It was handed over to the civilian governor of American Samoa for his residence in 1951.

Their parliamentarians had read enough Roman history to want to keep generals subordinate to civilian governors.

As a civilian governor, he said, he did not have the means to stop the militia.

The composition of the first Provincial Administration under a civilian governor were:

Army commanders in the outer islands proclaimed a state of emergency and replaced civilian governors by military men.

Burnett previously served briefly during December 1849 as the territorial civilian governor of California.

This is similar to asking a civilian governor for clemency or a pardon.

As of 1830, a royal order was issued substituting civilian governor by a military governor.

He dismissed the elected civilian governors and placed a military Administrator in charge of each state.

He was also the first civilian governor of Guam.