Arthur Yager

Arthur Yager as Governor of Puerto Rico (around 1919)

Arthur Yager (born October 29, 1858 in Henry County , Kentucky , USA , † December 24, 1941 in Pewee Valley , Kentucky, USA) was governor of Puerto Rico from 1913 to 1921 .

He taught history and politics at Georgetown College in Kentucky. From 1908 to 1913 he was president of the college.

Then US President Woodrow Wilson , Yager's fellow student at Johns Hopkins University , appointed him as Democrat governor of Puerto Rico. He held the office until the end of Wilson's presidency. He was succeeded by Emmet Montgomery Reily .

During Yager's tenure in Puerto Rico, the US Congress passed the Jones-Shafroth Act in 1917 , which granted Puerto Ricans US citizenship . A collection of Yager's correspondence as governor is available in the archives of the Filson Historical Society in Louisville .

literature

• Noah Huffman: Arthur Yager: President of Georgetown College (1908-1913) and Governor of Puerto Rico (1913-1921) ( Memento August 28, 2008 on the Internet Archive ) . Filson Historical Society Newsmagazine . vol. 6, no.3 (2006)
• Dr. Arthur Yager; Served as Governor of Puerto Rico for 8 years After 1913 (obituary), New York Times , Dec. 25, 1941, p. 25th
• Arthur Yager. Twenty Years of Progress in Porto [sic!] Rico under the American Flag . San Juan 1919.

Web links

Biography at Georgetown College (English)