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 | ||
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Charles Edward Magoon | 25 May 1905 | 12 October 1906 | ||
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Richard Reid Rogers | 19 November 1906 | 31 March 1907 | General Counsel of the Isthmian Canal Commission | |
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Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn | 1 April 1907 | 4 December 1909 | ||
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Maurice Thatcher | 13 May 1910 | 8 August 1913 | ||
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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 |
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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] |
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Chester Harding | December 31, 1866-November 11, 1936 (aged 69) | 11 January 1917 | 27 March 1921 | [1] | |
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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 |
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Meriwether Lewis Walker | 16 October 1924 | 15 October 1928 | [1] | |
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Harry Burgess | 16 October 1928 | 20 October 1932 | [1] | |
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Julian Larcombe Schley | 21 October 1932 | 26 August 1936 | [1] | |
Clarence S. Ridley | 27 August 1936 | 10 July 1940 | [1] | ||
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Glen Edgar Edgerton | 11 July 1940 | 15 May 1944 | [1] | |
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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] | ||
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Harold Parfitt | 26 March 1975 | 30 September 1979 | [1] |
See also[]
Notes[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Governors of the Panama Canal Zone
- Lists of governors of insular areas of the United States
- People of the Banana Wars
- Lists of office-holders in Panama