States through the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916. It replaced the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1936 and earlier temporary provisions. The Virgin Islands Elective Governor Act made the Governor an elected office, and further amendments in 1984 removed the right to indictment for certain crimes and the jurisdiction of the admiralty courts. There have been several attempts at a constitution. The most recent attempt was the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands which passed a proposed constitution in May 2009 but was rejected by Congress in June 2010. Executive branch |President of the United States |Joe Biden |Democratic |20 January 2021 |- |Governor |Albert Bryan |Democratic | 7 January 2019 |- |Lieutenant Governor |Tregenza Roach |Democratic | 7 January 2019 |} The governor and the lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms. President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit the United States Virgin Islands around the New Year's Day holiday 2022. Legislative branch The Virgin Islands's territorial legislature is the 15-member Legislature of the Virgin Islands. The body is unicameral and comprises seven Senators from the district of Saint Croix, seven Senators from the district of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and one Senator at-large (who must be a resident of Saint John). They are elected for a two-year term to the territorial legislature. There is no limit as to the number of terms they can serve. Political parties and elections Judicial branch The U.S. Virgin Islands has a District Court, a Supreme Court and a Superior Court. Judges on the District Court are appointed by the President for ten year terms, subject to Senate confirmation. They may serve more than one term. This is a federal court, established in 1936, with jurisdiction over the US Virgin Islands, with diversity jurisdiction and bankruptcy jurisdiction. Appeals of this court's decisions are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. One courthouse is located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and one is in Christiansted, St. Croix. Judges of the USVI Supreme Court and Superior Court are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislative body. Administrative divisions References United States Virgin Islands