Charles Emmett Yeater (Philippines Governor General)

Charles Emmett Yeater (April 24, 1861 – July 20, 1943) of

Sedalia, Missouri Sedalia is a city located approximately south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city had ...

was acting

Governor-General of the Philippines The Governor-General of the Philippines (Spanish: ''Gobernador y Capitán General de Filipinas''; Filipino: ''Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas/Kapitan Heneral ng Pilipinas''; Japanese: ) was the title of the government executive during the colo ...

from March 5, 1921 to October 14, 1921. From 1901 to 1935, the governor-general was the chief political executive of the

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, when the country was governed by the

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. The Charles E. Yeater Learning CenterCharles E. Yeater Learning Center
at

State Fair Community College State Fair Community College is a public community college in Sedalia, Missouri, adjacent to the Missouri State Fairgrounds. In addition to the Sedalia campus, there are extended campus locations in Boonville, Lake of the Ozarks, Clinton, Wars ...

in Sedalia is named for him. He served as Democratic member of the

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in 1892, and was a supporter of the legislation to move the Missouri State Capital from Jefferson City to Sedalia, which failed in the popular vote. He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Missouri.

References

1861 births 1943 deaths People from Sedalia, Missouri Democratic Party Missouri state senators Governors-General of the Philippine Islands American expatriates in the Philippines History of the Philippines (1898–1946) {{Philippines-politician-stub