Carlos Garcia. Camacho was a U.S. Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

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 politician. He served as Governor of Guam from 1969 to 1975.

Carlos G. Camacho was born in Agana, Guam

Hagåtña, Guam

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. From 1946 to 1949, he attended Aquinas College

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 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

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. In 1952, he earned a D.D.S.

Doctor of Dental Surgery

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 degree from Marquette University

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 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Camacho was married to the former Lourdes Perez, and had seven children, including former Governor of Guam, Felix Perez Camacho

Felix Perez Camacho

Felix Perez Camacho is a former Governor of Guam and son of former Governor Carlos Camacho. He is a member of the United States Republican Party....

. His only daughter Mary Camacho Torres is married to Supreme Court of Guam Chief Justice Robert Torres.
Originally appointed in 1969, he became Guam's first elected governor the following year and served in that capacity until 1975.

He died four years later on December 16, 1979, one month after his 55th birthday.