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Livingston</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Nov-1804</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1810</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/322/000050172/">John Armstrong</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>05-Nov-1810</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1811</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Jonathan Russell </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1811</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Dec-1812</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Joel Barlow </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1813</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1815</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/044/000049894/">William H. Crawford</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1816</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-May-1823</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/996/000049849/">Albert Gallatin</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Apr-1824</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Brown </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Oct-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1832</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William C. Rives </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Levett Harris </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Apr-1835</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/907/000049760/">Edward Livingston</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>01-Dec-1836</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Nov-1842</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/224/000050074/">Lewis Cass</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>01-Jul-1844</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1846</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/626/000052470/">William R. King</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-Jul-1847</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>08-Oct-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/601/000114259/">Richard Rush</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>08-Nov-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-May-1853</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William C. Rives </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>22-Jan-1854</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>03-Oct-1859</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Y. Mason </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>04-Mar-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-May-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles J. Faulkner </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-May-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>01-Dec-1864</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William L. Dayton </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1865</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Dec-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/154/000115806/">John Bigelow</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Dec-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-May-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/419/000115074/">John Adams Dix</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Mar-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>08-May-1871</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/520/000050370/">Elihu Benjamin Washburne</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>05-Sep-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>05-Aug-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edward F. Noyes </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>05-Aug-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-May-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/231/000093949/">Levi P. Morton</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-May-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-May-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Robert M. McLane </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-May-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Whitelaw Reid </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jun-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>04-May-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>T. Jefferson Coolidge </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>06-May-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>24-May-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James B. Eustis </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>02-May-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/711/000050561/">Horace Porter</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>02-May-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>02-Mar-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Robert S. McCormick </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Mar-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>03-Nov-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry White </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-Dec-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Apr-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/114/000059934/">Robert Bacon</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Apr-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/799/000280956/">Myron T. Herrick</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>04-Dec-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William G. Sharp </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>22-Apr-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>05-Jul-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Hugh Campbell Wallace </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/799/000280956/">Myron T. Herrick</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Dec-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Apr-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Walter E. Edge </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>08-Jun-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>05-Aug-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Jesse Isidore Straus </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Oct-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jul-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/162/000127778/">William C. Bullitt</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Jul-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Nov-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/587/000121224/">Robert D. Murphy</a></nobr></td> <td>Interim; at Vichy, France </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>08-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>01-May-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William D. Leahy</nobr></td> <td>At Vichy, France </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Nov-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>S. Pinkney Tuck</nobr></td> <td>Interim; France severs diplomatic relations 8-Nov-1942 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Dec-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-May-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/426/000130036/">Jefferson Caffery</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-May-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Mar-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/115/000057941/">David K. E. Bruce</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Mar-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>02-Mar-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/553/000121190/">James Clement Dunn</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Mar-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/154/000057980/">C. Douglas Dillon</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Amory Houghton </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James M. Gavin </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>09-Feb-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/578/000119221/">Charles E. Bohlen</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/499/000025424/">Sargent Shriver</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>06-May-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Oct-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/191/000128804/">Arthur K. Watson</a> </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Mar-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/804/000130414/">John N. 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