Politics and Government - Guampedia

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The Republican Party of Guam has played a major role in island politics since its inception in 1966. Five of Guam’s seven elected governors have

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The Guam Legislature is the lawmaking body of the government of Guam, and has been in existence since the passage of the Organic Act of

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The story of the Democratic Party of Guam traces back to the beginnings of representative democracy on the island. In the three centuries prior to

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First elected to the Guam Congress in 1936, Antonio Borja Won Pat (1908 – 1987) was a mainstay in Guam politics. He was most noted

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“Guamanian,” a term that evolved in the early years after World War II, was informally adopted as a means to distinguish between the Chamorros from

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Henry Louis Larsen (1890 – 1962) was a lieutenant general of the US Marine Corps, and was the governor of Guam from 15 August 1944

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On 5 March 1949, the Guam Congress walked out as a protest against the US Naval Government and to underscore its quest for a measure

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Carlos Pangelinan Taitano (1917 – 2009) was one of the leaders from Guam who brought about the signing of the Organic Act for Guam. He

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Some months before the end of the Pacific War, the US Navy impaneled a war crimes commission for Guam. The responsibility of the commission, a

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The outbreak of the Pacific War began with Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on 8 December (7 December in Hawai’i) 1941 with a subsequent air