List of Governors of the United States 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, see List of Governors of the Danish West Indies.

Appointed Governors (1917–1970)

• 1917 - 1917 Edwin Taylor Pollock
• 1917 - 1919 James Harrison Oliver
• 1919 - 1921 Joseph Wallace Oman
• 1921 - 1922 Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle
• 1922 - 1923 Henry Hughes Hough
• 1923 - 1925 Philip Williams
• 1925 - 1927 Martin Edwin Trench
• 1927 - 1931 Waldo A. Evans
• 1931 - 1935 Paul Martin Pearson
• 1935 - 1935 Robert Herrick
• 1935 - 1940 Lawrence William Cramer
• 1940 - 1941 Robert Morss Lovett
• 1941 - 1945 Charles Harwood
• 1946 - 1949 William Henry Hastie
• 1949 - 1954 Morris Fidanque de Castro
• 1954 - 1955 Archibald A. Alexander
• 1955 - 1955 Charles K. Claunch
• 1955 - 1958 Walter A. Gordon
• 1958 - 1961 John David Merwin
• January 1, 1961 - July 1, 1969 Ralph Moses Paiewonsky
• (1969 - 1970 Melvin Herbert Evans, continued as first elected governor)

Elected Governors (1970-Present)

Tenure	Governor	Party
July 1, 1969 - January 6, 1975	Melvin Herbert Evans	Republican
January 6, 1975 - January 2, 1978	Cyril Emmanuel King	Independent Citizens Movement
January 2, 1978 - January 5, 1987	Juan Francisco Luis	Independent Citizens Movement Independent/Nonpartisan after Jan. 1979
January 5, 1987 - January 2, 1995	Alexander Anthony Farrelly	Democratic
January 2, 1995 - January 4, 1999	Roy Lester Schneider	Independent
January 4, 1999 - January 1, 2007	Charles Wesley Turnbull	Democratic
January 1, 2007 – Present	John de Jongh	Democratic

Living former governors

As of June 2011, three former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was Juan Francisco Luis (1978–1987), on June 4, 2011.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Roy Lester Schneider	1995–1999	May 13, 1939
Charles Wesley Turnbull	1999–2007	February 5, 1935

Latest elections

 Summary of the 7 and 21 November 2006 U.S. Virgin Islands gubernatorial election results

Candidates	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
John de Jongh - Democratic Party	15,914	49.33%	16,644	57.30%
Kenneth Mapp - Independent	8,756	27.14%	12,402	42.70%
Adlah Donastorg - Independent	7,580	23.49%	-	-
Write In	13	0.04%	-	-
Total	32,263	100.00%	29,046	100.00%
Source: Electoral System of the Virgin Islands [1], [2]

External links

• Office of the Governor