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3rd Guam Legislature
The 3rd Guam Legislature was a meeting of the Guam Legislature. It convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 3, 1955 and ended on January 7, 1957. The 3rd Guam Legislature was elected in the 1954 Guamanian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Guam in 1954.Robert F. Rogers (1995) ''Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam'', University of Hawaii Press, p234 Electoral system The 21 members of the Legislature were elected from a single district, with the .... Membership References Politics of Guam Political organizations based in Guam Legislature of Guam {{Legislature-stub ...
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Legislature Of Guam
The Legislature of Guam ( ch, Liheslaturan Guåhan) is the law-making body for the United States territory of Guam. The unicameral legislative branch consists of fifteen senators, each serving for a two-year term. All members of the legislature are elected at-large with the island under one whole district. After the enactment of the Guam Organic Act in 1950, the First Guam Legislature was elected composing of 21 elected members. Today, the current fifteen-member 36th Guam Legislature ( ch, I Mina' Trentai Sais Na Liheslaturan Guåhan) was elected in November 2020. History American Period: 1898–1941, 1944–present Spain lost Guam during the 1898 Spanish–American War in a bloodless invasion. For the next forty years, the United States Navy assumed executive control of the island, treating it more as a military outpost than an overseas territory, with little to no civilian say in the island's affairs. Governor Captain Willis Winter Bradley instituted the Guam Congress during ...
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1954 Guamanian Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Guam in 1954.Robert F. Rogers (1995) ''Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam'', University of Hawaii Press, p234 Electoral system The 21 members of the Legislature were elected from a single district, with the candidates receiving the most votes being elected. Candidates were required to be at least 25 years old and have lived in Guam for at least five years before the election.Guam Legislature
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Results

The Popular Party won a majority of seats, with the remainder won by independents.


Aftermath

Following the elections there was a dispute within the Popular Party over the election of the Speaker. Eight MPs accused



Antonio B
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António ( Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In G ...
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Lagrimas Untalan
Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan (1911–1997) was a Guamanian educator and politician. She served as a member of the Legislature of Guam between 1954 and 1956. Biography Untalan was born Lagrimas Pereira Leon Guerrero in Hagåtña in 1911, the youngest of seven children of Mariana and Francisco Leon Guerrero.Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan
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After leaving school she became a teacher, a job in which she pushed for greater use of the in education. During her career she assisted the Fijian educational authorities with developing its curriculum. She also translated

Manuel U
Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944), is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six Major League Baseball seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angel ..., manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Portugal Places * Manuel, Valencia, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain * Manuel Junction, railway station near Falkirk, Scotland Other * Manuel (American horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel (Australian horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel and The Music of The Mountains, a musical ensemble * ''Manuel'' (album), music album by Dalida, 1974 See also * Manny, a common nickname for those named Manuel {{disambiguation ...
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Cynthia Torres
Cynthia Johnston Torres (27 July 1911 – 6 March 2001) was a Guamanian businesswoman, politician and educator. She served as a member of the Legislature of Guam from 1954 to 1956. Biography Torres was born in Hagåtña in July 1911, the daughter of Agueda Iglesias and William Johnston, both well-known teachers.Recognition of Women's History Month, and a tribute to Senator Cynthia Johnston Torres
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She began attending a private school in
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Florencio Ramirez
Florencio Torres Ramirez (October 29, 1915 – April 12, 1995) was a Guamanian politician who was a Democratic senator in 12 Guam Legislatures and as Speaker of the 11th and 12th Guam Legislatures.Guam Election Commission''2012 Election Comparative Analysis Report'' Hagatna, July 2013. Early life Florencio Torres Ramirez was born in Agana, Guam, on . Guam Legislature Elections Ramirez was first elected to the Guam Legislature on the November 9, 1950, election. He was reelected and served to 11 subsequent terms in the Guam Legislature. Leadership positions *Speaker, 11th Guam Legislature *Speaker, 12th Guam Legislature Delegate to the Democratic National Convention Ramirez represented Guam as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1964 and 1972.The Political Graveyard Death Ramirez died on , at the age of 79. See also * Guam Legislature * Democratic Party of Guam The Democratic Party of Guam is a political party in Guam affiliated with the U.S. Democratic Pa ...
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Politics Of Guam
Guam is a two-party presidential representative democracy, in which the Governor is the head of government. Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States, with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs. Background The economic situation in Guam is currently dependent on the significant U.S. military presence there. Its status as a tourist destination for Japanese, Singaporeans and South Koreans also contributes to Guam's economy, as well as economic migrants from the Philippines working at lower-wage jobs in the hospitality industry. Maintenance of the status quo vis-à-vis the current political relationship between the territory and the United States is controversial. There is a significant movement in favor of the Territory becoming a commonwealth, which would give it a political status similar to Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands. Competing movements exist, which advocate political ind ...
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Political Organizations Based In Guam
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including war ...
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