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• 1650 French/Order of Malta rule on St. Croix.
• 1672 Danish rule on St. Thomas.
• 1684 Danish rule on St. Johns (St. Jans)(settled from 1716).
• 1734 Danish rule on St. Croix.
• 1756 Danish West Indies established.
• 1756 - 1862 Separate administration of Saint Thomas-Saint Johns subject to Danish West Indies (s.b.).
• Apr 1801 - 27 Mar 1802 British occupation.
• 1807 - 20 Nov 1815 British occupation.
• 31 Mar 1917 Purchased by U.S. (U.S. Virgin Islands).
• 1917 - 30 Jan 1931 Administered by U.S. Navy.
• 30 Jan 1931 - 1971 Administered by U.S. Department of Interior.

• Governors (of St Croix)

• 8 Jan 1735 - 1736 Frederik Moth (b. 1694 - d. 1746)
• 1736 - 1744 Gregers H�g Nissen -Governor-general
• 1744 - 1747 Poul Jensen Lindemark (d. 1747)
• 1747 - 1751 Jens Hansen
• 1751 - 1756 Pieter Clusen (b. 1721 - d. 1784)
• Governors-general
• 1756 - 1766 Christian Leberecht von Pr�ck (b. 1718 - d. 1780)
• 1766 - 1771 Peter Clausen (1st time) (s.a.)
• 1770 - 1772 Frederik Moth (b. 1750 - d. 1806)
• 1772 - 1773 Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff (b. 1730 - d. 1821)
• Jul 1773 - Oct 1773 Hendrik Ludvig Ernst von (b. 1743 - d. 1793)
• Schimmelmann (1st time)
• 1773 - 1784 Peter Clausen (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 1784 - 1787 Hendrik Ludvig Ernst von (s.a.)
• Schimmelmann (2nd time)
• 1787 - 1794 Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff (b. 1755 - d. 1820)
• (1st time)
• 1794 - 1796 Wilhelm Anton Lindemann (1st time) (b. 1739 - d. 1801)
• 1796 - 1799 Thomas de Malleville (b. 1739 - d. 1801)
• 1799 - Apr 1801 Wilhelm Anton Lindemann (2nd time) (s.a.)
• Apr 1801 - Feb 1802
• 1802 - 1803 Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff (s.a.)
• (2nd time)
• 1803 - 1807 Baltharzar Frederik M�hlenfels (d. 1807)
• Mar 1807 - Dec 1807 Hans Christopher Lillienskj�ld (b. 1762 - d. 1837)
• 1807 - 1808 Henry Bowyer (d. 1808)
• 1808 - 1815


• 1815 - 1816 Peter Lotharius von Oxholm (b. 1753 - d. 1827)


• May 1816 - Jul 1820 Adrian Benjamin Bentzon (b. 1777 - d. 1827)
• 1820 - 1822 Carl Adolph Rothe (b. 1767 - d. 1834)
• 1822 - 1827 Johan Frederik Bardenfleth (b. 1772 - d. 1833)
• 1827 - 1848 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (b. 1784 - d. 1854)


• Jul 1848 - Nov 1848 Frederik von Oxholm (b. 1801 - d. 1871)


• 1848 - 1851 Peder Hansen (b. 1798 - d. 1880)
• 1851 - 1855 Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen (b. 1805 - d. 1863)
• 1855 - 1861 Johan Frederik Schlegel (b. 1817 - d. 1896)
• 1861 - 1871 Vilhelm Ludvig Birch (b. 1817 - d. 1871)
• Feb 1871 - Jun 1871 John Christmas (b. 1799 - d. 1873)
• 1871 - 1872 Frantz Ernst Bille (b. 1832 - d. 1918)
• Jul 1872 - Sep 1872 John August Stakeman (b. 1805 - d. 1891)
• 1872 - 1881 Janus August Garde (b. 1823 - d. 1893)
• 1881 - 1893 Christian Henrik Arendrup (b. 1837 - d. 1913)
• 1893 - 1903 Carl Emil Hedemann (b. 1837 - d. 1913)
• 1903 - 1904 Herman August J�rs (b. 1838 - d. 1918)
• 1904 - 1905 Frederik Theodor Martin Mortensen (b. 1854 - d. 1924)
• Nordlien
• 1905 - 1908 Christian Magdalus Thestrup Gold (b. 1863 - d. 1934)
• 1908 - 1911 Peter Carl Limpricht (b. 1838 - d. 1912)
• 1911 - 1916 Lars Christian Helweg-Larsen (b. 1860 - d. 1934)
• 1916 - 1917 Henrik Konow (b. 1862 - d. 1939)

• Governors

• 1917 - 1919 James Harrison Oliver (b. 1857 - d. 1928)
• 1919 - 1921 Joseph Wallace Oman (b. 1864 - d. 1941)
• 1921 - 1922 Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle (b. 1867 - d. 1950)
• 1922 - 1923 Henry Hughs Hough (b. 1871 - d. 1943)
• 1923 - 1925 Philip Williams
• 1925 - 1927 Martin Edwards Trench
• 1927 - 1931 Waldo A. Evans
• 18 Mar 1931 - 23 Jul 1935 Paul Martin Pearson (b. 1871 - d. 1938)
• 21 Aug 1935 - 3 Feb 1941 Lawrence William Cramer
• 3 Feb 1941 - 17 May 1945 Charles Harwood (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
• 17 May 1946 - 30 Nov 1949 William H. Hastie (b. 1904 - d. 1976)
• 30 Nov 1949 - 9 Apr 1954 Morris Fidanque de Castro (b. 1902 - d. 1966)(acting to 24 Mar 1950)
• 9 Apr 1954 - 31 Aug 1955 Archibald A. Alexander (b. 1888 - d. 1958)
• 17 Oct 1955 - 25 Sep 1958 Walter A. Gordon (b. 1894 - d. 1976)
• 25 Sep 1958 - 5 Apr 1961 John David Merwin (b. 1921)
• 5 Apr 1961 - 12 Feb 1969 Ralph M. Paiewonsky (b. 1906 - d. 1991)
• 12 Feb 1969 - 1 Jul 1969 Cyril Emanuel King (1st time) (b. 1921 - d. 1978)
• 1 Jul 1969 - 6 Jan 1975 Melvin Herbert Evans Rep (b. 1917 - d. 1984)
• (elected Jan 1971)
• 6 Jan 1975 - 2 Jan 1978 Cyril Emanuel King ICM (s.a.)
• (2nd time)
• 2 Jan 1978 - 5 Jan 1987 Juan Francisco Luis ICM (b. 1940)
• 5 Jan 1987 - 5 Jan 1995 Alexander A. Farrelly (b. 1922)
• 5 Jan 1995 - 4 Jan 1999 Roy L. Schneider Dem (b. 1939)
• 4 Jan 1999 - James Turnbul II Dem (b. 1935)
• Party abbreviations: Dem =Democratic Party (liberal-centerist); Rep =Republican Party (conservative); ICM = Independent Citizens' Movement (regionalist).

• Saint Thomas and Saint Johns

• 1672 Danish rule on St. Thomas
• 1684 Danish rule on St. Johns (St. Jans) (settled from 1716).
• 1756 Part of the Danish West Indies (s.a.).
• 1756 - 1862 Separate administration, subject to governors-general
• of the Danish West Indies.
• 1862 Post of governor of St. Thomas-St. Johns abandoned.
• Apr 1801 - 27 Mar 1802 British occupation.
• 1807 - 20 Nov 1815 British occupation.

• Governors

• 1689 - 1702 Johan Lorentz (2nd time) (d. 1702)
• 1702 - 1706 Claus Hansen (d. 1706)
• 1706 - 1708 Joachim Melchior von Holten (b. 1671 - d. 1708)
• 1708 - 1710 Diderich Morgensen
• 1710 - 1716 Mikkel Knudsen Crone (d. 1716)
• 1716 - 1724 Erik Bredal
• May 1724 - Sep 1724 Otto Jacob Thambsen (b. 1670 - d. 1724)
• 1724 - 1727 Frederik Moth (1st time) (s.a.)
• 1727 - 1733 Henrik Suhm (b. 1693 - d. 1744)
• 1733 - 1736 Philip Gardelin (d. 1740)
• 1736 - 1740 Frederik Moth (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 1740 - 1744 Jacob Sch�nemann
• 1744 - 1747 Christian Schweder
• 1747 - 1758 Christian Suhm (d. 1759)
• 1758 - 1760 Harrien Felchenhauer (d. 1764)
• 1760 - 1764 Johan Georg von John (d. 1764)
• Apr 1764 - Nov 1764 Ditlev Wilhelm Wildthagen (d. 1764)
• 1764 - 1765 Peter Gynthelberg (b. 1728 - d. 1780)
• 1765 - 1766 Ulrich Wilhelm Roepstorff (b. 1730 - d. 1821)
• 1766 - 1773 Jens Nielsen Kragh (b. c.1729 - d. 1773)
• 1773 - 1796 Thomas de Malleville (b. 1739 - d. 1798)
• 1796 - 1800 Baltharzar Frederik M�hlenfels (s.a.)
• 1800 - 1801 Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten (b. 1752 - d. 1810)
• (1st time)
• 1801 - 1802 John Clayton Cowell
• 1802 - 1803 Willum von R�meling (b. 1758 - d. 18..)
• 1803 - 1807 Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten (s.a.)
• (2nd time)
• 1807 - 1815 McLean
• 1815 - 1818 Christian Ludvig von Holten (b. 1774 - d. 1829)
• (1st time)
• 1818 - 1820 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
• (1st time)
• Feb 1820 - Mar 1820 Christian Ludvig von Holten (s.a.)
• (2nd time)
• Apr 1820 - Jul 1820 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
• (2nd time)
• 1820 - 1822 Carl Gotlieb Fleischer (d. 1822)
• 1822 - 1823 Carl Vilhelm Jessen (b. 1764 - d. 1823)
• 1823 - 1826 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
• (3rd time)
• 1826 - 1829 Johanes S�b�tker (1st time)
• 1829 - 1834 Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz (b. 1781 - d. 1834)
• Rosen�rn


• 1834 - 1836 Frederik von Oxholm (1st time) (s.a.)


• 1836 - 1848 Johanes S�b�tker (2nd time) (s.a.)


• 1848 Hans Hendrik Berg (1st time) (b. 1789 - d. 1862)


• 1848 - 1852 Frederik von Oxholm (2nd time) (s.a.)


• 1853 - 1862 Hans Hendrik Berg (2nd time) (s.a.)