Derek Hodge

Derek Michael Hodge (October 5, 1941 – May 31, 2011) was an American Virgin Islander politician and lawyer who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of the United States Virgin Islands for two terms from 1987 to 1995 under Governor Alexander Farrelly. The Virgin Islands Daily News called him a "towering figure in local politics," referring to his political career, which spanned several decades.

He was raised in the Crucian town of Frederiksted and attended elementary school on the island.

Lt. Governor Hodge and former delegate Ron de Lugo collaborated to obtain $20 million in federal funding for Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on Saint Croix.

Governor Farrelly was term limited in 1994 and could not seek a consecutive third term. Lt. Governor Derek Hodge announced his candidacy for governor in 1994 with the full endorsement of the Democratic Party and chose Alfred O. Heath as his running mate for lieutenant governor. Hodge was defeated in a special gubernatorial runoff election held on November 22, 1994, by the independent ticket of Roy Schneider, and his running mate, Kenneth Mapp. He was the flown to Christiansted, where he was laid in state on Saint Croix's Government House as well.

Hodge's funeral was held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Christiansted on June 10, 2011. He was buried in a cemetery in Frederiksted with honors provided by the Virgin Islands National Guard.