Arthur Tenney Emerson was the 21st Governor of American Samoa from April 22, 1931 to July 17, 1931. He attended Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

 before being appointed to the United States Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy

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 from Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, graduating in 1916. He married Gertrude Childs in 1921 aboard the USS Utah (BB-31)

USS Utah (BB-31)

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 in Naples, Italy. He served in World War I

World War I

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, before receiving appointment to the governorship for a brief time.