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:

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 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.

YearExecutive officesTerritorial LegislatureU.S. House
GovernorLieutenant GovernorTerritorial SenateTerritorial House
1900 Benjamin Franklin Tilley[1] No such office No such body No such office
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]
1915 Charles Armijo Woodruff[5]
1916 John Martin Poyer
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]
1932 Gatewood Sanders Lincoln
1933 George Bertram Landenberger
1934 Thomas Calloway Latimore[5]
1935 Otto Carl Dowling
1936 Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick[5]
1937 MacGillivray Milne
1938 Edward William Hanson
1939
1940 Jesse Rink Wallace[5]
1941 Laurence Wild
1942 Henry Louis Larsen[7]
1943 John Gould Moyer
1944 Allen Hobbs
1945 Ralph Waldo Hungerford
Samuel Wakefield Canan[5]
1946 Harold Alexander Houser
1947 Vernon Huber
1948 18 NP 21 NP
1949 Thomas Francis Darden, Jr.
1950
1951 Phelps Phelps (R)
1952 John C. Elliott (D)
James Arthur Ewing (D)
1953 Lawrence M. Judd (R)
1954 Richard Barrett Lowe (R)
1955
1956 Peter Tali Coleman (R)
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961 Hyrum Rex Lee (D)
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967 Owen Stuart Aspinall (D)
1968
1969 John Morse Haydon (R)
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 Frank C. Mockler[5] (R)
1975 Earl B. Ruth (R)
1976 Frank Barnett (R)
1977 Hyrum Rex Lee (D)
1978 Peter Tali Coleman (R)[8] Tufele Liamatua (R)
1979
1980
1981 Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D)
1982
1983
1984
1985 A.P. Lutali (D) Eni Faleomavaega (D)
1986
1987
1988
1989 Peter Tali Coleman (R) Galea'i Peni Poumele (R) Eni Faleomavaega (D)
1990
1991
1992
1993 A.P. Lutali (D) Tauese Sunia (D)
1994
1995
1996
1997 Tauese Sunia (D) Togiola Tulafono (D)
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 Togiola Tulafono (D) Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia (D)
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Lolo Matalasi Moliga (I) Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D)
2014
2015 Amata Coleman Radewagen (R)
2016 Lolo Matalasi Moliga (D)
2017
2018
2019
2020
YearGovernorLieutenant GovernorTerritorial SenateTerritorial HouseU.S. House
Executive officesTerritorial Legislature

Notes
  1. Commandant.
  2. Acting commandant.
  3. Commandant/governor; from 1904 to 1980, governors were appointed by the United States government.
  4. 17 July 1911: U.S. Naval Station Tutuila renamed American Samoa.
  5. Acting governor.
  6. 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.
  7. Military governor.
  8. Beginning in 1980, governors have been elected for 4-year terms by the people of American Samoa.
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