Richard Lee Metcalfe


Richard Lee Metcalfe was the last military Governor of Panama Canal Zone and one-time Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska.

Biography

He was born on October 11, 1861 to Richard Lee Metcalfe and Ellen Tazewell Edwards.
He began his career as an editor at the Omaha World-Herald, where he also authored a biography of William Jennings Bryan.
He died on March 31, 1954 in Omaha, Nebraska.