List of governors of the US Virgin Islands

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This list includes all of the U.S. Virgin Islands governors since the Caribbean archipelago became a non-incorporated territory of the United States in 1917 . The governors were appointed by the US government until 1969, and since then the incumbent has been determined by election.

Surname Life dates Term of office Political party
Edwin Taylor Pollock 1870-1943 March 31, 1917–1917 (provisional)
James Harrison Oliver 1857-1928 1917-1919
Joseph Wallace Oman 1864-1941 1919-1921
Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle 1867-1950 1921-1922
Henry Hughes Hough 1871-1943 1922-1923
Philip Williams 1869-1942 1923-1925
Martin Edward Trench 1869-1927 1925-6. January 1927
Waldo A. Evans 1869-1936 January 6, 1927-18. March 1931
Paul Martin Pearson 1871-1938 March 18, 1931-21. August 1935
Robert Herrick 1868-1938 1935 (provisional)
Lawrence William Cramer 1897-1988 August 21, 1935-14. December 1940
Robert Morss Lovett 1870-1956 December 14, 1940–3. February 1941 (acting)
Charles A. Harwood 1880-1950 February 3, 1941-17. May 1945
William Henry Hastie 1904-1976 May 17, 1945–30. November 1949
Morris Fidanque de Castro 1902-1966 November 30, 1949-9. April 1954
Archie Alphonso Alexander 1888-1958 April 9, 1954-17. October 1955
Walter Arthur Gordon 1894-1976 October 17, 1955–25. September 1958
John David Merwin 1921-2013 September 25, 1958-5. April 1961
Ralph Moses Paiewonsky 1906-1991 April 5, 1961-12. February 1969
Cyril Emanuel King 1921-1978 February 12, 1969–1. July 1969
Melvin Herbert Evans 1917-1984 July 1, 1969–6. January 1975 republican
Cyril Emanuel King 1921-1978 January 6, 1975–2. January 1978 ICM
Juan Francisco Luis 1940-2011 Jan. 2, 1978-5. January 1987 ICM
Alexander Anthony Farrelly 1923-2002 Jan. 5, 1987-5. January 1995 democrat
Roy Lester Schneider * 1939 Jan. 5, 1995-4. January 1999 More independent
Charles Wesley Turnbull * 1935 January 4, 1999–3. January 2007 democrat
John Percy de Jongh * 1957 January 3, 2007–5. January 2015 democrat
Kenneth E. Mapp * 1955 January 5, 2015–7. January 2019 More independent
Albert Bryan * 1968 January 7, 2019 - acting democrat

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