Secretary of Guam

Secretary of Guam
Coat of arms of Guam
Precursor	None
Formation	September 17, 1949
First holder	Randall Herman
Final holder	Kurt Moylan
Abolished	January 4, 1971
Succession	None

The secretary of Guam was the equivalent of the lieutenant governor when the governorship was still appointed by the president of the United States.^[1] The office became the lieutenant governor of Guam when island residents began electing the position, along with the governor, rather than having them appointed.^[2]

Duties

Public Law 90-497 illustrated most of the Secretary of Guam's duties and powers.^[3] The Guam Organic Act of 1950 established that the Secretary of Guam would be "a lesser official . . . who would perform the functions of Lieutenant Governor as well as other administrative duties."^[4] The Elective Governor Act of 1968 replaced the office with that of an official, elected Lieutenant Governor, which went into effect one year later.^[5]

Public law 9-69, passed on July 7, 1967, mandated that all administrative regulations must be filed with the Secretary of Guam for compilation and publishing. These rules did not become effective until such filing. These duties were transferred to the Legislature of Guam by P.L. 12-41 on September 17, 1973.^[6]

List of secretaries of Guam

In total, there were seven secretaries of Guam, three of which, William Corbett, Marcellus Boss, and Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero, went on to become Governors of Guam. Kurt Moylan also served as the first elected Lieutenant Governor of Guam.^[7]

• Randall Herman (1950 – 1953)
• William Corbett (1953 – 1956)
• Marcellus Boss (1956 – 1959)
• A. M. Edwards (1960 – 1961)
• Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero (1961 – 1963)
• Denver Dickerson (1963 – 1969)
• Kurt Moylan (1969 - January 1, 1971 termination of position)^[2]

Assistant Secretary of Guam

Richard Barrett Lowe originated the position of Assistant Secretary of Guam early in his term, naming Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero to the position.^[8][9]

References

1. Babauta (2009).
2. National Association of Secretaries of State, 59.
3. Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 105.
4. Supreme Court of Guam (2004), 12.
5. Supreme Court of Guam (2004), 14.
6. Unified Courts of Guam, 1.
7. Taitano, Zita Y. (2010-08-26). "Moylan patriarch passes away". Marianas Variety News & Views. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
8. Rogers (1995), 235.
9. Cunningham and Beaty (2001), 298.

Additional sources

• Babauta, Leo (4 October 2009). "Republican Party of Guam". Guampedia. Retrieved 4 October 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}
• Cunningham, Lawrence; Janice Beaty (2001). A History of Guam (illustrated ed.). Bess Press. ISBN 1-57306-047-X.
• "1 GAR - General Provisions" (PDF). Unified Courts of Guam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-07-12. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
• Rogers, Robert (1995). Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam. University of Hawaii Press. p. 0824816781.
• Supreme Court of Guam (11 June 2004). "In Re: Request of Governor Felix P. Camacho Relative to the Interpretation and Application of Sections 6 and 9 of the Organic Act of Guam" (PDF). Hagåtña, Guam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
• "The States". National Association of Secretaries of State. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
• "Title 48—Territories and Insular Possessions" (PDF). Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.