Historical country records
American Samoa historical timeline
American Samoa
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 17 Apr 1900 | Tutuila ceded to United States | Leaders |
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| 16 Jul 1904 | Manu'a ceded to United States | Leaders |
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| 2 Apr 1909 | the Tui Manu'a lineage becomes extinct | Leaders |
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| 17 Jul 1911 | U.S. Naval Station Tutuila renamed American Samoa | Leaders |
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| 20 Feb 1929 | U.S. Congress formally accepts the cession of Tutuila and Manu'a by their chiefs, with retroactive effect to 16 Jul 1904 | Leaders |
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| c.1828 | Taalolomana Fanaese | Moa'atoa dynasty |
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| c.1836 | Tauveve | Moa'atoa dynasty |
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| c.1888 | Tauilima Alalamua | Moa'atoa dynasty |
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| 1 Jul 1891 - 29 Oct 1895 | Matelita (f) | Moa'atoa dynasty |
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| 1899 - 2 Apr 1909 | Elisara | Moa'atoa dynasty |
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| 17 Feb 1900 - 27 Nov 1901 | Benjamin Franklin Tilley | Commandants |
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| 27 Nov 1901 - 16 Dec 1902 | Uriel Sebree | Commandants |
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| 16 Dec 1902 - 5 May 1903 | Henry Minett (acting) | Commandants |
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| 5 May 1903 - 30 Jan 1905 | Edmund Beardsley Underwood | Commandants |
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| 30 Jan 1905 - 21 May 1908 | Charles Brainard Taylor Moore | Governors |
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| 21 May 1908 - 10 Nov 1910 | John Frederick Parker | Governors |
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| 10 Nov 1910 - 14 Mar 1913 | William Michael Crose | Governors |
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| 14 Mar 1913 - 14 Jul 1913 | Nathan Woodworth Post (1st time) | Governors |
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| 14 Jul 1913 - 2 Oct 1914 | Clark Daniel Stearns | Governors |
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| 2 Oct 1914 - 6 Dec 1914 | Nathan Woodworth Post (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 6 Dec 1914 - 1 Mar 1915 | Charles Armijo Woodruff (acting) | Governors |
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| 1 Mar 1915 - 10 Jun 1919 | John Martin Poyer | Governors |
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| 10 Jun 1919 - 3 Nov 1920 | Warren Jay Terhune | Governors |
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| 11 Nov 1920 - 1 Mar 1922 | Waldo A. Evans | Governors |
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| 1 Mar 1922 - 4 Sep 1923 | Edwin Taylor Pollock | Governors |
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| 4 Sep 1923 - 17 Mar 1925 | Edward Stanley Kellogg | Governors |
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| 17 Mar 1925 - 9 Sep 1927 | Henry Francis Bryan | Governors |
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| 9 Sep 1927 - 2 Aug 1929 | Stephen Victor Graham | Governors |
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| 2 Aug 1929 - 24 Mar 1931 | Gatewood Sanders Lincoln | Governors |
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| 24 Mar 1931 - 22 Apr 1931 | James Sutherland Spore (acting) | Governors |
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| 22 Apr 1931 - 17 Jul 1931 | Arthur Tenney Emerson (acting) | Governors |
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| 17 Jul 1931 - 12 May 1932 | Gatewood Sanders Lincoln | Governors |
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| 12 May 1932 - 10 Apr 1934 | George Bertram Landenberger | Governors |
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| 10 Apr 1934 - 17 Apr 1934 | Thomas Calloway Latimore (acting) | Governors |
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| 17 Apr 1934 - 15 Jan 1936 | Otto Carl Dowling | Governors |
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| 15 Jan 1936 - 20 Jan 1936 | Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick | Governors |
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| 20 Jan 1936 - 3 Jun 1938 | MacGillivray Milne | Governors |
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| 26 Jun 1938 - 30 Jul 1940 | Edward William Hanson | Governors |
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| 30 Jul 1940 - 8 Aug 1940 | Jesse Rink Wallace (acting) | Governors |
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| 8 Aug 1940 - 5 Jun 1942 | Laurence Wild | Governors |
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| 17 Jan 1942 - 25 Apr 1942 | Henry L. Larsen | Governors |
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| 5 Jun 1942 - 8 Feb 1944 | John Gould Moyer | Governors |
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| 8 Feb 1944 - 27 Jan 1945 | Allen Hobbs | Governors |
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| 27 Jan 1945 - 3 Sep 1945 | Ralph Waldo Hungerford | Governors |
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| 3 Sep 1945 - 10 Sep 1945 | Samuel Wakefield Canan (acting) | Governors |
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| 10 Sep 1945 - 22 Apr 1947 | Harold Alexander Houser | Governors |
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| 22 Apr 1947 - 15 Jun 1949 | Vernon Huber | Governors |
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| 7 Jul 1949 - 23 Feb 1951 | Thomas Francis Darden, Jr. | Governors |
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| 23 Feb 1951 - 20 Jun 1952 | Phelps Phelps | Governors |
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| 16 Jul 1952 - 23 Nov 1952 | John C. Elliott | Governors |
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| 28 Nov 1952 - 4 Mar 1953 | James Arthur Ewing | Governors |
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| 4 Mar 1953 - 5 Aug 1953 | Lawrence M. Judd | Governors |
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| 1 Oct 1953 - 15 Oct 1956 | Richard Barrett Lowe | Governors |
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| 15 Oct 1956 - 24 May 1961 | Peter Tali Coleman (1st time) | Governors |
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| 24 May 1961 - 31 Jul 1967 | Hyrum Rex Lee (1st time) | Governors |
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| 1 Aug 1967 - 31 Jul 1969 | Owen Stuart Aspinall | Governors |
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| 1 Aug 1969 - 14 Oct 1974 | John Morse Haydon | Governors |
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| 15 Oct 1974 - 6 Feb 1975 | Frank C. Mockler (acting) | Governors |
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| 6 Feb 1975 - 30 Sep 1976 | Earl B. Ruth | Governors |
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| 1 Oct 1976 - 27 May 1977 | Frank Barnett | Governors |
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| 28 May 1977 - 3 Jan 1978 | Hyrum Rex Lee (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 3 Jan 1978 - 3 Jan 1985 | Peter Tali Coleman (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 3 Jan 1985 - 2 Jan 1989 | A.P. Lutali (1st time) | Governors |
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| 2 Jan 1989 - 3 Jan 1993 | Peter Tali Coleman (3rd time) | Governors |
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| 3 Jan 1993 - 3 Jan 1997 | A.P. Lutali (2nd time) | Governors |
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| 3 Jan 1997 - 26 Mar 2003 | Tauese P. Sunia | Governors |
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| 26 Mar 2003 - | Togiola Tulafono | Governors |
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Swains Island
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
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| 13 Oct 1856 | settlement founded by an American | Leaders |
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| 4 Mar 1925 | annexed to American Samoa | Leaders |
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| 13 Oct 1856 - 4 Dec 1878 | Eli Hutchinson Jennings | Leaders |
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| 4 Dec 1878 - 25 Oct 1891 | Malia Jennings (f) | Leaders |
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| 25 Oct 1891 - 24 Oct 1920 | Eli Hutchinson Jennings, Jr. | Leaders |
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| 24 Oct 1920 - Aug 1921 | Ann Eliza Jennings (f) + Alexander Jennings | Leaders |
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| Aug 1921 - 4 Mar 1925 | Alexander Jennings | Leaders |
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