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 (1917–1969)

Naval governors (1917–1931)

Civil governors (1931–1969)

Elected governors (1969–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 January 1979)
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 – January 5, 2015 John de Jongh Democratic
January 5, 2015 – present Kenneth Mapp Independent

Living former governors

As of January 2016, three former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was John David Merwin (1958–1961), on March 17, 2013.

NameGubernatorial termDate of birth
Roy Lester Schneider 1995–1999 May 13, 1939
Charles Wesley Turnbull 1999–2007 February 5, 1935
John de Jongh 2007–2015 November 13, 1957

References

  1. ↑ "A Report on the State of the Islands 1997: Chapter 5 Virgin Islands". United States Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs. 1997. Retrieved 2010-08-25.

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