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Benjamin Franklin Tilley
US Navy Rear Admiral, Naval Acting-Governor (1848-1907) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. [1]
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