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 H. 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
- 1961 - 1969 Ralph Moses Paiewonsky
- (1969 - 1970 Melvin Herbert Evans, continued as first elected governor)
Elected Governors (1970-Present)
| Tenure | Governor | Party |
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| July 1, 1969 - January 6, 1975 | Melvin Herbert Evans | Republican |
| January 6, 1975 - January 2, 1978 | Cyril Emanuel King | Independent Citizens Movement |
| January 2, 1978 - January 5, 1987 | Juan Francisco Luis | Independent Citizens Movement |
| January 5, 1987 - January 2, 1995 | Alexander Anthony Farrelly | Democratic |
| January 2, 1995 - January 4, 1999 | Roy Lester Schneider | Independent[1] |
| January 4, 1999 - January 1, 2007 | Charles Wesley Turnbull | Democratic |
| January 1, 2007 - Present | John de Jongh | Democratic |
Living former governors
As of September 2009[update], four former governors were alive, the oldest being John David Merwin (1958–1961, born 1921). Merwin is also the only living appointed governor of the territory. The most recent governor to die was Alexander A. Farrelly (1987–1995), on September 10, 2002. Farrelly was also the most recently-serving governor to die.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
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| John David Merwin | 1958-1961 (appointed) | September 26, 1921 |
| Juan Francisco Luis | 1978–1987 | June 10, 1940 |
| Roy Lester Schneider | 1995-1999 | May 13, 1939 |
| Charles Wesley Turnbull | 1999–2007 | February 5, 1935 |
Latest elections
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