United States Ambassador to Paraguay

The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

. 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	Appointed by
Charles Ames Washburn Charles Ames Washburn Charles Ames Washburn , also known as C. A. Washburn, was born in Livermore, Maine. He was the son of Israel Washburn Sr.; nephew of Reuel Washburn; brother of Israel, Jr., Elihu Benjamin, Cadwallader Colden and William Drew...	Commissioner	November 26, 1861	May 13, 1863	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...
	Minister Resident	May 13, 1863	September 10, 1868
Martin T. McMahon Martin T. McMahon Martin Thomas McMahon was an American jurist and a Union Army general during the American Civil War. He was awarded the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of White Oak Swamp. After the war, he held various legal and judicial positions in...	Minister Resident	December 12, 1868	June 21, 1869	Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American...
John L. Stevens John L. Stevens John Leavitt Stevens was the United States Department of State Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 when he was accused of conspiring to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani in association with the Committee of Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B...	Minister Resident	August 26, 1870	May 19, 1873	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...
John C. Caldwell John C. Caldwell John Curtis Caldwell was a teacher, a Union general in the American Civil War, and an American diplomat.-Early life:Caldwell was born in Lowell, Vermont...	Minister Resident	December 15, 1874	October 6, 1876
	Chargé d'Affaires	October 6, 1876	July 10, 1882
William Williams William Williams (Indiana) William Williams was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Williams attended the common schools and received a very limited education....	Chargé d'Affaires	August 26, 1882	July 21, 1885	Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...
John E. Bacon John E. Bacon John E. Bacon was an ambassador to Paraguay from 1885-1888. He was also Ambassador to Uruguay at the same time. He was born 1830 in South Carolina and died in 1897.-References:...	Chargé d'Affaires	September 16, 1885	October 23, 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...
	Minister Resident	October 23, 1888	December 26, 1888
George Maney George Maney George Earl Maney was an American soldier, politician, railroad executive and diplomat. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S...	Minister Resident	May 19, 1890	August 1891	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...
	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	August 1891	June 30, 1894
Granville Stuart	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	September 6, 1894	January 4, 1898	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...
William R. Finch William R. Finch -Biography:Finch was born William Rufus Finch on December 14, 1847 to John Reynolds and Lydia Ann Finch in Walworth County, Wisconsin. On November 2, 1897 he married Lillie M. Law. He died on August 9, 1913.-Career:...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	August 3, 1898	May 29, 1905	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...
Edward C. O'Brien	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	August 5, 1905	October 10, 1909	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...
Edwin V. Morgan	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	June 29, 1910	July 8, 1911	William H. Taft
Nicolai A. Grevstad Nicolai A. Grevstad Nicolai A. Grevstad was an American diplomat, politician and newspaper editor. -Background:Nicolai Andreas Grevstad was born in Sunnmøre, the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. He graduated with a degree in law from the University of Christiania...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	October 30, 1911	February 19, 1914	William H. Taft
Daniel F. Mooney	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	May 13, 1914	June 13, 1921	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
William J. O'Toole	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	April 3, 1922	February 21, 1924	Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...
George L. Kreeck	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	July 22, 1925	February 5, 1930	Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...
Post Wheeler Post Wheeler George Post Wheeler was an American journalist, writer and career diplomat.-Biography: Wheeler was a foreign correspondent in Paris and Morocco following his graduation from Princeton University in 1891...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	February 12, 1930	April 17, 1933	Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...
Meredith Nicholson Meredith Nicholson Meredith Nicholson was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.-Biography:...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	October 30, 1933	February 3, 1935	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...
Findley B. Howard	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	October 14, 1935	January 16, 1941
Wesley Frost	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	April 30, 1941	April 15, 1942
Wesley Frost	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 15, 1942	May 28, 1944
Willard L. Beaulac Willard L. Beaulac Willard Leon Beaulac was a United States Diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Colombia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina.-Biography:Ambassador Beaulac was born Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and was a graduate of Georgetown University ....	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 13, 1944	May 28, 1947
Fletcher Warren	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 8, 1947	July 25, 1950	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...
Howard H. Tewksbury	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 9, 1951	February 16, 1952
George P. Shaw	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 1, 1952	October 31, 1953
Arthur A. Ageton Arthur A. Ageton Arthur Ainsley Ageton was a naval officer, ambassador, and author. He was the United States Ambassador to Paraguay from September 9, 1954 to April 10, 1957. He was also a rear admiral in the Navy for several years...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 9, 1954	April 10, 1957	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...
Walter C. Ploeser Walter C. Ploeser Walter Christian Ploeser was a U.S. Representative from Missouri and United States Ambassador to Paraguay and Costa Rica....	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 6, 1957	September 12, 1959
Harry F. Stimpson, Jr.	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 23, 1959	March 12, 1961
William P. Snow William P. Snow William P. Snow of Maine served as United States Ambassador to Burma from November 1959 to May 1961, and to Paraguay from 1961 to 1967, appointed by John F. Kennedy.-External links:* http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10404.htm...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 4, 1961	June 15, 1967	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....
Benigno C. Hernández	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 9, 1967	July 15, 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...
J. Raymond Ylitalo	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 14, 1969	September 11, 1972	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...
George W. Landau George W. Landau George Walter Landau is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela.Landau was born March 4, 1920 in Vienna, Austria and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1943. He attended Pace College and New York University and received his A.A...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 13, 1972	October 14, 1977
Robert E. White Robert White (ambassador) Robert E. White served as U.S. ambassador under different administrations. He is currently president of the Center for International Policy....	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 30, 1977	January 27, 1980	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...
Lyle Franklin Lane Lyle Franklin Lane Lyle Franklin Lane is a United States Diplomat. He served as the first Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana, heading the return of U.S. diplomats to Cuba in 1977. He also served as U.S...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 9, 1980	May 21, 1982
Arthur H. Davis, Jr.	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 6, 1982	September 28, 1985	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....
Clyde D. Taylor	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 12, 1985	September 2, 1988
Timothy Lathrop Towell	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 26, 1988	April 27, 1991
Jon David Glassman	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 8, 1991	May 3, 1994	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...
Robert Edward Service	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 18, 1994	October 7, 1997	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...
Maura Harty Maura Harty Maura Ann Harty was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, from November 21, 2002 to February 29, 2008. She was a career member of the senior Foreign Service. She currently serves as the President and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Make a Wish Foundation.Harty is...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 22, 1997	May 30, 1999
David N. Greenlee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 19, 2000	January 15, 2003
John F. Keane John F. Keane John F. Keane is the former US Ambassador to Paraguay from 2003 to 2005. Keane was born in New York. His father is American of Austrian and Czechoslovakian descent, and his mother is Dutch-American. Keane had voted John Kerry for president but again lost to George W. Bush at the end. John married...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 11, 2003	October 27, 2005	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....
James Caldwell Cason	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 1, 2006	c. August, 2008
Liliana Ayalde Liliana Ayalde Liliana Ayalde is the Ambassador from the United States to Paraguay.From her State Department bio:"The U.S. Senate confirmed in June 2008 Liliana Ayalde’s nomination to be the U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 5, 2008
James H. Thessin	Ambassador-Designate			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...

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