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Guam
 
[Spanish War Ensign (1785-1931)]
                   to 21 Jun 1898
 
[US flag]
     21 Jun 1898 - 12 Dec 1941; Since 21 Jul 1944 
 
[Japan]
           12 Dec 1941 - 21 Jul 1944
 
[Guam flag 1917-1960]
              4 Jul 1917 - 9 Feb 1948  Unofficial;
                 9 Feb 1948 - 1960 Official
 
[Flag of Guam]
                          Adopted 1960
 
 

 Map of Guam
 Hear National Anthem
 "The Star Spangled Banner"
 Hear Local Anthem
"The Guam Hymn"
Adopted 1919
 Guam Organic Act
(1 Aug 1950)
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Constitution
Capital: Agana (Hagatna)
(Akashi 1941-1944)
Currency: US Dollar (USD)
National Holiday: 4 Jul (1776)
U.S. Independence Day
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Local  Holiday
1st Monday in Mar. (1521)
Discovery Day
Population: 173,456 (2007)
GDP: $2.5 billion (2005)
Exports: $45 million (2004)
Imports: $701 million (2004)
Ethnic groups: Chamorro 37.5%, Filipino 26.3%, white 6.8%,
other Pacific Islander 11.3%, mixed 9.8%, Korean 2.5%,
other Asian 2.5%, black 1%, other 1.2%  (2000)
Total Armed Forces: 3,293 (2003)
Defense is the Responsibility of the U.S.
Merchant marine: None (2006) 
Religions: Roman Catholic 74.4%, Protestant 12.8%,
other Christian 2.4%, other 10.4% (1995) 
International Organizations/Treaties: Interpol (subbureau), IOC, PC, UPU
Guam
Chronology

 6 Mar 1521                Discovered by Ferdinand Magellan and claimed for
                             Spain as part of Las Islas de Los Ladrones.
22 Jan 1565                Guam reclaimed as a Spanish possession by
                             Miguel López de Legazpi.
16 Jun 1668                Spanish colony of Islas de las Marianas
                             subordinated New Spain (see Mexico) to 1817.
1817                       Subordinated to the Philippines.
21 Jun 1898                U.S. territory.
21 Jun 1898 - 1899         Subordinated to the Philippines.
21 Jun 1898 - 27 Sep 1949  Administered by U.S. Navy.
10 Dec 1941 - 10 Aug 1944  Japanese occupation (renamed Omiya Jima,
                             [Great Shrine Island]; Agana renamed Akashi).
27 Sep 1949                Administered by U.S. Department of Interior.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Military commanders
16 Jun 1668 - 1672         Padre Diego Luís de San Vitores    (d. 1672)
                             (not formally governor)
16 Jun 1668 - 1672         Juan de Santa Cruz 
 2 May 1672 - 1674         Juan de Santiago 
16 Jun 1674 - 1676         Damián de Esplaña 
Governors (of the Mariana Islands) 
10 Jun 1676 - 1678         Francisco de Irrisarri y Viñar
21 Jun 1678 - 1680         Juan Antonio de Salas 
 5 Jun 1680 - 1681         José de Quiroga (1st time)         (d. 1720)
15 Jun 1681 - 1683         Antonio de Saravia
 3 Nov 1683 - 1686         Damián de Esplaña (1st time)
Feb 1686 - 1689            José de Quiroga (2nd time)         (s.a.)
Aug 1689 - 1694            Damián de Esplaña (2nd time)
16 Aug 1694 - 1696         José de Quiroga  (3rd time)        (s.a.)
 1 Aug 1696 - 15 Sep 1700  José Madrazo
15 Sep 1700 -  1 Sep 1704  Francisco Medrano y Asiain
 1 Sep 1704 -  1 Sep 1709  Antonio Villamor y Vadillo
 1 Sep 1709 - 21 Nov 1720  Juan Antonio Pimentel              (b. 1644? - d. 17..)
21 Nov 1720 -  4 Apr 1725  Luis Antonio Sánchez de Tagle
 4 Apr 1725 - 28 Sep 1725  Juan de Ojeda
28 Sep 1725 - 12 Feb 1730  Manuel Argüelles y Valdés
12 Feb 1730 -  1 Nov 1730  Pedro Lazo de la Vega
 1 Nov 1730 - 21 Aug 1734  Diego Félix de Balboa
21 Aug 1734 -  2 Apr 1740  Francisco Cárdenas Pacheco         (d. 1740)
 2 Apr 1740 - 21 Sep 1746  Miguel Fernández de Cárdenas
21 Sep 1746 -  8 Sep 1749  Diego Gómez de la Sierra
 8 Sep 1749 -  6 Nov 1756  Enrique de Olavide y Michelena
                             (1st time)
 6 Nov 1756 - 20 Nov 1759  Andrés del Barrio y Rabago
20 Nov 1759 -  9 Jun 1768  José de Soroa
 9 Jun 1768 - 15 Sep 1771  Enrique de Olavide y Michelena
                             (2nd time)
15 Sep 1771 - 15 Jun 1774  Mariano Tobias
15 Jun 1774 -  6 Jun 1776  Antonio Apodaca
 6 Jun 1776 - 21 Aug 1786  Felipe de Cera
21 Aug 1786 -  2 Sep 1794  José Arlegui y León
 2 Sep 1794 - 12 Jan 1802  Manuel Muro
12 Jan 1802 - 18 Oct 1806  Vicente Blanco
18 Oct 1806 - 26 Jul 1812  Alejandro Parreno
26 Jul 1812 - 15 Aug 1822  José de Medinilla y Pineda 
                             (1st time)
15 Aug 1822 - 15 May 1823  José Montilla
15 May 1823 -  1 Aug 1826  José Ganga Herrero
 1 Aug 1826 - 26 Sep 1831  José de Medinilla y Pineda
                             (2nd time)
26 Sep 1831 -  1 Oct 1837  Francisco Ramón de Villabos
 1 Oct 1837 -  1 Oct 1843  José Causillas Salazar
 1 Oct 1843 -  4 Apr 1848  Gregorio Santa Maria               (d. 1848)
 7 Apr 1848 -  8 Sep 1848  Félix Calvo (acting)
 8 Sep 1848 - 16 May 1855  Pablo Pérez
16 May 1855 - 28 Jan 1866  Felipe María de la Corte
28 Jan 1866 - 17 Aug 1871  Francisco Moscoso y Lara
17 Aug 1871 - 24 Mar 1873  Luis de Ybáñez y García
24 Mar 1873 - 16 Jan 1875  Eduardo Beaumont y Calafat
16 Jan 1875 - 15 Aug 1880  Manuel Bravo y Barrera
15 Aug 1880 - 14 Mar 1884  Francisco Brochero y Parreño
14 Mar 1884 - 17 Jul 1884  Enrique Solano (1st time)
17 Jul 1884 - Nov 1884     Antonio Borreda (acting)
Nov 1884 - 1885            Francisco Olive y García
1885 - 20 Apr 1890         Enrique Solano (2nd time)
20 Apr 1890 - 14 Aug 1891  Joaquín Vara del Rey y Rubio       (b. 1840 - d. 1898) 
14 Aug 1891 - 23 Aug 1892  Luis Santos
23 Aug 1892 -  1 Sep 1893  Vicente Gómez Hernández
 1 Sep 1893 - 1893         Juan Godoy (acting)
1893 - 24 Dec 1895         Emilio Galisteo Brunenque
24 Dec 1895 - 15 Feb 1897  Jacobo Marina
15 Feb 1897 - 17 Apr 1897  Angelo Nieto (acting)
17 Apr 1897 - 21 Jun 1898  Juan Marina
Commissioners 
21 Jun 1898 - Jun 1898     Henry Glass                        (b. 1844 - d. 1908)
1898                       Francisco Portusach Martínez       (b. 1864 - d. 1919)
23 Jun 1898 - 1898         José Sisto (1st time)
1898 - 1899                Venancio Roberto
1899                       José Sisto (2nd time)
1899                       E.D. Taussig (acting)
 1 Feb 1899 - 20 Apr 1899  Joaquín Cruz Pérez
Governors 
20 Apr 1899 -  7 Aug 1899  William Coe (acting)
 7 Aug 1899 - 30 Aug 1899  Louis A. Kaiser (acting)
30 Aug 1899 - 1900         Richard Phillips Leary             (b. 1842 - d. 1900)
30 Aug 1899 - 1900         William Edwin Safford              (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
                             (acting for Leary)
19 Jul 1900 - 1901         Seaton Schroeder (1st time)        (b. 1849 - d. 1922)
11 Aug 1901 - 1901         William Swift
 2 Nov 1901 -  6 Feb 1903  Seaton Schroeder (2nd time)        (s.a.)
 6 Feb 1903 - 1904         William Elbridge Sewell
11 Jan 1904 - 1904         F.H. Schofield (acting) 
28 Jan 1904 - 1904         Raymond Stone (acting)
16 May 1904 -  2 Nov 1905  George Leland Dyer                 (b. 1849 - d. 1914)
 2 Nov 1905 -  3 Dec 1906  Luke McNamee (1st time)(acting)
 3 Dec 1906 -  3 Oct 1907  Templin Morris Potts
 3 Oct 1907 - 28 Dec 1907  Luke McNamee (2nd time)(acting)
28 Dec 1907 -  5 Nov 1910  Edward John Dorn
 5 Nov 1910 - 21 Jan 1911  F.B. Freyer (acting)
21 Jan 1911 - 30 Jan 1912  George Robert Salisbury
30 Jan 1912 - 23 Sep 1913  Robert Edward Coontz               (b. 1864 - d. 1935)
23 Sep 1913 - 28 Mar 1914  A.W. Hinds (acting)
28 Mar 1914 - 29 Apr 1916  William John Maxwell
29 Apr 1916 -  8 May 1916  William P. Cronan (acting)
 8 May 1916 - 30 May 1916  Edward Simpson (acting)
30 May 1916 - 15 Nov 1918  Roy Campbell Smith
15 Nov 1918 - 22 Nov 1919  William Wirt Gilmer (1st time)
22 Nov 1919 - 21 Dec 1919  W.A. Hodgman (acting)
21 Dec 1919 -  7 Jul 1920  William Wirt Gilmer (2nd time)
 7 Jul 1920 - 27 Feb 1921  Ivan Cyrus Wettengel               (b. 1876 - d. 1935)
27 Feb 1921 -  7 Feb 1922  James S. Spore (acting)
 7 Feb 1922 -  8 Dec 1922  Adelbert Althouse (1st time)
 8 Dec 1922 - 14 Dec 1922  John P. Miller (acting)
14 Dec 1922 -  4 Aug 1923  Adelbert Althouse (2nd time)
 4 Aug 1923 - 26 Aug 1924  Henry Bertram Price
26 Aug 1924 -  7 Apr 1926  A.W. Brown (acting)
 7 Apr 1926 - 11 Jun 1929  Lloyd Stogell Shapley
11 Jun 1929 - 1931         Willis Winter Bradley              (b. 1884 - d. 1954)
15 May 1931 - 21 Jun 1933  Edmund Spence Root
21 Jun 1933 - 27 Mar 1936  George Andrew Alexander            (b. 1902 - d. 1969)
27 Mar 1936 -  8 Feb 1938  Benjamin Vaughan McCondlish
 8 Feb 1938 - 20 Apr 1940  James Thomas Alexander
20 Apr 1940 - 10 Dec 1941  George Johnson McMillin            (d. 1983)
Military Governors
10 Dec 1941 - 14 Jan 1942  Horii Tomitaro                     (b. 1890 - d. 1942) 
1942 - 1944                Homura
1944 - 28 Jul 1944         Takeshima Takeshi                  (d. 1944)
28 Jul 1944 - 11 Aug 1944  Obata Hideyoshi                    (b. 1880 - d. 1944)
1944                       Roy Stanley Geiger                 (b. 1885 - d. 1947)
21 Jul 1944 - 30 May 1946  Henry Louis Larsen                 (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
Governors
30 May 1946 - 27 Sep 1949  Charles Alan Pownall               (b. 1887 - d. 1975)
27 Sep 1949 - 27 Mar 1953  Carlton S. Skinner                 (b. 1913 - d. 2004)
27 Mar 1953 - Jun 1956     Ford Quint Elvidge                 (b. 1892 - d. ....)
Jun 1956 -  2 Oct 1956     William T. Corbett (acting)
 2 Oct 1956 - 14 Nov 1959  Richard Barrett Lowe               (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
14 Nov 1959 -  9 Jul 1960  Marcellus G. Boss (acting)
 9 Jul 1960 - 20 May 1961  Joseph F. Flores                   (b. 1900 - d. 1981)
20 May 1961 - 20 Jan 1963  William "Bill" Patlov Daniel       (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
20 Jan 1963 - 30 Jun 1969  Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero        (b. 1914 - d. 1985)
 1 Jul 1969 -  6 Jan 1975  Carlos Garcia Camacho              (b. 1924 - d. 1979) Jan 1971;Rep
 6 Jan 1975 -  1 Jan 1979  Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1st time) (b. 1927 - d. 1990)   Rep
 1 Jan 1979 -  3 Jan 1983  Paul McDonald Calvo                (b. 1934)             Rep
 3 Jan 1983 -  5 Jan 1987  Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (2nd time) (s.a.)                Rep
 5 Jan 1987 -  2 Jan 1995  Joseph F. Ada                      (b. 1943)             Rep 
 2 Jan 1995 -  6 Jan 2003  Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez          (b. 1941)             Dem 
 6 Jan 2003 -              Felix Perez Camacho                (b. 1957)             Rep 

Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party (liberal-centerist); Rep = Republican Party (conservative)





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