List of governors of the United States Virgin Islands

The governor of the United States Virgin Islands is the head of government of the United States 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.

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)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Appointed by
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
–		Captain Edwin Taylor Pollock Template:Small Template:Small	March 31, 1917	April 20, 1917	Template:Ayd	Woodrow Wilson
1		Rear Admiral James Harrison Oliver Template:Small	April 20, 1917	April 8, 1919	Template:Ayd	Woodrow Wilson
2		Rear Admiral Joseph Wallace Oman Template:Small	April 8, 1919	April 26, 1921	Template:Ayd	Woodrow Wilson
3		Rear Admiral Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle Template:Small	April 26, 1921	September 16, 1922	Template:Ayd	Warren G. Harding
4		Captain Henry Hughes Hough Template:Small	September 16, 1922	December 3, 1923	Template:Ayd	Warren G. Harding
5		Captain Philip Williams Template:Small	December 3, 1923	September 11, 1925	Template:Ayd	Calvin Coolidge
6		Captain Martin Edward Trench Template:Small	September 12, 1925	January 6, 1927 †	Template:Ayd	Calvin Coolidge
7		Captain Waldo A. Evans Template:Small	January 19, 1927	March 18, 1931	Template:Ayd	Calvin Coolidge

Civilian governors (1931–1970)

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party		Appointed by
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Paul Martin Pearson Template:Small	March 18, 1931	July 23, 1935	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Republican	Herbert Hoover
–		Robert Herrick Template:Small Template:Small	July 23, 1935	August 21, 1935	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt
2		Lawrence William Cramer Template:Small	August 21, 1935	December 14, 1940	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt
–		Robert Morss Lovett Template:Small Template:Small	December 14, 1940	February 3, 1941	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt
3		Charles Harwood Template:Small	February 3, 1941	May 17, 1946	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt
4		William H. Hastie Template:Small	May 17, 1946	October 21, 1949	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Democratic	Harry S. Truman
–		Morris Fidanque de Castro Template:Small	October 21, 1949	March 4, 1950	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color" |	Democratic	Harry S. Truman
5			March 4, 1950	April 9, 1954	Template:Ayd
6		Archie Alexander Template:Small	April 9, 1954	August 18, 1955	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
–		Charles Kenneth Claunch Template:Small Template:Small	August 18, 1955	October 17, 1955	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
7		Walter A. Gordon Template:Small	October 17, 1955	September 25, 1958	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
8		John David Merwin Template:Small	September 25, 1958	April 5, 1961	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower
9		Ralph Moses Paiewonsky Template:Small	April 5, 1961	February 12, 1969	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Democratic	John F. Kennedy
–		Cyril King Template:Small Template:Small	February 12, 1969	July 1, 1969	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Independent Citizens Movement	Richard Nixon
10		Melvin H. Evans Template:Small	July 1, 1969	November 1, 1970	Template:Ayd	style="background: Template:Party color" |	Republican	Richard Nixon

Elected governors (1970–present)

Parties

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party		Election
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Melvin H. Evans Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	1970
2		Cyril King Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independent Citizens Movement	1974
3		Juan Francisco Luis Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independent Citizens Movement Template:Small	1978 1982
						bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independent Template:Small
4		Alexander Farrelly Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	1986 1990
5		Roy Schneider Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independent<ref name=insular>Template:Cite news</ref>	1994
6		Charles Wesley Turnbull Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	1998 2002
7		John de Jongh Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	2006 2010
8		Kenneth Mapp Template:Small	Template:Dts	Template:Dts Template:Small	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Independent	2014
9		Albert Bryan Template:Small	Template:Dts	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	2018 2022

See also

• List of Virgin Islands Legislatures

External links

• Office of the Governor
• National Governors Association: Former Virgin Islands Governors