Roy Campbell Smith

Roy Campbell Smith (1858 – April 11, 1940) was the Governor of Guam from 1916 to 1918.^[1]

Biography

He was the commanding officer of the USS Arkansas (BB-33) from 17 September 1912 to 13 October 1914. He died on April 11, 1940 in Somerville, South Carolina.

References

↑ "Captain Roy Smith, Ex-Guam Governor. Retired Naval Officer Received Surrender of First German Vessel in War, Dies at 82. Supervisor Of Port Here. Decorated for Part in Battle of Santiago. He Participated in Vera Cruz Occupation". Associated Press in the New York Times. April 12, 1940. Retrieved 2011-01-27. Word was received here today of the death of Captain Roy Campbell Smith, former Governor of the island of Guam, in Somerville, S.C., yesterday. He was 82 years old.

Governors of Guam

Commissioner (1898–99)	Glass Martínez Sisto Roberto Sisto Taussig Pérez Coe Kaiser

Naval (1899–1941)	Leary Safford Schroeder Swift Schroeder Sewell Schofield Stone Dyer McNamee Potts McNamee Dorn Freyer Salisbury Coontz Hinds Maxwell Cronan Simpson Smith Gilmer Hodgman Gilmer Wettengel Spore Althouse Miller Althouse Price Brown Shapley Bradley Root G. Alexander McCandlish J. Alexander McMillin

Military (1944–49)	Geiger Larsen Pownall

Civilian (1949–69)	Skinner Elvidge Corbett Lowe Boss Flores Daniel Guerrero C. Camacho

Elected (since 1969)	C. Camacho Bordallo P. Calvo Bordallo Ada Gutierrez F. Camacho E. Calvo

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