Samuel Canan

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. He was admitted to the United States Naval Academy on June 24, 1916, out of Pennsylvania. He succeeded Ralph Hungerford as governor in 1945, filling the position for only eight days, from September 3, 1945, to September 10, 1945.