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| 3 | Portrait | Name | Nationality | From | To | Appointed by | Sources |
| 4 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa |
| 5 | - | Conrad Cedercrantz [sv] | Sweden | 1890 | ? | Oscar II of Sweden | - |
| 6 | - | Henry Clay Ide | United States | 1893 | 1897 | - | - |
| 7 | - | William Lea Chambers | United States | 1897 | 1899 | - | - |
| 8 | Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa | Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa | Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa | Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa | Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa | Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa | Chief Judge of Samoa German: Oberrichter von Samoa |
| 9 | - | Erich Schultz-Ewerth [de] (Concurrently Governor of German Samoa from 1910 to 1914) | Germany | 1904 | 1914 | Wilhelm Solf | - |
| 10 | Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list) | Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list) | Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list) | Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list) | Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list) | Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list) | Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa (incomplete list) |
| 11 | - | JE Wilson | New Zealand | ? | 1921 | - | - |
| 12 | - | CR Orr-Walker | New Zealand | 1921 | 1923 | - | - |
| 13 | - | John Luxford | New Zealand | 1929 | 1936 | Joseph Ward | - |
| 14 | - | Robert Mackenzie Watson | New Zealand | April 1936 | September 1936 | Michael Joseph Savage | - |
| 15 | - | Joseph S. Morling | New Zealand | April 1937 | ? | Michael Joseph Savage | - |
| 16 | - | William Carrol Harley | New Zealand | September 1938 | May 1942 | Michael Joseph Savage | - |
| 17 | - | John R. Herd | New Zealand | Late 1942 or early 1943 | November 1947 | ? | - |
| 18 | - | Charles Croft Marsack | New Zealand | January 1948 | December 1961 | Peter Fraser | - |
| 19 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa |
| 20 | - | Paul Loxton Molineaux | New Zealand | 1962 | 1966 | - | - |
| 21 | - | Barrie Charles Spring | New Zealand | 1966 | 1972 | - | - |
| 22 | - | Eric Francis Rothwell | New Zealand | ? | ? | ? | - |
| 23 | Sir Gaven Donne KBE.jpeg | Gaven John Donne | New Zealand | 1972 | 1974 | - | - |
| 24 | - | Michael Bernard (Ben) Scully | New Zealand | 1974 | 1976 | - | - |
| 25 | - | Bryan Osborne Nicholson | New Zealand | ? | 1980 | - | - |
| 26 | - | Robert St John | Australia | 1980 | 1982 | - | - |
| 27 | - | David Hull | ? | ? | ? | ? | - |
| 28 | - | John Douglas Dillon | ? | ? | ? | ? | - |
| 29 | - | Russell Callander | New Zealand | 1982 | 1983 | Tanumafili II, on the advice of Tupuola Efi | - |
| 30 | - | Vaovasamanaia Phillips | Samoa | 1983 | ? | Tanumafili II, on the advice of Tofilau Eti Alesana | - |
| 31 | - | Trevor Maxwell | New Zealand | ? | 1989 | - | - |
| 32 | - | Anthony John Ryan | ? | ? | ? | ? | - |
| 33 | - | Patu Tiava'asu'e Falefatu Sapolu | Samoa | 1992 | Present | - | - |

Question: Who held the position of Chief Justice from 1983-1897 and from 1897 to 1899?
Answer: The position of Chief Justice was subsequently held by Americans Henry Clay Ide from 1893 to 1897, and William Lea Chambers from 1897 to 1899.