Anton Uesson

Born in Haimre Parish, Kreis Wiek, Governorate of Estonia (now Rapla County, Estonia),[2] he was the son of Jaan Uesson and Ann Uesson (née Mänd). He was one of eight siblings. Uesson graduated from the Theological Seminary in Riga, present-day Latvia in 1902. In 1910, he finished his studies at the Riga Polytechnic Institute, graduating cum laude with a degree as a civil engineer.[2] He began his career as an architect and engineer by constructing many of Tallinn's Jugendstil buildings in the 1910s, working for Tallinn's then-mayor Voldemar Lender. By the spring of 1912, Uesson was constructing over 40 houses in the capital city.[3]

In 1917 Uesson was a founding member and member of the board of trustees of the Estonian Technical Society.[4] In 1919, Anton Uesson was elected the Deputy Mayor of Tallinn; a post which he held until 1934, when he became deputy mayor, which post was renamed mayor since 1 May 1938.

In 1928, when the Tallinn city government learned that Herbert Hoover had been elected the United States president, Anton Uesson sent Hoover a congratulatory telegram. Hoover had previously, in 1920, been elected an Honorary Citizen of Tallinn. On 4 December Vaba Maa reported on President-elect Hoover's gracious response to Uesson from California.[5]

In 1940, during the Soviet invasion of Estonia in World War II, Uesson was arrested by Soviet authorities, along with many other prominent Estonian politicians and intellectuals. He was sent to a gulag in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk oblast and executed by gunshot on 13 April 1942.[1]

• 1917, Estonian Engineering Society, a founder and first chairman.
• 1918–1919, Founding member of the Tallinn Technical School and a member of the board of trustees.
• 1920–1922, I EV Riigikogu.
• 1920–1940, The Paramilitaries Endowment Committee Chairman.
• 1920–1940, Chair of the Board of the Association of Estonian Cities.[6]
• 1935–1940, Engineering's Chairman Committee.
• 1937, Member of the Estonian National Assembly (Rahvuskogu).
• 1938–1940, National Council (Riiginõukogu) member.

• 1928 Order of the Estonian Red Cross, Class I Grade II
• 1930, Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class III
• 1934 Memorial in the Estonian Red Cross, Class II Grade I
• 1938 Order of the White Star, Class II

The stronger the control of local governments, the better the local government representatives and leaders have managed these governments.

– Anton Uesson, 1938[7]

• Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Raamatukogu (Tallinn Technical School)

• Linnapea A. Uesson 60-aastane. Uus Eesti, 12 January 1939, no. 11. pp 6.