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Chronology of the Governors
Cronología de los Gobernadores |
| 1505 |
Vicente Yañez Pinzon (Never came) |
| 1508-1511 |
Juan Ponce de Leon |
| 1511-1513 |
Juan Ceron (Teniente de Diego Colon) |
| 1513 |
Rodrigo de Moscoso (Teniente de Diego Colon) |
| 1513-1514 |
Cristobal de Mendoza (Teniente de Diego Colon) |
| 1514 |
Gonzalo de Ovalle (Didn't take possession) |
| 1514-1519 |
Lcdo. Sancho Velazquez |
| 1519-1520 |
Antonio de la Gama |
| 1520-1522 |
Pedro Moreno |
| 1522-1524 |
Alonso Manso |
| 1524-1528 |
Pedro Moreno |
| 1528-1529 |
Antonio de la Gama |
| 1529-1536 |
Francisco Manuel de Lando u Olando |
| 1536-1537 |
Vasco de Tiedra (Teniente de Diego Colon) |
| 1537 |
Geronimo de Ortal |
| 1537-1545 |
(Alcaldes Ordinarios) |
| 1545 |
Geronimo Lebron |
| 1545-1546 |
Lcdo. Iñigo Lopez Cervantes de Loaisa |
| 1546-1550 |
Lcdo. Antonio de la Vega |
| 1550-1554 |
Lcdo. Luis de Vallejo |
| 1554 |
Lcdo. Alonso Estevez |
| 1555-1564 |
Lcdo. Diego de Carasa |
| 1564-1569 |
Francisco Bahamonde de Lugo |
| 1569-1576 |
Francisco de Solis |
| 1575-1579 |
Francisco de Obando Messia |
| 1579 |
Juan Ponce de Leon II (Interim) |
| 1580 |
Geronimo de Agüero Campuzano (Interim) |
| 1580 |
Capitán Juan de Cespedes |
| 1580-1583 |
Capitán Juan Lopez de Melgarejo |
| 1582-1593 |
Capitán Diego Melendez de Valdes |
| 1593-1597 |
Capitán Pedro Suarez Coronel |
| 1597-1598 |
Capitán Antonio de Mosquera |
| 1598-1602 |
Capitán Alonso de Mercado |
| 1602-1608 |
Capitán Sancho Ochoa de Castro
(Introduced the costume
of collecting interest on money loaned to soldiers. |
| 1608-1614 |
Capitán Gabriel de Rojas Paramo |
| 1614-1620 |
Capitán Felipe de Beaumont Navarra |
| 1620-1625 |
Juan de Vargas |
| 1625-1631 |
Capitán Juan de Haro |
| 1631-1635 |
Capitán Enrique Henriquez de Sotomayor |
| 1635-1641 |
Capitán Iñigo de la Mota Sarmiento |
| 1641 |
Capitán Agustin de Silva Figueroa
(Died five months after he arrived.) |
| 1641-1643 |
Capitán Juan de Bolaños (Interim) |
| 1643-1650 |
Fernando de la Riva Agüero
(Made military positions available to Puerto
Ricans.) |
| 1650-1656 |
Diego de Aguilera Gamboa |
| 1656-1661 |
Jose de Nova Moscoso |
| 1661-1664 |
Juan Perez de Guzman |
| 1664-1670 |
Jeronimo de Velasco |
| 1670-1674 |
Gaspar de Arteaga |
| 1674 |
Diego Robledilla Velasco |
| 1674-1675 |
Capitán Baltasar Figueroa Castilla
(Interim) |
| 1675-1678 |
Almirante Alonso de Campos Espinosa |
| 1678-1683 |
Juan de Robles Lorenzana |
| 1683-1690 |
Gaspar Martinez de Andino |
| 1690-1695 |
Gaspar Arredondo |
| 1695-1698 |
Juan Fernandez Franco de Medina |
| 1698-1699 |
Antonio de Robles Silva |
| 1699-1700 |
Gaspar de Arredondo |
| 1700-1703 |
Gabriel Gutierrez de Riva |
| 1703 |
Diego Jimenez de Villaran (Interim) |
| 1703 |
Gaspar de Olivares y Andres Montañez
(Alcaldes ordinarios) |
| 1703-1705 |
Francisco Sanchez Calderon (Interim) |
| 1705-1706 |
Pedro de Arroyo Guerrero |
| 1706 |
Francisco Calderon de la Barca
Fernando de Castilla Valdes
(Alcaldes ordinarios) |
| 1706-1708 |
Juan Lopez de Morla |
| 1708-1713 |
Francisco Danio Granados |
| 1713-1716 |
Capitán Juan de Rivera |
| 1716 |
Jose Carreño (Interim) |
| 1716-1720 |
Alonso Bertodano |
| 1720-1724 |
Francisco Danio Granados |
| 1724 |
Jose Antonio de Isasi |
| 1724-1731 |
Capitán Jose Antonio de Mendizabal Azares |
| 1731-1743 |
Teniente Coronel Matias de Abadia |
| 1743 |
Domingo Perez de Hanclares (Interim) |
| 1743-1750 |
Coronel Juan Jose Colomo |
| 1750-1751 |
Agustin de Parejas |
| 1751-1753 |
Teniente Coronel Esteban Bravo de Rivera
(Interim) |
| 1753-1757 |
Felipe Ramirez de Estenos |
| 1757-1759 |
Esteban Bravo de Rivera (Interim) |
| 1759-1760 |
Antonio Guazo Calderon |
| 1760 |
Esteban Bravo de Rivera (Interim) |
| 1760-1766 |
Teniente Coronel Ambrosio Venavides |
| 1766-1768 |
Coronel Marcos de Vergara |
| 1768-1769 |
Teniente Coronel Jose Tentor
(Interim) |
| 1769-1776 |
Coronel Miguel de Muesas |
| 1776-1783 |
 Coronel Jose Dufresne |
| 1783-1789 |
Coronel Juan Andres Daban Busterino |
| 1789 |
Francisco Torralbo (Interim) |
| 1789-1792 |
Brigadier Miguel Antonio de Ustariz
Painting by
Jose Campeche Jordan
[1751-1809] |
| 1792-1793 |
Francisco Torralbo (Interim) |
| 1793 |
Brigadier Enrique Grimarest (Didn't
come-Died) |
| 1795-1804 |
Mariscal de Campo Ramon de Castro Gutierrez
Painting by
Jose Campeche Jordan
[1751-1809] |
| 1804-1809 |
Toribio Montes |
| 1809-1820 |
Salvador Melendez |
| 1820 |
Brigadier Juan Vasco Pascual |
| 1820-1822 |
Gonzalo de Arostegui Herrera |
| 1822 |
Jose Navarro (Interim) |
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Francisco Gonzalez Linares (Gob. Civil, 18 mos.) |
| 1822-1837 |
 Teniente General Miguel de la Torre
Pando |
| 1837-1838 |
Francisco Moreda Prieto |
| 1838-1841 |
Mariscal de Campo Miguel Lopez de Baños |
| 1841-1844 |
Teniente General Santiago Mendez Vigo |
| 1844-1847 |
Teniente General Rafael de Aristegui Velez,
Conde de Mirasol |
| 1847-1848 |
 Mariscal de Campo Juan Prim Prats, Conde de
Reus |
| 1848-1851 |
 Teniente General Juan Manuel de la Pezuela Cevallos |
| 1851-1852 |
Enrique de España Taberner |
| 1852-1855 |
 Teniente General Fernando de Norzagaray
Escudero |
| 1855 |
Teniente General Andres Garcia Gamboa |
| 1855-1857 |
Teniente General Jose Lemery |
| 1857-1860 |
Teniente General Fernando Cotoner |
| 1860 |
Sabino Gamir (Interim) |
| 1863-1865 |
 Teniente General Felix Maria de Messina |
| 1865-1867 |
 Teniente General Jose Maria Marchessi Oleaga |
| 1867-1868 |
 General Julian Juan Pavia Lazy |
| 1868-1870 |
General Jose Laureano Sanz |
| 1870-1871 |
Teniente General Gabriel Baldrich |
| 1871-1872 |
General Ramon Gomez Pulido |
| 1872 |
General Simon de la Torre |
| 1872-1873 |
Brigadier Joaquin Eurile (Interim) |
| 1873 |
General Juan Martinez Plowes |
| 1873-1874 |
General Rafael Primo de Rivera |
| 1875 |
General Jose Laureano Sanz |
| 1875-1877 |
General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez |
| 1877-1878 |
General Manuel de la Serna Pinzon |
| 1878 |
General Jose Gamir (Interim) |
| 1878-1881 |
General Eulogio Despujol Dussay |
| 1881-1883 |
General Segundo de la Portilla Gutierrez |
| 1883-1884 |
General Miguel de la Vega Inclan |
| 1884 |
Carlos Suances Campo (Interim) |
| 1884 |
General Ramon Fajardo |
| 1884-1887 |
Luis Daban y Ramirez de Arellano |
| 1887 |
 General
Romualdo Palacios Gonzalez |
| 1887-1888 |
General Juan Contreras (Interim) |
| 1888-1890 |
General Pedro Ruiz Dana |
| 1890 |
Brigadier Jose Pascual Bananza (Interim) |
| 1890-1893 |
General Jose Lasso Perez |
| 1893-1895 |
General Antonio Daban y Ramirez de Arellano |
| 1895-1896 |
General Jose Gamir |
| 1896 |
General Emilio March (Interim) |
| 1896-1898 |
 Teniente General Sabas Marin Gonzalez, hasta el 4 Jan 1898 |
| 1898 |
 General de División
Ricardo de Ortega, 4 Jan 1898 a 11 Jan 1898 |
| 1898 |
Teniente General Andres Gonzalez Muñoz, 11 Jan 1898
(Died same day of his inaguration) |
| 1898 |
General de División
Ricardo de Ortega, 12 Jan 1898 a 2 Feb 1898 |
| 1898 |
 Teniente General Manuel Macias Casado, 2 Feb 1898 a 16 Oct 1898 (Last Spanish Governor) |
| 1898 |
General de División
Ricardo de Ortega, 16 Oct 1898 a 18 Oct 1898 |
| 1898 |
Mayor General John R. Brooke, 18 Oct 1898 a 6 Dec 1898 |
| 1898-1899 |
 Mayor General Guy Vernon
Henry, 6 Dec 1898 a 9 May 1899 |
| 1899-1900 |
Brigadier General George Whitefield Davis, 9 May 1899 a 1 May 1900 |
| 1900 |
Charles H. Allen (Gob. Civil) |
| 1900-1904 |
 William Henry Hunt |
| 1904-1907 |
Beckman Winthrop |
| 1907-1909 |
Regis Henri Post |
| 1909-1913 |
George R. Colton |
| 1913-1921 |
Arthur Yager (b. 1858 d. 1941) |
| 1921 |
Lcdo. Jose Benedicto (Interim) |
| 1921-1923 |
Emmet Montgomery Reily |
| 1923 |
Lcdo. Juan Bernardo Huyke (Interim) |
| 1923-1929 |
Horace Mann Towner [Also pictured: Manuel A. Garcia Mendez
and Milagros Benet de Newton]
|
| 1929 |
James R. Beverley |
| 1929-1932 |
Coronel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
| 1933-1934 |
Robert Hayes Gore |
| 1934 |
Benjamin J. Horton (Interim) |
| 1934-1939 |
General Blanton Winship
[b. 23 Nov 1869 d. 9 Oct 1947] |
| 1939 |
Jose E. Colon (Interim) |
| 1939-1940 |
Almirante William D. Leahy |
| 1940 |
Jose M. Gallardo (Interim) |
| 1941 |
Guy J. Swope |
| 1941-1946 |
Rexford Guy Tugwell
[b. 1891 d. 1979] |
| 1946-1948 |
Jesus Toribio Piñero Jimenez
[b. 6 Apr 1897 d. 16 Nov 1952] |
| 1948-1964 |
Luis Muñoz Marin
[b. 18 Feb 1898 d. 30 Apr 1980]
(First Puerto Rican
elected governor) |
| 1964-1968 |
Roberto Sanchez Vilella
[b. 19 Feb 1913 d. 24 Mar 1997] |
| 1968-1972 |
Luis Alberto Ferre Aguayo
[b. 17 Feb 1904 d. 21 Oct 2003] |
| 1972-1976 |
Rafael Hernandez Colon
[b. 24 Oct 1936] |
| 1976-1984 |
Carlos Romero Barcelo
[d 4 Sep 1932] |
| 1984-1992 |
Rafael Hernandez Colon
[b. 24 Oct 1936] |
| 1992-1996 |
Pedro Juan Rosello Gonzalez
[b. 5 Apr 1944] |
portal to Puerto Rico
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