Born in Haimre Parish, Kreis Wiek, Governorate of Estonia (now Rapla County, Estonia), 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
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. In 1919, Anton Uesson was elected the 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 December 4, Vaba Maa reported on President-elect Hoover"s gracious response to Uesson from California. In 1940, during the Soviet invasion of Estonia in World 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 Sverdlovsk oblast (present day Yekaterinburg) and executed by gunshot on 13 April 1942.
– Anton Uesson, 1938.
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. 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 I, Step II, 1928 1930 The Ribbon of the Decoration, Class III, 1930 1934 Memorial in the Estonian Red Cross Level II Phase I, 1934 1938 Order of the White Star, Class II, 1938.
In 1918 Uesson was a founding member and member of the board of trustees of the Tallinn Technical Institute. 1918–1919, Founding member of the Tallinn Technical School and a member of the board of trustees. 1937, Member of the Estonian National Assembly (Rahvuskogu).
