Edward D. Taussig
Rear admiral in the United States Navy
Died when: 73 years 70 days (878 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Edward David Taussig (November 20, 1847 – January 29, 1921) was a decorated Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.He is best remembered for being the officer to claim Wake Island after the Spanish–American War, as well as accepting the physical relinquishment of Guam by its Spanish governor following the Treaty of Paris in which Spain ceded Guam to the United States following nearly 300 years of colonial rule.
Taussig briefly served as Governor of Guam.He was the first of a four-generational family of United States Naval Academy graduates including his son, Vice Admiral Joseph K.
Taussig (1877–1947), grandson Captain Joseph K.Taussig Jr. (1920–1999), and great-grandson, Captain Joseph K.Taussig USMC (1945–).
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