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#TBT: November 27, 2025

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#TBT: November 27, 2025

Benjamin Franklin Tilley was an American Naval officer who was the first acting governor of American Samoa as well as the territory’s first naval governor, serving until November 27, 1901. He negotiated a deed of cession with the local powers to ensure a formal transfer of control to the US.

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