This is a list of minority governors and lieutenant state governors in the United States. In the United States, an ethnic minority is anyone who has at least one parent who is not of non-Hispanic white descent (such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, or Native Americans). Ethnic minorities currently constitute around 38% of the total population. Lieutenant governor-equivalent roles (positions next in the line of succession absent an office of the lieutenant governor, such as secretary of state or senate president) are not currently included.

List of ethnic-minority Governors

• Italics denotes acting Governor

Portrait	Name	Ethnicity	Party	State	Term start	Term end	Notes
	Pinckney Pinchback (1837–1921)	African American	Republican	Louisiana	December 9, 1872	January 13, 1873	Elevated from Lieutenant Governor. Term ended.
	Romualdo Pacheco[1] (1831–1899)	Mexican American	Republican	California	February 27, 1875	December 9, 1875	Elevated from Lieutenant Governor. Term ended.
	Ezequiel De Baca[2] (1864–1917)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 3, 1917	February 18, 1917	Died in office
	Octaviano Larrazolo[3] (1859–1930)	Mexican American	Republican	New Mexico	January 1, 1919	January 1, 1921	Lost renomination
	George Ariyoshi (born 1926)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	October 17, 1973	December 2, 1986	Elevated to Acting Governor from Lieutenant Governor until elected in his own right from December 2, 1974. Term limited.
	Jerry Apodaca (born 1934)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1975	January 1, 1979	Term limited
	Raúl Castro[4] (1916–2015)	Mexican American	Democratic	Arizona	January 6, 1975	October 20, 1977	Resigned to become United States Ambassador to Argentina
	Victor G. Atiyeh (1923–2014)	Syrian American	Republican	Oregon	January 8, 1979	January 12, 1987	Term Limited
	Toney Anaya[5] (born 1941)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1983	January 1, 1987	Term limited
	John Sununu[6] (born 1939)	Palestinian American	Republican	New Hampshire	January 6, 1983	January 4, 1989	Retired
	John Waihee[7] (born 1946)	Native Hawaiian	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1986	December 2, 1994	Term limited
	Bob Martinez[8] (born 1934)	Spanish American	Republican	Florida	January 6, 1987	January 8, 1991	Lost reelection
	Douglas Wilder[9] (born 1931)	African American	Democratic	Virginia	January 13, 1990	January 15, 1994	Term limited
	Ben Cayetano[10] (born 1939)	Filipino American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1994	December 2, 2002	Term limited
	Gary Locke[11] (born 1950)	Chinese American	Democratic	Washington	January 15, 1997	January 12, 2005	Retired
	Bill Richardson[12] (born 1947)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 2003	January 1, 2011	Term limited
	Deval Patrick (born 1956)	African American	Democratic	Massachusetts	January 4, 2007	January 8, 2015	Retired
	Bobby Jindal[13] (born 1971)	Indian American	Republican	Louisiana	January 14, 2008	January 11, 2016	Term limited
	David Paterson (born 1954)	African American	Democratic	New York	March 17, 2008	December 31, 2010	Elevated to office from Lieutenant Governor. Retired
	Susana Martinez (born 1959)	Mexican American	Republican	New Mexico	January 1, 2011	present
	Brian Sandoval (born 1963)	Mexican American	Republican	Nevada	January 3, 2011	present
	Nikki Haley (born 1972)	Indian American	Republican	South Carolina	January 12, 2011	January 24, 2017	Resigned to become to United States Ambassador to the United Nations
	David Ige (born 1957)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 1, 2014	present
File:Christopher T Sununu.jpg	Chris Sununu (born 1974)	Palestinian American	Republican	New Hampshire	January 5, 2017	present

Territorial governors

Several governors of U.S. territories have been ethnic minorities. Many of these officials were appointed before elections were instituted in these jurisdictions. This list includes Mayors of the District of Columbia, who is the chief executive of that jurisdiction, and Presidents of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946, which was the transitional executive of the Philippine Commonwealth before it gained full independence from the United States.

• Italics denotes acting Governor

Portrait	Name	Ethnicity	Party	Territory	Term start	Term end	Notes
	Miguel Otero (1859–1944)	Mexican American	Republican	New Mexico	July 14, 1897	January 22, 1906	Appointment ended
	Frank Portusach (1864–1919)	Spanish American	Independent	Guam	June 22, 1898	December 12, 1898	Deposed[14]
	Joaquín Pérez (1860–1939)	Chamorro	Independent	Guam	February 13, 1899	April 20, 1899	Appointment ended
	William Coe	Samoan	Independent	Guam	April 20, 1899	May 9, 1899	Appointment ended
	José Benedicto	Puerto Rican	Independent	Puerto Rico	May 16, 1921	July 30, 1921	Appointment ended
	Juan Huyke (1880–1961)	Puerto Rican	Independent	Puerto Rico	March 2, 1923	April 1, 1923	Appointment ended
	Manuel Quezon (1878–1944)	Spanish Filipino	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color |Nacionalista	Philippines	November 15, 1935	August 1, 1944	Died in office
	José Colón	Puerto Rican	Independent	Puerto Rico	May 12, 1939	September 11, 1939	Appointment ended
	José Gallardo (1897–1976)	Puerto Rican	Independent	Puerto Rico	November 28, 1940	February 3, 1941	Appointment ended
					July 24, 1941	September 19, 1941	Appointment ended
	Sergio Osmeña (1878–1961)	Visayan	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color |Nacionalista	Philippines	August 1, 1944	May 28, 1946	Elevated from Vice President Lost election to full term
	William Hastie (1904–1976)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	May 7, 1946	October 21, 1949	Resigned to become Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
	Manuel Roxas (1892–1948)	Hiligaynon	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color |Liberal	Philippines	May 28, 1946	July 4, 1946	Became an independent sovereign state
	Jesús Piñero[15] (1897–1952)	Puerto Rican	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	September 2, 1946	January 2, 1949	Appointment ended
	Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980)	Puerto Rican	Popular Democratic/ Independent	Puerto Rico	January 2, 1949	January 2, 1965	Retired
	Morris de Castro (1902–1966)	Panamanian American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	October 21, 1949	April 9, 1954	Elevated to Acting Governor from Secretary until appointed in his own right from March 4, 1950 Resigned appointment
	Archie Alexander (1888–1958)	African American	Republican	U.S. Virgin Islands	April 9, 1954	August 18, 1955	Resigned appointment
	Walter Gordon (1894–1976)	African American	Republican	U.S. Virgin Islands	October 8, 1955	September 25, 1958	Resigned to become Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
	Peter Coleman[16] (1919–1997)	Samoan	Republican	American Samoa	October 15, 1956	May 24, 1961	Appointment ended
					January 3, 1978	January 3, 1985	Lost reelection
					January 2, 1989	January 3, 1993	Retired
	Manuel Leon Guerrero (1914–1985)	Chamorro	Democratic	Guam	January 20, 1963	July 20, 1969	Elevated to Acting Governor from Secretary until appointed in his own right from March 9, 1963 Appointment ended
	Roberto Sánchez Vilella[17] (1913–1997)	Puerto Rican	Popular Democratic/ Democratic (1965–1968)	Puerto Rico	January 2, 1965	January 2, 1969	Lost renomination
			People's (1968–1969)				Lost reelection
	Walter Washington (1915–2003)	African American	Democratic	District of Columbia	November 7, 1967	January 2, 1979	Appointed as Mayor-Commissioner before being elected in his own right from January 2, 1975 Lost renomination
	Luis Ferré (1904–2003)	Puerto Rican	New Progressive/ Republican	Puerto Rico	January 2, 1969	January 2, 1973	Lost reelection
	Cyril King (1921–1978)	African American	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent Citizens Movement/meta/color |Independent Citizens Movement	U.S. Virgin Islands	February 1, 1969	July 1, 1969	Elevated to Acting Governor from Lieutenant Governor. Appointment ended
			January 6, 1975		January 2, 1978	Died in office
	Melvin Evans (1917–1984)	African American	Republican	U.S. Virgin Islands	July 1, 1969	January 6, 1975	Appointed Governor before being elected in his own right from January 1, 1971 Lost reelection
	Carlos Camacho (1924–1979)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	July 20, 1969	January 6, 1975	Appointed Governor before being elected in his own right from January 4, 1971 Lost reelection
	Rafael Hernández Colón (born 1936)	Puerto Rican	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	January 2, 1973	January 2, 1977	Lost reelection
					January 2, 1985	January 2, 1993	Retired
	Ricky Bordallo (1927–1990)	Chamorro	Democratic	Guam	January 6, 1975	January 1, 1979	Lost reelection
					January 3, 1983	January 5, 1987	Lost reelection
	Carlos Romero Barceló (born 1932)	Puerto Rican	New Progressive/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	January 2, 1977	January 2, 1985	Lost reelection
	Juan Luis (1940–2011)	Puerto Rican	style="background:Template:Independent Citizens Movement/meta/color |Independent Citizens Movement (1978–1979)	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 2, 1978	January 5, 1987	Elevated to Governor from Lieutenant Governor. Later elected in his own right. Term limited
			Independent (1979–1987)
	Carlos Camacho (born 1937)	Chamorro	Democratic	Northern Mariana Islands	January 9, 1978	January 11, 1982	Lost reelection
	Paul Calvo (born 1934)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	January 1, 1979	January 3, 1983	Lost reelection
	Marion Barry (1936–2014)	African American	Democratic	District of Columbia	January 2, 1979	January 2, 1991	Retired
					January 2, 1995	January 2, 1999	Retired
	Pedro Tenorio (born 1934)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 11, 1982	January 8, 1990	Retired
					January 12, 1998	January 14, 2002	Retired
	A. P. Lutali (1919–2002)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	January 3, 1985	January 2, 1989	Lost reelection
					January 3, 1993	January 3, 1997	Lost renomination
	Joseph Ada[18] (born 1943)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995	Term limited
	Alexander Farrelly (1923–2002)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995	Term limited
	Lorenzo Guerrero (1935–2006)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 8, 1990	January 10, 1994	Lost reelection
	Sharon Pratt (born 1944)	African American	Democratic	District of Columbia	January 2, 1991	January 2, 1995	Lost renomination
	Pedro Rosselló (born 1944)	Puerto Rican	New Progressive/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	January 2, 1993	January 2, 2001	Retired
	Froilan Tenorio (born 1939)	Chamorro	Democratic	Northern Mariana Islands	January 10, 1994	January 12, 1998	Lost reelection
	Carl Gutierrez (born 1941)	Chamorro	Democratic	Guam	January 2, 1995	January 6, 2003	Term limited
	Roy Schneider (born 1939)	African American	Republican	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 2, 1995	January 4, 1999	Lost reelection
	Tauese Sunia[19] (1941–2003)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	January 3, 1997	March 26, 2003	Died in office
	Anthony Williams (born 1951)	African American	Democratic	District of Columbia	January 2, 1999	January 2, 2007	Retired
	Charles Turnbull (born 1935)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 4, 1999	January 1, 2007	Term limited
	Sila Calderón (born 1942)	Puerto Rican	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	January 2, 2001	January 2, 2005	Retired
	Juan Babauta[20] (born 1953)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 14, 2002	January 9, 2006	Lost reelection
	Felix Perez Camacho (born 1957)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Term limited
	Togiola Tulafono (born 1947)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	March 26, 2003	January 3, 2013	Elevated to Acting Governor from Lieutenant Governor until April 7, 2003 Later elected in his own right Term limited
	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (born 1962)	Puerto Rican	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	January 2, 2005	January 2, 2009	Lost reelection
	Benigno Fitial (born 1945)	Carolinian	Covenant (2006–2011)	Northern Mariana Islands	January 9, 2006	February 20, 2013	Impeached
			Republican (2011–2013)
	John de Jongh (born 1957)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 1, 2007	January 5, 2015	Term limited
	Adrian Fenty (born 1970)	African American	Democratic	District of Columbia	January 2, 2007	January 2, 2011	Lost renomination
	Luis Fortuño (born 1960)	Puerto Rican	New Progressive/ Republican	Puerto Rico	January 2, 2009	January 2, 2013	Lost reelection
	Vincent Gray (born 1942)	African American	Democratic	District of Columbia	January 2, 2011	January 2, 2015	Lost renomination
	Eddie Calvo (born 1961)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	January 3, 2011	present
	Alejandro García Padilla (born 1971)	Puerto Rican	Popular Democratic/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	January 2, 2013	January 2, 2017	Retired
	Lolo Moliga (born 1949)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	January 3, 2013	present
	Eloy Inos (1949–2015)	Chamorro	Covenant (2013)	Northern Mariana Islands	February 20, 2013	December 29, 2015	Elevated from Lieutenant Governor Died in office
			Republican (2013–2015)
	Muriel Bowser (born 1972)	African American	Democratic	District of Columbia	January 2, 2015	present
	Kenneth Mapp[21] (born 1955)	African American	Independent	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 5, 2015	present
	Ralph Torres (born 1979)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	December 29, 2015	present	Elevated from Lieutenant Governor
	Ricky Rosselló (born 1979)	Puerto Rican	New Progressive/ Democratic	Puerto Rico	January 2, 2017	present

List of ethnic-minority Lieutenant Governors

• Italics denotes acting lieutenant governor

Portrait	Name	Ethnicity	Party	State	Term start	Term end	Notes
	Pablo de la Guerra (1819–1874)	Mexican American	Democratic	California	January 7, 1861	January 10, 1862	Retired
	Oscar Dunn (1826–1871)	African American	Republican	Louisiana	June 27, 1868	November 22, 1871	Died
	Alonzo Ransier[22] (1834–1882)	African American	Republican	South Carolina	December 3, 1870	December 7, 1872	Retired to run successfully for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
	Pinckney Pinchback (1837–1921)	African American	Republican	Louisiana	December 6, 1871	December 9, 1872	Elevated to Governor
	Romualdo Pacheco[23] (1831–1899)	Mexican American	Republican	California	December 8, 1871	February 27, 1875	Elevated to Governor
	Richard Gleaves (1819–1907)	African American	Republican	South Carolina	December 7, 1872	December 14, 1876	Lost reelection
	Caesar Antoine (1836–1921)	African American	Republican	Louisiana	May 22, 1873	April 24, 1877	Lost reelection
	Albert Estopinal[24] (1845–1919)	Spanish American	Democratic	Louisiana	May 8, 1900	May 10, 1904	Retired
	Ezequiel De Baca (1864–1917)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 6, 1912	January 1, 1917	Retired to run successfully for Governor
	José Baca	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1923	May 24, 1924	Died
	Louis de Baca	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1935	January 1, 1937	Retired
	Ceferino Quintana	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1941	January 1, 1943	Retired
	Joseph Montoya[25] (1915–1978)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1947	January 1, 1951	Lost reelection
					January 1, 1955	April 9, 1957	Retired to run successfully for New Mexico's at-large congressional district
	Tibo Chávez	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1951	January 1, 1955	Lost reelection
	James Kealoha (1908–1983)	Native Hawaiian	Republican	Hawaii	August 21, 1959	December 2, 1962	Retired to run unsuccessfully for the nomination to Governor
	William Richardson (1919–2010)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1962	December 2, 1966	Resigned to become Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court
	George Ariyoshi (born 1926)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1970	December 2, 1974	Served as Acting Governor Retired to run successfully for Governor
	Roberto Mondragón (born 1940)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1971	January 1, 1975	Retired
					January 1, 1979	January 1, 1983	Retired
	Nelson Doi (1922–2015)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1974	December 2, 1978	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Mayor of Honolulu
	Mervyn Dymally[26] (1926–2012)	African American	Democratic	California	January 6, 1975	January 8, 1979	Lost reelection
	George Brown (1926–2006)	African American	Democratic	Colorado	January 14, 1975	January 10, 1979	Retired
	Jean King (1925–2013)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1978	December 2, 1982	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Mike Curb (born 1944)	Mexican American	Republican	California	January 8, 1979	January 3, 1983	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	John Waihee (born 1946)	Native Hawaiian	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1982	December 2, 1986	Retired to run successfully for Governor
	Shien Woo (born 1937)	Chinese American	Democratic	Delaware	January 15, 1985	January 20, 1989	Retired to run unsuccessfully for U.S. Senator of Delaware
	Douglas Wilder (born 1931)	African American	Democratic	Virginia	January 18, 1986	January 12, 1990	Retired to run successfully for Governor
	Ben Cayetano (born 1939)	Filipino American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1986	December 2, 1994	Retired to run successfully for Governor
	Casey Luna (born 1931)	Mexican American	Democratic	New Mexico	January 1, 1991	January 1, 1995	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Mazie Hirono[27] (born 1947)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 2, 1994	December 2, 2002	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor
	Cruz Bustamante (born 1953)	Mexican American	Democratic	California	January 4, 1999	January 8, 2007	Retired to run unsuccessfully for California Insurance Commissioner
	Joe Rogers (1964–2013)	African American	Republican	Colorado	January 12, 1999	January 14, 2003	Retired
	Loren Leman (born 1950)	Native Alaskan	Republican	Alaska	December 2, 2002	December 4, 2006	Retired
	Duke Aiona (born 1955)	Native Hawaiian Chinese American	Republican	Hawaii	December 4, 2002	December 6, 2010	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor
	Jennette Bradley (born 1952)	African American	Republican	Ohio	January 13, 2003	January 5, 2005	Resigned to become Ohio Treasurer
	Michael Steele[28] (born 1958)	African American	Republican	Maryland	January 15, 2003	January 17, 2007	Retired to run unsuccessfully for U.S. Senator of Maryland
	David Paterson (born 1954)	African American	Democratic	New York	January 1, 2007	March 17, 2008	Elevated to Governor
	Anthony Brown (born 1961)	African American	Democratic	Maryland	January 17, 2007	January 21, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor
	Mona Pasquil (born 1962)	Filipino American	Democratic	California	November 4, 2009	April 27, 2010	Retired
	Abel Maldonado (born 1967)	Mexican American	Republican	California	April 27, 2010	January 10, 2011	Lost reelection
	John Sanchez (born 1963)	Mexican American	Republican	New Mexico	January 1, 2011	present
	Jennifer Carroll (born 1959)	African American	Republican	Florida	January 4, 2011	March 12, 2013	Resigned
	Joe García (born 1957)	Mexican American	Democratic	Colorado	January 11, 2011	May 12, 2016	Resigned
	Shan Tsutsui (born 1971)	Japanese American	Democratic	Hawaii	December 27, 2012	present
	Carlos López-Cantera (born 1973)	Cuban American	Republican	Florida	February 3, 2014	present
	Byron Mallott (born 1943)	Native Alaskan (Tlingit)	Democratic	Alaska	December 1, 2014	present
	Evelyn Sanguinetti (born 1970)	Cuban American Ecuadorian American	Republican	Illinois	January 12, 2015	present
	Boyd Rutherford (born 1957)	African American	Republican	Maryland	January 21, 2015	present
	Jenean Hampton (born 1958)	African American	Republican	Kentucky	December 8, 2015	present
	Cyrus Habib (born 1981)	Iranian American	Democratic	Washington	January 11, 2017	present
	Justin Fairfax (born 1979)	African American	Democratic	Virginia	January 13, 2018	Elect
	Sheila Oliver (born 1952)	African American	Democratic	New Jersey	January 16, 2018	Elect

Territorial lieutenant governors

Portrait	Name	Ethnicity	Party	State	Term start	Term end	Notes
	Sergio Osmeña (1878–1961)	Visayan	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color |Nacionalista	Philippines	November 15, 1935	August 1, 1944	Elevated to President
	Elpidio Quirino[29] (1890–1956)	Ilocano	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color |Liberal	Philippines	May 28, 1946	July 4, 1946	Became an independent sovereign state
	Morris de Castro (1902–1966)	Panamanian American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	1945	March 4, 1950	Elevated to Acting Governor from October 21, 1949 Later appointed in his own right
	Cyril King (1921–1978)	African American	Democratic (1961–1968)	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 1, 1961	July 1, 1969	Elevated to Acting Governor from February 1, 1969 Appointment ended
			style="background:Template:Independent Citizens Movement/meta/color |Independent Citizens Movement (1968–1969)
	Carson Guerrero (1914–1985)	Chamorro	Democratic	Guam	May 20, 1961	March 9, 1963	Elevated to Acting Governor from January 20, 1962 Later appointed in his own right
	Kurt Moylan (born 1939)	Native Hawaiian Chinese American	Republican	Guam	July 20, 1969	January 6, 1975	Appointed Secretary before being elected Lieutenant Governor in his own right from January 4, 1971 Lost reelection
	Claude Molloy	African American	style="background:Template:Independent Citizens Movement/meta/color |Independent Citizens Movement	U.S. Virgin Islands	February 20, 1973	April 5, 1973	Term ended
	Addie Ottley	African American	Democratic (1973–1974)	U.S. Virgin Islands	April 5, 1973	January 6, 1975	Lost reelection
			Republican (1974–1975)
	Juan Luis (1940–2011)	African American	style="background:Template:Independent Citizens Movement/meta/color |Independent Citizens Movement	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 6, 1975	January 2, 1978	Elevated to Governor
	Rudy Sablan (1931–1995)	Chamorro	Democratic	Guam	January 6, 1975	January 1, 1979	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Henry Millin (1923–2004)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 2, 1978	January 1983	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor
	Tufele Liamatua (1940–2011)	Samoan	Republican	American Samoa	January 3, 1978	January 3, 1985	Lost reelection
	Francisco Ada (1934–2011)	Chamorro	Democratic	Northern Mariana Islands	January 9, 1978	January 11, 1982	Lost reelection
	Joseph Ada[30] (born 1943)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	January 1, 1979	January 3, 1983	Retired to run successfully for the Guam Legislature
	Pete Tenorio[31] (born 1941)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 11, 1982	January 8, 1990	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Julio Brady (1942–2015)	African American	Democratic (1983–1986)	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 1983	January 5, 1987	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor
			Republican (1986–1987)
	Eddie Reyes (born 1919)	Chamorro	Democratic	Guam	January 3, 1983	January 5, 1987	Lost reelection
	Eni Faleomavaega (1943–2017)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	January 3, 1985	January 2, 1989	Retired to run successfully for American Samoa's at-large congressional district
	Frank Blas (1941–2016)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Derek Hodge (1941–2011)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor
	Galea'i Poumele (1926–1992)	Samoan	Republican	American Samoa	January 2, 1989	July 27, 1992	Died in office
	Benjamin Manglona (1938–2016)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 8, 1990	January 10, 1994	Lost reelection
	Gaioi Galeai	Samoan	Republican	American Samoa	August 1992	January 3, 1993	Retired
	Tauese Sunia (1941–2003)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	January 3, 1993	January 3, 1997	Retired to run successfully for Governor
	Jesse Borja (born 1948)	Chamorro	Democratic	Northern Mariana Islands	January 10, 1994	January 12, 1998	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Kenneth Mapp[32] (born 1955)	African American	Republican	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 2, 1995	January 4, 1999	Retired
	Togiola Tulafono (born 1947)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	January 3, 1997	April 7, 2003	Elevated to Acting Governor from March 26, 2003 Later appointed and then elected in his own right
	Jesus Sablan (born 1952)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 12, 1998	January 14, 2002	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Gerard James (born 1953)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 4, 1999	January 6, 2003	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Diego Benavente (born 1959)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 14, 2002	January 9, 2006	Lost reelection
	Kaleo Moylan (born 1966)	Native Hawaiian Chinese American	Republican	Guam	January 6, 2003	January 1, 2007	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Vargrave Richards (born 1950)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 6, 2003	January 1, 2007	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Faoa Sunia (born 1943)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	April 11, 2003	January 3, 2013	Retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor
	Timothy Villagomez (born 1962)	Chamorro	Covenant	Northern Mariana Islands	January 9, 2006	April 24, 2009	Resigned
	Mike Cruz (born 1958)	Chamorro	Republican	Guam	January 1, 2007	January 3, 2011	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Gregory Francis (born 1951)	African American	Democratic	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 1, 2007	January 5, 2015	Retired to run unsuccessfully for nomination to Governor
	Eloy Inos (1949–2015)	Chamorro	Covenant	Northern Mariana Islands	May 1, 2009	February 20, 2013	Elevated to Governor
	Lemanu Mauga (born 1949/1950)	Samoan	Democratic	American Samoa	January 3, 2013	present
	Jude Hofschneider (born 1966)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	February 20, 2013	January 12, 2015	Retired to run successfully for the Northern Mariana Islands Senate
	Osbert Potter (born 1956)	African American	Independent	U.S. Virgin Islands	January 5, 2015	present
	Ralph Torres (born 1979)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	January 12, 2015	December 29, 2015	Elevated to Governor
	Victor Hocog (born 1953)	Chamorro	Republican	Northern Mariana Islands	December 29, 2015	present