Raymond Stone was an officer in the United States Navy who served as the acting Governor of Guam during the early twentieth century. Prior to his gubernatorial appointment, Stone held various naval posts, including a deployment aboard the battleship USS Kearsarge. In the early 1900s, he was stationed in Guam, where he initially served as an aide to the island's governor, William Elbridge Sewell.\n\nWhen Governor Sewell fell ill with an intestinal disease and was evacuated to California, Stone assumed the role of acting governor on January 28, 1904. During his brief tenure, which lasted until May 16, 1904, Stone enacted several significant administrative measures. He issued executive orders aimed at regulating the local economy and public health, which included restricting the sale of drugs on the island and mandating price caps on food and other essential goods to protect residents from price gouging.\n\nFollowing the arrival of George Leland Dyer, who succeeded him as governor, Stone remained on the island to serve as a judge on the Supreme Court of Guam. After completing his judicial service, he returned to the United States mainland. During World War I, Stone served as a liaison to the United States Army, where he was responsible for overseeing the transfer of naval prisoners of war to Army custody.
