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Governor record
2019–present
Albert Bryan Jr.
The current governor, elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022.
Governor record
1987–1995
Alexander A. Farrelly
Served two elected terms during a period of economic and governmental change.
Governor record
1954–1955
Archie Alexander
Served during the transition created by the Revised Organic Act of 1954.
Governor record
1941–1946
Charles Harwood
Governed through most of World War II and its immediate aftermath.
Governor record
1999–2007
Charles W. Turnbull
Educator and historian who served two terms as governor.
Governor record
February–July 1969
Cyril Emmanuel King
Served briefly as acting governor before later winning election to the office.
Governor record
1975–1978
Cyril Emmanuel King
Returned to the office through election and served until his death in 1978.
Governor record
March 31 – April 20, 1917
Edwin Taylor Pollock
The first American officer to administer the islands immediately after Transfer Day.
Governor record
1922–1923
Henry Hughes Hough
Continued naval administration during the early American territorial period.
Governor record
1917–1919
James Harrison Oliver
Led the first sustained period of United States administration after the transfer.
Governor record
1958–1961
John David Merwin
Served during a period of expanding local political institutions.
Governor record
2007–2015
John P. de Jongh Jr.
Served two terms spanning the Great Recession and major fiscal challenges.
Governor record
1919–1921
Joseph Wallace Oman
Administered the territory during the post–World War I period.
Governor record
1978–1987
Juan Francisco Luis
Succeeded to the governorship after Cyril King’s death and subsequently won election in his own right.
Governor record
2015–2019
Kenneth E. Mapp
Led the territory through Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the first stages of recovery.
Governor record
1935–1940
Lawrence William Cramer
Served during the New Deal era and the development of a more civilian territorial government.
Governor record
1925–1927
Martin Edward Trench
Served until his death in office in January 1927.
Governor record
1969–1971
Melvin H. Evans
The last appointed governor and, after the 1970 election, the first elected governor.
Governor record
1971–1975
Melvin H. Evans
The first governor elected by the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Governor record
1949–1954
Morris Fidanque de Castro
The first native-born Virgin Islander to serve as governor.
Governor record
1931–1935
Paul Martin Pearson
The first civilian governor after administration moved to the Department of the Interior.
Governor record
1923–1925
Philip Williams
Served as naval governor in the mid-1920s.
Governor record
1961–1969
Ralph M. Paiewonsky
The final long-serving appointed governor before the transition toward an elected executive.
Governor record
1995–1999
Roy Lester Schneider
Physician and public official who served one elected term.
Governor record
1921–1922
Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle
Served during the continuing Navy-led government of the territory.
Governor record
1927–1931
Waldo A. Evans
The final naval governor before authority transferred from the Navy to the Department of the Interior.
Governor record
1955–1958
Walter A. Gordon
Administered the territory under the governmental structure established by the Revised Organic Act.
Governor record
1946–1949
William H. Hastie
The first Black governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and an important figure in American civil-rights and judicial history.