Global political history

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

Diplomatic Relations of the United States

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


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 Cary Jacobson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1951.

2009 – 2013


China

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


France

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


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


Italy

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


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


The Netherlands

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


Russia

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


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


United Kingdom

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