Russia - Chiefs of Mission - People - Department History (original) (raw)
Russia - Chiefs of Mission - People - Department History
Chiefs of Mission
- John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, November 5, 1809–April 28, 1814
- William Pinkney (1764–1822)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 13, 1817–February 14, 1818
- George Washington Campbell (1769–1848)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 7, 1819–July 8, 1820
- Henry Middleton (1770–1846)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 17, 1821–August 3, 1830
- James Buchanan (1791–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 11, 1832–August 5, 1833
- William Wilkins (1779–1865)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 14, 1834–December 24, 1835
- John Randolph Clay (1808–1885)
- Chargé d’Affaires, September 2, 1836–August 5, 1837
- George Mifflin Dallas (1792–1864)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 6, 1837–July 29, 1839
- Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (1786–1862)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1840–July 13, 1841
- Charles Stewart Todd (1791–1871)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1841–January 27, 1846
- Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (1789–1872)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 30, 1847–July 1, 1848
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794–1858)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1849–May 14, 1849
- Neill Smith Brown (1810–1886)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 13, 1850–June 23, 1853
- Thomas Hart Seymour (1807–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 2, 1854–July 17, 1858
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805–1869)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 18, 1858–September 9, 1860
- John Appleton (1815–1864)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1860–June 8, 1861
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 14, 1861–June 25, 1862
- Simon Cameron (1799–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 25, 1862–September 18, 1862
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 7, 1863–October 1, 1869
- Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 28, 1869–July 1, 1872
- James Lawrence Orr (1822–1873)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 18, 1873–May 6, 1873
- Marshall Jewell (1825–1883)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 9, 1873–July 19, 1874
- George Henry Boker (1823–1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 24, 1875–January 14, 1878
- Edwin Wallace Stoughton (1818–1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1878–March 2, 1879
- John Watson Foster (1836–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 11, 1880–August 1, 1881
- William Henry Hunt (1823–1884)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1882–February 27, 1884
- Alphonso Taft (1810–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 3, 1884–July 31, 1885
- George Van Ness Lothrop (1817–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1885–August 1, 1888
- Lambert Tree (1832–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 4, 1889–February 2, 1889
- Charles Emory Smith (1842–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 14, 1890–April 17, 1892
- Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 7, 1892–October 1, 1894
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (1846–1932)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1894–December 10, 1897
- Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1897–March 21, 1898
- Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835–1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 21, 1898–January 28, 1899
- Charlemagne Tower (1848–1923)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 19, 1899–November 19, 1902
- Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 12, 1903–March 27, 1905
- George von Lengerke Meyer (1858–1918)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 12, 1905–January 26, 1907
- John Wallace Riddle (1864–1941)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 1907–September 8, 1909
- William Woodville Rockhill (1854–1914)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 11, 1910–June 17, 1911
- Curtis Guild (1860–1915)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1911–April 24, 1913
- George T. Marye (1857–1933)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1914–March 29, 1916
- David Rowland Francis (1850–1927)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 5, 1916–November 7, 1917
- Felix Cole (1887–1969)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –September 14, 1919
- William Christian Bullitt (1891–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 13, 1933–May 16, 1936
- Joseph Edward Davies (1876–1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 25, 1937–June 11, 1938
- Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892–1950)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 11, 1939–November 12, 1941
- William Harrison Standley (1872–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 1942–September 19, 1943
- William Averell Harriman (1891–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 23, 1943–January 24, 1946
- Walter Bedell Smith (1895–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 3, 1946–December 25, 1948
- Alan Goodrich Kirk (1888–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 4, 1949–October 6, 1951
- George Frost Kennan (1904–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 14, 1952–September 19, 1952
- Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 20, 1953–April 18, 1957
- Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. (1904–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 16, 1957–July 27, 1962
- Foy David Kohler (1908–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 27, 1962–November 14, 1966
- Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. (1904–1972)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 23, 1967–January 14, 1969
- Jacob Dyneley Beam (1908–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 18, 1969–January 24, 1973
- Adolph Dubs (1920–1979)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 1973–March 1974
- Walter John Stoessel Jr. (1920–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 4, 1974–September 13, 1976
- Malcolm Toon (1916–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 18, 1977–October 16, 1979
- Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1914–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1979–January 15, 1981
- Arthur Adair Hartman (1926–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 1981–February 20, 1987
- Jack Foust Matlock Jr. (1929–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 6, 1987–August 11, 1991
- Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 24, 1991–November 19, 1992
- Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 21, 1993–November 1, 1996
- James Franklin Collins (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 26, 1998–July 10, 2001
- Alexander Russel Vershbow (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 2001–July 22, 2005
- William Joseph Burns (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 2005–May 12, 2008
- John Ross Beyrle (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 2008–January 4, 2012
- Michael Anthony McFaul (1963–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 22, 2012–February 26, 2014
- John F. Tefft (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 2014–September 28, 2017
- Jon M. Huntsman Jr. (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2017–October 3, 2019
- John J. Sullivan (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 2020–
Other Nominees
- Francis Dana (1743–1811)
- Minister: Proceeded to post, but was not officially received at court; left post in September 1783.
- William Short (1759–1849)
- Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Did not proceed to post, his nomination having been rejected by the Senate while he was en route.
- James Asheton Bayard (1767–1815)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not proceed to post.
- John Randolph (1773–1833)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Proceeded to post, but did not present credentials; left post on September 19, 1830.
- Mahlon Dickerson (1770–1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Declined appointment.
- John Littleton Dawson (1813–1870)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
- Henry A. Smythe (?–)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827–1887)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned although nomination was confirmed by the Senate.
- Alexander Robert Lawton (1818–1896)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- Charles Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but died in the United States before proceeding to post.
- Henry Means Pindell (1860–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Declined appointment.