Phelps Phelps

Phelps Phelps, born Phelps von Rottenburg, was an American politician who held a number of offices in New York before becoming the 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 as his last name, even though it was already also his first name. He attended Yale University in 1916, but was dismissed for cheating; he eventually graduated from Williams College and then Fordham University Law School, becoming an attorney.

Country

United States

Category

Writers

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Writer / Author

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1897 to 1981 · aged 84

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