Miles
21 Oct 1898 - 9 Dec 1898 John Ruller Brooke
9 Dec 1898 - 9 May 1899 Guy Vernor Henry
9 May 1899 - 1 May 1900 George Whitefield Davis

Governors under US Rule
1 May 1900 - 15 Sep 1901 Charles Herbert Allen
15 Sep 1901 - 4 Jul 1904 William Henry Hunt
4 Jul 1904 - 18 Apr 1907 Beekman Winthrop
18 Apr 1907 - 6 Nov 1909 Regis Henry Prost
6 Nov 1909 - 15 Nov 1913 George Radcliffe Colton
15 Nov 1913 - May 1921 Arthur Yager

http://www.elboricua.com/Governors.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Puerto_Rico#Post-Foraker_Act_of_1900

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