United States Ambassador to Brazil
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The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission
, to Brazil
. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Head of Mission
In diplomatic usage, Head of Mission or Chief of Mission from the French "Chef de Mission Diplomatique" is the generic term used to refer to the head of a diplomatic representation, such as an Ambassador, High Commissioner, Nuncio, Chargé d'affaires, Permanent Representative, and sometimes to a...
, to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
| Representative | Title | Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
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| Condy Raguet Condy Raguet Condy Raguet was the first chargé d'affaires from the United States to Brazil and a noted politician and free trade advocate from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of French descent, Raguet was educated at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating he began studying law but had to give up his... |
Chargé d'Affaires | October 29, 1825 | April 16, 1827 | John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former... |
| William Tudor William Tudor (1779-1830) William Tudor was a leading citizen of Boston, sometime literary man, and cofounder of the North American Review and the Boston Athenaeum. It was Tudor who christened Boston The Athens of America in an 1819 letter... |
Chargé d'Affaires | June 25, 1828 | March 9, 1830 | |
| Ethan A. Brown | Chargé d'Affaires | February 18, 1831 | April 11, 1834 | Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans... |
| William Hunter | Chargé d'Affaires | January 7, 1835 | January 1, 1842 | |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 1, 1842 | December 9, 1843 | John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor... |
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| George H. Proffit George H. Proffit George H. Proffit was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Proffit completed preparatory studies.He moved to Petersburg, Indiana, in 1828.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 11, 1843 | August 10, 1844 | |
| Henry A. Wise Henry A. Wise Henry Alexander Wise was an American politician and governor of Virginia, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 10, 1844 | August 28, 1847 | |
| David Tod David Tod David Tod was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Ohio. As the 25th Governor of Ohio, Tod gained recognition for his forceful and energetic leadership during the American Civil War.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 28, 1847 | August 9, 1851 | James K. Polk James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee... |
| Robert C. Schenck Robert C. Schenck Robert Cumming Schenck was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, and the Battle of Cross Keys... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 9, 1851 | October 8, 1853 | Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president... |
| William Trousdale William Trousdale William Trousdale was Governor of Tennessee from 1849 to 1851.Trousdale was a protege of Andrew Jackson, having served under him in the Creek War and acquiring the nickname, "The War Horse of Sumner County" in that conflict. He was a Democrat... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 8, 1853 | December 5, 1857 | Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army... |
| Richard K. Meade | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 5, 1857 | July 9, 1861 | James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century.... |
| James Watson Webb James Watson Webb General James Watson Webb was a United States diplomat, newspaper publisher and a New York politician in the Whig and Republican parties.-Biography:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 21, 1861 | May 26, 1869 | Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... |
| Henry T. Blow | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 28, 1869 | November 6, 1870 | Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... |
| James R. Partridge | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 31, 1871 | June 11, 1877 | |
| Henry W. Hilliard | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 23, 1877 | June 15, 1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution... |
| Thomas A. Osborn Thomas A. Osborn Thomas Andrew Osborn was the sixth Governor of Kansas.-Early life:Osborn was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. As a young man, he was apprenticed as a printer, from which he supported himself through Allegheny College. In 1856 he began to study law under a Meadville judge and was admitted to the... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 17, 1881 | July 11, 1885 | James Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive... |
| Thomas J. Jarvis | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 11, 1885 | November 19, 1888 | Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... |
| Robert Adams, Jr. | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 20, 1889 | March 1, 1890 | Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there... |
| Edwin H. Conger Edwin H. Conger Edwin Hurd Conger was an Civil War soldier, lawyer, banker, Iowa congressman, and United States diplomat. As the United States' minister to China during the Boxer Rebellion, Conger, his family, and other western diplomatic legations were under siege in Beijing until rescued by the China Relief... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 19, 1890 | September 9, 1893 | |
| Thomas L. Thompson Thomas Larkin Thompson Thomas Larkin Thompson was a U.S. Representative from California, son of Robert Augustine Thompson.Born in Charleston, Virginia , Thompson attended the common schools and Buffalo Academy, Virginia .He moved to California in 1855 and settled in Sonoma County.He established the Petaluma Journal the... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 9, 1893 | July 17, 1897 | Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... |
| Edwin H. Conger Edwin H. Conger Edwin Hurd Conger was an Civil War soldier, lawyer, banker, Iowa congressman, and United States diplomat. As the United States' minister to China during the Boxer Rebellion, Conger, his family, and other western diplomatic legations were under siege in Beijing until rescued by the China Relief... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 9, 1897 | February 6, 1898 | William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... |
| Charles Page Bryan Charles Page Bryan Charles Page Bryan was an American lawyer and diplomat.Bryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 2, 1856. He received his preparatory education in that city, subsequently becoming a student at the University of Virginia and later taking his degree in law at Columbian University , Washington,... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 11, 1898 | December 3, 1902 | |
| David E. Thompson David Eugene Thompson David Eugene Thompson was an American diplomat.Thompson was born in 1854 in Nebraska. He was a diplomat, and served as U.S. Minister to Brazil between 1902-1905, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1905, and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico between 1906-1909.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 1, 1903 | March 16, 1905 | Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... |
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 16, 1905 | November 3, 1905 | ||
| Lloyd C. Griscom | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 6, 1906 | January 2, 1907 | |
| Irving B. Dudley | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 1, 1907 | September 16, 1911 | |
| Edwin V. Morgan | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 4, 1912 | August 23, 1933 | William H. Taft |
| Hugh S. Gibson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 8, 1933 | December 3, 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... |
| Jefferson Caffery Jefferson Caffery Jefferson Caffery served as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador , Colombia , Cuba , Brazil , France , and Egypt .-Career:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 17, 1937 | September 17, 1944 | |
| Adolf A. Berle, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | January 30, 1945 | February 27, 1946 | |
| William D. Pawley William D. Pawley William D. Pawley was a U.S. ambassador, a noted businessman and associated with the Flying Tigers American Volunteer Group during World War II.-Early life:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 13, 1946 | March 26, 1948 | Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his... |
| Herschel V. Johnson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 22, 1948 | May 27, 1953 | |
| James S. Kemper | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 18, 1953 | January 26, 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... |
| James Clement Dunn James Clement Dunn James Clement Dunn was an American diplomat and a career employee of the United States Department of State. He served as the Ambassador of the United States to Italy, France, Spain, and Brazil.-References:**... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 11, 1955 | July 4, 1956 | |
| Ellis O. Briggs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 24, 1956 | May 2, 1959 | |
| John M. Cabot | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 22, 1959 | August 17, 1961 | |
| Lincoln Gordon Lincoln Gordon Abraham Lincoln Gordon was a United States Ambassador to Brazil and the 9th President of the Johns Hopkins University . Gordon had a career both in government and in academia, becoming a Professor of International Economic Relations at Harvard University in the 1950s, before turning his attention... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 19, 1961 | February 25, 1966 | John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... |
| John W. Tuthill John W. Tuthill John Wills Tuthill Jack Tuthill, A highly regarded career diplomat, was stationed in Latin America, Canada, and Europe... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 30, 1966 | January 9, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States... |
| Charles Burke Elbrick Charles Burke Elbrick Charles Burke Elbrick, , was a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. During his career, he served three ambassadorships in various parts of the world, in addition to many other minor postings.Elbrick was the son of Charles Elbrick and his Irish wife, Lillian Burke... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 14, 1969 | May 7, 1970 | Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... |
| William M. Rountree William M. Rountree William Manning Rountree was born in Swainsboro, Georgia. After graduating from high school in 1935 he got a job with the United States Department of the Treasury where he held various clerical and accounting positions... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 16, 1970 | May 30, 1973 | |
| John Hugh Crimmins John Hugh Crimmins John Hugh Crimmins was a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Dominican Republic and Brazil . He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 13, 1973 | February 25, 1978 | |
| Robert M. Sayre | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 8, 1978 | September 19, 1981 | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... |
| Langhorne A. Motley Langhorne A. Motley Langhorne Anthony Motley is a former United States Ambassador to Brazil and Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs . He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations. Ambassador Motley has a wife and two children... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 6, 1981 | July 6, 1983 | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... |
| Diego C. Asencio Diego C. Asencio Diego Cortes Asencio is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Colombia and United States Ambassador to Brazil... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 20, 1983 | February 28, 1986 | |
| Harry W. Shlaudeman Harry W. Shlaudeman -Biography:Harry W. Shlaudeman was born in Los Angeles on May 17, 1926. During World War II, he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. After the war, he attended Stanford University, receiving his B.A. in 1952.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 5, 1986 | May 14, 1989 | |
| Richard Huntington Melton | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 12, 1989 | December 16, 1993 | George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... |
| Melvyn Levitsky Melvyn Levitsky Melvyn Levitsky is a United States diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria and Brazil .From 1989 to 1993 he served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 1, 1994 | June 17, 1998 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... |
| Anthony Stephen Harrington | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 8, 2000 | February 28, 2001 | |
| Cristobal R. Orozco | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 2001 | April 2002 | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
| Donna J. Hrinak | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 23, 2002 | June 26, 2004 | |
| John J. Danilovich | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 2, 2004 | November 7, 2005 | |
| Philip T. Chicola | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | November 2005 | November 2006 | |
| Clifford M. Sobel Clifford Sobel Clifford M. Sobel is a U.S. diplomat and former ambassador. Most recently, he served as the United States Ambassador to Brazil. He was nominated for the post by President Bush on May 23, 2006, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2006, and sworn in by Secretary of State Condoleezza... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 7, 2006 | Unclear | |
| Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. is an American diplomat. President Barack Obama nominated him as U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 24, 2009... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 24, 2009 | Current | Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... |
See also
- Brazilian Ambassador to the United StatesBrazilian Ambassador to the United StatesThe following is a list of Ambassadors of Brazil, or other chiefs of mission, to the United States. The title given by the Ministry of External Relations to this position is currently "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" ....
- Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.
- Brazil – United States relations
- Foreign relations of BrazilForeign relations of BrazilThe Ministry of External Relations is responsible for managing the foreign relations of Brazil. Brazil is a significant political and economic power in Latin America and a key player on the world stage...
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