Arthur Emerson
Arthur Tenney Emerson was the 21st Governor of American Samoa from April 22, 1931 to July 17, 1931.
Emerson was born on December 3, 1893 in East Weymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Theodore and Nellie Emerson. He attended Dartmouth College before being appointed to the United States Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1916. He married Gertrude Boucher Childs, the widow of Lieutenant Earle W. F. Childs, in 1921 aboard in Naples, Italy.
Emerson served in World War I, before receiving appointment to the governorship for a brief time.
