List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone
The following is a list of governors of the Panama Canal Zone while it was under U.S. control.
Military governors (1904–1914)
Image | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes | Reference |
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George Whitefield Davis | 14 May 1904 | 24 May 1905 | |||
Charles Edward Magoon | 25 May 1905 | 12 October 1906 | |||
Richard Reid Rogers | 19 November 1906 | 31 March 1907 | General Counsel of the Isthmian Canal Commission | ||
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn | 1 April 1907 | 4 December 1909 | |||
Maurice Thatcher | 13 May 1910 | 8 August 1913 | |||
Richard Lee Metcalfe | 9 August 1913 | 31 March 1914 |
Military and civil governors (1914–1924)
Image | Name | born and death | Took office | Left office | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Washington Goethals | June 29, 1858-January 21, 1928 (aged 69) | 1 April 1914 | 10 January 1917 | First U.S. civil governor appointed by President Woodrow Wilson | [1] | |
Chester Harding | December 31, 1866-November 11, 1936 (aged 69) | 11 January 1917 | 27 March 1921 | [1] | ||
Jay Johnson Morrow | February 20, 1870-April 16, 1937 (aged 67) | 28 March 1921 | 15 October 1924 | [1] |
Civil governors (1924–1979)
Image | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meriwether Lewis Walker | 16 October 1924 | 15 October 1928 | [1] | ||
Harry Burgess | 16 October 1928 | 20 October 1932 | [1] | ||
Julian Larcombe Schley | 21 October 1932 | 26 August 1936 | [1] | ||
Clarence S. Ridley | 27 August 1936 | 10 July 1940 | [1] | ||
Glen Edgar Edgerton | 11 July 1940 | 15 May 1944 | [1] | ||
Joseph Cowles Mehaffey | 16 May 1944 | 19 May 1948 | [1] | ||
Francis K. Newcomer | 20 May 1948 | 26 May 1952 | [1] | ||
John States Seybold | 27 May 1952 | 27 May 1956 | [1] | ||
William Everett Potter | 28 May 1956 | 30 June 1960 | [1] | ||
William Arnold Carter | 1 July 1960 | 31 January 1962 | [1] | ||
Robert John Fleming | 1 February 1962 | 31 January 1967 | [1] | ||
Walter Philip Leber | 21 February 1967 | 2 March 1971 | [1] | ||
David Stuart Parker | 3 March 1971 | 25 March 1975 | [1] | ||
Harold Parfitt | 26 March 1975 | 30 September 1979 | [1] |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Biographies of Canal Zone Governors". PanCanal. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
External links
- World Statesmen – Panama (Canal Zone)
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