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Edmund Beardsley Underwood (1853 – April 12, 1928) was a Commodore in the
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
. Born in March 1853, at
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, in
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, he was the son of U.S. Army Lieutenant
Edmund Underwood Edmund Underwood (1826–1863) was a native of Pennsylvania that served in the Mexican American War and then as an officer in the U. S. Army. Biography He was an officer in the 4th Infantry Regiment various posts in California and Oregon Territor ...
and Mary Moore Beardsley. He graduated from the
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in 1873. He was Commandant (and therefore Acting Governor) of
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from May 5, 1903 to January 30, 1905. He retired in 1910.


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1853 births 1928 deaths Governors of American Samoa United States Naval Academy alumni Military personnel from California United States Navy officers {{US-navy-bio-stub