Legislature of Guam
Legislature of Guam Liheslaturan Guåhan | |
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37th Guam Legislature | |
Unicameral | |
Term limits | no limit |
History | |
Founded | May 23, 1950 |
Preceded by | Guam Congress |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Vice Speaker | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 15 |
Political groups | Majority
Minority
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Length of term | 2 years (no term limit) |
Authority | Agaña, Guam |
Website | |
http://www.guamlegislature.com | |
Constitution | |
Organic Act of Guam |
The Legislature of Guam (
History
American Period: 1898–1941, 1944–present
Spain
Following the end of the war, the
Speakers of the Guam Legislature
Legislature | Speaker | Born-Died | Term | Party |
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1st Guam Legislature | Antonio B. Won Pat | (1908–1987) | January 1, 1951 – January 3, 1955 | Popular Party |
2nd Guam Legislature | ||||
3rd Guam Legislature | Francisco B. Leon Guerrero | (1897–1974) | January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1957 | Territorial Party |
4th Guam Legislature | Antonio B. Won Pat | (1908–1987) | January 7, 1957 – January 4, 1965 | Popular Party |
5th Guam Legislature | ||||
6th Guam Legislature | ||||
7th Guam Legislature | ||||
8th Guam Legislature | Carlos P. Taitano | (1917–2009) | January 4, 1965 – January 2, 1967 | Territorial Party |
9th Guam Legislature | Joaquin C. "Kin" Arriola | (1925–2022) | January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971 | Democratic |
10th Guam Legislature | ||||
11th Guam Legislature | Florencio T. Ramirez | (1915–1995) | January 4, 1971 – January 6, 1975 | |
12th Guam Legislature | ||||
13th Guam Legislature | Joseph F. Ada
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(b. 1943) | January 6, 1975 – January 1, 1979 | Republican |
14th Guam Legislature | ||||
15th Guam Legislature | Thomas V.C. Tanaka | (b. 1940) | January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1983 | Republican |
16th Guam Legislature | ||||
17th Guam Legislature | Carl T.C. Gutierrez
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(b. 1941) | January 3, 1983 – January 5, 1987 | Democratic |
18th Guam Legislature | ||||
19th Guam Legislature | Franklin J. Arceo Quitugua | (1933–2015) | January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1989 | |
20th Guam Legislature | Joe T. San Agustin | (1931–2021) | January 2, 1989 – January 2, 1995 | |
21st Guam Legislature | ||||
22nd Guam Legislature | ||||
23rd Guam Legislature | Don Parkinson | (1942–2020) | January 2, 1995 – January 6, 1997 | |
24th Guam Legislature | Antonio "Tony" R. Unpingco | (1942–2007) | January 6, 1997 – January 6, 2003 | Republican |
25th Guam Legislature | ||||
26th Guam Legislature | ||||
27th Guam Legislature | Vicente "Ben" C. Pangelinan | (1955–2014) | January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | Democratic |
28th Guam Legislature | Mark Forbes | (b. 1954) | January 3, 2005 – March 7, 2008 | Republican |
29th Guam Legislature | ||||
29th Guam Legislature | Judith T. Won Pat | (b. 1949) | March 7, 2008 – January 2, 2017 | Democratic |
30th Guam Legislature | ||||
31st Guam Legislature | ||||
32nd Guam Legislature | ||||
33rd Guam Legislature | ||||
34th Guam Legislature | Benjamin J.F. Cruz
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(b. 1951) | January 2, 2017 – August 28, 2018 | |
Therese M. Terlaje (acting) | (b. 1964) | August 28, 2018 – January 7, 2019 | ||
35th Guam Legislature | Tina Muña Barnes | (b. 1962) | January 7, 2019 – January 4, 2021 | |
36th Guam Legislature | Therese M. Terlaje | (b. 1964) | January 4, 2021 – present | |
37th Guam Legislature |
Structure of the Guam Legislature
The Guam Organic Act of 1950 provides for the establishment of the Guam Legislature. The Organic Act provides that the Guam Legislature is a unicameral body with up to twenty-one members and that elections shall be held every two years. Until a change to Guam law in 1996, the Guam Legislature had 21 members, called senators, but since then it has had 15 senators. Senators of the Guam Legislature have been elected both by a number of at-large districts and by an island-wide at-large election. Since the 1980s, senators of the Guam Legislature have been elected at-large through an open partisan primary and a subsequent island-wide election.
Qualifications
The qualifications for membership in the
- a candidate must be at least twenty-five years old, and;
- a candidate must have lived on Guam for at least five years preceding the sitting of the legislature in which they seek to become a member.
Seat
The legislature currently meets at the
Historic composition
The biennial legislative terms and the years of general elections are listed in the table below, along with the number of Democratic, Republican, and Independents and Other Parties' seats in each respective legislative term.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Popular (P), Republican (R), and Territorial (T).
See also
References
- ^ "Senators cut their salaries to $55,000". 2 December 2016.
- ^ Guam Election Commission. 2016 Election Comparative Analysis Report. Hagatna, 2017.