List of Governors of the Panama Canal Zone

      The following were Governors of the Panama Canal Zone while it was under U.S. control:

      Military Governors (1904–1914)

      # Name Took Office - 29/012012 Left Office
      1 George Whitefield Davis 1904 1905
      2 Charles Edward Magoon 1905 1906
      3 Richard Reid Rogers 1906 1907
      4 Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn 1907 1909
      5 Maurice Hudson Thatcher 1910 1913
      6 Richard Lee Metcalfe 1913 1914
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      Civil Governors (1914–1979)

      # Name Took Office Left Office
      1 George Washington Goethals 1914 1917
      2 Chester Harding 1917 1921
      3 Jay Johnson Morrow 1921 1924
      4 Meriwether Lewis Walker 1924 1928
      5 Harry Burgess 1928 1932
      6 Julian Larcombe Schley 1932 1936
      7 Clarence S. Ridley 1936 1940
      8 Glen Edgar Edgerton 1940 1944
      9 Joseph Cowles Mehaffey 1944 1948
      10 Francis K. Newcomer 1948 1952
      11 John States Seybold 1952 1956
      12 William Everett Potter 1956 1960
      13 William Arnold Carter 1960 1962
      14 Robert John Fleming 1962 1967
      15 Walter Philip Leber 1967 1970
      16 David Stuart Parker 1970 1975
      17 Harold Parfitt 1975 1979
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