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List of Governors of Guam from 1668 to 1898 from the Records of the Islands.

TermEndGovernors
16681672Juan de Santa Cruz (military commander)
16721674Juan de Santiago (military commander)
16741676Damián de Esplana (first sargento mayor)
16761678Francisco de Irisarri y Vivar (unofficial governor)
16781680Juan Antonio Ruiz de Salas (unofficial governor)
16801681Joseph de Quiroga y Losada (unofficial governor)
16811683Antonio de Saravia y Villar (first official governor)
16831688Damián de Esplana
16881689Joseph de Quiroga y Losada (acting)
16901694Damián de Esplana
16941696Joseph de Quiroga y Losada
16961699José Madrazo [Madraso] (interim)
17001704Francisco Medrano [Madraso] y Asiaín [Asiam] (interim)
17041706Antonio Villamor y Vadillo (interim)
17071709*Manuel de Argüelles y Valdés (interim)
17091720Juan Antonio Pimentel
17201725Luis Antonio Sánchez de Tagle
1725Juan de Ojeda (acting)
17251730Manuel de Argüelles y Valdés [Valda]
1730Pedro Lasso [Laso] de la Vega y Bustamente
17301734Diego Félix de Balboa (interim)
17341740Francisco de Cárdenas Pacheco
17401746Miguel Fernández de Cárdenas
17461749Domingo Gómez de la Sierra
17491756Henrique [Enrique] de Olavide y Michelena
17561759Andrés del Barrio y Rábago
17591768José de Soroa [Soron] y Lorca
17681771Henrique [Enrique] de Olavide y Michelena
17711774Mariano Tobías
17741776Antonio de Apodaca y Ortíz (interim)
17761786Phelipe de Certaín [Felipe de Cerain]
17861794José Arleguí y Leóz [Arlegue Leon]
17941802Manuel Muro
18021806Vicente Blanco
18061812Alexandro Parreño
18121822José de Medinilla y Pineda
18221823José Montilla (interim)
18231826José Ganga Herrero
18261829José de Medinilla y Pineda
18291837Francisco Ramón de Villalobos
18371843José de Casillas y Salazar
18431848Gregorio de Santa María
1848Félix Calvo y Noriega (interim)
18481855Pablo Pérez
18551866Felipe María González de la Corte
18661871Francisco Moscoso [Mascoso] y Lara
18711873Luis de Ibáñez [Ybanez] y García
18731875Eduardo Beaumont y Calafat
18751880Manuel Bravo y Barrera
18801884Francisco Brochero y Parreño
1884Angel de Pazos y Vela Hidalgo
1884Antonio Borredá y Alares (acting)
18841887Francisco Olive y García
18871890Enrique Solano Llanderal
18901891Joaquín Vara de Rey y Rubio
18911892Luís Santos Fontordera
18921893Vicente Gómez Hernández
1893Juan Goday [Godoy] del Castillo (interim)
18931895Emilio Galisteo y Brunenque
18951897Jacabo [Jacobo] Marina
1897Angel Nieto (interim)
18971898Juan Marina
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* Not listed in Records of the Islands.

For further reading

Farrell, Don. History of the Mariana Islands to Partition. Saipan: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: CNMI Public School System, 2011.

Rogers, Robert F. Destiny’s Landfall: A History of Guam. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press, 1995.