List of Governors of Guam

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The following is a list of Governors of Guam (Chamorro: I Maga' låhen Guåhan).

Before World War II (1898–1941)

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

Captured by Japan (1941–1944)

• 1941 – 1943 Tomitarō Horii
• 1942 – 1943 Teiichi Homura
• 1944 – 1944 Takeshi Takashina
• 1944 – 1944 Hideyoshi Obata

Recaptured by the United States (1944–1949)

• 1944 – 1944 Roy Stanley Geiger
• 1944 – 1946 Henry Louis Larsen
• 1946 – 1949 Charles Alan Pownall

Appointed governors (1949–1970)

Picture	Civilian governor	Took office	Left office	Form of entry
	Carlton Skinner (1913–2004)	September 17, 1949	February 20, 1953	Indirect governor
	Ford Quint Elvidge (1892–1980)	April 23, 1953	May 19, 1956	Indirect governor
	William T. Corbett (1902–1971)	May 19, 1956	October 2, 1956	Acting governor
	Richard Barrett Lowe (1902–1972)	October 2, 1956	November 14, 1959	Indirect governor
	Marcellus Boss (1901–1967)	November 14, 1959	August 22, 1960	Acting governor
	Joseph Flores (1900–1981)	July 9, 1960	May 20, 1961	Indirect governor
	William Partlow Daniel (1915–2006)	May 20, 1961	January 20, 1963	Indirect governor
	Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero (1914–1985)	March 9, 1963	July 20, 1969	Indirect governor
	Carlos Camacho (1924–1979)	July 20, 1969	January 4, 1971	Last indirect governor

Elected governors (1970–Present)

Picture	Governor	Term office	Left office	Party
	Carlos Camacho (1924–1979)	January 4, 1971	January 6, 1975	Republican
	Ricardo Bordallo (1927–1990)	January 6, 1975	January 1, 1979	Democratic
	Paul McDonald Calvo (b.1934)	January 1, 1979	January 3, 1983	Republican
	Ricardo Bordallo (1927–1990)	January 3, 1983	January 5, 1987	Democratic
	Joseph F. Ada (b.1943)	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995	Republican
	Carl T.C. Gutierrez (b.1941)	January 2, 1995	January 6, 2003	Democratic
	Felix P. Camacho (b.1957)	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Republican
	Eddie Calvo (b.1961)	January 3, 2011	Incumbent	Republican

Living former governors

As of September 2009, three former governors were alive, the oldest being Paul McDonald Calvo (1979–1983, born 1934). The most recent governor to die was Bill Daniel (1961–1963), on June 20, 2006. The most recent governor to die was Carlos Camacho (1969–1975), on December 6, 1979. The most recently-serving governor to die was Ricardo Bordallo (1975–1979, 1983–1987), on January 31, 1990.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Paul McDonald Calvo	1979–1983	July 25, 1934
Joseph Franklin Ada	1987–1995	December 3, 1943
Carl T.C. Gutierrez	1995–2003	October 15, 1941
Felix Perez Camacho	2003–2011	October 30, 1957

External links

• Office of the Governor