List of governors of the United States Virgin Islands
The governor of the United States Virgin Islands is the chief executive of the Government of the Virgin Islands whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Territory addresses to the Virgin Islands Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that territory public laws are enforced. The position was created through the passage of the Elective Governor Acts of 1968 which took effect in 1970. Melvin Herbert Evans was the first elected governor.
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| Residence | Government House (Christiansted) |
| Term length | Four-year term, renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands Elective Governor Acts of 1968 |
| Inaugural holder | Melvin Herbert Evans |
| Formation | 1917 (as Naval Governor) 1931 (as Civilian Governor) 1970 (as elected Governor) |
| Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands |
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The following is a list of governors of the United States Virgin Islands. For governors of the territory that is now the U.S. Virgin Islands prior to United States administration (while it was ruled by Denmark as the Danish West Indies), see List of governors of the Danish West Indies.
Appointed governors (1917–1970)
Naval governors (1917–1931)
| No. | Governor (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – |  |
Edwin Taylor Pollock (1870–1943) (acting) |
1917 | 1917 | Woodrow Wilson | |
| 1 |  |
James Harrison Oliver (1857–1928) |
1917 | 1919 | Woodrow Wilson | |
| 2 |  |
Joseph Wallace Oman (1864–1941) |
1919 | 1921 | Woodrow Wilson | |
| 3 |  |
Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle (1867–1950) |
1921 | 1922 | Warren G. Harding | |
| 4 |  |
Henry Hughes Hough (1871–1943) |
1922 | 1923 | Warren G. Harding | |
| 5 | |
Philip Williams (1869–1942) |
1923 | 1925 | Calvin Coolidge | |
| 6 | |
Martin Edward Trench (1869–1927) |
1925 | 1927 | Calvin Coolidge | |
| 7 | |
Waldo A. Evans (1869–1936) |
1927 | 1931 | Calvin Coolidge | |
Civilian governors (1931–1970)
| No. | Governor (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Appointed by | ||
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Paul Martin Pearson (1871–1938) |
1931 | 1935 | Herbert Hoover | |
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Robert Herrick (1868–1938) (acting) |
1935 | 1935 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| 2 |  |
Lawrence William Cramer (1897–1978) |
1935 | 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| – |  |
Robert Morss Lovett (1870–1956) (acting) |
1940 | 1941 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| 3 | |
Charles Harwood (1880–1950) |
1941 | 1946 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| 4 |  |
William H. Hastie (1904–1976) |
1946 | 1949 | Harry S. Truman | |
| 5 | |
Morris Fidanque de Castro (1902–1966) |
1949 | 1954 | Harry S. Truman | |
| 6 | |
Archibald A. Alexander (1888–1958) |
1954 | 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
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Charles Kenneth Claunch (1899–1978) (acting) |
1955 | 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| 7 |  |
Walter A. Gordon (1894–1976) |
1955 | 1958 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| 8 | |
John David Merwin (1921–2013) |
1958 | 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| 9 | |
Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907–1991) |
1961 | 1969 | John F. Kennedy | |
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Cyril E. King (1921–1978) (acting) |
1969 | 1969 | Richard Nixon | |
| 10 |  |
Melvin Herbert Evans (1917–1984) |
1969 | 1970 | Richard Nixon | |
Elected governors (1970–present)
- Parties
Republican (2) Independent Citizens Movement (1) Democratic (4) Independent (2)
| No. | Portrait | Governor (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Melvin Herbert Evans (1917–1984) |
January 1970 | January 6, 1975 | Republican | |
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Cyril E. King (1921–1978) |
January 6, 1975 | January 2, 1978 | Independent Citizens Movement | |
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Juan Francisco Luis (1940–2011) |
January 2, 1978 | January 5, 1987 | Independent Citizens Movement (until 1979) | |
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Alexander Anthony Farrelly (1923–2002) |
January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1995 | Democratic | |
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Roy Lester Schneider (born 1939) |
January 2, 1995 | January 4, 1999 | Republican[1] | |
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Charles Wesley Turnbull (born 1935) |
January 4, 1999 | January 1, 2007 | Democratic | |
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John de Jongh (born 1957) |
January 1, 2007 | January 5, 2015 | Democratic | |
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Kenneth Mapp (born 1955) |
January 5, 2015 | January 7, 2019 | Independent | |
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Albert Bryan (born 1968) |
January 7, 2019 | Incumbent | Democratic | |
Succession
Living former governors
As of January 2019, four former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was John David Merwin (1958–1961), on March 17, 2013.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
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| Roy Lester Schneider | 1995–1999 | May 13, 1939 |
| Charles Wesley Turnbull | 1999–2007 | February 5, 1935 |
| John de Jongh | 2007–2015 | November 13, 1957 |
| Kenneth Mapp | 2015–2019 | November 2, 1955 |
References
- "A Report on the State of the Islands 1997: Chapter 5 Virgin Islands". United States Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs. 1997. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
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