What is Peter Tali Coleman?
[[File:Peter Tali Coleman.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Coleman in 1977]] '''Peter Tali Coleman''' (December 8, 1919 &ndash; April 28, 1997) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the first person of [[Samoan people|Samoan]] descent to be appointed [[Governor of American Samoa]] and later became the territory's first popularly elected governor. He was a member of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]], he is the only U.S. governor whose service spanned five decades (1956–1961, 1978–1985 and 1989–1993) and one of the longest-serving governors of any jurisdiction in American history. Coleman died in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]] on April 28, 1997 from complications of [[liver cancer]], aged 77. ==Other websites== * [http://starbulletin.com/97/04/29/news/story4.html Obituary in the ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311094142/http://starbulletin.com/97/04/29/news/story4.html |date=2007-03-11 }} * [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE2DC1131F932A35756C0A961958260 New York Times: Peter Coleman, 77, Governor of American Samoa ] * [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/May/19/ln/ln49p.html Honolulu Advertiser: Nora Stewart Coleman, 85, former first lady of American Samoa ] {{DEFAULTSORT:Colman, Peter Tali}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:1997 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]] [[Category:Governors of American Samoa]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}