List of governors of Guam
# Name Term start Term end
1 Richard Phillips Leary August 7 , 1899 July 12 , 1900
- William Edwin Safford Acting June 12 , 1900 July 19 , 1900
2 Seaton Schroeder July 12 , 1900 January 25 , 1903
- William Swift Acting January 25 , 1903 February 6 , 1903
3 William Elbridge Sewell February 6 , 1903 May 16 , 1904
- Frank Herman Schofield Acting January 11 , 1904 January 28 , 1904
3 Raymond Stone Acting January 28 , 1904 May 16 , 1904
4 George Leland Dyer May 16 , 1904 November 2 , 1905
5 Luke McNamee November 2 , 1905 December 3 , 1906
6 Templin Morris Potts December 3 , 1906 October 3 , 1907
- Luke McNamee Acting October 3 , 1907 December 28 , 1907
7 Edward John Dorn December 28 , 1907 November 5 , 1910
8 Frank Freyer November 5 , 1910 January 21 , 1911
9 George Salisbury January 21 , 1911 January 30 , 1912
10 Robert Edward Coontz January 30 , 1912 September 23 , 1913
11 Alfred Walton Hinds September 23 , 1913 March 28 , 1914
12 William John Maxwell March 28 , 1914 April 29 , 1916
- William P. Cronan Acting April 29 , 1916 May 18 , 1916
- Edward E. Simpson Acting May 18 , 1916 May 30 , 1916
13 Roy Campbell Smith May 30 , 1916 November 18 , 1918
History -- American Naval governors ( 1899–1941 )
The Governor of Guam (Chamorro: I Maga'låhen/Maga'håga Guåhan ) is the chief executive of the Government of Guam and the commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard, whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Island (formerly the State of the Territory) addresses to the Guam Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that Guam's public laws are enforced. The position was created in 1968, through the passage of the Guam Elected Governors Act which took effect in 1970. Guam elected its first civilian governor in 1970 with the inauguration of former governor Carlos Camacho. The current governor is Lou Leon Guerrero, a Democrat who was inaugurated on January 7, 2019 following her election in 2018.