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List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone

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The following is a list of governors of the Panama Canal Zone while it was under U.S. control.

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Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
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

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]

Name	Took office	Left office	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]

List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone