Samuel Canan

{{short description |American Naval officer and Governor of American Samoa}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Samuel Wakefield Canan | image = | caption = | order = [[Governor of American Samoa]] | term_start = September 3, 1945 | term_end = September 10, 1945 | predecessor = [[Ralph Hungerford]] | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|6|7}} | birth_place = [[Altoona, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = March 1964 | citizenship = American | allegiance = United States | branch = {{ubl|[[United States Navy]]}} | service_years = | rank = | alma_mater = [[United States Naval Academy]] | occupation = Naval officer, territorial governor }}

'''Samuel Wakefield Canan''' (June 7, 1898 – March 1964) was a [[United States Navy]] officer and [[governor of American Samoa]]. Canan was born on June 7, 1898, in [[Altoona, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=cal>{{cite web|url=http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf|title=The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1606-2007|last=Sorensen|first=Stan|author2=Joseph Theroux|year=2007|publisher=[[Government of American Samoa]]|pages=136|access-date=2 May 2010|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224225108/https://www.americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[United States Naval Academy]] on June 24, 1916, out of [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and Reserve Officers on Active Duty|publisher=[[Bureau of Naval Personnel]]|page=262|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OswcAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Samuel+Wakefield+Canan%22&pg=PA262|access-date=2 May 2010|year=1918}}</ref> He succeeded [[Ralph Hungerford]] as governor in 1945, filling the position for only eight days, from September 3, 1945, to September 10, 1945.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://americansamoa.gov/governors/captain-ralph-waldo-hungerford|title=Captain Ralph Waldo Hungerford|year=2010|work=Governors|publisher=[[Government of American Samoa]]|access-date=2 May 2010|archive-date=27 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527143227/http://americansamoa.gov/governors/captain-ralph-waldo-hungerford|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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