Henry A. Millin (March 17, 1923 – February 4, 2004) was a United States Virgin Islander banker and politician.
Millin served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (and third elected Lt.
[1] He also worked as a clerk both the Virgin Islands' Office of the Tax Assessor and the former Police and Prison Department.
[1] In the early 1960s, U.S. President John F. Kennedy sent Millin a letter of commendation for his work as the housing authority's executive director.
[1] Kennedy recognized Millin for operating one of the best run housing authorities out of the 1,300 in the United States at the time.
[4] Millin was initially reluctant to accept the appointment,[4] but reportedly changed his mind through the persuasion of members from each of the U.S.V.I.
[6] They defeating Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron de Lugo by a wide margin in a tough election campaign.
[6] Luis and Millin also won all three of the main islands, including a landslide victory on Saint Croix.
[2] Luis named Julio Brady as his running mate, though Millin remained lieutenant governor until January 1983.
[7] A group of fourteen U.S. Virgin Islands residents filed a lawsuit challenging the results due to the counting of blank ballots, which would have resulted in a runoff election between Luis and Millin, as Luis would have had less than 50% of vote if the blank or incomplete ballots were thrown out.
[7] However, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia rejected the lawsuit, eliminating any potential runoff election between Luis and Million.
[1] Millin served as the president of the St. Thomas and Saint John Chamber of Commerce for two consecutive terms.