Commandants U.S. Naval Station, Tutuila
17 Feb 1900 - 27 Nov 1901  Benjamin Franklin Tilley           (b. 1848 - d. 1907) 
27 Nov 1901 - 16 Dec 1902  Uriel Sebree                       (b. 1848 - d. 1922) 
16 Dec 1902 -  5 May 1903  Henry Minett (acting)              (b. 1857 - d. 1952) 
 5 May 1903 - 30 Jan 1905  Edmund Beardsley Underwood         (b. 1853 - d. 1928)
Governors
30 Jan 1905 - 21 May 1908  Charles Brainard Taylor Moore      (b. 1853 - d. 1923) 
21 May 1908 - 10 Nov 1910  John Frederick Parker              (b. 1853 - d. 1911)
10 Nov 1910 - 14 Mar 1913  William Michael Crose              (b. 1867 - d. 1929) 
14 Mar 1913 - 14 Jul 1913  Nathan Woodworth Post (1st time)   (b. 1881 - d. 1938) 
                             (acting)
14 Jul 1913 -  2 Oct 1914  Clark Daniel Stearns               (b. 1870 - d. 1944) 
 2 Oct 1914 -  6 Dec 1914  Nathan Woodworth Post (2nd time)   (s.a.) 
                             (acting)
 6 Dec 1914 -  1 Mar 1915  Charles Armijo Woodruff (acting)   (b. 1884 - d. 1945) 
 1 Mar 1915 - 10 Jun 1919  John Martin Poyer                  (b. 1861 - d. 1922) 
10 Jun 1919 -  3 Nov 1920  Warren Jay Terhune                 (b. 1869 - d. 1920) 
 3 Nov 1920 - 11 Nov 1920  Arthur Clifton Kail (acting)       (b. 1874 - d. 1953)
11 Nov 1920 -  1 Mar 1922  Waldo Evans                        (b. 1869 - d. 1936) 
 1 Mar 1922 -  4 Sep 1923  Edwin Taylor Pollock               (b. 1870 - d. 1943)
 4 Sep 1923 - 17 Mar 1925  Edward Stanley Kellogg             (b. 1870 - d. 1948) 
17 Mar 1925 -  9 Sep 1927  Henry Francis Bryan                (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
 9 Sep 1927 -  2 Aug 1929  Stephen Victor Graham              (b. 1874 - d. 1955) 
 2 Aug 1929 -  3 Apr 1931  Gatewood Sanders Lincoln           (b. 1875 - d. 1957) 
                             (1st time) 
 3 Apr 1931 - 22 Apr 1931  James Sutherland Spore (acting)    (b. 1885 - d. 1937) 
23 Apr 1931 - 18 Jul 1931  Arthur Tenney Emerson (acting)     (b. 1893 - d. 1975) 
18 Jul 1931 -  8 Jul 1932  Gatewood Sanders Lincoln           (s.a.) 
                             (2nd time) 
 8 Jul 1932 - 10 Apr 1934  George Bertram Landenberger        (b. 1879 - d. 1936) 
10 Apr 1934 - 14 Apr 1934  Thomas Calloway Latimore (acting)  (b. 1890 - d. 1941) 
14 Apr 1934 - 15 Jan 1936  Otto Carl Dowling                  (b. 1881 - d. 1946) 
15 Jan 1936 - 20 Jan 1936  Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick        (b. 1896 - d. 1974) 
                             (acting)
20 Jan 1936 -  3 Jun 1938  MacGillivray Milne                 (b. 1882 - d. 1959) 
 3 Jun 1938 -  6 Jun 1938  Joseph Collins Van Cleve (acting)  (b. 1900 - d. 1941)
 6 Jun 1938 - 30 Jul 1940  Edward William Hanson              (b. 1889 - d. 1959) 
30 Jul 1940 -  9 Aug 1940  Jesse Rink Wallace (acting)        (b. 1899 - d. 1961) 
 9 Aug 1940 -  5 Jun 1942  Laurence Wild                      (b. 1890 - d. 1971)
17 Jan 1942 - 25 Apr 1942  Henry Louis Larsen                 (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
                             (military governor)
28 Apr 1942 -  1 May 1944  Charles Frederick Berthold Price   (b. 1881 - d. 1954)
                             (military commander Defense Force, Samoan Group)
 6 Jun 1942 -  8 Feb 1944  John Gould Moyer                   (b. 1893 - d. 1976)
 8 Feb 1944 - 27 Jan 1945  Allen Hobbs                        (b. 1899 - d. 1960) 
27 Jan 1945 -  3 Sep 1945  Ralph Waldo Hungerford             (b. 1896 - d. 1977) 
 3 Sep 1945 - 10 Sep 1945  Samuel Wakefield Canan (acting)    (b. 1898 - d. 1964)
10 Sep 1945 - 22 Apr 1947  Harold Alexander Houser            (b. 1897 - d. 1981) 
22 Apr 1947 - 15 Jun 1949  Vernon Huber                       (b. 1899 - d. 1967) 
15 Jun 1949 -  7 Jul 1949  .... (acting)
 7 Jul 1949 - 23 Feb 1951  Thomas Francis Darden, Jr.         (b. 1900 - d. 1961) 
23 Feb 1951 - 30 Jun 1952  Phelps Phelps                      (b. 1897 - d. 1981)  Dem 
 8 Apr 1952 -  1 Dec 1952  John Chauncey Elliott              (b. 1919 - d. 2001)  Dem
                             (acting [for Phelps to 30 Jun 1952] to 16 Jul 1952)
25 Nov 1952 - 26 Dec 1953  Arthur Albert Morrow               (b. 1893 - d. 1985)  Dem
                             (acting for Elliott)
26 Dec 1952 -  4 Mar 1953  James Arthur Ewing                 (b. 1916 - d. 19..)  Dem
 9 Jan 1953 - 1953         James Reeve Dean (acting for Ewing)(b. 1891 - d. 1960)  Rep?
1953 - 17 Apr 1953         Leland "Lee" Park Draney (1st time)(b. 1902 - d. 1988)  Rep
                             (acting [for Ewing to 4 Mar 1953])
17 Apr 1953 -  5 Aug 1953  Lawrence McCully Judd              (b. 1887 - d. 1968)  Rep
23 May 1953 - 12 Nov 1953  Leland "Lee" Park Draney (2nd time)(s.a.)               Rep
                             (acting [for Judd to 5 Aug 1953])
12 Nov 1953 - 15 Oct 1956  Richard Barrett Lowe               (b. 1902 - d. 1972)  Rep
17 Oct 1956 - 24 May 1961  Peter Tali Coleman (1st time)      (b. 1919 - d. 1997)  Rep
24 May 1961 - 31 Jul 1967  Hyrum Rex Lee (1st time)           (b. 1910 - d. 2001)  Dem
17 Jul 1967 -  1 Aug 1967  M. Johnson (acting) 
 1 Aug 1967 - 31 Jul 1969  Owen Stewart Aspinall              (b. 1927 - d. 1997)  Dem
 1 Aug 1969 -  5 Aug 1969  .... (acting)
 5 Aug 1969 - 14 Oct 1974  John Morse Haydon                  (b. 1920 - d. 1991)  Rep 
15 Oct 1974 - 24 Feb 1975  Frank Carpenter Mockler (acting)   (b. 1909 - d. 1993)  Rep
24 Feb 1975 - 30 Sep 1976  Earl Baker Ruth                    (b. 1916 - d. 1989)  Rep 
 1 Oct 1976 - 27 May 1977  Frank Elliott Barnett              (b. 1933 - d. 2016)  Dem
28 May 1977 -  3 Jan 1978  Hyrum Rex Lee (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem 
 3 Jan 1978 -  3 Jan 1985  Peter Tali Coleman (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
 3 Jan 1985 -  2 Jan 1989  Lutali Aifili Paulo Lauvao         (b. 1919 - d. 2002)  Dem
                             (1st time) 
 2 Jan 1989 -  3 Jan 1993  Peter Tali Coleman (3rd time)      (s.a.)               Rep
 3 Jan 1993 -  3 Jan 1997  Lutali Aifili Paulo Lauvao         (s.a.)               Dem
                             (2nd time) 
 3 Jan 1997 - 26 Mar 2003  Tauese Pita Fiti Sunia             (b. 1941 - d. 2003)  Dem
26 Mar 2003 -  3 Jan 2013  Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono      (b. 1947)            Dem
                             (acting to 7 Apr 2003)
 3 Jan 2013 -  3 Jan 2021  Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga        (b. 1949)           Ind;2016 Dem
28 Feb 2019 - 16 Jul 2019  Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga       (b. 1949)            Dem
                             (acting for Moliga)
 3 Jan 2021  -             Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga       (s.a.)               Dem

Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party (liberal, center-left, est.1829); Ind = Independent; Rep = Republican Party (conservative, center-right, est.1854)

Territorial Dispute: Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island (as Olosega) in its 19 Feb 2006 draft independence constitution.