George Whitefield Davis Small 242×320 Medium 485×640 Large 775×1024 Download Tiff Original 1817×2400 | (5.8 MB) Description George Whitefield Davis (July 26, 1839 – July 12, 1918) was an engineer and Major General in the United States Army. He also served as a military Governor of Puerto Rico and as the first military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Keywords general, Panama Canal, portrait, Puerto Rico, U.S. Army, USGovernor Galleries Famous People: D, US Governors Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 3) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)