Lawrence McCully Judd
March 4, 1953 - August 5, 1953

A Biographical Sketch of American Samoa’s Thirty-ninth Governor (and Fourth Appointed Civil Governor): Lawrence McCully Judd (Term of Office: March 4, 1953-August 5, 1953)

On March 20, 1887, Lawrence McCully Judd, fourth appointed civil governor of American Samoa (March 4-August 5, 1953) was born at "Rosenheim," Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Albert Francis Judd, Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hawaii and Agnes Hall Boyd Judd. (1b. Anonymous n.d.: 114)

On July 4, 1929, Governor (then of Hawaii) Judd appeared on the cover of TIME magazine. (7. Answers.com. “Lawrence M. Judd”: Wikipedia: n.d.)

On March 4, 1953, Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay appointed Lawrence McCully Judd, a former Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, as American Samoa's fourth appointed civil governor (until August 5, 1953).
(1a. Judd 1971: 281)

On June 30, 1953, American Samoa’s Governor, Lawrence McCully Judd, reported that “Most of the police officers are ex-marines and due to that training they have excellent morale and discipline and can speak, read and write English. American Samoa has no narcotic[s] problem, no prostitution problem, no auto theft, and very little grand larceny.”
(1d. Judd 1953: 31)

On June 30, 1953, Governor Lawrence McCully Judd reported that the American Samoa Government’s total current assets were $1,652,730.71.
(1d. Judd 1953: 41)

On August 5, 1953, Lawrence McCully Judd ended his term as American Samoa's fourth appointed civil governor (since March 4, 1953). He  resigned because of poor health.
 (1a. Judd 1971: 282)

On October 4, 1968, Lawrence McCully Judd, American Samoa's fourth appointed civil governor (March 4-August 5, 1953), passed away in his 81st year in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was buried in the Nu'uanu Cemetery.
(1b. Anonymous n.d.: 115)

Lawrence M. Judd on the cover of Time, 1929

Lawrence M. Judd, formally Lawrence McCully Judd (born March 20, 1887 in Honolulu, Hawaii, was the grandson of Gerrit P. Judd of the American Board of Missions. Judd was the seventh Territorial Governor of Hawai'i and served from 1929 to 1934. He was appointed to the office after the term of Wallace Rider Farrington. Governor Judd is best known for his commutation of the sentence of socialite Grace Hubbard Fortescue, convicted in Hawaii courts of manslaughter in the death of Joseph Kahahawai (also known as the Massie Affair), from ten-years in prison to one-hour in his executive chambers. Judd also served as governor of American Samoa from March 4, 1953, until August 4, 1953. He died on October 4, 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is interred in Oahu Cemetery on Nuuanu Avenue in Honolulu. Judd attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.