List of governors of American Samoa

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Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga, current Governor of American Samoa

This list includes the governors of the US suburb American Samoa . Since 1978 the governors have been directly elected by the people; previously there were only appointed military (until 1951) and civilian incumbents.

Surname Life dates Term of office Political party
Charles Brainard Taylor Moore 1853-1923 January 30, 1905 - May 21, 1908
John Frederick Parker 1853-1912 May 21, 1908 - November 10, 1910
William Michael Crose 1867-1929 November 10, 1910 - March 14, 1913
Nathan Woodworth Post (acting) 1881-1938 March 14, 1913 - July 14, 1913
Clark Daniel Stearns 1870-1944 July 14, 1913 - October 2, 1914
Nathan Woodworth Post (acting) so October 2, 1914 - December 6, 1914
Charles Armijo Woodruff (acting) 1884-1945 December 6, 1914 - March 1, 1915
John Martin Poyer 1861-1922 March 1, 1915 - June 10, 1919
Warren Jay Terhune 1869-1920 June 10, 1919 - November 3, 1920
Waldo A. Evans 1869-1936 November 3, 1920 - March 1, 1922
Edwin Taylor Pollock 1870-1943 March 1, 1922 - September 4, 1923
Edward Stanley Kellogg 1870-1948 September 4, 1923 - March 17, 1925
Henry Francis Bryan 1865-1944 March 17, 1925 - September 9, 1927
Stephen Victor Graham 1874-1955 September 9, 1927 - August 2, 1929
Gatewood Sanders Lincoln 1875-1957 August 2, 1929 - March 24, 1931
James Sutherland Spore (acting) 1885-1937 March 24, 1931 - April 22, 1931
Arthur Tenney Emerson (acting) 1893-1975 April 22, 1931 - July 17, 1931
Gatewood Sanders Lincoln so July 17, 1931 - May 12, 1932
George Bertram Landenberger 1879-1936 May 12, 1932 - April 10, 1934
Thomas Calloway Latimore (acting) 1890-1942 April 10, 1934 - April 17, 1934
Otto Carl Dowling 1887-1946 April 17, 1934 - January 15, 1936
Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick (acting) 1896-1974 January 15, 1936 - January 20, 1936
MacGillivray Milne 1882-1959 January 20, 1936 - June 3, 1938
Edward William Hanson 1889-1959 June 26, 1938 - July 30, 1940
Jesse Rink Wallace (acting) 1899-1961 July 30, 1940 - August 8, 1940
Laurence Wild 1890-1971 August 8, 1940 - June 5, 1942
Henry Louis Larsen (Military Governor) 1890-1962 January 17, 1942 - April 25, 1942
John Gould Moyer 1893-1976 June 5, 1942 - February 8, 1944
Allen Hobbs 1899-1960 February 8, 1944 - January 27, 1945
Ralph Waldo Hungerford 1896-1977 January 27, 1945 - September 3, 1945
Samuel Wakefield Canan (acting) 1898-1964 September 3, 1945 - September 10, 1945
Harold Alexander Houser 1897-1981 September 10, 1945 - April 22, 1947
Vernon Huber 1899-1967 April 22, 1947 - July 7, 1949
Thomas Francis Darden, Jr. 1900-1961 July 7, 1949 - February 23, 1951
Phelps Phelps 1897-1981 February 23, 1951 - July 16, 1952
John C. Elliott 1919-2001 July 16, 1952 - November 28, 1952
James Arthur Ewing November 28, 1952 - March 4, 1953
Lawrence M. Judd 1887-1968 March 4, 1953 - October 1, 1953
Richard Barrett Lowe 1902-1972 October 1, 1953 - October 15, 1956
Peter Tali Coleman 1919-1997 October 15, 1956 - May 24, 1961
Hyrum Rex Lee 1910-2001 May 24, 1961 - July 31, 1967
Owen Stuart Aspinall 1927-1997 Aug. 1, 1967 - July 31, 1969
John Morse Haydon 1920-1991 August 1, 1969 - October 14, 1974
Frank Carpenter Mockler (acting) 1909-1993 October 15, 1974 - February 6, 1975
Earl Baker Ruth 1916-1989 February 6, 1975 - September 30, 1976
Frank Barnett 1933-2016 October 1, 1976 - May 27, 1977
Hyrum Rex Lee so May 28, 1977 - January 3, 1978
Peter Tali Coleman so Jan. 3, 1978 - January 3, 1985 republican
Lutali Aifili Paulo Lauvao 1919-2002 January 3, 1985 - January 2, 1989 democrat
Peter Tali Coleman so January 2, 1989 - January 3, 1993 republican
Lutali Aifili Paulo Lauvao so January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1997 democrat
Tauese Pita Fiti Sunia 1941-2003 January 3, 1997 - March 26, 2003 democrat
Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono (acting) * 1947 March 26, 2003 - April 7, 2003 democrat
Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono so April 7, 2003 - January 3, 2013 democrat
Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga * 1949 January 3, 2013 - Acting More independent