Jim Underwood (politician)

Jim Underwood
Born	James Holland Underwood II 1946
Died	July 24, 2013 (aged 66–67)
Nationality	Guamanian
Other names	Jim
Occupation	politician
Spouse	Lagrimas Underwood
Children	James Underwood III

James Holland "Jim" Underwood II (1946 – July 24, 2013) was an Guamainian politician. He served as a five-term senator in the 13th through the 17th Guam Legislature.

Biography

He was the son of former Sen. Raymond Ferdinand Underwood and Ana Eclavea Torres Underwood who owned and operated Marianas Sales and Tendan Nene in Hagåtña. He was married to Lagrimas "Alma" Underwood in 1988 and they have one son, James H. Underwood III. His immediate family also includes his sister, Rosemarie Underwood and her children, Ray and Shelly Gibson, Mana Silva-Taijeron, and his god-son Dave Silva III, and his step daughters, Lisa and Theresa Fisher and their children.

Underwood graduated from the University of Guam. He served in the Guam Legislature 1975-1984. He also served in the Guam Constitutional Convention of 1977 and in other Guam government departments. He died from a long illness on July 24, 2013.