Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first popularly elected Governor was Peter Tali Coleman that same year. [2] Te'o J. Fuavai was one of the earliest proponents of the movement to elect Governors in American Samoa, as opposed to Governors being appointed by the federal government. Fuavai sponsored a resolution that proposed the Department of the Interior to permit elections. [3]
Democratic Party governors of American Samoa (5 P) E. American Samoa gubernatorial elections (9 P) F. First ladies of American Samoa (7 P) R.
Lowe's husband was Richard Barrett Lowe (1902-1972), an educator, Governor of American Samoa, and Governor of Guam. They had two sons, Bruce A. Lowe (1926-2015) and Cameron A. Lowe (1932-2020). Lowe and her family lived in Madison, South Dakota, Alcester, South Dakota, Wessington Springs, South Dakota, American Samoa, and Guam. [4] [5] [6]
Susana Leiato Lutali, also spelled Susana Le'iato Lutali, (May 23, 1932 – June 15, 2012) was an American Samoan educator and politician.She served as the First Lady of American Samoa from 1985 to 1989 and 1993 until 1997 during the tenure of her husband, former Governor A. P. Lutali.
Peter Tali Coleman (December 8, 1919 – April 28, 1997) was an American Samoan politician and lawyer. Coleman was the first and only person of Samoan descent to be appointed governor of American Samoa between 1956 and 1961 and later became the territory's first and third popularly elected governor from 1978 to 1985 and 1989 to 1993, serving a total of three elected terms. [1]
Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen is the daughter of Peter Tali Coleman, the first popularly-elected Governor of American Samoa, and Nora Stewart Coleman, the former First Lady of American Samoa. [6] [3] [1] [7] [8] Her father was Samoan; her mother was of Chinese, German, Native Hawaiian, and Scottish descent. [8] Radewagen has twelve siblings.
Governor of American Samoa Notes Emma Louise Lowe: October 1, 1953 October 15, 1956 Richard Barrett Lowe: Also First Lady of Guam from 1956 to 1959 Nora Stewart Coleman: October 15, 1956 May 24, 1961 Peter Tali Coleman: Stewart Coleman, who was from Hawaii, was the first woman from the Pacific Islands to serve as first lady of American Samoa. [3]
Five years later, Peter Tali Coleman was appointed civilian governor of American Samoa by the Interior Department in 1956, becoming the first Samoan governor of the territory. [1] Nora Stewart Coleman, who was born and raised in Hawaii, became the first Pacific Islander to serve as First Lady of American Samoa in history. [1]