List of Governors of Guam

Governor of Guam
Coat of arms of Guam
Incumbent Eddie Calvo since January 3, 2011
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)

Recaptured by the United States (1944–1949)

American military (Birth–Death)		Took office	Left office
	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
	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
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.

References

External links

• Office of the Governor

Governors of Guam Commissioner (1898–99) Glass Martínez Sisto Roberto Sisto Taussig Pérez Coe Kaiser Naval (1899–1941) Leary Safford Schroeder Swift Schroeder Sewell Schofield Stone Dyer McNamee Potts McNamee Dorn Freyer Salisbury Coontz Hinds Maxwell Cronan Simpson Smith Gilmer Hodgman Gilmer Wettengel Spore Althouse Miller Althouse Price Brown Shapley Bradley Root G. Alexander McCandlish J. Alexander McMillin Military (1944–49) Geiger Larsen Pownall Civilian (1949–69) Skinner Elvidge Corbett Lowe Boss Flores Daniel Guerrero C. Camacho Elected (since 1969) C. Camacho Bordallo P. Calvo Bordallo Ada Gutierrez F. Camacho E. Calvo