George Radcliffe Colton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Radcliffe Colton
American politician
Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1865
Place of Birth: Galesburg, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 06-Apr-1916
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About George Radcliffe Colton
- 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.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.
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