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1953 American Samoan legislative election

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Of the estimated 7,300 eligible votes, 4,675 people registered to vote. Voters were required to have lived in their district for at least five years to register, with the voting age set at 18. The campaign started on 5 January. The
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was created with a 12-member House of Ali'i and a 54-member House of Representatives. In 1952 the legislature was reorganised into a 15-member
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winning seats in the House of Representatives. Twelve of the eighteen members of the House of Representatives were non-chiefs.
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Women, State, and Territorial Legislators, 1895-1995: A State-by-state Analysis, with Rosters of 6,000 Women
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3,770 voters cast votes in the election. For the first time, women were elected, with
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1955, p5
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between 19 and 24 January 1953, the first under universal suffrage.
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government sent observers to monitor the elections.
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Index

Politics of American Samoa

Executive
Governor
Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Lieutenant Governor
Salo Ale
Legislature
Senate
President
House of Representatives
Speaker
Judiciary
High Court
Constitution
Faʻa Sāmoa
Faʻamatai
ʻAiga
LGBT rights
Faʻafafine
Congressional delegate
Amata Coleman Radewagen
Nationality
Visa policy
Administrative divisions
Western District
Lealataua
Fofo
Leasina
Tualatai

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