List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone facts for kids

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
	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
	Chester Harding	December 31, 1866-November 11, 1936 (aged 69)	11 January 1917	27 March 1921
	Jay Johnson Morrow	February 20, 1870-April 16, 1937 (aged 67)	28 March 1921	15 October 1924

Civil governors (1924–1979)

Image	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes	Reference
	Meriwether Lewis Walker	16 October 1924	15 October 1928
	Harry Burgess	16 October 1928	20 October 1932
	Julian Larcombe Schley	21 October 1932	26 August 1936
	Clarence S. Ridley	27 August 1936	10 July 1940
	Glen Edgar Edgerton	11 July 1940	15 May 1944
	Joseph Cowles Mehaffey	16 May 1944	19 May 1948
	Francis K. Newcomer	20 May 1948	26 May 1952
	John States Seybold	27 May 1952	27 May 1956
	William Everett Potter	28 May 1956	30 June 1960
	William Arnold Carter	1 July 1960	31 January 1962
	Robert John Fleming	1 February 1962	31 January 1967
	Walter Philip Leber	21 February 1967	2 March 1971
	David Stuart Parker	3 March 1971	25 March 1975
	Harold Parfitt	26 March 1975	30 September 1979

See also

• Panama Canal Zone