List of governors of the Panama Canal Zone

This list includes all of the governors of the Panama Canal Zone while it was under US control.

Military governors

Surname	Term of office
George Whitefield Davis	1904-1905
Charles Edward Magoon	1905-1906
Richard Reid Rogers	1906-1907
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn	1907-1909
Maurice Hudson Thatcher	1910-1913
Richard Lee Metcalfe	1913-1914

Civil governors

Surname	Term of office
George Washington Goethals	1914-1917
Chester Harding	1917-1921
Jay Johnson Morrow	1921-1924
Meriwether Lewis Walker	1924-1928
Harry Burgess	1928-1932
Julian Larcombe Schley	1932-1936
Clarence S. Ridley	1936-1940
Glen Edgar Edgerton	1940-1944
Joseph Cowles Mehaffey	1944-1948
Francis K. Newcomer	1948-1952
John States Seybold	1952-1956
William Everett Potter	1956-1960
William Arnold Carter	1960–1962
Robert John Fleming	1962-1967
Walter Philip Leber	1967-1970
David Stuart Parker	1970-1975
Harold Parfitt	1975-1979