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	Incumbent	Notes
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

Naval governors (1905–1951)

Term	Incumbent	Notes
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)

	Took office	Left office
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
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
53	Peter Tali Coleman (1919–1997)	January 2, 1989 – January 3, 1993	Republican	1988		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	Togiola Tulafono (born 1947)	April 7, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Democratic	2004 2008		Faoa Aitofele Sunia
57	Lolo Matalasi Moliga (born 1947)	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	Independent	2012 2016		Lemanu Peleti Mauga
57	Lolo Matalasi Moliga (born 1947)	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	Democratic	2012 2016		Lemanu Peleti Mauga
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
Togiola Tulafono	2003–2013	(1947-02-28) February 28, 1947
Lolo Matalasi Moliga	2013–2021	(1947-08-12) August 12, 1947

References

"Frank Barnett, former governor of American Samoa, dies". www.knoxnews.com. Retrieved 2016-07-18.

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[1] "Frank Barnett, former governor of American Samoa, dies". www.knoxnews.com. Retrieved 2016-07-18.