This is a list of governors, etc. of the part of the Samoa islands (now comprising
.
From 1904 to 1980 they were appointed by the United States government. Since that time they have been elected for 4-year terms by the people of American Samoa.
| Term | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|
| 17 February 1900 to 27 November 1901 | 'Benjamin Franklin Tilley', Commandant | ''17 April 1900: Tutuila ceded to United States'' |
| 27 November 1901 to 16 December 1902 | 'Uriel Sebree', Commandant |
| 16 December 1902 to 5 May 1903 | 'Henry Minett', acting Commandant |
| 5 May 1903 to 30 January 1905 | 'Edmund Beardsley Underwood', Commandant/Governor | ''16 July 1904: Manu'a ceded to United States'' |
| 30 January 1905 to 21 May 1908 | 'Charles Brainard Taylor Moore', Governor |
| 21 May 1908 to 10 November 1910 | 'John Frederick Parker', Governor |
| 10 November 1910 to 14 March 1913 | 'William Michael Crose', Governor | ''17 July 1911: U.S. Naval Station Tutuila renamed American Samoa'' |
| 14 March 1913 to 14 July 1913 | 'Nathan Woodworth Post', acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 14 July 1913 to 2 October 1914 | 'Clark Daniel Stearns', Governor |
| 2 October 1914 to 6 December 1914 | 'Nathan Woodworth Post', acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| 6 December 1914 to 1 March 1915 | 'Charles Armijo Woodruff', acting Governor |
| 1 March 1915 to 10 June 1919 | 'John Martin Poyer', Governor |
| 10 June 1919 to 3 November 1920 | 'Warren Jay Terhune', Governor |
| 11 November 1920 to 1 March 1922 | 'Waldo A. Evans', Governor |
| 1 March 1922 to 4 September 1923 | 'Edwin Taylor Pollock', Governor |
| 4 September 1923 to 17 March 1925 | 'Edward Stanley Kellogg', Governor |
| 17 March 1925 to 9 September 1927 | 'Henry Francis Bryan', Governor |
| 9 September 1927 to 2 August 1929 | 'Stephen Victor Graham', Governor | 20 February 1929: ''U.S. Congress recognition of the cession of Tutuila and Manu'a by their chiefs, with retrospective to 16 July 1904'' |
| 2 August 1929 to 24 March 1931 | 'Gatewood Sanders Lincoln', Governor | 1st Term |
| 24 March 1931 to 22 April 1931 | 'James Sutherland Spore' acting Governor |
| 22 April 1931 to 17 July 1931 | 'Arthur Tenney Emerson', acting Governor |
| 17 July 1931 to 12 May 1932 | 'Gatewood Sanders Lincoln', Governor | 2nd Term |
| 12 May 1932 to 10 April 1934 | 'George Bertram Landenberger', Governor |
| 10 April 1934 to 17 April 1934 | 'Thomas Calloway Latimore', acting Governor |
| 17 April 1934 to 15 January 1936 | 'Otto Carl Dowling', Governor |
| 15 January 1936 to 20 January 1936 | 'Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick', acting Governor |
| 20 January 1936 to 3 June 1938 | 'MacGillivray Milne', Governor |
| 26 June 1938 to 30 July 1940 | 'Edward William Hanson', Governor |
| 30 July 1940 to 8 August 1940 | 'Jesse Rink Wallace', acting Governor |
| 8 August 1940 to 5 June 1942 | 'Laurence Wild', Governor |
| 17 January 1942 to 25 April 1942 | 'Henry L. Larsen', Military Governor |
| 5 June 1942 to 8 February 1944 | 'John Gould Moyer', Governor |
| 8 February 1944 to 27 January 1945 | 'Allen Hobbs', Governor |
| 27 January 1945 to 3 September 1945 | 'Ralph Waldo Hungerford', Governor |
| 3 September 1945 to 10 September 1945 | 'Samuel Wakefield Canan', acting Governor |
| 10 September 1945 to 22 April 1947 | 'Harold Alexander Houser', Governor |
| 22 April 1947 to 15 June 1949 | 'Vernon Huber', Governor |
| 7 July 1949 to 23 February 1951 | 'Thomas Francis Darden, Jr.', Governor |
| 23 February 1951 to 20 June 1952 | 'Phelps Phelps', Governor |
| 16 July 1952 to 23 November 1952 | 'John C. Elliott', Governor |
| 28 November 1952 to 4 March 1953 | 'James Arthur Ewing', Governor |
| 4 March 1953 to 5 August 1953 | 'Lawrence M. Judd', Governor |
| 1 October 1953 to 15 October 1956 | 'Richard Barrett Lowe', Governor |
| 15 October 1956 to 24 May 1961 | 'Peter Tali Coleman', Governor | 1st Term |
| 24 May 1961 to 31 July 1967 | 'Hyrum Rex Lee', Governor | 1st Term |
| 1 August 1967 to 31 July 1969 | 'Owen Stuart Aspinall', Governor |
| 1 August 1969 to 14 October 1974 | 'John Morse Haydon', Governor |
| 15 October 1974 to 6 February 1975 | 'Frank C. Mockler', acting Governor |
| 6 February 1975 to 30 September 1976 | 'Earl B. Ruth', Governor |
| 1 October 1976 to 27 May 1977 | 'Frank Barnett', Governor |
| 28 May 1977 to 3 January 1978 | 'Hyrum Rex Lee', Governor | 2nd Term |
| 3 January 1978 to 3 January 1985 | 'Peter Tali Coleman', Governor | 2nd and 3rd Terms; Republican |
| 3 January 1985 to 2 January 1989 | 'A.P. Lutali', Governor | 1st Term; Democrat |
| 2 January 1989 to 3 January 1993 | 'Peter Tali Coleman', Governor | 4th Term; Republican |
| 3 January 1993 to 3 January 1997 | 'A.P. Lutali', Governor | 2nd Term; Democrat |
| 3 January 1997 to 26 March 2003 | 'Tauese P. Sunia', Governor | Democrat |
| 26 March 2003 to ''7 April 2003'' | 'Togiola Tulafono', acting Governor | Democrat |
| ''7 April 2003'' to present | 'Togiola Tulafono', Governor | Democrat |