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For information about the Department’s current and recent leadership, we recommend visiting the Department of State homepage’s <a href="https://www.state.gov/biographies-list/">Biographies of Senior Officials</a> and <a href="https://www.state.gov/resources-bureau-of-global-talent-management/#ambassadors">List of U.S. Ambassadors</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: right; font-style: italic">Notice posted on January 12, 2024. <br> Last updated March 14, 2024.</p> </div> <div><h3 id="chiefs-of-mission">Chiefs of Mission</h3><ul><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/adams-john">John Adams (1735–1826)</a><ul><li>Minister Plenipotentiary, June 1, 1785–February 20, 1788</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/pinckney-thomas">Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828)</a><ul><li>Minister Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1792–July 27, 1796</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/king-rufus">Rufus King (1755–1827)</a><ul><li>Minister Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1796–May 16, 1803</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/monroe-james">James Monroe (1758–1831)</a><ul><li>Minister Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1803–October 7, 1807</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/pinkney-william">William Pinkney (1764–1822)</a><ul><li>Minister Plenipotentiary, April 27, 1808–May 7, 1811</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/russell-jonathan">Jonathan Russell (1771–1832)</a><ul><li>Chargé d’Affaires, November 15, 1811–June 18, 1812</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/adams-john-quincy">John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1815–May 14, 1817</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/rush-richard">Richard Rush (1780–1859)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 12, 1818–April 27, 1825</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/king-rufus">Rufus King (1755–1827)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 11, 1825–June 16, 1826</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/gallatin-albert">Albert Gallatin (1761–1849)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 1, 1826–October 4, 1827</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/barbour-james">James Barbour (1775–1842)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1828–October 1, 1829</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/mclane-louis">Louis McLane (1786–1857)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 12, 1829–June 13, 1831</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/van-buren-martin">Martin Van Buren (1782–1862)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1831–March 19, 1832</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/vail-aaron">Aaron Vail (1796–1878)</a><ul><li>Chargé d’Affaires, July 13, 1832–July 13, 1836</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/stevenson-andrew">Andrew Stevenson (1784–1857)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 13, 1836–October 21, 1841</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/everett-edward">Edward Everett (1794–1865)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1841–August 8, 1845</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/mclane-louis">Louis McLane (1786–1857)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 8, 1845–August 18, 1849</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/bancroft-george">George Bancroft (1800–1891)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 12, 1846–August 31, 1849</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/lawrence-abbott">Abbott Lawrence (1792–1855)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 20, 1849–October 12, 1852</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/ingersoll-joseph-reed">Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786–1868)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1852–August 23, 1853</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/buchanan-james">James Buchanan (1791–1868)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1853–March 15, 1856</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/dallas-george-mifflin">George Mifflin Dallas (1792–1864)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 4, 1856–May 16, 1861</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/adams-charles-francis">Charles Francis Adams (1807–1886)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 16, 1861–May 13, 1868</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/johnson-reverdy">Reverdy Johnson (1796–1876)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1868–May 13, 1869</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/motley-john-lothrop">John Lothrop Motley (1814–1877)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 18, 1869–December 6, 1870</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/schenck-robert-cumming">Robert Cumming Schenck (1809–1890)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 23, 1871–March 3, 1876</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/pierrepont-edwards">Edwards Pierrepont (1817–1892)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 11, 1876–December 22, 1877</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/welsh-john">John Welsh (1805–1886)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1877–August 14, 1879</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/lowell-james-russell">James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 11, 1880–May 19, 1885</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/phelps-edward-john">Edward John Phelps (1822–1900)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 19, 1885–January 31, 1889</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/lincoln-robert-todd">Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 25, 1889–May 4, 1893</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/bayard-thomas-francis">Thomas Francis Bayard (1828–1898)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1893–March 17, 1897</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/hay-john-milton">John Milton Hay (1838–1905)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 3, 1897–September 12, 1898</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/choate-joseph-hodges">Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 6, 1899–May 23, 1905</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/reid-whitelaw">Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 5, 1905–December 15, 1912</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/page-walter-hines">Walter Hines Page (1855–1918)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 30, 1913–October 3, 1918</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/davis-john-william">John William Davis (1873–1955)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1918–March 9, 1921</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/harvey-george-brinton-mcclellan">George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864–1928)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 12, 1921–November 3, 1923</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/kellogg-frank-billings">Frank Billings Kellogg (1856–1937)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1924–February 10, 1925</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/houghton-alanson-bigelow">Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 1925–March 28, 1929</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/dawes-charles-gates">Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 15, 1929–December 30, 1931</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/mellon-andrew-william">Andrew William Mellon (1855–1937)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 1932–March 17, 1933</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/bingham-robert-worth">Robert Worth Bingham (1871–1937)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1933–November 19, 1937</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/kennedy-joseph-patrick">Joseph Patrick Kennedy (1888–1969)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 8, 1938–October 22, 1940</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/winant-john-gilbert">John Gilbert Winant (1889–1947)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 1, 1941–April 10, 1946</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/harriman-william-averell">William Averell Harriman (1891–1986)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 30, 1946–October 1, 1946</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/douglas-lewis-williams">Lewis Williams Douglas (1894–1974)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 25, 1947–November 16, 1950</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/gifford-walter-sherman">Walter Sherman Gifford (1885–1966)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 21, 1950–January 23, 1953</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/aldrich-winthrop-williams">Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885–1974)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 20, 1953–February 1, 1957</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/whitney-john-hay">John Hay Whitney (1904–1982)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 28, 1957–January 14, 1961</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/bruce-david-kirkpatrick-este">David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 17, 1961–March 20, 1969</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/annenberg-walter-h">Walter H. Annenberg (1908–2002)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1969–October 30, 1974</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/richardson-elliot-lee">Elliot Lee Richardson (1920–1999)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 21, 1975–January 16, 1976</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/armstrong-anne-legendre">Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927–2008)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 17, 1976–March 3, 1977</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/brewster-kingman">Kingman Brewster Jr. (1919–1988)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 3, 1977–February 23, 1981</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/louis-john-j">John J. Louis Jr. (1925–1995)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 27, 1981–November 7, 1983</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/price-charles-h">Charles H. Price II (1931–2012)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1983–February 28, 1989</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/catto-henry-edward-jr">Henry Edward Catto Jr. (1930–2011)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 17, 1989–March 13, 1991</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/seitz-raymond-george-hardenbergh">Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz (1940–)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 25, 1991–May 10, 1994</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/crowe-william-j">William J. Crowe Jr. (1925–2007)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 2, 1994–September 20, 1997</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/lader-philip">Philip Lader (1946–)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1997–February 28, 2001</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/farish-william-s">William S. Farish (1939–)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 1, 2001–June 11, 2004</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/tuttle-robert-h">Robert H. Tuttle (1947–)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 2005–February 6, 2009</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/susman-louis-b">Louis B. Susman (1937–)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 2009–April 3, 2013</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/barzun-matthew-winthrop">Matthew Winthrop Barzun (1970–)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 2013–January 18, 2017</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/johnson-robert-wood">Robert Wood Johnson IV (?–)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 2017–</li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="other-nominees">Other Nominees</h3><ul><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/stevenson-andrew">Andrew Stevenson (1784–1857)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nomination of May 20, 1834, rejected by the Senate.</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/frelinghuysen-frederick-theodore">Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned to London; declined appointment.</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/mcclellan-george-brinton">George Brinton McClellan (1826–1885)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/morton-oliver-hazard-perry-throck">Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823–1877)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Commissioned to London; declined appointment.</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/dana-richard-henry-jr">Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882)</a><ul><li>Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/gardner-oliver-maxwell">Oliver Maxwell Gardner (1882–1947)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but died in the United States before proceeding to post. A commission signed by the President during a recess of the Senate, which had not yet been dated and attested, was returned to the President by the Acting Secretary on December 6, 1946, Gardner having declined a recess appointment. Recommissioned on January 13, 1947.</li></ul></li><li><a href="/departmenthistory/people/gifford-walter-sherman">Walter Sherman Gifford (1885–1966)</a><ul><li>Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. 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