List of Governors of Guam
Governor of Guam | |
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Coat of arms of Guam | |
Residence | Adelup |
Term length | 4 years single term |
Inaugural holder | Carlos Camacho |
Formation | January 4, 1971 |
Salary | $90,000 (2013)[1] |
Website | Office of the Governor |
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The following is a list of Governors of Guam (Chamorro: I Maga' låhen Guåhan[2]).
Before World War II (1898–1941)
During the Spanish colonial period, Guam was ruled from the Philippines as part of the Spanish East Indies by the Governor-General of the Philippines.
American capture of the territory during the Spanish-American War (1898)
- 1898 – 1898 Henry Glass
- 1898 – 1898 Francisco Portusach Martínez
Political instability (1898–1899)
- 1898 – 1898 José Sisto – overthrew Portusach
- 1898 – 1899 Venancio Roberto – overthrew Sisto
- 1899 – 1899 José Sisto – put back in power by US Navy
- 1899 – 1899 E. D. Taussig – re-asserted USN authority, put a local council in place
- 1899 – 1899 Joaquín Cruz Pérez – local council
- 1899 – 1899 William Coe – local council
American Naval governors (1899–1941)
- 1899 – 1900 Richard Phillips Leary
- 1899 – 1900 William Edwin Safford – acting for Leary
- 1900 – 1901 Seaton Schroeder
- 1901 – 1901 William Swift
- 1901 – 1903 Seaton Schroeder
- 1903 – 1904 William Elbridge Sewell
- 1904 – 1904 F. H. Schofield – acting
- 1904 – 1904 Raymond Stone – acting
- 1904 – 1905 George Leland Dyer
- 1905 – 1906 Luke McNamee – acting
- 1906 – 1907 Templin Morris Potts
- 1907 – 1907 Luke McNamee
- 1907 – 1910 Edward John Dorn
- 1910 – 1911 F. B. Freyer – acting
- 1911 – 1912 George Robert Salisbury
- 1912 – 1913 Robert Edward Coontz
- 1913 – 1914 A. W. Hinds – acting
- 1914 – 1916 William John Maxwell
- 1916 – 1916 William P. Cronan – acting
- 1916 – 1916 Edward Simpson – acting
- 1916 – 1918 Roy Campbell Smith
- 1918 – 1919 William Wirt Gilmer
- 1919 – 1919 W. A. Hodgman – acting
- 1919 – 1920 William Wirt Gilmer
- 1920 – 1921 Ivan Cyrus Wettengel
- 1921 – 1922 James S. Spore – acting
- 1922 – 1922 Adelbert Althouse
- 1922 – 1922 John P. Miller – acting
- 1922 – 1923 Adelbert Althouse
- 1923 – 1924 Henry Bertram Price
- 1924 – 1926 A. W. Brown – acting
- 1926 – 1929 Lloyd Stogell Shapley
- 1929 – 1931 Willis Winter Bradley
- 1931 – 1933 Edmund Spence Root
- 1933 – 1936 George Andrew Alexander
- 1936 – 1938 Benjamin Vaughan McCandlish
- 1938 – 1940 James Thomas Alexander
- 1940 – 1941 George McMillin
World War II era
Japanese Occupation (1941–1944)
Japanese military (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office |
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Tomitarō Horii (1890–1942) |
December 10, 1941 | January 1942 |
Hayashi Hiromu (????–????) |
January 1942 | June 1942 |
Homura Teiichi (????–????) |
June 1942 | March 1944 |
Takeshi Takashina (1891–1944) |
March 1944 | July 28, 1944 |
Hideyoshi Obata (1890–1944) |
July 28, 1944 | August 11, 1944 |
Recaptured by the United States (1944–1949)
American military (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | |
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Roy Stanley Geiger (1885–1947) |
July 21, 1944 | August 10, 1944 | |
Henry Louis Larsen (1890–1962) |
August 10, 1944 | May 30, 1946 | |
Charles Alan Pownall (1887–1975) |
May 30, 1946 | September 27, 1949 | |
Appointed governors (1949–1970)
Civilian governor (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Acting Governor | |
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Carlton Skinner (1913–2004) |
September 17, 1949 | April 22, 1953 | Randall Herman (February 20, 1953 – April 22, 1953) | |
Ford Quint Elvidge (1892–1980) |
April 23, 1953 | October 2, 1956 | William T. Corbett (May 19, 1956 – October 2, 1956) | |
Richard Barrett Lowe (1902–1972) |
October 2, 1956 | July 9, 1960 | Marcellus Boss (November 14, 1959 – August 22, 1960) | |
Joseph Flores (1900–1981) |
July 9, 1960 | May 20, 1961 | ||
William Partlow Daniel (1915–2006) |
May 20, 1961 | March 9, 1963 | Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero (January 20, 1963 – March 9, 1963) | |
Manuel F.L. Guerrero (1914–1985) |
March 9, 1963 | July 20, 1969 | ||
Carlos Camacho (1924–1979) |
July 20, 1969 | January 4, 1971 |
Elected governors (1971–Present)
No. | Governor (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | Elected | |
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1 | Carlos Camacho (1924–1979) |
January 4, 1971 | January 6, 1975 | Republican | 1970 | |
2 | Ricardo Bordallo (1927–1990) |
January 6, 1975 | January 1, 1979 | Democratic | 1974 | |
3 | Paul McDonald Calvo (b. 1934) |
January 1, 1979 | January 3, 1983 | Republican | 1978 | |
4 | Ricardo Bordallo (1927–1990) |
January 3, 1983 | January 5, 1987 | Democratic | 1982 | |
5 | Joseph F. Ada (b. 1943) |
January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1995 | Republican | 1986 1990 | |
6 | Carl T.C. Gutierrez (b. 1941) |
January 2, 1995 | January 6, 2003 | Democratic | 1994 1998 | |
7 | Felix P. Camacho (b. 1957) |
January 6, 2003 | January 3, 2011 | Republican | 2002 2006 | |
8 | Eddie Calvo (b. 1961) |
January 3, 2011 | Incumbent | Republican | 2010 2014 |
Living former governors
As of August 2014, four former governors were alive, the oldest being Paul McDonald Calvo (1979–1983, born 1934). The most recent governor to die was Ricardo Bordallo (1975–1979, 1983–1987), on January 31, 1990.
Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
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Paul McDonald Calvo | |
July 25, 1934 |
Joseph Franklin Ada | |
December 3, 1943 |
Carl T.C. Gutierrez | |
October 15, 1941 |
Felix Perez Camacho | |
October 30, 1957 |
References
- ↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ↑ "DLM Home Page." Guam Department of Land Management. Retrieved on October 21, 2010. "FELIX P. CAMACHO I Maga' låhen Guåhan Governor of Guam"
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