Q:Facts: - profession: educator - order: 27th - successor: john de jongh - party: democrat - predecessor: roy l. schneider - office: governor of the united states virgin islands - lieutenant: gerard richards -lrb- 2003 -- 2007 -rrb- luz james -lrb- 1999 -- 2003 -rrb- vargrave - term end: january 1 , 2007 - term start: january 4 , 1999 - birth date: 05 february 1935 - name: charles turnbull - image: charlesturnbull.jpg - birth place: st. thomas , u.s. virgin islands - religion: methodist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles wesley turnbull .
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charles wesley turnbull -lrb- born february 5 , 1935 -rrb- , was the 27th governor of the u.s. virgin islands .he was born on st. thomas .prior to being elected 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 as a teacher in elementary and secondary schools .he is a graduate of hampton university , earning bachelor 's and master 's degrees .he earned a doctorate degree from the university of minnesota .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 is currently a member of the virgin islands fifth constitutional convention .