The Secretary of Guam was the equivalent of the Lieutenant Governor of Guam

Lieutenant Governor of Guam

The Guamanian self governing government consists of a locally elected Governor, Lieutenant Governor and a fifteen member Legislature. The current Lieutenant Governor is Ray Tenorio, who has been in office since January 3, 2011....

 when the Governorship was still appointed by the President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

. The office became the Lieutenant Governor of Guam

Guam

Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

 when island residents began electing the position, along with the Governor, rather than having them appointed.

Duties

Public Law 90-497 illustrated most of the Secretary of Guam's duties and powers. The Guam Organic Act of 1950

Guam Organic Act of 1950

The Guam Organic Act of 1950, is a United States federal law that redesignated the island of Guam as an unincorporated territory of the United States, established executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and transferred Federal jurisdiction from the United States Navy to the Department of...

 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.” The Elective Governor Act of 1968 replaced the office with that of an official, elected Lieutenant Governor, which went into effect one year later.

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

Legislature of Guam

The Legislature of Guam is the territorial legislature of Guam. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of fifteen senators, serving for a two year term...

by P.L. 12-41 on September 17, 1973.

List of Secretaries of Guam

In total, there were seven Secretaries of Guam, three of which, William Corbett

William Corbett (politician)

William T. Corbett was an United States Department of the Interior attorney who served as Secretary of Guam under Ford Quint Elvidge, and later acting Governor of Guam from May 19, 1956 to October 2, 1956. He was the brother of Representative Robert J. Corbett...

, Marcellus Boss

Marcellus Boss

Marcellus Graeme Boss was acting Governor of Guam from November 14, 1959 until his resignation on August 22, 1960. Boss first entered Guamanian administration with a 1957 appointment by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the post of Secretary of Guam...

, and Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero, went on to become Governors of Guam. Kurt Moylan

Kurt Moylan

Kurt Moylan is a Guamanian politician who served as the first elected Lieutenant Governor of Guam.Moylan is one of four children born to businessman Francis "Scotty" Moylan and his wife, Yuk Lan Ho, who is of Hawaiian and Chinese descent...

 also served as the first elected Lieutenant Governor of Guam

Lieutenant Governor of Guam

The Guamanian self governing government consists of a locally elected Governor, Lieutenant Governor and a fifteen member Legislature. The current Lieutenant Governor is Ray Tenorio, who has been in office since January 3, 2011....

.

• Randall Herman (1950 – 1953)
• William Corbett
  William Corbett (politician)
  William T. Corbett was an United States Department of the Interior attorney who served as Secretary of Guam under Ford Quint Elvidge, and later acting Governor of Guam from May 19, 1956 to October 2, 1956. He was the brother of Representative Robert J. Corbett...
  
   (1953 – 1956)
• Marcellus Boss
  Marcellus Boss
  Marcellus Graeme Boss was acting Governor of Guam from November 14, 1959 until his resignation on August 22, 1960. Boss first entered Guamanian administration with a 1957 appointment by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the post of Secretary of Guam...
  
   (1956 – 1959)
• A. M. Edwards (1960 – 1961)
• Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero (1961 – 1963)
• Denver Dickerson
  Denver Dickerson
  Denver Dickerson was Speaker of the Nevada Assembly in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was appointed Secretary of Guam in 1963 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy...
  
   (1963 – 1969)
• Kurt Moylan
  Kurt Moylan
  Kurt Moylan is a Guamanian politician who served as the first elected Lieutenant Governor of Guam.Moylan is one of four children born to businessman Francis "Scotty" Moylan and his wife, Yuk Lan Ho, who is of Hawaiian and Chinese descent...
  
   (1969 - January 1, 1971 termination of position)

Assistant Secretary of Guam

Richard Barrett Lowe

Richard Barrett Lowe

Richard Barrett Lowe was the 42nd Governor of American Samoa and the eighth American Governor of Guam...

originated the position of Assistant Secretary of Guam early in his term, naming Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero to the position.