John States Seybold

John States Seybold (July 2, 1897 – April 19, 1982) was an American military officer who was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1952 to 1956.

Biography Seybold was born on July 2, 1897, in Topeka, Kansas. He attended Polk Grade School and graduated from Topeka High School. Seybold then studied at the University of Kansas for two years before entering the United States Military Academy in June 1918. He was subsequently assigned to the Corps of Engineers headquarters staff in Washington, D.C.

After the war, Seybold served as district engineer in Syracuse, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, and Bismarck, North Dakota. He then served as division engineer in Omaha, Nebraska, and San Francisco, California.

Seybold served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1952 to 1956.

Seybold lived in Washington, D.C., after retirement and died on April 19, 1982, at Sibley Hospital. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery three days later.