Draft:1917 in the United States Virgin Islands

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See also:	History of the United States Virgin Islands; Outline of the United States Virgin Islands; List of years in the United States Virgin Islands; 1917 in the United States;

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Events in the year 1917 in the United States Virgin Islands.

Incumbents[edit]

President: Woodrow Wilson (D)
Governor: Edwin Taylor Pollock (March 31, 1917-April 20, 1917)
Governor: James Harrison Oliver

Events[edit]

28 March - James Harrison Oliver is appointed governor of the United States Virgin Islands by Woodrow Wilson. Edwin Taylor Pollock is made acting governor before his arrival.
31 March – The United States purchases the Danish West Indies which becomes the United States Virgin Islands.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Tansill, Charles Callan (1932). The Purchase of the Danish West Indies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

[1] Tansill, Charles Callan (1932). The Purchase of the Danish West Indies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

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