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
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Nonpartisan (NP), and Republican (R).
For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office throughout the entire year. Only changes made outside of 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 | U.S. House | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Territorial Senate | Territorial House | ||
| 1900 | Benjamin Franklin Tilley[1] | ||||
| 1901 | |||||
| Uriel Sebree[1] | |||||
| 1902 | |||||
| Henry Minett[2] | |||||
| 1903 | |||||
| Edmund Beardsley Underwood[3] | |||||
| 1904 | |||||
| 1905 | |||||
| Charles Brainard Taylor Moore | |||||
| 1906 | |||||
| 1907 | |||||
| 1908 | |||||
| John Frederick Parker | |||||
| 1909 | |||||
| 1910 | |||||
| William Michael Crose[4] | |||||
| 1911 | |||||
| 1912 | |||||
| 1913 | |||||
| Nathan Woodworth Post[5] | |||||
| Clark Daniel Stearns | |||||
| 1914 | |||||
| Nathan Woodworth Post[5] | |||||
| Charles Armijo Woodruff[5] | |||||
| 1915 | |||||
| John Martin Poyer | |||||
| 1916 | |||||
| 1917 | |||||
| 1918 | |||||
| 1919 | |||||
| Warren Jay Terhune | |||||
| 1920 | |||||
| Waldo A. Evans | |||||
| 1921 | |||||
| 1922 | |||||
| Edwin Taylor Pollock | |||||
| 1923 | |||||
| Edward Stanley Kellogg | |||||
| 1924 | |||||
| 1925 | |||||
| Henry Francis Bryan | |||||
| 1926 | |||||
| 1927 | |||||
| Stephen Victor Graham[6] | |||||
| 1928 | |||||
| 1929 | |||||
| Gatewood Sanders Lincoln | |||||
| 1930 | |||||
| 1931 | |||||
| James Sutherland Spore[5] | |||||
| Arthur Tenney Emerson[5] | |||||
| Gatewood Sanders Lincoln | |||||
| 1932 | |||||
| George Bertram Landenberger | |||||
| 1933 | |||||
| 1934 | |||||
| Thomas Calloway Latimore[5] | |||||
| Otto Carl Dowling | |||||
| 1935 | |||||
| 1936 | |||||
| Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick[5] | |||||
| MacGillivray Milne | |||||
| 1937 | |||||
| 1938 | |||||
| Edward William Hanson | |||||
| 1939 | |||||
| 1940 | |||||
| Jesse Rink Wallace[5] | |||||
| Laurence Wild | |||||
| 1941 | |||||
| 1942 | |||||
| Henry Louis Larsen[7] | |||||
| John Gould Moyer | |||||
| 1943 | |||||
| 1944 | |||||
| Allen Hobbs | |||||
| 1945 | |||||
| Ralph Waldo Hungerford | |||||
| Samuel Wakefield Canan[5] | |||||
| Harold Alexander Houser | |||||
| 1946 | |||||
| 1947 | |||||
| Vernon Huber | |||||
| 1948 | |||||
| 1949 | |||||
| Thomas Francis Darden, Jr. | |||||
| 1950 | |||||
| 1951 | |||||
| Phelps Phelps | |||||
| 1952 | |||||
| John C. Elliott | |||||
| James Arthur Ewing | |||||
| 1953 | |||||
| Lawrence M. Judd | |||||
| Richard Barrett Lowe | |||||
| 1954 | |||||
| 1955 | |||||
| 1956 | |||||
| Peter Tali Coleman | |||||
| 1957 | |||||
| 1958 | |||||
| 1959 | |||||
| 1960 | |||||
| 1961 | |||||
| Hyrum Rex Lee | |||||
| 1962 | |||||
| 1963 | |||||
| 1964 | |||||
| 1965 | |||||
| 1966 | |||||
| 1967 | |||||
| Owen Stuart Aspinall | |||||
| 1968 | |||||
| 1969 | |||||
| John Morse Haydon | |||||
| 1970 | |||||
| 1971 | |||||
| 1972 | |||||
| 1973 | |||||
| 1974 | |||||
| Frank C. Mockler[5] | |||||
| 1975 | |||||
| Earl B. Ruth | |||||
| 1976 | |||||
| Frank Barnett | |||||
| 1977 | |||||
| Hyrum Rex Lee | |||||
| 1978 | Peter Tali Coleman (NP/R)[8] | ||||
| 1979 | |||||
| 1980 | |||||
| 1981 | |||||
| 1982 | |||||
| 1983 | |||||
| 1984 | |||||
| 1985 | A.P. Lutali (NP/D) | ||||
| 1986 | |||||
| 1987 | |||||
| 1988 | |||||
| 1989 | Peter Tali Coleman (NP/R) | Eni Faleomavaega (D) | |||
| 1990 | |||||
| 1991 | |||||
| 1992 | |||||
| 1993 | A.P. Lutali (NP/D) | ||||
| 1994 | |||||
| 1995 | |||||
| 1996 | |||||
| 1997 | Tauese Sunia (NP/D) | Togiola Tulafono (NP/D) | |||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1999 | 18NP | 21NP | |||
| 2000 | |||||
| 2001 | |||||
| 2002 | |||||
| 2003 | |||||
| Togiola Tulafono (NP/D) | Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia (NP/D) | ||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 2005 | |||||
| 2006 | |||||
| 2007 | |||||
| 2008 | |||||
| 2009 | |||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Territorial Senate | Territorial House | U.S. House |
| Executive offices | Territorial Legislature | ||||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 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.