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About 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.
Everything about Phelps Phelps →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician, lawyer, ambassador
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of New York, Governor of American Samoa, member of the New York State Assembly
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 4, 1897
- Died
- June 10, 1981