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List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States

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This is a list of minority governors and lieutenant state governors in the United States. In the United States, an ethnic minority is anyone who has at least one parent who is not of non-Hispanic white descent (such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islands Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, or Native Americans).[according to whom?] Ethnic minorities currently constitute around 38.9% of the total population.[1] United States governors are included but lieutenant governor-equivalent roles (positions next in the line of succession absent an office of the lieutenant governor, such as secretary of state or senate president) are not currently included.

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List of ethnic-minority governors

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Territorial governors

Several governors of U.S. territories have been ethnic minorities. Many of these officials were appointed before elections were instituted in these jurisdictions. In each of the five current U.S. territories, Hispanic or non-white ethnic groups make up large majorities: Puerto Rican Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico, African Americans in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Chamorros in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, and Samoans in American Samoa. Elected governors and some appointed governors in these territories that have come from these majority ethnic groups are not listed here; for more details see List of governors of Puerto Rico, List of governors of the United States Virgin Islands, List of governors of Guam, List of governors of the Northern Mariana Islands, and List of governors of American Samoa.

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List of ethnic-minority lieutenant governors

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Territorial lieutenant governors

In each of the four current U.S. territories that have the office of lieutenant governor, non-white ethnic groups make up large majorities: African Americans in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Chamorros in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, and Samoans in American Samoa. Elected governors and some appointed governors in these territories that have come from these majority ethnic groups are not listed here; for more details see Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, Lieutenant Governor of Guam, Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa.

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  1. [N 1]
    Elevated from lieutenant governor. Dunn served as acting governor twice in 1871 due to an injury suffered by Gov. Henry C. Warmoth that required him to recuperate out of state.
  2. [N 2]
    Elevated from lieutenant governor.
  3. [N 3]
    Pacheco was elevated from lieutenant governor. Pacheco later served as U.S. Representative from California's 4th congressional district.
  4. [N 4]
    Cabeza De Baca previously served as lieutenant governor.
  5. [N 5]
    Larrazolo previously served as U.S. Senator from New Mexico.
  6. [N 6]
    Murray was not a registered member of the Chickasaw Nation.
  7. [N 7]
    Ariyoshi had previously been elevated to acting governor from lieutenant governor until elected in his own right.
  8. [N 8]
    Resigned to become United States Ambassador to Argentina
  9. [N 9]
    Sununu later served as White House Chief of Staff
  10. [N 10]
    Waihee previously served as lieutenant governor.
  11. [N 11]
    Wilder previously served as lieutenant governor.
  12. [N 12]
    Locke later served as United States Secretary of Commerce and United States Ambassador to China.
  13. [N 13]
    Richardson previously served as United States Secretary of Energy, United States Ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Representative from New Mexico's 3rd congressional district.
  14. [N 14]
    Jindal previously served as U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 1st congressional district.
  15. [N 15]
    Elevated to office from lieutenant governor.
  16. [N 16]
    Resigned to become to United States Ambassador to the United Nations
  17. [N 17]
    Lujan Grisham previously served as U.S. Representative from New Mexico's 1st congressional district.
  18. [N 18]
    A Spanish Filipino, José Sisto, served from December 12, 1898 – February 1, 1899 in the Spanish government's name, despite tacit acknowledgment by the Americans until the 1898 Treaty of Paris.
  19. [N 19]
    Elevated to acting governor from secretary until appointed in his own right
  20. [N 20]
    Elevated to governor from lieutenant governor.
    Later elected in his own right.
  21. [N 21]
    Ransier later served as U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 2nd congressional district.
  22. [N 22]
    Estopinal later served as U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 1st congressional district.
  23. [N 23]
    Montoya later served as U.S. Representative from New Mexico's at-large congressional district and U.S. Senator from New Mexico.
  24. [N 24]
    Gill previously served as U.S. Representative from Hawaii's at-large congressional district.
  25. [N 25]
    Dymally later served as U.S. Representative from California's 31st congressional district.
  26. [N 26]
    Hirono later served as U.S. Senator from Hawaii.
  27. [N 27]
    Steele later served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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