list of governors of puerto rico

Since 1949, the Governor of Puerto Rico is elected by the people of Puerto Rico to a four year term. Before 1949 the Governor of Puerto Rico was appointed by Spain (during Spanish rule) or by the President of the United States. The Governor's residence is known as "La Fortaleza"

List of Governors of Puerto Rico

Governors under Spanish Crown

? - ? Vicente Yaez Pinzn - Considered first appointed governor of Puerto Rico, but never arrived at the island.
1508 - 1511 Juan Ponce de Len - Established the Caparra settlement.
1511 - 1513 Juan Ceron
1513 - 1514 Rodrigo Moscoso
1514 - 1515 Cristbal de Mendoza
1515 - 1519 Juan Ponce de Len
1519 Snchez Velzquez
1519 - 1521 Antonio de la Gama
1521 - 1523 Pedro Moreno
1523 - 1524 Alonso Manso
1524 - 1529 Pedro Moreno
1529 - 1530 Antonio de la Gama
1530 - 1536 Francisco Manuel de Land
1536 - 1537 Vasco De Tiedra
1537 - 1544 ??
1544 Jernimo Lebron
1544 - 1546 Lcdo.Iigo Lpez De Loaisa
1546 - 1548 Lcdo.Diego De Caraza
1548 - 1550 ??
1550 - 1555 Luis De Vallejo
1555 Lcdo. Esteves
1555 - 1561 Lcdo. Diego De Caraza
1561 - 1564 Antonio De la Llama Vallejo
1564 - 1568 Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo
1568 - 1574 Francisco Sols
1575 - 1579 Francisco De Obando Y Mexia
1580 Jernimo De Agero Campuzano
1580 - 1581 Capt. Juan De Cspedes
1581 - 1582 Capt. Juan Lpez Melgarejo - requested Juan Ponce de Len II to write a general description of the West Indies with emphasis on the part corresponding to Puerto Rico which became known as Memorias de Melgarejo.
1582 - 1593 Capt. Diego Melndez De Valds
1593 - 1597 Col. Pedro Suarez
1597 Juan Ponce de Len II - Temporary governor, first native Puerto Rican to become governor.
1597 - 1598 Capt. Antonio De Mosquero
1599 - 1602 Capt. Alonso De Mercado
1602 - 1608 Capt. Sancho Ochoa De Castro
1608 - 1614 Capt. Gabriel De Roxas
1614 - 1620 Capt. Felipe De Beaumont y Navarra
1620 - 1625 Juan De Vargas
1625 - 1630 Capt. Juan De Haro
1631 - 1635 Capt. Enrique Enriquez De Sotomayor
1635 - 1641 Capt. Iigo De La Mota Sarmiento
1641 Capt. Agustn De Silva y Figueroa
1642 - 1643 Capt. Juan De Bolaos
1643 - 1648 Fernando De La Riva Agero
1649 - 1655 Diego De Aguilera y Gamboa
1655 - 1660 Jos Novoa y Moscoso
1660 - 1664 Juan Prez De Guzmn
1664 - 1670 Jernimo De Velasco
1670 - 1674 Gaspar De Arteaga
1674 Diego Roblandillo
1674 Capt. Baltazar Figueroa
1675 - 1678 Alonso de Campos
1678 - 1683 Juan De Robles Lorenzana
1683 - 1685 Gaspar Martinez De Andino
1685 - 1690 Juan Francisco Medina
1690 - 1695 Gaspar De Arredondo
1695 - 1697 Juan Francisco Medina
1697 - 1698 Tomas Franco
1698 - 1699 Antonio Robles
1700 - 1703 Gabriel Surez De Ribera
1703 Diego Villarn
1703 Francisco Snchez
1704 - 1705 Pedro Arroyo y Guerrero
1706 Juan Francisco Morla
1706 - 1708 Francisco Granados
1709 - 1715 Col. Juan De Ribera
1716 Jos Carreo
1716 - 1720 Alfonso Bortodano
1720 - 1724 Francisco Danio Granados
1724 - 1730 Capt. Jos Antonio De Mendizabal
1731 - 1743 Lt. Col. Matas De Abada
1743 - 1744 Domingo Prez De Nandares
1744 - 1750 Col. Juan Jos Colomo
1750 - 1751 Col. Agustn De Parejas
1751 - 1753 Lt. Col. Esteban Bravo De Rivero
1753 - 1757 Felipe Ramrez De Estenos
1757 - 1759 Esteban Bravo De Rivero
1759 - 1760 Mateo De Guaso Caldern
1760 - 1761 Esteban Bravo De Rivero
1761 - 1766 Lt. Col. Ambrosio De Benavides
1766 Col. Marcos De Vergara
1766 - 1770 Lt. Col. Jos Trentor
1770 - 1776 Col. Miguel De Musesas
1776 - 1783 Col. Jos Dufresne
1783 - 1789 Col. Juan Daban
1789 Francisco Torralbo
1789 - 1792 Brigadier Miguel Antonio De Ustariz
1792 - 1794 Francisco Torralbo
1794 - 1795 Brigadier Enrique Grimarest
1795 - 1804 Field Marshall Ramn De Castro y Gutirrez
1804 - 1809 Toribo Montes
1809 - 1820 Salvador Melndez
1820 Brigadier Juan Vasco y Pascual
1820 - 1822 Gonzalo Arostegui y Herrera
1822 Jos Navarro
1822 Francisco Gonzlez Linares
1822 - 1837 Lt. Gen. Miguel De La Torre
1837 - 1838 Francisco Moreda y Prieto
1838 - 1841 Miguel Lpez De Baos,Field Marshall
1841 - 1844 Lt. Gen. Santiago Mndez Vigo
1844 - 1847 Lt. Gen. Rafael De Aristegui y Velez
1847 - 1848 Field Marshall Juan Prim - later became Prime Minister of Spain
1848 - 1851 Lt. Gen. Juan De La Pezuela y Cevallos
1851 - 1852 Enrique De Espaa Taberner
1852 - 1855 Lt. Gen. Fernando De Norzagaray
1855 Lt. Gen. Andrs Garca Gamba
1855 - 1857 Lt. Gen. Jos Lemery
1857 - 1860 Lt. Gen Fernando Cotoner
1860 SabinoO Gamir
1860 - 1862 Lt. Gen. Rafael Echague
1862 - 1863 Brigadier Rafael Izquierdo
1863 - 1865 Lt. Gen. Fliz Mara De Messina
1865 - 1867 Lt. Gen Jos Mara Marchessi
1867 - 1868 Gen. Julin Juan Pavia
1868 - 1870 Gen. Jos Laureano Sanz
1870 - 1871 Lt. Gen. Gabriel Baldrich
1871 - 1872 Gen. Ramn Gmez Pulido
1872 Gen. Simn De La Torre
1872 - 1873 Brigadier Joaqun Eurile
1873 Gen. Juan Martnez Plowes
1873 - 1874 Gen. Rafael Primo De Rivera
1875 Gen. Jos Laureano Sanz
1875 - 1877 Gen. Segundo De La Portilla
1877 - 1878 Gen. Manuel De La Serna y Pinzn
1878 Gen. Jos Gamir
1878 - 1881 Gen. Eulogio Despujols y Dussay
1881 - 1883 Gen. Segundo De La Portilla
1883 - 1884 Gen. Miguel De La Vega Incln
1884 Gen. Don Carlos Suances Campos
1884 Gen. Ramn Fajardo
1884 - 1887 Gen. Luis Daban y Ramrez De Arellan
1887 Gen. Romualdo Palacios
1887 - 1888 Gen. Juan Contreras
1888 - 1890 Gen. Pedro Ruiz Dana
1890 Brigadier Jos Pascual Bonanza
1890 - 1893 Gen. Jos Lasso y Prez
1893 - 1895 Gen. Luis Daban y Ramrez De Arrellan
1895 - 1896 Gen. Jos Gamir
1896 Gen. Emilio March
1896 - 1898 Gen. Sabas Marn
1898 Gen. Ricardo Ortega
Gen. Andrs Gonzlez Muoz
1898 Gen. Ricardo De Ortega
1898 Gen. Manuel Macas Casado
1898 Gen. Ricardo De Ortega

Governors under U.S. colonial administration

Military Government

1898 - 1898 Maj. Gen. John Ruller Brooke
1898 - 1899 Maj. Gen. Guy Vernor Henry
1899 - 1900 Brigadier George Whitefield Davis

Post Foraker Act of 1900

1900 - 1901 Charles Herbert Allen - first U.S. civil governor appointed by President William McKinley.
1901 - 1904 William Henry Hunt
1904 - 1907 Beekman Winthrop
1907 - 1909 Regis Henry Prost
1909 - 1913 George Radcliffe Colton
1913 - 1921 Arthur Yager
1921 - 1921 Jos E. Benedicto
1921 - 1923 Emmet Montgomery Reily
1923 - 1923 Juan Bernardo Huyke
1923 - 1929 Horace Mann Towner
1929 - 1929 James R. Beverly
1929 - 1932 Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
1932 - 1933 James R. Beverly
1933 - 1934 Robert Hayes Gore
1934 - 1934 Benjamin Jason Horton
1934 - 1939 Blanton C. Winship
1939 - 1939 Jos E. Coln
1939 - 1940 William D. Leahy
1940 - 1941 Jos Miguel Gallardo
1941 Guy J. Swope
1941 Jos Miguel Gallardo
1941 - 1946 Rexford Guy Tugwell
1946 - 1949 Jess Toribio Piero - first native Puerto Rican governor appointed under U.S colonial administration.
1949 - 1965 Luis Muoz Marn - first democratically elected governor (Partido Popular Democrtico)

List Of Governors Of Puerto Rico

List of Governors of Puerto Rico

Governors under Spanish Crown

Governors under U.S. colonial administration

Military Government

Post Foraker Act of 1900

Governors under the 1952 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

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