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Peter Tali Coleman was born on 8 December, 1919 in Pago Pago, American Samoa, U.S., is an American Samoa politician (1919–1997). Discover Peter Tali Coleman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 8 December, 1919
Birthday 8 December
Birthplace Pago Pago, American Samoa, U.S.
Date of death 28 April, 1997
Died Place Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Nationality American Samoa

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His wife is Nora Stewart (m. 1941)

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Children 13, including Amata

Peter Tali Coleman Net Worth

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1919

Peter Tali Coleman (December 8, 1919 – April 28, 1997) was an American Samoan politician and lawyer.

1941

Peter Coleman and Nora Stewart of Honolulu were married in 1941.

They had thirteen children, twenty-three grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

1950

He returned to the Samoan Islands in the early 1950s and practiced law in Pago Pago and in Apia.

1951

He received his law degree from Georgetown University in 1951 and was the first person of Samoan ancestry to receive a law degree from an American university or from any university.

He served in American Samoa both as a public defender and as the territory's attorney general.

1955

In 1955 he was briefly appointed by the Republican federal government as the first Attorney General of American Samoa and then became governor in 1956.

During his first administration, Coleman chaired the convention that drafted the Constitution of American Samoa, containing the bill of rights and providing protection for Samoans against alienation of their lands and loss of their culture.

His administration also laid the foundation for the American Samoa Fono legislature and produced the official seal and flag of American Samoa.

When the Democrats overtook the federal government, he was replaced and appointed to different administrative positions for Pacific islands.

1956

Coleman was the first and only person of Samoan descent to be appointed governor of American Samoa between 1956 and 1961 and later became the territory's first and third popularly elected governor from 1978 to 1985 and 1989 to 1993, serving a total of three elected terms.

In between, he had served in different administrative positions for Pacific islands.

Born to an American navy officer and a native mother in American Samoa, he grew up there and in Hawaii and participated in World War II, before becoming a lawyer and then returning to American Samoa to practice law there.

Coleman was appointed governor of American Samoa in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower.

At the conclusion of his term, he served a variety of positions in the Pacific Islands, including district administrator for the Marshall Islands, district administrator for the Marianas Islands, and deputy high commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, where he also served as acting high commissioner for one year.

Coleman was the first Samoan to become Governor in 1956 and the only one who served by appointment.

1960

When the Republican Party lost the White House in 1960, Coleman was assigned as deputy high commissioner of the U.S. Trust Territories.

1977

He came back to American Samoa once more in 1977 to run for the first gubernatorial election of the territory.

After American Samoans had finally approved electing their own governor in that year, he was elected the first and third governor in 1977, 1980, and 1988 over his Democratic rival A. P. Lutali each time, losing against him in 1992.

His family title, Uifaatali, was bestowed on him in 1977.

Coleman later joined the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of captain during World War II.

He served 17 years in that post, returning in 1977 to run in the first gubernatorial election.

In 1977, he also became the first elected Governor in American Samoa.

Coleman became the first popularly elected Samoan governor after defeating Democrat A. P. Lutali with 60% of the votes in a special runoff election held on November 22, 1977.

The election was described by the New York Times as “a major step toward self-determination by island’s residents.” After having turned down the proposal to elect their own Governor in three plebiscites, American Samoans in 1977 had also overwhelmingly approved the measure which allowed them to elect that official.

1978

In 1978, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Chaminade University of Honolulu and in 1970 one from the University of Guam.

Born and raised in Pago Pago, American Samoa, Coleman attended the faifeau and Marist schools, before graduating from Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Hawaii.

His parents were Navyman Patrick Dyke Coleman from Washington, DC, and Amata Auma from the Uifaatali family.

1980

He was reelected in 1980, lost the 1984 election, and was reelected once again in 1988.

1985

He also was the founding chairman of the territory's Republican Party, serving from 1985 to 1988.

To this date he has been the only Republican governor ever of American Samoa.

Coleman's career spanned over the entire second half of the 20th century.

He is the only governor in the United States whose service spanned five decades and one of the longest-serving governors of any jurisdiction in American history.

1997

He was a recipient of the 1997 American Samoan Governor's Humanitarian Award and gained the chiefly title Uifa’atali from his home village of Pago Pago.

The Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public Policy has been a part of the Pacific Islands Project at Georgetown University, where Coleman received his degree.

Coleman died in 1997 in Honolulu after a two-year struggle with liver cancer.

Coleman's legacy includes the effort to incorporate American Samoa in the Social Security system and the recognition and promotion of tourism as an economic development strategy.

He began to rebuild and expand the Tafuna Airstrip to take jet planes.

2014

In 2014, his daughter Aumua Amata Radewagen was elected Delegate to represent American Samoa in the United States House of Representatives.

She is the first woman to represent American Samoa in Congress.