List of governors of American Samoa
This is a list of governors, etc. of the part of the Samoan Islands (now comprising American Samoa) under United States administration since 1900.
Commandant governors (1900–1905)
Term | Image | Incumbent | Notes |
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17 February 1900 — 27 November 1901 | Benjamin Franklin Tilley, Commandant | 17 April 1900: Treaty of Cession of Tutuila | |
27 November 1901 — 16 December 1902 | Uriel Sebree, Commandant | ||
16 December 1902 — 5 May 1903 | Henry Minett, acting Commandant | ||
5 May 1903 — 30 January 1905 | Edmund Beardsley Underwood, Commandant/Governor | 16 July 1904: Treaty of Cession of Manu'a |
Term | Image | Incumbent | Notes |
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30 January 1905 — 21 May 1908 | Charles Brainard Taylor Moore, Governor | ||
21 May 1908 — 10 November 1910 | John Frederick Parker, Governor | ||
10 November 1910 — 14 March 1913 | William Michael Crose, Governor | 17 July 1911: U.S. Naval Station Tutuila renamed American Samoa | |
14 March 1913 — 14 July 1913 | Nathan Woodworth Post, acting Governor | 1st Term | |
14 July 1913 — 2 October 1914 | Clark Daniel Stearns, Governor | ||
2 October 1914 — 6 December 1914 | Nathan Woodworth Post, acting Governor | 2nd Term | |
6 December 1914 — 1 March 1915 | Charles Armijo Woodruff, acting Governor | ||
1 March 1915 — 10 June 1919 | John Martin Poyer, Governor | ||
10 June 1919 — 3 November 1920 | Warren Jay Terhune, Governor | ||
11 November 1920 — 1 March 1922 | Waldo A. Evans, Governor | ||
1 March 1922 — 4 September 1923 | Edwin Taylor Pollock, Governor | ||
4 September 1923 — 17 March 1925 | Edward Stanley Kellogg, Governor | ||
17 March 1925 — 9 September 1927 | Henry Francis Bryan, Governor | ||
9 September 1927 — 2 August 1929 | Stephen Victor Graham, Governor | 20 February 1929: U.S. Congress recognition of the cession of Tutuila and Manu'a by their chiefs, with retrospective to 16 July 1904 | |
2 August 1929 — 24 March 1931 | Gatewood Sanders Lincoln, Governor | 1st Term | |
24 March 1931 — 22 April 1931 | James Sutherland Spore, acting Governor | ||
22 April 1931 — 17 July 1931 | Arthur Tenney Emerson, acting Governor | ||
17 July 1931 — 12 May 1932 | Gatewood Sanders Lincoln, Governor | 2nd Term | |
12 May 1932 — 10 April 1934 | George Bertram Landenberger, Governor | ||
10 April 1934 — 17 April 1934 | Thomas C. Latimore, acting Governor | ||
17 April 1934 — 15 January 1936 | Otto Carl Dowling, Governor | ||
15 January 1936 — 20 January 1936 | Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick, acting Governor | ||
20 January 1936 — 3 June 1938 | MacGillivray Milne, Governor | ||
26 June 1938 — 30 July 1940 | Edward William Hanson, Governor | ||
30 July 1940 — 8 August 1940 | Jesse R. Wallace, acting Governor | ||
8 August 1940 — 5 June 1942 | Laurence Wild, Governor | ||
17 January 1942 — 25 April 1942 | Henry Louis Larsen, Military Governor | ||
5 June 1942 — 8 February 1944 | John Gould Moyer, Governor | ||
8 February 1944 — 27 January 1945 | Allen Hobbs, Governor | ||
27 January 1945 — 3 September 1945 | Ralph Waldo Hungerford, Governor | ||
3 September 1945 — 10 September 1945 | Samuel Canan, acting Governor | ||
10 September 1945 — 22 April 1947 | Harold Houser, Governor | ||
22 April 1947 — 15 June 1949 | Vernon Huber, Governor | ||
7 July 1949 — 23 February 1951 | Thomas Francis Darden, Jr., Governor |
Appointed governors (1951–1978)
Civilian governor | Took office | Left office | ||
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Phelps Phelps (1897–1981) |
February 23, 1951 | June 20, 1952 | ||
John C. Elliott (1919–2001) |
July 16, 1952 | November 23, 1952 | ||
James Arthur Ewing (born 1916) |
November 28, 1952 | March 4, 1953 | ||
Lawrence M. Judd (1887–1968) |
March 4, 1953 | August 5, 1953 | ||
Richard Barrett Lowe (1902–1972) |
August 5, 1953 | October 15, 1956 | ||
Peter Tali Coleman (1919–1997) |
October 13, 1956 | May 24, 1961 | ||
Hyrum Rex Lee (1910–2001) |
May 24, 1961 | July 31, 1967 | ||
Owen Stuart Aspinall (1927–1997) |
August 1, 1967 | July 31, 1969 | ||
John Morse Haydon (1920–1991) |
August 1, 1969 | October 14, 1974 | ||
Frank C. Mockler (acting) (1909–1993) |
October 14, 1974 | February 6, 1975 | ||
Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989) |
February 6, 1975 | September 30, 1976 | ||
Frank Barnett (1933–2016) |
October 1, 1976 | May 27, 1977 | ||
Hyrum Rex Lee (1910–2001) |
May 28, 1977 | January 3, 1978 |
Elected governors (1978–present)
Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Elected | Lieutenant Governor | |||
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51 | Peter Tali Coleman (1919–1997) |
January 3, 1978 – January 3, 1985 |
Republican | 1977 1980 |
Tufele Liamatua | |||
52 | A. P. Lutali (1919–2002) |
January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1989 |
Democratic | 1984 | Eni Faleomavaega | |||
53 | Peter Tali Coleman (1919–1997) |
January 2, 1989 – January 3, 1993 |
Republican | 1988 | Galea'i Peni Poumele | |||
Gaioi Tufele Galeai | ||||||||
54 | A. P. Lutali (1919–2002) |
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 |
Democratic | 1992 | Tauese Sunia | |||
55 | Tauese Sunia (1941–2003) |
January 3, 1997 – March 26, 2003 |
Democratic | 1996 2000 |
Togiola Tulafono | |||
– | Togiola Tulafono (born 1947) |
March 26, 2003 – April 7, 2003 |
Democratic | 2004 2008 |
Vacant | |||
56 | April 7, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
Faoa Aitofele Sunia | ||||||
57 | Lolo Matalasi Moliga (born 1947) |
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 |
Independent | 2012 2016 |
Lemanu Peleti Mauga | |||
Democratic | ||||||||
58 | Lemanu Peleti Mauga (born 1949/1950) |
January 3, 2021 – Incumbent |
Democratic | 2020 | Eleasalo Ale |
Living former governors
There are two living former governor of American Samoa. The most recent-serving governor to die was Frank Barnett (1976–1977), on July 15, 2016.[1]
Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
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Togiola Tulafono | 2003–2013 | February 28, 1947 |
Lolo Matalasi Moliga | 2013–2021 | August 12, 1947 |
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References
- ↑ "Frank Barnett, former governor of American Samoa, dies". www.knoxnews.com. Retrieved 2016-07-18.