Political party strength in American Samoa
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States insular area of American Samoa:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- Territorial Senate
- Territorial House of Representatives
- Territory delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office throughout the year. Only changes made outside regularly scheduled elections are noted as affecting the partisan composition during a particular year. Shading is determined by the final result of any mid-cycle changes in partisan affiliation.
| Year | Executive offices | Territorial Legislature | Delegate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Senate | House | ||
| 1900 | Benjamin Franklin Tilley[lower-alpha 1] | no such office | no such bodies | no such office | |
| 1901 | Uriel Sebree[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 1902 | Henry Minett[lower-alpha 2] | ||||
| 1903–1904 | Edmund Beardsley Underwood[lower-alpha 3] | ||||
| 1905–1907 | Charles Brainard Taylor Moore | ||||
| 1908–1909 | John Frederick Parker | ||||
| 1910–1912 | William Michael Crose[lower-alpha 4] | ||||
| 1913 | Nathan Post[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| Clark Daniel Stearns | |||||
| 1914 | Nathan Post[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| 1915 | Charles Armijo Woodruff[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| 1916–1918 | John Martin Poyer | ||||
| 1919 | Warren Terhune | ||||
| 1920–1921 | Waldo A. Evans | ||||
| 1922 | E. T. Pollock | ||||
| 1923–1924 | Edward Stanley Kellogg | ||||
| 1925–1926 | Henry Francis Bryan | ||||
| 1927–1928 | Stephen Victor Graham[lower-alpha 6] | ||||
| 1929–1930 | Gatewood Lincoln | ||||
| 1931 | James Sutherland Spore[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| Arthur Emerson[lower-alpha 5] | |||||
| 1932 | Gatewood Lincoln | ||||
| 1933 | George Landenberger | ||||
| 1934 | Thomas C. Latimore[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| 1935 | Otto Dowling | ||||
| 1936 | Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| 1937 | MacGillivray Milne | ||||
| 1938–1939 | Edward Hanson | ||||
| 1940 | Jesse Wallace[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| 1941 | Laurence Wild | ||||
| 1942 | Henry Louis Larsen[lower-alpha 7] | ||||
| 1943 | John Gould Moyer | ||||
| 1944 | Allen Hobbs | ||||
| 1945 | Ralph Hungerford | ||||
| Samuel Canan[lower-alpha 5] | |||||
| 1946 | Harold Houser | ||||
| 1947 | Vernon Huber | ||||
| 1948 | 18 NP | 21 NP | |||
| 1949–1950 | Thomas Darden | ||||
| 1951 | Phelps Phelps (R) | ||||
| 1952 | John C. Elliott (D) | ||||
| James Arthur Ewing (D) | |||||
| 1953 | Lawrence M. Judd (R) | ||||
| 1954–1955 | Richard Barrett Lowe (R) | ||||
| 1956–1960 | Peter Tali Coleman (R) | ||||
| 1961–1966 | H. Rex Lee (D) | ||||
| 1967–1968 | Owen Aspinall (D) | ||||
| 1969–1973 | John Morse Haydon (R) | ||||
| 1974 | Frank Mockler[lower-alpha 5] (R) | ||||
| 1975 | Earl B. Ruth (R) | ||||
| 1976 | Frank Barnett (R) | ||||
| 1977 | H. Rex Lee (D) | ||||
| 1978–1980 | Peter Tali Coleman (R)[lower-alpha 8] | Tufele Liamatua (R) | |||
| 1981–1984 | Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D) | ||||
| 1985–1988 | A. P. Lutali (D) | Eni Faleomavaega (D) | |||
| 1989–1992 | Peter Tali Coleman (R) | Galea'i Peni Poumele (R) | Eni Faleomavaega (D) | ||
| 1993–1996 | A. P. Lutali (D) | Tauese Sunia (D) | |||
| 1997–2002 | Tauese Sunia (D) | Togiola Tulafono (D) | |||
| 2003–2012 | Togiola Tulafono (D) | Faoa Aitofele Sunia (D) | |||
| 2013–2014 | Lolo Matalasi Moliga (I) | Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D) | |||
| 2015 | Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) | ||||
| 2016–2020 | Lolo Matalasi Moliga (D) | ||||
| 2021–2023 | Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D) | Eleasalo Ale (D) | |||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Senate | House | Delegate |
| Executive offices | Territorial Legislature | ||||
- Commandant.
- Acting commandant.
- Commandant/governor; from 1904 to 1980, governors were appointed by the United States government.
- 17 July 1911: U.S. Naval Station Tutuila renamed American Samoa.
- Acting governor.
- On February 20, 1929, the U.S. Congress recognized of the cession of Tutuila and Manu'a by their chiefs, retroactive to 16 July 1904.
- Military governor.
- Beginning in 1980, governors have been elected for 4-year terms by the people of American Samoa.
See also
- Politics of American Samoa
- Elections in American Samoa
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