{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Henry Francis Bryan | honorific_suffix = | image = Henry F. Bryan.jpg | alt = | office = [[Governor of American Samoa]] | term_start = March 17, 1925 | term_end = September 9, 1927 | lieutenant = | predecessor = [[Edward Stanley Kellogg]] | successor = [[Stephen Victor Graham]] | birth_date = May 3, 1865 | birth_place = [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1944|03|19|1865|05|03}} | death_place = [[Meriden, Connecticut]], US | party = | spouse = Elizabeth Champlin Badger Bryan | alma_mater = [[United States Naval Academy]] | occupation = Naval officer | signature = | signature_alt = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = United States | branch = [[United States Navy]] | service_years = | rank = [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] | unit = | commands = {{USS|Monocacy|1864|6}}<br />[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<br />[[SS Leviathan|USS ''Leviathan'']]<br />[[Special Service Squadron]] | battles = | awards = [[Navy Cross]] }} '''Henry Francis Bryan''' (May 3, 1865 – March 19, 1944) was a [[United States Navy]] [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] and the [[governor of American Samoa]]. He served as governor from March 17, 1925, to September 9, 1927. Bryan was one of only three naval governors of the territory who had retired from naval service before serving as governor, the others being [[John Martin Poyer]] and his immediate predecessor, [[Edward Stanley Kellogg]]. In the Navy, he had numerous commands, and served in the [[Spanish–American War]]. His largest command was the [[Special Service Squadron]].
==Life==
===Early life=== Bryan was born in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, on May 3, 1865.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf |title=The Samoan Historical Calendar 1606-2007 |last=Sorensen |first=Stan |author2=Joseph Theroux |publisher=Office of the Governor of American Samoa |pages=109 |access-date=1 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325111039/http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009 }}</ref>
===Naval career=== Bryan became a cadet at the [[United States Naval Academy]] on May 2, 1883,<ref>{{cite book|last=Hamersly|first=Lewis Randolph|title=The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps|publisher=L.R. Hamersly|date=1902|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qv1BAAAAYAAJ&q=%22henry+francis+bryan%22&pg=PA305|access-date=1 December 2009|page=305}}</ref> and graduated in 1887.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901E1D81730E633A25753C1A9609C94669FD7CF|title=The Naval Graduates; Forty-Four Cadets To Leave the Annapolis Academy To-day|date=10 June 1887|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=1 December 2009|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04E6DF173BE033A25752C0A9619C94689FD7CF|title=Naval Intelligence|date=1 July 1889|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> He served on both {{USS|Isla de Luzon|1886|6}} and {{USS|Newark|C-1|6}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C05E7D61330E132A25753C3A9659C946097D6CF|title=Trial Gun Tests Postponed|date=30 March 1901|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> He also served on {{USS|Monocacy|1864|6}},<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06E3D81030E633A25754C1A96E9C94689FD7CF|title=Army and Navy News|date=17 August 1889|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> which he commanded.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maclay|first=Edward Stanton|title=A History of the United States Navy from 1775 to 1902|publisher=D. Appleton|date=1902|volume=3|pages=438|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ixCAAAAIAAJ&q=%22henry+francis+bryan%22&pg=RA1-PA438|access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> Bryan fought in the [[Spanish–American War]]. He later filled a post in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Congressional Directory for the Use of the United States Congress|publisher=[[United States Congress]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=1912|pages=247|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7wTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22henry+f+bryan%22&pg=PA247|access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> where he also briefly served as director from December 1913 to January 1914.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/lists-of-senior-officers-and-civilian-officials-of-the-us-navy/directors-of-naval-intelligence.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306074859/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/lists-of-senior-officers-and-civilian-officials-of-the-us-navy/directors-of-naval-intelligence.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Directors of Naval Intelligence |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> He had been promoted to [[captain (United States O-6)|captain]] on July 1, 1913.<ref name="1921 register">{{cite book |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USN/Naval_Registers/1921.pdf |title=Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps |date=1 January 1921 |page=10 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
During [[World War I]], Bryan commanded [[SS Leviathan|USS ''Leviathan'']], for which he was later awarded the [[Navy Cross]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/9202 |title=Henry Francis Bryan |website=Military Times |publisher=Sightline Media Group |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> He was [[frocking|frocked]] as a rear admiral on September 21, 1918.<ref name="1921 register"/> After the war, Bryan was given command of the [[Special Service Squadron]], which patrolled the [[Caribbean Sea]]. In 1921, he and his squadron were commanded to protect [[United States]] interests during contention in [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D02E0DC133CE533A25755C0A9659C946095D6CF|title=Two Warships Ordered to Protect American Interests in Disturbed Zone|date=6 March 1921|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=1 December 2009|page=1}}</ref>
Bryan retired from active duty at his permanent rank of captain on December 31, 1921.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OM4cAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA310 |title=Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps |date=1 January 1925 |page=310 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> He was credited with additional active duty time for his service as naval governor of American Samoa from 1925 to 1927.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=03mwYRrAEi8C&pg=PA342 |title=Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps |date=1 January 1928 |page=342 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> On June 21, 1930, Bryan was advanced to rear admiral on the retired list.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BId8aiKWXA0C&pg=PA380 |title=Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps |date=1 January 1934 |page=380 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
==Governorship== Bryan assumed the governorship on March 17, 1925. While governor, he established the American Samoa [[Department of Communications (American Samoa)|Department of Communications]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sorensen |first=Stan |date=21 December 2007 |title=Historical Notes |journal=Tapuitea: Official American Samoa Government Weekly Newspaper |publisher=Government of American Samoa |volume=II |issue=31 |url=http://americansamoa.gov/Tapuitea/Tapuitea71221.pdf |access-date=1 December 2009 |page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527140704/http://americansamoa.gov/Tapuitea/Tapuitea71221.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2010 }}</ref> Bryan was one of only three naval governors of the territory who had retired from naval service before serving as governor, the others being [[John Martin Poyer]] and [[Edward Stanley Kellogg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americansamoa.gov/governors/poyer.htm |title=Commander John Martin Poyer: March 1, 1915 - June 10, 1919 |date=2009 |publisher=[[Politics of American Samoa#Government|Government of American Samoa]] |access-date=1 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601165742/http://americansamoa.gov/governors/poyer.htm |archive-date=1 June 2009 }}</ref>
Bryan served as Governor during a period of peace following the turbulent years of [[Mau movement in American Samoa|Mau]] activities. He completed the work on a [[bill of rights]], which had begun under Governor [[Edward Stanley Kellogg]], and incorporated it into the Code of American Samoa. During his tenure, he oversaw the construction of two new dispensaries, one in [[Amouli, American Samoa|Amouli]] and another in [[Ofu-Olosega|Ofu]]. Additionally, Governor Bryan imposed a ban on malagas.<ref>Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). ''Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000''. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Pages 18-19. ISBN 9829036022.</ref>
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