Political party strength in the United States Virgin Islands
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States
insular area
of the United States Virgin Islands
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
The parties are as follows: (D), (I), (IC), and (R).
For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office throughout the entire year. Only changes made outside of regularly scheduled elections are noted as affecting the partisan composition during a particular year. Shading is determined by the final result of any mid-cycle changes in partisan affiliation.
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insular area
Insular area
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of the United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands of the United States are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S...
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- Governor
- Lieutenant GovernorLieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin IslandsThe following is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the United States Virgin Islands.*David Earle Maas - Republican...
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- Territorial LegislatureLegislature of the Virgin IslandsThe Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of 15 senators, elected to two-year terms without term limits. The territorial...
- Territory delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
The parties are as follows: (D), (I), (IC), and (R).
For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office throughout the entire year. Only changes made outside of regularly scheduled elections are noted as affecting the partisan composition during a particular year. Shading is determined by the final result of any mid-cycle changes in partisan affiliation.
| Year | |Executive offices | |Territorial Legislature Legislature of the Virgin Islands The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of 15 senators, elected to two-year terms without term limits. The territorial... | |U.S. House | |
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands The following is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the United States Virgin Islands.*David Earle Maas - Republican... |
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| 1917 | Edwin Taylor Pollock Edwin Taylor Pollock Edwin Taylor Pollock was a career officer in the United States Navy, serving in both the Spanish-American War and World War I. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of captain. Like many naval officers, his name was often abbreviated using initials: Pollock.As a young ensign, Pollock served... |
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| James Harrison Oliver James Harrison Oliver James Harrison Oliver was a Rear Admiral and member of the Naval Board of Strategy during World War I. He was also the first military Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1917 to 1919. He was often referred to as J. H. Oliver.-Biography:Oliver was born in Houston County, Georgia... |
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| 1919 | Joseph Wallace Oman Joseph Wallace Oman Joseph Wallace Oman was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and veteran of the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, and World War I. He is a recipient of the Navy Cross. He was also the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1919 to 1921.-Biography:Oman was born in... |
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| Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I. He was also the third military Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. Late in life, he also became an author and published a book on his family's... |
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| Henry Hughes Hough Henry Hughes Hough Henry Hughes Hough was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and one-time military Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. He was born in the French overseas colony of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland.Hough graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1891... |
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| Philip Williams | ||||
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| Martin Edwin Trench Martin Edwin Trench Martin Edward Trench was a Captain of the United States Navy and Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1925 until his death in 1927. He is the first Governor of the territory to have died while in office.... |
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| Waldo A. Evans Waldo A. Evans Waldo A. Evans was a Captain of the United States Navy and military Governor of both the United States Virgin Islands and American Samoa. He was the last military governor of the U. S. Virgin Islands.-Biography:... |
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| Paul Martin Pearson Paul Martin Pearson Dr. Paul Martin Pearson was an author, college professor, and a very embattled first civilian Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.... |
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| Robert Herrick Robert Herrick (novelist) Robert Welch Herrick was a novelist who was part of a new generation of American realists. His novels deal with the turbulence of industrialized society and the turmoil it can create in sensitive, isolated people... |
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| Lawrence William Cramer Lawrence William Cramer Lawrence William Cramer was the second civilian Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.Cramer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and obtained a master's degree from Columbia University. He then spent two years in the United States... |
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| Robert Morss Lovett Robert Morss Lovett Robert Morss Lovett was an American academic, writer, editor, political activist, and government official.... |
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| Charles Harwood Charles Harwood Charles A. Harwood was a politician, lawyer, judge, and Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.Harwood was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Hamilton College and New York University. He passed the bar exam in 1904 and practiced law until 1936. He was also elected for one term in the... |
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| 1946 | William H. Hastie William H. Hastie William Henry Hastie, Jr. was an American, lawyer, judge, educator, public official, and advocate for the civil rights of African Americans... |
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| Morris Fidanque de Castro Morris Fidanque de Castro Morris Fidanque de Castro was the first native Governor of the United States Virgin Islands and a life-time government servant for the territory.-Early life:... |
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| Archibald A. Alexander Archie Alexander Archie Alphonso Alexander was an African-American mathematician and engineer and an early African-American graduate of the University of Iowa. He was also a governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.... |
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| Charles K. Claunch Charles K. Claunch Charles Kenneth Claunch, Sr. was an usher for the White House who was appointed as Government Secretary to the United States Virgin Islands and was briefly acting-Governor in 1955 after a scandal.-Biography:... |
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| Walter A. Gordon Walter A. Gordon Walter Arthur Gordon was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant football coach, member of the California Adult Authority, Governor of the... |
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| John David Merwin John David Merwin John David Merwin is a former politician of the United States Virgin Islands who served in that territory's Legislature, as Government Secretary , and as the first native born Governor... |
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| Ralph Moses Paiewonsky Ralph Moses Paiewonsky Ralph Moses Paiewonsky was a businessman and politician who served as the ninth civilian governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1961-1969.... |
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| Cyril E. King Cyril E. King Cyril Emanuel King was the second elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands, serving from 1975 until his death in 1978.... |
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| Melvin H. Evans Melvin H. Evans Melvin Herbert Evans was the first elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, serving from 1969 to 1975. After serving as governor he was delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1981.Evans was born in Christiansted in... (R) |
David Earle Maas (R) | |||
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| 1973 | vacant | Ron de Lugo Ron de Lugo Ron de Lugo was the first Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives. His fathers parents were Puerto Ricans his grandfather owned a hardware store and gun dealership in Charlotte Amale, St. Thomas. His parents though living in New Jersey at the... (D) |
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| 1974 | Athniel C. Ottley (D) | |||
| 1975 | Cyril E. King (IC) | Juan Francisco Luis Juan Francisco Luis Juan Francisco Luis was a U.S. Virgin Island politician who served as the third elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the territory's 23rd Governor overall. Luis assumed the governorship on January 2, 1978, succeeding Governor Cyril King, who died in office... (IC) |
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| 1978 | Henry A. Millin (D) | |||
| 1979 | Juan Francisco Luis (IC) | Melvin H. Evans (R) | ||
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| 1981 | Ron de Lugo (D) | |||
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| 1983 | Julio Brady Julio Brady Julio A. Brady is a U.S. Virgin Islander judge, politician and attorney. Brady served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1987 during the second term of former Governor Juan Francisco Luis. Brady has served as a U.S... (D) |
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| 1987 | Alexander A. Farrelly Alexander A. Farrelly Alexander Anthony Farrelly was the governor of the United States Virgin Islands serving from 1987 to 1995.Farrelly graduated from St. John's University, Queens, New York in 1954 with a bachelor's degree in law... (D) |
Derek M. Hodge (D) | ||
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| 1995 | Roy L. Schneider Roy L. Schneider Roy Lester Schneider is a physician in the United States Virgin Islands who served as governor of that territory from January 5, 1995 to January 4, 1999. He was the fifth elected governor of that territory and the 25th overall.-Biography:... (D) |
Kenneth Mapp Kenneth Mapp Kenneth E. Mapp is a United States Virgin Islanders politician. A former Virgin Islands Senator, Mapp served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1995 until 1999. Most recently, Mapp was an independent candidate for Governor of the U.S... (D) |
Victor O. Frazer Victor O. Frazer Victor O. Frazer was a Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. He attended Fisk University and the Howard University Law School. He was admitted to the bar in New York, Maryland, the District of... (IC/I) |
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| 1997 | Donna Christian-Christensen Donna Christian-Christensen Donna Marie Christian-Christensen, formerly Donna Christian-Green , is the non-voting Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives .-Early life:... (D) |
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| 1999 | Charles Wesley Turnbull Charles Wesley Turnbull Charles Wesley Turnbull , was the 26th Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.He was born on St. Thomas. Prior to being elected in 1998, he was a professor at the University of the Virgin Islands, Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of the territorial Department of Education, principal and... (D) |
Gerard Luz James II (D) | ||
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| 2003 | Vargrave Richards Vargrave Richards Vargrave A. Richards is a United States Virgin Islands politician and educator. Richards served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 2003 until 2007 during the second term of Democratic Governor Charles Turnbull.-Early life:Richards is a former teacher... (D) |
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| 2007 | John de Jongh John de Jongh John Percy de Jongh, Jr. is the current Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.-Life and career:de Jongh was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he attended Sts. Peter and Paul School on St. Thomas. After his parents' divorce, he lived with his mother in Detroit, Michigan while his mother did... (D) |
Gregory Francis Gregory Francis Gregory R. Francis is a politician in the United States Virgin Islands. A Democrat, he has served as Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands since January 1, 2007, having been elected on a ticket with Governor John de Jongh.-Early life:Gregory Francis was born in Saint Croix on... (D) |
9D, 4IC, 2I | |
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| 2009 | 10D, 3I, 2IC | |||
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| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands The following is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the United States Virgin Islands.*David Earle Maas - Republican... | |Territorial Legislature Legislature of the Virgin Islands The Legislature of the Virgin Islands is the territorial legislature of the United States Virgin Islands. The legislative branch of the unincorporated U.S. territory is unicameral, with a single house consisting of 15 senators, elected to two-year terms without term limits. The territorial... | |U.S. House |
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See also
- Politics in the United States Virgin Islands
- Politics of the United States Virgin IslandsPolitics of the United States Virgin IslandsPolitics of the United States Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of the local government, and of a multi-party system...
- Elections in the United States Virgin IslandsElections in the United States Virgin IslandsElections in the U.S. Virgin Islands are held to elect senators to the Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the governor and lieutenant governor of the territory, and a delegate to the United States House of Representatives....
- List of political parties in the United States Virgin Islands