Guam
 

to 21 Jun 1898        21 Jun 1898 - 12 Dec 1941; Since 21 Jul 1944               12 Dec 1941 - 21 Jul 1944                 4 Jul 1917 - 9 Feb 1948  Unofficial;                  9 Feb 1948 - 1960 Official                             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) -------------------------- Constitution Capital: Agana (Hagatna) (Akashi 1941-1944) Currency: US Dollar (USD) National Holiday: 4 Jul (1776) U.S. Independence Day -------------------------- 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)