Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Diplomatic Relations of the United States

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


Austria

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Austrian Empire
John Lothrop Motley

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1814; d. May 29 1877.

1861 – 1867

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
John Jay

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1817; d. May 5 1894.

1869 – 1875

Godlove Stein Orth

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1817; d. December 16 1882.

1875 – 1876

William Walter Phelps

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1839; d. June 17 1894.

1881 – 1882

Alphonso Taft

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1810; d. May 21 1891.

1882 – 1884

Frederick Dent Grant

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1850; d. April 12 1912.

1889 – 1893


Belgium

Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Belgium
Hugh Swinton Legaré

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1797; d. June 20 1843.

1832 – 1836

Virgil Maxcy

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1785; d. February 28 1844.

1837 – 1842

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

John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1922; d. December 21 2013.

1969 – 1971


Bolivia

Minister Resident of the United States of America in the Republic of Bolivia
Leopold Markbreit

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1842; d. July 27 1909.

1869 – 1873


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

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Empire of Brazil
David Tod

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1805; d. November 13 1868.

1847 – 1851

Robert Cumming Schenck

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1809; d. March 23 1890.

1851 – 1853

William Trousdale

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1790; d. March 27 1872.

1853 – 1857


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

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chile
Baile Peyton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1803; d. August 18 1878.

1850 – 1853

Patrick Egan

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1841; d. September 30 1919.

1889 – 1893

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

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Great Qing Empire
Humphrey Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1812; d. March 28 1872.

1853 – 1854

William Bradford Reed

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1806; d. February 18 1876.

1857 – 1858

Frederick Ferdinand Low

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1828; d. July 21 1894.

1869 – 1873

James Burrill Angell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1829; d. April 1 1916.

1880 – 1881

William Woodville Rockhill

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1854; d. December 8 1914.

1905 – 1909

William James Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1848; d. September 19 1916.

1909 – 1911

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of China
William James Calhoun

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1848; d. September 19 1916.

1911 – 1913

Jacob Gould Schurman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1854; d. August 12 1942.

1921 – 1925

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
Beaufort Taylor Watts (*Chargé d’Affaires)

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1789; d. 1869.

1826 – 1827

William Henry Harrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1773; d. April 4 1841.

1829

Thomas Patrick Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1797; d. July 21 1853.

1829 – 1833

Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America to the Republic of New Granada
Benjamin Alden Bidlack

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1804; d. February 6 1849.

1845 – 1849


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

Walter Forward

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1786; d. November 24 1852.

1850 – 1851


Egypt

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Egypt
William Marion Jardine

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1879; d. January 17 1955.

1930 – 1933


Finland

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland
Eric Steven Edelman

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1951.

1998 – 2001


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

William Rufus DeVane King

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1786; d. April 18 1853.

1844 – 1846

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

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Empire
John Young Mason

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1799; d. October 3 1859.

1854 – 1859

William Lewis Dayton

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1807; d. December 1 1864.

1861 – 1864

John Adams Dix

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1798; d. April 21 1879.

1866 – 1869

Elihu Benjamin Washburne

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1816; d. October 22 1887.

1869 – 1870

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic
Elihu Benjamin Washburne

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1816; d. October 22 1887.

1870 – 1877

Edward Follansbee Noyes

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1832; d. September 4 1890.

1877 – 1881

Levi Parsons Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1824; d. May 16 1920.

1881 – 1885

Whitelaw Reid

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1837; d. December 15 1912.

1889 – 1892

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic
Henry White

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1850; d. July 15 1927.

1907 – 1909

Myron Timothy Herrick

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1854; d. March 31 1929.

1912 – 1914

Myron Timothy Herrick

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1854; d. March 31 1929.

1921 – 1929

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

George Hunt Pendleton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1825; d. November 24 1889.

1885 – 1889

William Walter Phelps

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1839; d. June 17 1894.

1889 – 1893

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the German Reich
James Watson Gerard III

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1867; d. September 6 1951.

1913 – 1917

Jacob Gould Schurman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1854; d. August 12 1942.

1925 – 1930

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


Ghana

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Ghana
Nancy Jo Powell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1947.

2001 – 2002


Greece

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Greece
William Woodville Rockhill

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1854; d. December 8 1914.

1897 – 1899

Jacob Gould Schurman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1854; d. August 12 1942.

1912 – 1913

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


Haiti

Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States of America in the Republic of Haiti
Frederick Douglass

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. February 14 1818; d. February 20 1895.

1889 – 1891


Hawaii

Consul of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Hawaii
Alexander Gurdon Abell

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 29 1818; d. December 28 1890.

1845 – 1846

Minister Resident of the United States of America in the Kingdom of Hawaii
John Leavitt Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1820; d. February 8 1895.

1889 – 1890

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Hawaii
John Leavitt Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1820; d. February 8 1895.

1890 – 1893

James Henderson Blount

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1837; d. March 8 1903.

1893


Holy See

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Papal States
Alexander Williams Randall

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1819; d. July 26 1872.

1862


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

Kenneth Barnard Keating

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1900; d. May 5 1975.

1969 – 1972

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1927; d. March 26 2003.

1973 – 1975

Nancy Jo Powell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1947.

2012 – 2014


Israel

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Israel
Kenneth Barnard Keating

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1900; d. May 5 1975.

1973 – 1975

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
John Nelson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1791; d. January 18 1860.

1831 – 1832

Enos Thompson Throop

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1784; d. November 1 1874.

1838 – 1841

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Italy
Albert Gallatin Porter

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1824; d. May 3 1897.

1889 – 1892

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Italy
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1833; d. January 11 1917.

1894 – 1897

George von Lengerke Meyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1858; d. March 9 1918.

1901 – 1905

Henry White

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1850; d. July 15 1927.

1905 – 1907

Robert Underwood Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1853; d. October 14 1937.

1920 – 1921

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

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Empire of Japan
John Armor Bingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1815; d. March 19 1900.

1873 – 1885

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Empire of Japan
Luke Edward Wright

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1846; d. November 17 1922.

1906 – 1907

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

William Francis “Bill” Hagerty IV

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1959.

2017 – 2019

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


Liberia

Minister Resident of the United States of America in the Republic of Liberia
George Washington Buckner

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1855; d. February 17 1943.

1913 – 1915

Joseph Lowery Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1874; d. July 18 1945.

1918 – 1922


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

John Slidell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1793; d. July 9 1871.

1845 – 1846

Nathan Clifford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1803; d. July 25 1881.

1848 – 1849

William Starke Rosecrans

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1819; d. March 11 1898.

1868 – 1869

Isaac Pusey Gray

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1828; d. February 14 1895.

1893 – 1895

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United States of Mexico
Dwight Whitney Morrow

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1873; d. October 5 1931.

1927 – 1930

Josephus Daniels

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1862; d. January 15 1948.

1933 – 1941

Kenneth Lee “Ken” Salazar

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1955.

2021 – 2025


Montenegro

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Montenegro
Jacob Gould Schurman

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1854; d. August 12 1942.

1913


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


Nepal

Ambassador Extraordinary of the United States of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Nancy Jo Powell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1947.

2007 – 2010


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


Pakistan

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Nancy Jo Powell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1947.

2002 – 2004


Panama

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama
Charles Edward Magoon

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1861; d. January 14 1920.

1905 – 1906


Paraguay

Minister Resident of the United States of America in the Republic of Paraguay
John Leavitt Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1820; d. February 8 1895.

1870 – 1873


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


Romania

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Romania
William Woodville Rockhill

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1854; d. December 8 1914.

1897 – 1899


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

George Mifflin Dallas

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1792; d. December 31 1864.

1837 – 1839

Churchill Caldom Cambreleng

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1786; d. April 30 1862.

1840 – 1841

Francis Wilkinson Pickens

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1805/1807; d. January 25 1869.

1858 – 1860

Simon Cameron

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1799; d. June 26 1889.

1862

Marshall Jewell

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1825; d. February 10 1883.

1873 – 1874

William Henry Hunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1823; d. February 27 1884.

1882 – 1884

Alphonso Taft

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1810; d. May 21 1891.

1884 – 1885

Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1835; d. April 9 1909.

1897 – 1898

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Empire
Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1835; d. April 9 1909.

1898 – 1899

George von Lengerke Meyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1858; d. March 9 1918.

1905 – 1907

William Woodville Rockhill

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1854; d. December 8 1914.

1910 – 1911

David Rowland Francis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1850; d. January 15 1927.

1916 – 1917

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Republic
David Rowland Francis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1850; d. January 15 1927.

1917

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


Serbia

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Serbia
William Woodville Rockhill

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1854; d. December 8 1914.

1897 – 1899


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

Romulus Mitchell Saunders

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1791; d. April 21 1867.

1846 – 1849

Pierre Soulé

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1801; d. March 26 1870.

1853 – 1855

Carl Schurz

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1829; d. May 14 1906.

1861

John Parker Hale

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1806; d. November 19 1873.

1865 – 1869

Daniel Edgar Sickles

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1819; d. May 3 1914.

1869 – 1874

Caleb Cushing

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1800; d. January 2 1879.

1874 – 1877

Hannibal Hamlin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1809; d. July 4 1891.

1881 – 1882

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


Thailand

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Thailand
Morton Isaac Abramowitz

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1933; d. November 29 2024.

1978 – 1981


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

Isaac Wayne MacVeagh

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1833; d. January 11 1917.

1870 – 1871

Horace Maynard

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1814; d. May 3 1882.

1875 – 1880

James Longstreet

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1821; d. January 2 1904.

1880 – 1881

Lewis “Lew” Wallace

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1827; d. February 15 1905.

1881 – 1885

James Burrill Angell

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1829; d. April 1 1916.

1897 – 1898

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Ottoman Empire
William Woodville Rockhill

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1854; d. December 8 1914.

1911 – 1913

Henry Morgenthau

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1856; d. November 25 1946.

1913 – 1916


Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey
Morton Isaac Abramowitz

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1933; d. November 29 2024.

1989 – 1991

Eric Steven Edelman

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1951.

2003 – 2005


Uganda

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Uganda
Nancy Jo Powell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1947.

1997 – 1999


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

Abbott Lawrence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1792; d. August 18 1855.

1849 – 1852

Joseph Reed Ingersoll

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1786; d. February 20 1868.

1852 – 1853

James Buchanan, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1791; d. June 1 1868.

1853 – 1856

George Mifflin Dallas

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1792; d. December 31 1864.

1856 – 1861

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1807; d. November 21 1886.

1861 – 1868

Reverdy Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1796; d. February 10 1876.

1868 – 1869

John Lothrop Motley

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1814; d. May 29 1877.

1869 – 1870

Robert Cumming Schenck

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1809; d. March 23 1890.

1871 – 1876

Edwards Pierrepont

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1817; d. March 6 1892.

1876 – 1877

Robert Todd Lincoln

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1843; d. July 26 1926.

1889 – 1893

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

Whitelaw Reid

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1837; d. December 15 1912.

1905 – 1912

Walter Hines Page

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1855; d. December 21 1918.

1913 – 1918

John William Davis

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1873; d. March 24 1955.

1918 – 1921

George Brinton McClellan Harvey

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1864; d. August 20 1928.

1921 – 1923

Frank Billings Kellogg

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1856; d. December 21 1937.

1924 – 1925

Charles Gates Dawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1865; d. April 23 1951.

1929 – 1931

Andrew William Mellon

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1855; d. August 26 1937.

1932 – 1933

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

John Robert Bolton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1948.

2005 – 2006

Samantha Jane Power

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1970.

2013 – 2017

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


Uruguay

Minister Resident of the United States of America in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
John Leavitt Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1820; d. February 8 1895.

1870 – 1873


Venezuela

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Venezuela
Erastus Dean Culver

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1803; d. October 13 1889.

1862 – 1866


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

Daniel Joseph Kritenbrink

Date of birth/date of death: b. ??.

2017 – 2021