General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. INAUGURAL CEREMONIES, FIRST ELECTED GOVERNOR OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
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Evans, Melvin H. (Melvin Herbert), 1917-1984
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Melvin Herbert Evans (August 7, 1917 – November 27, 1984) was an U.S. Virgin Islands politician, who served as the appointive, and the first elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, serving from 1969 to 1975. After serving as governor he was delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1981. Evans was born in Christiansted in Saint Croix, and attended Howard University, Washington, D.C. and the University of California,...
