Jay Johnson Morrow

Infobox_Governor
name= Jay Johnson Morrow


caption=Gov. J.J. Morrow of Canal Zone
order=3^rd
office= Governor of Panama Canal Zone
term_start= 1921
term_end= 1924
predecessor= Chester Harding
successor= Meriwether L. Walker
birth_date= birth date|1870|2|20
death_date= death date and age|1937|4|16|1870|2|20
profession= military, engineer, politician

Jay Johnson Morrow February 20, 1870-April 16, 1937 was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1891. He was then commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served as military governor of the Philippine Province of Zamboanga from 1901-02. He served as Engineering Commissioner in the District of Columbia from 1907 to 1909. During World War I, served as Chief Engineer of the First American Army. He was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924. He died in 1937. His ashes were scattered over the Chagres River, which feeds into the Panama Canal.

External links/Sources

* [http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/biographies/morrow.html Panama Canal Authority biography]

Persondata
NAME = Morrow, Jay Johnson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924
DATE OF BIRTH = February 20, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH =
DATE OF DEATH = April 16, 1937
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