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The Governor-General was appointed by the President Of The United States and approved by the Senate . Unlike the Governors General of the British Dominion s, the American Governor General exercised active executive authority over the nation they were appointed to administer.

MILITARY GOVERNOR

1898: Wesley Merritt

1898 - 1900 Elwell S. Otis

1900 - 1901 Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

LIST OF GOVERNORS-GENERAL

1901 - 1904 William Howard Taft

1904 - 1906 Luke E. Wright

1906 Henry Clay Ide

1906 - 1907 James Francis Smith

1907 - 1908 Newton W. Gilbert

1908 - 1913 William Cameron Forbes

1913 - 1921 Francis Burton Harrison

1921 Charles Yeater (acting)

1921 - 1927 Leonard Wood

1927 Eugene Allen Gilmore

1927 - 1929 Henry L. Stimson

1929 - 1930 Eugene Allen Gilmore

1930 - 1932 Dwight Filley Davis

1932 - 1933 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

1933 - 1935 Frank Murphy

SEE ALSO

Spanish Governor-General Of The Philippines

History Of The Philippines

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