Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick

26th Governor of American Samoa
In office January 15, 1936 – January 20, 1936
Preceded by	Otto Carl Dowling
Succeeded by	MacGillivray Milne
Personal details
Born	1896
Died	1974
Occupation	Naval officer
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Rank	Commander
Commands	USS Zeilin (APA-3)

Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1896 – 1974) was a United States Navy Commander^[1] and the 26th Governor of American Samoa for a brief time from January 15, 1936 to January 20, 1936. During World War II, Fitzpatrick commanded the USS Zeilin, which landed troops and sustained damage during the Battle of Tarawa.^[2]

References

↑ "Gale Johnson Weds Paula Fitzpatrick". The New York Times (New York City: The New York Times Company). 6 May 1956. p. 89. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Dyer, George. "That Real Toughie--Tarawa". The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. p. 685. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

Governors of American Samoa

Commandant (1900–05)	Tilley Sebree Minett Underwood

Naval (1905–51)	Moore Parker Crose Post Stearns Post Woodruff Poyer Terhune Evans Pollock Kellogg Bryan Graham Lincoln Spore Emerson Lincoln Landenberger Latimore Dowling Fitzpatrick Milne Hanson Wallace Wild Larsen (alongside Wild) Moyer Hobbs Hungerford Canan Houser Huber Darden

Civil (1951–78)	Phelps Elliott Ewing Judd Lowe Coleman Lee Aspinall Haydon Mockler Ruth Barnett Lee

Elected (since 1978)	Coleman Lutali Coleman Lutali Sunia Tulafono Moliga

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