Edward Stanley Kellogg

Edward Stanley Kellogg ( born August 20, 1870 in New York City; † January 8, 1948 in Bethesda, Maryland) was an American naval officer. Between 1923 and 1925 he was military governor of American Samoa.

Career

In 1892, Edward Kellogg graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis (Maryland). In the following years, he served on various ships as machinery officer ( Engineer) in the United States Navy. He also took part in the Spanish-American War of 1898. In 1920 he retired with the rank of captain from active military service.

In 1923, Kellogg was reactivated and appointed Governor of American Samoa. This office he held as a successor to Edwin Taylor Pollock between 4 September 1923 and 17 March 1925. During this time, he soon came into conflict with the local population. He said certain traditional mourning rituals and put some tribal leaders on the ground, their existence is incompatible with the Constitution of the United States.

After the end of his time as governor he retired finally back into retirement. He died on January 8, 1948 in Bethesda Naval Hospital and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Bethesda (Maryland) List of governors of American Samoa Charles Brainard Taylor Moore John Frederick Parker (United States Navy) Nathan Post Clark Daniel Stearns Charles Armijo Woodruff John Martin Poyer Waldo A. Evans Henry Francis Bryan Stephen Victor Graham Gatewood Lincoln James Sutherland Spore Arthur Emerson George Landenberger Thomas C. Latimore Otto Dowling Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick MacGillivray Milne Edward Hanson Jesse Wallace Laurence Wild Henry Louis Larsen John Gould Moyer Allen Hobbs Ralph Hungerford Samuel Canan Harold Houser Vernon Huber Thomas Darden Phelps Phelps John C. Elliott James Arthur Ewing Lawrence M. Judd Richard Barrett Lowe Peter Tali Coleman H. Rex Lee Owen Aspinall John Morse Haydon Frank Mockler Earl B. Ruth Frank Barnett A. P. Lutali Tauese Sunia Togiola Tulafono Lolo Letalu Matalasi Moliga
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