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Chiefs of Mission

• Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782–1844)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 7, 1838–September 18, 1840
• Daniel Jenifer (1791–1855)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 30, 1842–June 28, 1845
• William Henry Stiles (1808–1865)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, August 5, 1845–August 1, 1849
• James Watson Webb (1802–1884)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, February 6, 1850–May 8, 1850
• Charles Johnson McCurdy (1797–1891)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, March 14, 1851–October 12, 1852
• Thomas Moses Foote (1808–1858)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, December 14, 1852–June 25, 1853
• Henry Rootes Jackson (1820–1898)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, September 16, 1853–September 28, 1854
• Henry Rootes Jackson (1820–1898)
  • Minister Resident, September 28, 1854–June 1, 1858
• Jehu Glancy Jones (1811–1878)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 14, 1859–November 14, 1861
• John Lothrop Motley (1814–1877)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 14, 1861–June 14, 1867
• Henry Miller Watts (1805–1890)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1868–June 1, 1869
• John Jay II (1817–1894)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 1, 1869–March 31, 1875
• Godlove Stein Orth (1817–1882)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 24, 1875–March 10, 1876
• Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 10, 1876–April 20, 1877
• John Adam Kasson (1822–1910)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 30, 1877–March 25, 1881
• William Walter Phelps (1839–1894)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 20, 1881–June 30, 1882
• Alphonso Taft (1810–1891)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 30, 1882–August 25, 1884
• John Morgan Francis (1823–1897)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1884–August 3, 1885
• Alexander Robert Lawton (1818–1896)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 25, 1887–May 15, 1889
• Frederick Dent Grant (1850–1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 15, 1889–June 8, 1893
• Bartlett Tripp (1842–1911)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1893–June 18, 1897
• Charlemagne Tower (1848–1923)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 18, 1897–February 9, 1899
• Addison Clay Harris (1840–1916)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 13, 1899–April 29, 1901
• Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1901–June 26, 1902
• Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 26, 1902–December 29, 1902
• Bellamy Storer (1847–1922)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 3, 1903–February 8, 1906
• Charles Spencer Francis (1853–1911)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 29, 1906–April 1, 1910
• Richard C. Kerens (1841–1916)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 12, 1910–June 28, 1913
• Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855–1922)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1913–April 7, 1917
• Joseph Clark Grew (1880–1965)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 7, 1913–April 9, 1917
• Arthur Hugh Frazier (1868–1963)
  • Chargé d’Affaires pro tempore, November 26, 1921–May 21, 1922
• Albert Henry Washburn (1866–1930)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 19, 1922–April 29, 1930
• Gilchrist Baker Stockton (1890–1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 15, 1930–September 21, 1933
• George Howard Earle III (1890–1974)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 27, 1933–March 25, 1934
• George Strausser Messersmith (1883–1960)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1934–July 11, 1937
• Grenville Temple Emmet (1877–1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1937–September 26, 1937
• John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 26, 1937–April 30, 1938
• John George Erhardt (1889–1951)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 7, 1946–June 27, 1950
• Walter Joseph Donnelly (1896–1970)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 25, 1950–November 28, 1951
• Walter Joseph Donnelly (1896–1970)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1951–July 19, 1952
• Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. (1904–1972)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 1952–July 9, 1957
• Harrison Freeman Matthews (1899–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 1957–May 25, 1962
• James Williams Riddleberger (1904–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 12, 1962–May 10, 1967
• Douglas MacArthur II (1909–1997)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 24, 1967–September 16, 1969
• John Portner Humes (1921–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1969–March 6, 1975
• Wiley Thomas Buchanan Jr. (1914–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 2, 1975–March 31, 1977
• Milton Albert Wolf (1924–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1977–March 2, 1980
• Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 25, 1980–March 2, 1981
• Theodore E. Cummings (1907–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1981–March 30, 1982
• Helene A. Von Damm (1938–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1983–January 15, 1986
• Ronald Stephen Lauder (1944–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 7, 1986–October 27, 1987
• Henry Anatole Grunwald (1922–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 20, 1988–January 1, 1990
• Roy M. Huffington (1917–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1990–March 1, 1993
• Swanee Grace Hunt (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1993–October 18, 1997
• Kathryn Walt Hall (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 11, 1997–July 10, 2001
• Lyons Brown Jr. (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 19, 2001–October 5, 2005
• Susan Rasinski McCaw (1962–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 2006–November 26, 2007
• David F. Girard-diCarlo (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 2008–January 22, 2009
• William Carlton Eacho III (1954–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 2009–July 12, 2013
• Alexa Lange Wesner (1972–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 22, 2013–January 20, 2017
• Eugene Young (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–May 18, 2018
• Trevor D. Traina (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 24, 2018–

Other Nominees

• Jehu Glancy Jones (1811–1878)
  • Minister Resident: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not proceed to post in this capacity.
• Anson Burlingame (1820–1870)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve.
• Edgar Cowan (1815–1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• James Willis Nesmith (1820–1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• John Potter Stockton (1826–1900)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820–1869)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.
• Horace Greeley (1811–1872)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Declined appointment.
• Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824–1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• Henry A. Smythe (?–)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• Anthony Michael Keiley (1835–1905)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve, the Government of Austria-Hungary having objected to his appointment.
• Charles A. Gargano (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of November 7, 2007, withdrawn March 13, 2008.