John C. Elliott was an American

United States

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 politician appointed as the 39th Governor of American Samoa. Elliott was born on January 30, 1919 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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. He died on August 13, 2001 in San Marino, California

San Marino, California

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. He is buried at the San Gabriel Cemetery in San Gabriel, California

San Gabriel, California

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. He took office on July 16, 1952 and left on November 23, 1952, leaving for personal reasons, and is the youngest man to ever hold the office. Prior to his appointment, Elliott had served as the assistant to Governor Phelps Phelps

Phelps Phelps

Phelps Phelps , born Phelps von Rottenburg, was an American politician who held a number of offices in New York before becoming the 38th Governor of American Samoa and the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Phelps' parents divorced in 1899 and he later took his mother's maiden name...

 and Secretary of American Samoa.