Harold Alexander Houser

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Houser's grave in the United States Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis .

Harold Alexander Houser (born March 31, 1897 in Fort Valley , Peach County , Georgia - † September 3, 1981 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an admiral in the United States Navy . He also served as the 35th Governor of American Samoa from September 10, 1945 to April 22, 1947 .

Houser graduated from the Marion Military Institute before being called to the United States Naval Academy in 1917 . During his career in the Navy, he has held numerous positions including command of Naval Air Station Key West and artillery officer aboard the USS Omaha (CL-4) .

During his time as governor, he represented the United States at a meeting of the great powers of the Pacific , in which Australia and New Zealand also took part. After the end of this legislature, he was appointed Rear Admiral and served as director of the Office of Legislative Liaison .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USNA Cemetery Documentation Project (PDF; 62 kB) In: United States Naval Academy Cemetery & Crematorium . United States Naval Academy . Summer 2005. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 4, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usna.edu
  2. ^ Marion Military Institute Generals and Admirals (PDF; 53 kB) Marion Military Institute. S. 3. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 4, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.marionmilitary.edu
  3. ^ Report of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and Reserve Officers on Active Duty . United States Government Printing Office , Washington, DC 1920, p. 262, (Retrieved May 4, 2010).
  4. ↑ Americans Reach France in Safety . In: New York Times , The New York Times Company , January 27, 1939, p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2010. 
  5. ^ Meeting Planned for Pacific Area . In: New York Times , The New York Times Company , Jan 5, 1947, p. 32. Retrieved May 4, 2010. 
  6. ↑ Official Register of the United States . United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 1959, p. 111, (Retrieved May 4, 2010).
personal data
SURNAME Houser, Harold Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer, governor of American Samoa
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Valley , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH 3rd September 1981
Place of death Bethesda , Maryland