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Gatewood Sanders Lincoln
A black and white pen outline of a young man from the shoulders up with neat hair which stops right above his ears. He is looking sternly at the viewer, and wears a military style buttoned coat. A small "W" in a box is seen in the very bottom right corner of the image.
A sketch of Lincoln in 1896, recently graduated from the Naval Academy.
Governor of American Samoa
In office
July 17, 1931 – May 12, 1932
Preceded byArthur Emerson
Succeeded byGeorge Landenberger
In office
August 2, 1929 – March 24, 1931
Preceded byStephen Victor Graham
Succeeded byJames Sutherland Spore
Personal details
Born(1875-08-05)August 5, 1875
Liberty, Missouri
DiedOctober 15, 1957(1957-10-15) (aged 82)
SpouseEnfield "Enna" Caryl Stogdale
Alma materWilliam Jewell College
United States Naval Academy
OccupationNaval officer
AwardsNavy Cross
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy Seal United States Navy
Rank Captain
CommandsUSS Powhatan; Department of Electrical Engineering and Physics at the United States Naval Academy
Battles/warsWorld War I, World War II

Gatewood Sanders Lincoln (August 5, 1875 – October 15, 1957) was a United States Navy officer who served as the governor of American Samoa. With Nathan Woodworth Post, Lincoln was one of only two American Samoan governors to serve non-consecutive terms. He commanded a supply ship during World War I and was an instructor at the United States Naval Academy, serving as Department Head of the College of Electrical Engineering and Physics.

Biography[edit]

Gatewood Lincoln was born in Liberty, Missouri to James Edwin and Margaret Lincoln, natives of Lexington, Kentucky.[1] His father, a cousin of Abraham Lincoln, was probate judge of Clay County.[2] Gatewood was James Lincoln's mother's maiden name. Lincoln studied at William Jewell College in Liberty, before he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1892.[2][3]

Naval career[edit]

Lincoln graduated from the Naval Academy in 1896, having been trained as a naval engineer.[4] He ranked second in his class and received his first assignment by request of the captain of the USS Philadelphia.[2][5] He was awarded the Navy Cross for his conduct as captain of the USS Powhatan on convoy duty during World War I.[6]

Lincoln served on the United States Shipping Board advisory board during the 1930s[7] and also at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.[8] During World War I, he saw active duty in command of a supply ship in the Atlantic.[9] After the war, as a Commander, Lincoln was department head of Electrical Engineering and Physics at the Naval Academy.[10] In 1943, he was called back to active duty to take command of the Naval Ammunition Depot in Fallbrook, California.

Governorship[edit]

Lincoln served two terms as Governor of American Samoa, from 2 August 1929 to 24 March 1931 and from 17 July 1931 to 12 May 1932.[11] He separated the responsibilities of the Chief Justice and the Attorney General, and he started a Samoan-led judicial commission to deal with matters involving land ownership, thereby granting the Samoan people more autonomy.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ US Census, 1880, Liberty, Clay Co., MO, 379A
  2. ^ a b c "Gatewood Lincoln of Liberty Will Go for a Cruise on the Philadelphia". The Kansas City Star. Vol. 16, no. 248. Nelson. 23 May 1896. p. 8.
  3. ^ "US Navy Officers: 1798-1900 -- "L"". Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900. Naval History & Heritage Command. 7 April 2006. Archived from the original on 23 June 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  4. ^ United States Naval Academy (1899). Annual Register of the U.S. Naval Academy. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 47. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Miss Lincoln a Bride; Daughter of U.S. Naval Captain Weds Ensign William Sinton". The New York Times. 20 August 1922. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Full Text Citations For Award of The Navy Cross to Members of the US Navy: World War 1". Home of the Heroes. Military Times. 2010. Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Shippers Confer on Drafting Code". The New York Times. 8 September 1933. p. 2.
  8. ^ United States Congress (1912). United States congressional serial set. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  9. ^ Booker, Edna Lee (1940). News Is My Job - A Correspondent in War Torn China. The Macmillan Company. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4067-4093-6. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  10. ^ United States Naval Academy (1915). Annual Register of the U.S. Naval Academy. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 20. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  11. ^ Government of American Samoa (2010). "Lieutenant Nathan Woodworth Post". American Samoa. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  12. ^ Dardani, Ross (September 2020). "Citizenship in Empire: The Legal History of U.S. Citizenship in American Samoa, 1899-1960" (PDF). American Journal of Legal History. 60 (3): 342.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatewood_Lincoln