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'{{short description|American politician (1935–2022)}} {{sources|date=December 2010}} {{Use American English|date=July 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Charles Turnbull |image = CharlesTurnbull.jpg |order = 6th [[Governor of the United States Virgin Islands]] |lieutenant = [[Gerard Luz James]]<br />[[Vargrave Richards]] |term_start = January 4, 1999 |term_end = January 1, 2007 |predecessor = [[Roy Schneider]] |successor = [[John de Jongh]] |birth_name = Charles Wesley Turnbull |birth_date = {{birth date|1935|02|05}} |birth_place = [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas, Virgin Islands]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2022|07|3|1935|02|05}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |education = [[Hampton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])<br />[[University of Minnesota|University of Minnesota, Twin Cities]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) }} '''Charles Wesley Turnbull''' (February 5, 1935 – July 3, 2022) was an American politician, educator and historian who served as the sixth elected [[Governor of the United States Virgin Islands]] from 1999 to 2007.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wright|first=John|title=The New York Times Almanac 2002|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-57958-348-4|pages=210|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G81HonU81pAC&pg=PA210}}</ref> ==Biography== Charles Wesley Turnbull was born on February 6, 1935 on [[Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]] to John Wesley Turnbull and Ruth Ann Eliza Skelton of [[Tortola]].<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who 2004|year=2003|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=1-85743-217-7|pages [https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond/page/18881888]|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond|url-access=registration|quote=1935 Charles Wesley Turnbull}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Ananta Pancham July |first=Judi Shimel |date=2022-07-04 |title=Territory Mourns the Loss of Former Gov. Charles W. Turnbull |url=https://stthomassource.com/content/2022/07/04/territory-mourns-the-loss-of-former-gov-charles-w-turnbull/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |newspaper=St. Thomas Source |language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to being elected governor in 1998, he was a professor at the [[University of the Virgin Islands]], Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of the territorial Department of Education, principal and assistant principal of [[Charlotte Amalie High School]], and a teacher in elementary and secondary schools.<ref name="Who's Who" /> He was a graduate of [[Hampton University]], earning bachelor's and master's degrees. He earned a doctorate degree in Educational Administration from the [[University of Minnesota]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3056900054.html| title = Turnbull, Charles Wesley {{!}} Encyclopedia.com}} </ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AS GOVERNORS GO, VENTURA OUT FRONT IN FIRST IMPRESSIONS|newspaper=[[Duluth News Tribune|Duluth News]]|date=November 13, 1998|page=1B}}</ref> During his tenure as governor, Turnbull served as a member of the [[National Governors Association]], the [[Southern Governors' Association]], and the [[Democratic Governors Association]]. Turnbull was prohibited from seeking re-election in 2006 due to [[term limits]]. His term of office expired on January 1, 2007, and he was succeeded by [[John de Jongh]]. Turnbull served as a member of the [[Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands Fifth Constitutional Convention]]. Turnbull died from a short [[illness]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] on July 3, 2022 at the age of 87.<ref name=":0" /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Derek Hodge]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for [[List of Governors of the United States Virgin Islands|Governor of the United States Virgin Islands]]|years=1998, 2002}} {{s-aft|after=[[John de Jongh]]}} |- {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Roy Schneider]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Governor of the United States Virgin Islands]]|years=1999–2007}} {{s-aft|after=[[John de Jongh]]}} {{s-end}} {{Governors of the U.S. Virgin Islands}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Turnbull, Charles Wesley}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century African-American people]] [[Category:21st-century African-American people]] [[Category:African-American politicians]] [[Category:American people of British Virgin Islands descent]] [[Category:Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands politicians]] [[Category:Governors of the United States Virgin Islands]] [[Category:Hampton University alumni]] [[Category:People from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands]] [[Category:United States Virgin Islands educators]] [[Category:United States Virgin Islands Methodists]] [[Category:University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development alumni]] [[Category:University of the Virgin Islands faculty]] {{USVirginIslands-politician-stub}}'