Historical country records
Puerto Rico historical timeline
Puerto Rico
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1508 | Spanish colony | Leaders |
| 25 Jul 1898 | occupied by U.S. | Leaders |
| 10 Dec 1898 | ceded to U.S. by Spain; spelled Porto Rico until 17 May 1932 | Leaders |
| 2 Mar 1917 | U.S. territory | Leaders |
| 25 Jul 1952 | commonwealth status | Leaders |
| 17 Oct 1699 - Jun 1700 | Gaspar de Arredondo (2nd time) | Governors |
| Jun 1700 - 23 Jul 1703 | Gabriel Gutiérrez de Riva | Governors |
| 24 Jul 1703 - 12 Oct 1703 | Diego Jiménez de Villarán (acting) | Governors |
| 12 Oct 1703 - 25 Oct 1703 | Gaspar de Olivares + Andrés Montañez | Governors |
| 25 Oct 1703 - 27 Jul 1705 | Francisco Sánchez Calderón (acting) | Governors |
| 27 Jul 1705 - 26 Mar 1706 | Pedro de Arroyo Guerrero (acting) | Governors |
| 26 Mar 1706 - 24 Dec 1708 | Juan López de Morla (acting) | Governors |
| 24 Dec 1708 - 18 Jul 1711 | Francisco Danío Granados (1st time) | Governors |
| 18 Jul 1711 - 12 Feb 1716 | Juan de Rivera | Governors |
| 12 Feb 1716 - 30 Aug 1716 | José Francisco Carreño (acting) | Governors |
| 30 Aug 1716 - 7 Apr 1720 | Alberto Bertodano | Governors |
| 7 Apr 1720 - 1724 | Francisco Danío Granados (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1724 | Antonio de Isasi | Governors |
| 22 Aug 1724 - 11 Oct 1731 | José Antonio de Mendizábal | Governors |
| 11 Oct 1731 - 28 Jun 1743 | Matías de Abadía | Governors |
| 28 Jun 1743 - 29 Oct 1743 | Domingo Pérez de Mandares (acting) | Governors |
| 29 Oct 1743 - 31 Dec 1750 | Juan José Colomo | Governors |
| Jan 1751 - 8 Jul 1751 | Agustín de Pareja | Governors |
| 8 Jul 1751 - 1753 | Esteban Bravo de Rivero (1st time) | Governors |
| 1753 - 30 Aug 1757 | Felipe Ramírez de Estenos | Governors |
| 30 Aug 1757 - 3 Jun 1759 | Esteban Bravo de Rivero (2nd time) | Governors |
| Jun 1759 - 7 Mar 1760 | Mateo de Guazo Calderón | Governors |
| 7 Mar 1760 - 29 Nov 1760 | Esteban Bravo de Rivero (3rd time) | Governors |
| 29 Nov 1760 - 12 Mar 1766 | Ambrosio de Benavides | Governors |
| 12 Mar 1766 - 22 Oct 1768 | Marcos de Vergara | Governors |
| 22 Oct 1768 - 29 Jul 1769 | José Tentor (acting) | Governors |
| 29 Jul 1769 - 2 Jun 1776 | Miguel de Muesas | Governors |
| 2 Jun 1776 - 9 Apr 1783 | José Dufresne | Governors |
| 9 Apr 1783 - 27 May 1789 | Juan Dabán | Governors |
| 27 May 1789 - 1789 | Francisco Torralbo (1st time) | Governors |
| 1789 - 8 Jul 1792 | Miguel Antonio de Ustariz | Governors |
| 8 Jul 1792 - 1794 | Francisco Torralbo (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1794 - 21 Mar 1795 | Enrique Grimarest | Governors |
| 21 Mar 1795 - 1804 | Ramón de Castro y Gutiérrez | Governors |
| Jan 1805 - Jun 1809 | Toribio de Montes | Governors |
| Jun 1809 - May 1820 | Salvador Meléndez y Ruíz | Governors |
| May 1820 - Aug 1820 | Juan Vasca y Pascual | Governors |
| Aug 1820 - Feb 1822 | Gonzalo de Arístegui y Herrera | Governors |
| Feb 1822 - May 1822 | José de Navarro (acting) | Governors |
| May 1822 - Dec 1823 | Francisco González de Linares | Governors |
| Dec 1823 - Jan 1837 | Miguel de la Torre | Governors |
| Jan 1837 - Dec 1837 | Francisco Javier de Moreda y Prieto | Governors |
| Dec 1837 - Oct 1840 | Miguel Lopéz de Baños | Governors |
| Oct 1840 - Apr 1844 | Santiago Méndez de Vigo | Governors |
| Apr 1844 - Dec 1847 | Rafael de Arístegui y Vélez, conde de Mirasol | Governors |
| Dec 1847 - Dec 1848 | Juan Prim y Prats | Governors |
| Dec 1848 - Apr 1851 | Juan de la Pezuela y Cevallos, marqués de la Pezuela | Governors |
| Apr 1851 - May 1852 | Enrique de España y Taberner, marqués de España, barón de Ramefort | Governors |
| May 1852 - Jan 1855 | Fernando de Norzagaray y Escudero | Governors |
| Jan 1855 - Aug 1855 | Andrés García Camba | Governors |
| Aug 1855 - Jan 1857 | José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y Gonzáles (b. 1811 - d. 1886) | Governors |
| Jan 1857 - Jul 1860 | Fernando Cotoner y Chacón | Governors |
| Jul 1860 - Aug 1861 | Sabino Gamir Maladeñ (acting) | Governors |
| Aug 1861 - Mar 1862 | Rafael de Echagüe Birmingham | Governors |
| Mar 1862 - Apr 1862 | Rafael Izquierdo Gutiérrez (acting) | Governors |
| Apr 1862 - Nov 1865 | Félix María de Messina Iglesias | Governors |
| Nov 1865 - Dec 1867 | José María Marchesi Oleaga | Governors |
| Dec 1867 - Dec 1868 | Julián Juan Pavía Lacy | Governors |
| 30 Dec 1868 - 21 May 1870 | José Laureano Sanz y Posse | Governors |
| May 1870 - Sep 1871 | Gabriel Baldrich i Palau | Governors |
| Sep 1871 - Jul 1872 | Ramón Gómez Pulido | Governors |
| Jul 1872 - Nov 1872 | Simón de la Torre | Governors |
| Nov 1872 - Feb 1873 | Joaquín Enrile Hernán | Governors |
| Feb 1873 - Apr 1873 | Juan Martínez Plowes | Governors |
| Apr 1873 - Jan 1874 | Rafael Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte | Governors |
| 1 Feb 1874 - 15 Dec 1875 | José Laureano Sanz y Posse | Governors |
| Dec 1875 - Oct 1877 | Segundo de la Portilla Gutiérrez | Governors |
| Oct 1877 - Apr 1878 | Manuel de la Serna Hernández y Pinzón, marqués de Irún | Governors |
| Apr 1878 - Jun 1878 | José Gamir Maladeñ (acting) | Governors |
| Jun 1878 - Jul 1881 | Eulogio Despujol y Dussay, conde de Caspe | Governors |
| Jul 1881 - Nov 1882 | Segundo de la Portilla Gutiérrez | Governors |
| Nov 1882 - Jul 1884 | Miguel de la Vega Inclán | Governors |
| Jul 1884 - Sep 1884 | Carlos Suances Campos (1st time) | Governors |
| Sep 1884 - 1 Nov 1884 | Ramón Fajardo Izquierdo | Governors |
| 1 Nov 1884 - 23 Nov 1884 | Carlos Suances Campos (2nd time) | Governors |
| 23 Nov 1884 - 10 Jan 1887 | Luis Dabán y Ramírez de Arellano | Governors |
| 10 Jan 1887 - 23 Mar 1887 | Juan Contreras Martínez (1st time) | Governors |
| 23 Mar 1887 - 11 Nov 1887 | Romualdo Palacios González | Governors |
| 11 Nov 1887 - 1888 | Juan Contreras Martínez (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1888 - 1890 | Pedro Ruiz Dana | Governors |
| 1890 | José Pascual Bonanza (acting) | Governors |
| 1890 - 1893 | José Lasso y Pérez | Governors |
| 1893 - 1895 | Antonio Dabán y Ramírez de Arellano | Governors |
| 1895 - 1896 | José Gamir | Governors |
| 1896 | Emilio March (acting) | Governors |
| 1896 - Jan 1898 | Sabás Marín | Governors-general |
| Jan 1898 - 11 Jan 1898 | Ricardo de Ortega (1st time) | Governors-general |
| 11 Jan 1898 | Andrés González Muñoz | Governors-general |
| 11 Jan 1898 - 3 Feb 1898 | Ricardo de Ortega (2nd time) | Governors-general |
| 3 Feb 1898 - 14 Oct 1898 | Manuel Macías Casado | Governors-general |
| 14 Oct 1898 - 18 Oct 1898 | Ricardo de Ortega (3rd time) | Governors-general |
| 25 Jul 1898 - 21 Oct 1898 | Nelson A. Miles | Governors |
| 21 Oct 1898 - 9 Dec 1898 | John Ruller Brooke | Governors |
| 9 Dec 1898 - 9 May 1899 | Guy Vernor Henry | Governors |
| 9 May 1899 - 1 May 1900 | George Whitefield Davis | Governors |
| 1 May 1900 - 15 Sep 1901 | Charles Herbert Allen | Governors |
| 15 Sep 1901 - 4 Jul 1904 | William Henry Hunt | Governors |
| 4 Jul 1904 - 18 Apr 1907 | Beekman Winthrop | Governors |
| 18 Apr 1907 - 6 Nov 1909 | Regis Henry Prost | Governors |
| 6 Nov 1909 - 15 Nov 1913 | George Radcliffe Colton | Governors |
| 15 Nov 1913 - May 1921 | Arthur Yager | Governors |
| May 1921 | José E. Benedicto (acting) | Governors |
| 15 May 1921 - Mar 1923 | Emmet Montgomery Reily | Governors |
| Mar 1923 - 6 Apr 1923 | Juan Bernardo Huyke (acting) | Governors |
| 6 Apr 1923 - 1929 | Horace Mann Towner | Governors |
| 1929 | James R. Beverly (1st time) | Governors |
| 9 Sep 1929 - Jan 1932 | Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. | Governors |
| Jan 1932 - Jul 1933 | James R. Beverly (2nd time) | Governors |
| Jul 1933 - Jan 1934 | Robert Hayes Gore | Governors |
| Jan 1934 - 5 Feb 1934 | Benjamin Jason Horton (acting) | Governors |
| 5 Feb 1934 - 25 Jun 1939 | Blanton C. Winship | Governors |
| 25 Jun 1939 - 11 Sep 1939 | José E. Colón (acting) | Governors |
| 11 Sep 1939 - 28 Nov 1940 | William D. Leahy | Governors |
| 28 Nov 1940 - 3 Feb 1941 | José Miguel Gallardo (1st time) | Governors |
| 3 Feb 1941 - 24 Jul 1941 | Guy J. Swope | Governors |
| 24 Jul 1941 - 19 Sep 1941 | José Miguel Gallardo (2nd time) | Governors |
| 19 Sep 1941 - 3 Sep 1946 | Rexford Guy Tugwell | Governors |
| 3 Sep 1946 - 2 Jan 1949 | Jesús Toribio Piñero | Governors |
| 2 Jan 1949 - 2 Jan 1965 | Luis Muñoz Marín | Governors |
| 2 Jan 1965 - 2 Jan 1969 | Roberto Sánchez Vilella | Governors |
| 2 Jan 1969 - 2 Jan 1973 | Luis Alberto Ferré | Governors |
| 2 Jan 1973 - 2 Jan 1977 | Rafael Hernández Colón (1st time) | Governors |
| 2 Jan 1977 - 2 Jan 1985 | Carlos Romero Barceló | Governors |
| 2 Jan 1985 - 2 Jan 1993 | Rafael Hernández Colón (2nd time) | Governors |
| 2 Jan 1993 - 2 Jan 2001 | Pedro Rosselló | Governors |
| 2 Jan 2001 - 2 Jan 2005 | Sila María Calderón (f) | Governors |
| 2 Jan 2005 - | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | Governors |
| 11 Feb 1898 - 21 Jul 1898 | Francisco Mariano Quiñones | Presidents of the Cabinet |
| 21 Jul 1898 - 6 Feb 1899 | Luis Muñoz Rivera | Presidents of the Cabinet |