Richard Lee Metcalfe (October 11, 1861 – March 31, 1954) was an American politician and editor who was the last military Governor of Panama Canal Zone and one-time Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska.

Biography

Metcalfe was born on October 11, 1861, to Richard Lee Metcalfe and Ellen Tazewell Edwards. He began his career as an

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ...

at the ''

Omaha World-Herald The ''Omaha World-Herald'' is a daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, the primary newspaper of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. It was locally owned from its founding in 1885 until 2020, when it was sold to the newspaper ...

'', where he also authored a biography of

William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, running three times as the party' ...

. Metcalfe ran for the Democratic nomination for

Governor of Nebraska The governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska. The officeholder is elected to a four-year term, with elections held two years after presidential ...

in the 1912 election but lost to John H. Morehead. He died on March 31, 1954, in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United S ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalfe, Richard Lee 1861 births 1954 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in Nebraska Nebraska Democrats Governors of the Panama Canal Zone United States military governors Mayors of Omaha, Nebraska American newspaper editors