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Edward Stanley Kellogg (August 20, 1870 – January 8, 1948) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the governor of American Samoa. Kellogg graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1892 and joined the Naval Engineer Corps. He served as an assistant engineer on numerous ships and participated in the Spanish–American War. He ...
In American Samoa, gubernatorial candidates run on a non-partisan basis and as a slate together with their lieutenant governor candidate. In the 2020 election, the previous lieutenant governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga was elected governor, and the former attorney general , Salo Ale , was elected lieutenant governor with more than 60 percent of the vote.
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.Centered on , it is 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 310 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau
Tuitele is a retired Chief Warrant Officer for the United States Army, serving for thirty years until his retirement in 2004. [2] [3]Tuitele then served as an Associate Justice of the High Court of American Samoa until his retirement from the bench in 2011 to pursue a gubernatorial bid in 2012.
Poyer transferred command of American Samoa to Warren Jay Terhune on June 10, 1919, ending his governorship. His term is the longest of any naval governor of American Samoa. [6] After his retirement, Poyer lived in Washington, D.C. until his death. [4] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. [9]
In 1975, he became founding chairman of the Public Service Satellite Consortium. In his retirement, he helped to establish educational television in South America. On May 28, 1977, Lee was re-appointed as Governor of American Samoa on an interim basis until the first elected governor, Peter Tali Coleman, assumed office in January 1978. [19] [20]
On this voyage, Sebree and Swinburne met with leaders and representatives from the Territory of Hawaii, [55] the Philippines, [56] Western Samoa, [57] and Panama. [58] While visiting the Western Samoan capital of Apia, Sebree was presented with a souvenir album of Samoan scenery in honor of his time as governor of neighboring American Samoa. [57]
Edward William Hanson (February 12, 1889 – October 18, 1959) was a United States Navy Vice admiral and the governor of American Samoa from June 26, 1938, to July 30, 1940. [1] As Governor of American Samoa , Hanson believed that the native Samoans had a good way of life, and did little to interfere with established practices on the islands.