What is Benjamin Franklin Tilley?
[[File:Benjamin Franklin Tilley - NH 67313.jpg|thumb|Benjamin Franklin Tilley, from sometime between 1896 and 1901]] '''Benjamin Franklin Tilley''' (March 29, 1848 in [[Bristol, Rhode Island]] – March 18, 1907 in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]) was an [[admiral]] in the [[US Navy]] who served in the [[American Civil War]] and the [[Spanish-American War]]. He was the first acting [[governor]] of [[American Samoa]]. <ref>{{cite journal|first=Stan |last=Sorensen |title=Historical Notes |page=2 |url=http://americansamoa.gov/tapuitea/2008/Tapuitea080613.pdf |work=Tapuitea |volume=III |issue=24 |date=13 June 2008 |access-date=2011-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618183627/http://americansamoa.gov/tap08/Tapuitea_current.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2008 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tilley, Benjamin Franklin}} [[Category:1848 births]] [[Category:1907 deaths]] [[Category:American admirals]] [[Category:American military personnel of the Spanish-American War]] [[Category:Governors of American Samoa]] [[Category:Military personnel of the American Civil War]] [[Category:Politicians from Rhode Island]] [[Category:Military people from Rhode Island]]