District of Virgin Islands
History
On March 31, 1917,
the United States purchased the then Danish West Indies from Denmark for
$25 million in gold. The group of islands, whose major islands
include St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, thereafter became
know as the Virgin Islands of the United States.
The District Court
of the Virgin Islands is a member of the Third Circuit. The "district court" evolved through many
different forms from 1917 to 1936. In 1936, Congress passed the Organic
Act of 1936, which was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
on June 22, 1936.
It was this Act that created the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
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Marshal
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Date |
Vice
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Armstrong, Douglas S. |
August 19, 1937 (A.G.) |
Original Appointment |
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Greer, William N. |
June 29, 1954 (A.G.) |
Armstrong (Resigned) |
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Farrelly, Stanley A. |
December 27, 1955 (A.G.) |
Greer (Resigned) |
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Roberts, Lionel V. |
September 15, 1961 (A.G.) |
Farrelly (Separated) |
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Francis, Alfred E. |
April 02, 1971 (A.G.) |
Roberts (Retired) |
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Carter, Melvin |
May 30, 1982 (A.G.) |
Francis (Term Expired) |
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Washington, John W. |
February 28, 1984 |
Carter (A.G.) |
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Boyd, Reginald L. |
September 30, 1985 |
Washington (Reassigned) |
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* Washington, John W. |
October 02, 1988 |
Boyd (Reassigned) |
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McKinney, Louie |
January 06, 1992 |
Washington |
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Bagley, Kernan H. |
July 07, 1993 |
McKinney (Resigned) |
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* McKinney, Louie |
1997 - 1998 |
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Rich, Walter N. |
1997 - 1998 |
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Hoover, Conrad R. |
1998 - February 2007 |
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Sullivan, James M. |
March 2007 to Present |
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* - Reappointment
(A.G.) - Attorney General appointment date
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