Samuel Wakefield Canan (June 7, 1898 – March 1964) was a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

officer, and

governor of American Samoa This is a list of governors, etc. of the part of the Samoan Islands (now comprising American Samoa) under United States administration since 1900. From 1900 to 1978 governors were appointed by the Federal government of the United States. Since ...

. Canan was born on June 7, 1898 in

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. He was admitted to the

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on June 24, 1916 out of

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. He succeeded

Ralph Hungerford Ralph Waldo Hungerford (April 21, 1896 – February 20, 1977) was a United States Navy Captain, and the governor of American Samoa from January 27, 1945 to September 3, 1945. He was born April 21, 1896 in Windsor, New York, but moved to Rhod ...

as governor in 1945, filling the position for only eight days, from September 3, 1945 to September 10, 1945.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Canan, Samuel 1898 births 1964 deaths Governors of American Samoa United States Naval Academy alumni People from Altoona, Pennsylvania Military personnel from Pennsylvania United States Navy personnel of World War II