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| Governor of the Panama Canal Zone | |
|---|---|
 Longest servingRobert John Fleming 1 February 1962–31 January 1967 | |
| Panama Canal Zone | |
| Seat | Balboa |
| Appointer | President of the United States |
| Constituting instrument | Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty |
| Formation | 14 May 1904 |
| First holder | George Whitefield Davis |
| Final holder | Harold Parfitt |
| Abolished | 30 September 1979 |
This article lists the governors of the Panama Canal Zone between 1904 and 1979, while it was under U.S. control.
Military governors (1904–1914)
| Image | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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George Whitefield Davis (1839–1918) |
14 May 1904 | 24 May 1905 | ||
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Charles Edward Magoon (1861–1920) |
25 May 1905 | 12 October 1906 | ||
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Richard Reid Rogers (1867–1949) |
19 November 1906 | 31 March 1907 | General Counsel of the Isthmian Canal Commission | |
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Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838–1918) |
1 April 1907 | 4 December 1909 | ||
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Maurice Thatcher (1870–1973) |
13 May 1910 | 8 August 1913 | ||
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Richard Lee Metcalfe (1861–1954) |
9 August 1913 | 31 March 1914 |
Military and civil governors (1914–1924)
| Image | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
George Washington Goethals (1858–1928) |
1 April 1914 | 10 January 1917 | First U.S. civil governor appointed by President Woodrow Wilson | |
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Chester Harding (1866–1936) |
11 January 1917 | 27 March 1921 | ||
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Jay Johnson Morrow (1870–1937) |
28 March 1921 | 15 October 1924 |
Civil governors (1924–1979)
| Image | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Meriwether Lewis Walker (1869–1947) |
16 October 1924 | 15 October 1928 | ||
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Harry Burgess (1872–1933) |
16 October 1928 | 20 October 1932 | ||
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Julian Larcombe Schley (1880–1965) |
21 October 1932 | 26 August 1936 | ||
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Clarence S. Ridley (1883–1969) |
27 August 1936 | 10 July 1940 | ||
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Glen Edgar Edgerton (1887–1976) |
11 July 1940 | 15 May 1944 | ||
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Joseph Cowles Mehaffey (1889–1963) |
16 May 1944 | 19 May 1948 | ||
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Francis K. Newcomer (1889–1967) |
20 May 1948 | 26 May 1952 | ||
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John States Seybold (1897–1982) |
27 May 1952 | 27 May 1956 | ||
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William Everett Potter (1905–1988) |
28 May 1956 | 30 June 1960 | ||
| William Arnold Carter (1907–1996) |
1 July 1960 | 31 January 1962 | |||
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Robert John Fleming (1907–1984) |
1 February 1962 | 31 January 1967 | ||
| Walter Philip Leber (1918–2009) |
21 February 1967 | 2 March 1971 | |||
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David Stuart Parker (1919–1990) |
3 March 1971 | 25 March 1975 | ||
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Harold Parfitt (1921–2006) |
26 March 1975 | 30 September 1979 |
See also
Notes
- ^ "Biographies of Canal Zone Governors". PanCanal. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
External links
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| Military governors (1904–1914) | |
| Military and civil governors (1914–1924) | |
| Civil governors (1924–1979) | |
| ‡General Counsel of the Isthmian Canal Commission | |
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