North America and Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901–1910)
- Governor-General - Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada (1904–1911)
- Prime Minister - Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)
- Costa Rica - Cleto González Víquez, President of Costa Rica (1906–1910)
- Newfoundland
- Monarch - Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901–1910)
- Governor - Sir William Macgregor, Governor of Newfoundland (1909–1913)
- Prime Minister - Sir Robert Bond, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1900–1909)
- Guatemala - Manuel Estrada Cabrera, President of Guatemala (1898–1920)
- México: Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1884–1911)
- Nicaragua - José Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua (1893–1909)
- United States - Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States (1901–1909)
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