Argentina
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Argentine Republic
Caesar Augustus Rodney
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1772; d. June 10 1824.
1823 – 1824
Belgium
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Belgium
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1924 – 1927
Brazil
Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America to the Empire of Brazil
Ethan Allen Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1776; d. February 24 1852.
1831 – 1834
Canada
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1927 – 1929
David Horton Wilkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1946.
2005 – 2009
David Cary Jacobson
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1951.
2009 – 2013
Kelly Dawn Craft
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1962.
2017 – 2019
Chile
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chile
Michael A. “Mike” Hammer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 26 1963.
2014 – 2016
China
Envoy of the United States of America to the Great Qing Empire
Caleb Cushing
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1800; d. January 2 1879.
1844
Commissioner of the United States of America to the Great Qing Empire
Alexander Hill Everett
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1792; d. June 28 1847.
1845 – 1847
Chief of the US Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China
George Herbert Walker Bush
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1924; d. November 30 2018.
1974 – 1975
Colombia
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Gran Colombia
William Henry Harrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1773; d. April 4 1841.
1829
Czech Republic
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Czech Republic
John Howard Francis Shattuck
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1943.
1998 – 2000
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Michael A. “Mike” Hammer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 26 1963.
2018 – 2022
Denmark
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Denmark
Henry Wheaton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1785; d. March 11 1848.
1827 – 1835
France
Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America at the Court of Versailles
Silas Deane
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1738; d. September 23 1789.
1776 – 1778
John Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1735; d. July 4 1826.
1778 – 1779
Benjamin Franklin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1706; d. April 17 1790.
1779 – 1785
Thomas Jefferson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1743; d. July 4 1826.
1785 – 1789
William Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1759; d. December 5 1849.
1790 – 1792
Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the French Republic
Gouverneur Morris
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1752; d. November 6 1816.
1792 – 1794
James Monroe
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1758; d. July 4 1831.
1794 – 1796
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1746; d. August 16 1825.
1796 – 1797
Robert Robert Livingston
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1746; d. February 26 1813.
1801 – 1804
Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the French Empire
John Armstrong, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1758; d. April 1 1843.
1804 – 1810
Joel Barlow
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1754; d. December 26 1812.
1811 – 1812
William Harris Crawford
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1772; d. September 15 1834.
1813 – 1815
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of France
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1761; d. August 12 1849.
1816 – 1823
James Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1766; d. April 7 1835.
1824 – 1829
William Cabell Rives
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1793; d. April 25 1868.
1829 – 1833
Edward Livingston
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1764; d. May 23 1836.
1833 – 1835
Lewis Cass
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1782; d. June 17 1866.
1836 – 1842
Richard Rush
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1780; d. July 30 1859.
1847 – 1849
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic
William Cabell Rives
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1793; d. April 25 1868.
1849 – 1853
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic
William Christian Bullitt, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1891; d. February 15 1967
1936 – 1940
Germany
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Prussia
John Quincy Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.
1797 – 1801
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Prussia
Henry Wheaton (*Chargé d’Affaires)
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1785; d. March 11 1848.
1835 – 1837
Henry Wheaton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1785; d. March 11 1848.
1837 – 1846
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1799; d. June 26 1871.
1846 – 1849
George Bancroft
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1800; d. January 17 1891.
1867 – 1870
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the German Reich
George Bancroft
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1800; d. January 17 1891.
1870 – 1874
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany
John Christian Kornblum
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1943; d. December 21 2023.
1997 – 2001
Greece
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Greece
Henry Joseph Tasca
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1912; d. August 22 1979.
1969 – 1974
Guatemala
Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America to the Republic of Guatemala
John Williams
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1778; d. August 10 1837.
1826
India
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of India
John Kenneth Galbraith
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1908; d. April 29 2006.
1961 – 1963
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1927; d. March 26 2003.
1973 – 1975
Israel
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Israel
Thomas Richard Nides
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1961.
2021 – 2023
Jacob Joseph “Jack” Lew
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1955.
2023 – 2025
Italy
Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Enos Thompson Throop
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1784; d. November 1 1874.
1838 – 1841
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Italy
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1936 – 1941
Clare Booth Luce
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1903; d. October 9 1987.
1953 – 1956
John Anthony Volpe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1908; d. November 11 1994.
1973 – 1977
Richard Newton Gardner
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1927; d. February 16 2019.
1977 – 1981
Japan
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan
Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1928; d. April 19 2021.
1993 – 1996
Rahm Israel Emanuel
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1959.
2022 – 2025
Jordan
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
1998 – 2001
Luxembourg
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1920 – 1922
Mexico
Envoy Extraordinary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States
James Wilkinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1757; d. December 28 1825.
1816 – 1825
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States
Joel Roberts Poinsett
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1779; d. December 12 1851.
1825 – 1829
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United States of Mexico
Kenneth Lee “Ken” Salazar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1955.
2021 – 2025
Morocco
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco
Henry Joseph Tasca
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1912; d. August 22 1979.
1965 – 1969
The Netherlands
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Provinces of the Netherlands
John Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1735; d. July 4 1826.
1782 – 1788
William Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1759; d. December 5 1849.
1792
John Quincy Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.
1794 – 1797
William Vans Murray
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1760; d. December 11 1803.
1797 – 1801
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
William Eustis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.
1815 – 1818
Alexander Hill Everett
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1792; d. June 28 1847.
1819 – 1824
Christopher Hughes
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1786; d. September 18 1849.
1826 – 1830
Christopher Hughes
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1786; d. September 18 1849.
1842 – 1845
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1920 – 1922
Fay Hartog-Levin
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1948.
2009 – 2011
Portugal
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Portugal
Henry Dearborn
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1751; d. June 6 1829.
1822 – 1824
John Louis O’Sullivan
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1813; d. March 24 1895.
1854 – 1858
Russia
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Empire
Francis Dana
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1743; d. April 25 1811.
1780 – 1783
John Quincy Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.
1809 – 1814
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Empire
William Pinkney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1764; d. February 25 1822.
1817 – 1818
George Washington Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1769; d. February 17 1848.
1819 – 1820
John Randolph
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1773; d. May 24 1833.
1830
James Buchanan, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1791; d. June 1 1868.
1832 – 1833
William Wilkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1779; d. June 23 1865.
1834 – 1835
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
William Christian Bullitt, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1891; d. February 15 1967
1933 – 1936
Lieutenant General Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1895; d. August 9 1961
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1942. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1944. Promoted to General, 1951.
1946 – 1948
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Federation
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
2005 – 2008
Saudi Arabia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Joseph William Westphal
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1948.
2014 – 2017
Spain
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Spain
John Jay
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1745; d. May 17 1829.
1779 – 1782
William Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1759; d. December 5 1849.
1794 – 1795
Charles Pinckney, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.
1801 – 1804
George William Erving (*Chargé d’Affaires)
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1769; d. July 22 1850.
1804 – 1809
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Spain
George William Erving
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1769; d. July 22 1850.
1814 – 1819
John Forsyth, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1780; d. October 21 1841.
1819 – 1823
Alexander Hill Everett
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1792; d. June 28 1847.
1825 – 1829
John Henry Eaton
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1790; d. November 17 1856.
1836 – 1840
Aaron Vail (*Chargé d’Affaires)
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1796; d. 1878.
1840 – 1842
John Parker Hale
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1806; d. November 19 1873.
1865 – 1869
Caleb Cushing
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1800; d. January 2 1879.
1874 – 1877
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Spain
Richard Newton Gardner
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1927; d. February 16 2019.
1993 – 1997
Sweden
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Sweden
Benjamin Franklin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1706; d. April 17 1790.
1782 – 1783
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Jonathan Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1771; d. February 17 1832.
1814 – 1818
Christopher Hughes
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1786; d. September 18 1849.
1818 – 1825
Christopher Hughes
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1786; d. September 18 1849.
1830 – 1842
Texas
Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America to the Republic of Texas
Alcée Louis la Branche
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1806; d. August 17 1861.
1837 – 1840
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1799; d. June 26 1871.
1844 – 1845
Turkey
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Ottoman Empire
George William Erving (*Chargé d’Affaires)
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1769; d. July 22 1850.
bef. 1831
United Kingdom
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Great Britain
John Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1735; d. July 4 1826.
1785 – 1788
Thomas Pinckney
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1750; d. November 2 1828.
1792 – 1796
Rufus King
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1755; d. April 29 1827.
1796 – 1800
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rufus King
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1755; d. April 29 1827.
1801 – 1803
James Monroe
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1758; d. July 4 1831.
1803 – 1807
William Pinkney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1764; d. February 25 1822.
1808 – 1811
Jonathan Russell (*Chargé d’Affaires)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1771; d. February 17 1832.
1811 – 1812
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Quincy Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.
1815 – 1817
Richard Rush
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1780; d. July 30 1859.
1818 – 1825
Rufus King
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1755; d. April 29 1827.
1825 – 1826
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1761; d. August 12 1849.
1826 – 1827
James C. Barbour
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1775; d. June 7 1842.
1828 – 1829
Louis McLane
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1786; d. October 7 1857.
1829 – 1831
Martin Van Buren
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. July 24 1862.
1831 – 1832
Aaron Vail (*Chargé d’Affaires)
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1796; d. 1878.
1832 – 1836
Andrew Stevenson
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1784; d. January 25 1857.
1836 – 1841
Edward Everett
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1794; d. January 15 1865.
1841 – 1845
Louis McLane
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1786; d. October 7 1857.
1845 – 1846
George Bancroft
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1800; d. January 17 1891.
1846 – 1849
James Buchanan, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1791; d. June 1 1868.
1853 – 1856
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1807; d. November 21 1886.
1861 – 1868
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Court of St. James’s
Thomas Francis Bayard
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1828; d. September 28 1898.
1893 – 1897
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1888; d. November 18 1969.
1938 – 1940
United Nations
Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations
George Herbert Walker Bush
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1924; d. November 30 2018.
1971 – 1973
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1927; d. March 26 2003.
1975 – 1976
Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1972.
2017 – 2018
Kelly Dawn Craft
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1962.
2019 – 2021
Vietnam
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Douglas Brian “Pete” Peterson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1935.
1997 – 2001