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List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone

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Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
Longest serving
Robert John Fleming
1 February 1962–31 January 1967
Panama Canal Zone
SeatBalboa
AppointerPresident of the United States
Constituting instrumentHay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Formation14 May 1904
First holderGeorge Whitefield Davis
Final holderHarold Parfitt
Abolished30 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)

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Image Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Notes Reference
George Whitefield Davis
(1839–1918) 		14 May 1904 24 May 1905
Charles Edward Magoon
(1861–1920) 		25 May 1905 12 October 1906
Richard Reid Rogers
(1867–1949) 		19 November 1906 31 March 1907 General Counsel of the Isthmian Canal Commission
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
(1838–1918) 		1 April 1907 4 December 1909
Maurice Thatcher
(1870–1973) 		13 May 1910 8 August 1913
Richard Lee Metcalfe
(1861–1954) 		9 August 1913 31 March 1914

Military and civil governors (1914–1924)

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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 [1]
Chester Harding
(1866–1936) 		11 January 1917 27 March 1921 [1]
Jay Johnson Morrow
(1870–1937) 		28 March 1921 15 October 1924 [1]

Civil governors (1924–1979)

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Image Name
(Birth–Death) 		Took office Left office Notes Reference
Meriwether Lewis Walker
(1869–1947) 		16 October 1924 15 October 1928 [1]
Harry Burgess
(1872–1933) 		16 October 1928 20 October 1932 [1]
Julian Larcombe Schley
(1880–1965) 		21 October 1932 26 August 1936 [1]
Clarence S. Ridley
(1883–1969) 		27 August 1936 10 July 1940 [1]
Glen Edgar Edgerton
(1887–1976) 		11 July 1940 15 May 1944 [1]
Joseph Cowles Mehaffey
(1889–1963) 		16 May 1944 19 May 1948 [1]
Francis K. Newcomer
(1889–1967) 		20 May 1948 26 May 1952 [1]
John States Seybold
(1897–1982) 		27 May 1952 27 May 1956 [1]
William Everett Potter
(1905–1988) 		28 May 1956 30 June 1960 [1]
William Arnold Carter
(1907–1996) 		1 July 1960 31 January 1962 [1]
Robert John Fleming
(1907–1984) 		1 February 1962 31 January 1967 [1]
Walter Philip Leber
(1918–2009) 		21 February 1967 2 March 1971 [1]
David Stuart Parker
(1919–1990) 		3 March 1971 25 March 1975 [1]
Harold Parfitt
(1921–2006) 		26 March 1975 30 September 1979 [1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Biographies of Canal Zone Governors". PanCanal. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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