Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur Jr. (June 2, 1845 â€" September 5,
1912) was a United States Army general. He became the military
Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900 but his
term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian governor,
future-U.S. President William Howard Taft.His son, Douglas MacArthur,
was one of only five men promoted to the five-star rank of General of
the Army during World War II. In addition to their both being promoted
to the rank of general officer, Arthur MacArthur Jr. and Douglas
MacArthur also share the distinction of having been the first father
and son to each be awarded a Medal of Honor.MacArthur was born in
Chicopee Falls, then part of Springfield, Massachusetts. His father
was Arthur MacArthur, Sr., a Scottish-born American lawyer, judge and
politician who served as the fourth Governor of Wisconsin (albeit for
only four days), a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee, and an
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