List of Governors of Puerto Rico
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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"
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List of Governors of Puerto Rico
Governors under Spanish Crown
- ? - ? Vicente Yañez Pinzón - Considered first appointed governor of Puerto Rico, but never arrived at the island.
- 1508 - 1511 Juan Ponce de León - Established the Caparra settlement.
- 1511 - 1513 Juan Ceron
- 1513 - 1514 Rodrigo Moscoso
- 1514 - 1515 Cristóbal de Mendoza
- 1515 - 1519 Juan Ponce de León
- 1519 Sánchez Velázquez
- 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 Landó
- 1536 - 1537 Vasco De Tiedra
- 1537 - 1544 ??
- 1544 Jerónimo Lebron
- 1544 - 1546 Lcdo.Iñigo López 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 Solís
- 1575 - 1579 Francisco De Obando Y Mexia
- 1580 Jerónimo De Agüero Campuzano
- 1580 - 1581 Capt. Juan De Céspedes
- 1581 - 1582 Capt. Juan López Melgarejo - requested Juan Ponce de León 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 Meléndez De Valdés
- 1593 - 1597 Col. Pedro Suaárez
- 1597 Juan Ponce de León 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. Iñigo De La Mota Sarmiento
- 1641 Capt. Agustín De Silva y Figueroa
- 1642 - 1643 Capt. Juan De Bolaños
- 1643 - 1648 Fernando De La Riva AgÜero
- 1649 - 1655 Diego De Aguilera y Gamboa
- 1655 - 1660 José Novoa y Moscoso
- 1660 - 1664 Juan Pérez De Guzmán
- 1664 - 1670 Jerónimo 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 Suárez De Ribera
- 1703 Diego Villarán
- 1703 Francisco Sánchez
- 1704 - 1705 Pedro Arroyo y Guerrero
- 1706 Juan Francisco Morla
- 1706 - 1708 Francisco Granados
- 1709 - 1715 Col. Juan De Ribera
- 1716 José Carreño
- 1716 - 1720 Alfonso Bortodano
- 1720 - 1724 Francisco Danio Granados
- 1724 - 1730 Capt. José Antonio De Mendizabal
- 1731 - 1743 Lt. Col. Matías De Abadía
- 1743 - 1744 Domingo Pérez De Nandares
- 1744 - 1750 Col. Juan José Colomo
- 1750 - 1751 Col. Agustín De Parejas
- 1751 - 1753 Lt. Col. Esteban Bravo De Rivero
- 1753 - 1757 Felipe Ramírez De Estenos
- 1757 - 1759 Esteban Bravo De Rivero
- 1759 - 1760 Mateo De Guaso Calderón
- 1760 - 1761 Esteban Bravo De Rivero
- 1761 - 1766 Lt. Col. Ambrosio De Benavides
- 1766 Col. Marcos De Vergara
- 1766 - 1770 Lt. Col. José Trentor
- 1770 - 1776 Col. Miguel De Musesas
- 1776 - 1783 Col. José 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 Ramón De Castro y Gutiérrez
- 1804 - 1809 Toribo Montes
- 1809 - 1820 Salvador Meléndez
- 1820 Brigadier Juan Vasco y Pascual
- 1820 - 1822 Gonzalo Arostegui y Herrera
- 1822 José Navarro
- 1822 Francisco González Linares
- 1822 - 1837 Lt. Gen. Miguel De La Torre
- 1837 - 1838 Francisco Moreda y Prieto
- 1838 - 1841 Miguel López De Baños,Field Marshall
- 1841 - 1844 Lt. Gen. Santiago Méndez 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 España Taberner
- 1852 - 1855 Lt. Gen. Fernando De Norzagaray
- 1855 Lt. Gen. Andrés García Gamba
- 1855 - 1857 Lt. Gen. José 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. Féliz María De Messina
- 1865 - 1867 Lt. Gen José María Marchessi
- 1867 - 1868 Gen. Julián Juan Pavia
- 1868 - 1870 Gen. José Laureano Sanz
- 1870 - 1871 Lt. Gen. Gabriel Baldrich
- 1871 - 1872 Gen. Ramón Gómez Pulido
- 1872 Gen. Simón De La Torre
- 1872 - 1873 Brigadier Joaquín Eurile
- 1873 Gen. Juan Martínez Plowes
- 1873 - 1874 Gen. Rafael Primo De Rivera
- 1875 Gen. José Laureano Sanz
- 1875 - 1877 Gen. Segundo De La Portilla
- 1877 - 1878 Gen. Manuel De La Serna y Pinzón
- 1878 Gen. José Gamir
- 1878 - 1881 Gen. Eulogio Despujols y Dussay
- 1881 - 1883 Gen. Segundo De La Portilla
- 1883 - 1884 Gen. Miguel De La Vega Inclán
- 1884 Gen. Don Carlos Suances Campos
- 1884 Gen. Ramón Fajardo
- 1884 - 1887 Gen. Luis Daban y Ramírez De Arellanó
- 1887 Gen. Romualdo Palacios
- 1887 - 1888 Gen. Juan Contreras
- 1888 - 1890 Gen. Pedro Ruiz Dana
- 1890 Brigadier José Pascual Bonanza
- 1890 - 1893 Gen. José Lasso y Pérez
- 1893 - 1895 Gen. Luis Daban y Ramírez De Arrellanó
- 1895 - 1896 Gen. José Gamir
- 1896 Gen. Emilio March
- 1896 - 1898 Gen. Sabas Marín
- 1898 Gen. Ricardo Ortega
- Gen. Andrés González Muñoz
- 1898 Gen. Ricardo De Ortega
- 1898 Gen. Manuel Macías 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 Jones 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 José 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 José E. Colón
- 1939 - 1940 William D. Leahy
- 1940 - 1941 José Miguel Gallardo
- 1941 Guy J. Swope
- 1941 José Miguel Gallardo
- 1941 - 1946 Rexford Guy Tugwell
- 1946 - 1949 Jesús Toribio Piñero - first native Puerto Rican governor appointed under U.S colonial administration.
- 1949 - 1965 Luis Muñoz Marín - first democratically elected governor (Partido Popular Democrático)
Governors under the 1952 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- 1965 - 1969 Roberto Sánchez Vilella (Partido Popular Democrático)
- 1969 - 1973 Luis A. Ferré (New Progressive Party)
- 1973 - 1977 Rafael Hernández Colón (Partido Popular Democrático)
- 1977 - 1985 Carlos Romero Barceló (New Progressive Party)
- 1985 - 1993 Rafael Hernández Colón (Partido Popular Democrático)
- 1993 - 2001 Pedro J. Rosselló (New Progressive Party)
- 2001 - 2004 Sila M. Calderón (Partido Popular Democrático)
- 2005 - Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (Partido Popular Democrático) - Preliminary Certified Governor-Elect, not sworn in.
