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John Jay
John Jay
John Jay was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, and the first Chief Justice of the United States ....
- Appointed: September 29, 1779
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission: ~May 20, 1782
William Carmichael
William Carmichael
William Carmichael was an American statesman and diplomat from Maryland during and after the Revolutionary War. He participated in Benjamin Franklin's mission to Paris in 1776-8, represented Maryland in the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779 and was the principal diplomat for the United States...
- Appointed: April 20, 1790
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires
- Presented credentials: February 20, 1783
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 5, 1794
William Short
William Short (American ambassador)
William Short was Thomas Jefferson's private secretary when he was ambassador in Paris, from 1786 to 1789. Jefferson, later the third President of the United States, referred to Short as his "adoptive son". Short, along with Jefferson, was a co-founder of Phi Beta Kappa at the College of William &...
- Appointed: May 28, 1794
- Title: Minister Resident
- Presented credentials: September 7, 1794
- Terminated mission: Left post November 1, 1795
David Humphreys
David Humphreys (soldier)
David Humphreys was a American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain, entrepreneur who brought Merino sheep to America and member of the Connecticut state legislature...
- Appointed: May 20, 1796
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 10, 1797
- Terminated mission: Probably presented recall soon after December 28, 1801
Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney (governor)
Charles Pinckney was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, the 37th Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives...
- Appointed: June 6, 1801
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: January–March 1802
- Terminated mission: Presented recall October 25, 1804
James Bowdoin III
James Bowdoin III
James Bowdoin III was an American philanthropist and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. He has born to James Bowdoin in Boston, and graduated from Harvard University in 1771. James then studied law at Oxford and traveled widely in Europe until 1775. When he got the news of the Battle of...
- Appointed: November 22, 1804
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
George W. Erving
George W. Erving
George William Erving was an American diplomat.He was U.S. Consul in London, from 1801 to 1804. He was Chargé d'Affaires of the United States in Madrid from 1804 to 1809, Special Negotiator to Copenhagen in 1811, and U.S. Minister to Spain, from 1814 to 1819...
- Appointed:
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
George W. Erving
George W. Erving
George William Erving was an American diplomat.He was U.S. Consul in London, from 1801 to 1804. He was Chargé d'Affaires of the United States in Madrid from 1804 to 1809, Special Negotiator to Copenhagen in 1811, and U.S. Minister to Spain, from 1814 to 1819...
- Appointed: August 10, 1814
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: August 24, 1816
- Terminated mission: Left post May 15, 1819
John Forsyth
John Forsyth (politician)
John Forsyth, Sr. was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia.Forsyth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father Robert Forsyth was the first U.S. Marshal to be killed in the line of duty in 1794. He was an attorney who graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1799...
- Appointed: February 16, 1819
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 18, 1819
- Terminated mission: Had farewell audience, March 2, 1823
Hugh Nelson
Hugh Nelson (congressman)
Hugh Nelson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, son of Thomas Nelson, Jr..Born in Yorktown, Virginia, Nelson completed preparatory studies....
- Appointed: January 15, 1823
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 4, 1823
- Terminated mission: Presented recall July 10, 1825

Note: In 1825 the ministry was upgraded to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Alexander Hill Everett
Alexander Hill Everett
Alexander Hill Everett was a noted American diplomatist, politician, and Boston man of letters. His brother was Edward Everett....
- Appointed: March 9, 1825
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 4, 1825
- Terminated mission: Left post August 1, 1829
Cornelius P. Van Ness
Cornelius P. Van Ness
Cornelius Peter Van Ness was an American politician of Dutch descent from the US state of Vermont. Van Ness was a Democratic Republican. He is the father of James Van Ness who was a Mayor of San Francisco.-Biography:...
- Appointed: June 1, 1829
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 9, 1829
- Terminated mission: Presented recall December 21, 1836
William T. Barry
William T. Barry
William Taylor Barry was an American statesman and jurist.-History:Born near Lunenburg, Virginia, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1796 with his parents John Barry, an American Revolutionary War veteran, and Susannah Barry...
- Appointed: April 10, 1835
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
John H. Eaton
- Appointed: March 16, 1836
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1840
Aaron Vail
Aaron Vail
Aaron Vail was an American ambassador. As a chargé d'affaires, he acted as the chief American officer in London in lieu of an United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom between April 4, 1832 and 1836; between the presidencies of Martin Van Buren and Andrew Stevenson. He then became a Special...
- Appointed: May 20, 1840
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires
- Presented credentials: November 5, 1840
- Terminated mission: Vail was superseded by Ambassador Irving, August 1, 1842.
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works...
- Appointed: February 10, 1842
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: August 1, 1842
- Terminated mission: July 29, 1846
Romulus M. Saunders
Romulus Mitchell Saunders
Romulus Mitchell Saunders was an American politician from North Carolina.Saunders was born near Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. He was the son of William Saunders and Hannah Mitchell Saunders, attended Hyco and Caswell Academies and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
- Appointed: February 25, 1846
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 31, 1846
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 24, 1849
Daniel M. Barringer
Daniel Moreau Barringer
Daniel Moreau Barringer was a Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1843 and 1849.Born near Concord, North Carolina, in 1806, Barringer attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Graduating in 1826, he went on to study law in Hillsborough and was admitted to the bar,...
- Appointed: June 18, 1849
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 24, 1849
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 4, 1853
Pierre Soulé
Pierre Soulé
Pierre Soulé was a U.S. politician and diplomat from Louisiana during the mid-19th century. He is best known for his role in writing the Ostend Manifesto, which was written in 1854 as part of an attempt to annex Cuba to the United States...
- Appointed: April 7, 1853
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 24, 1853
- Terminated mission: Presented recall February 1, 1855
John C. Breckinridge
John C. Breckinridge
John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...
- Appointed: January 16, 1855
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus Caesar Dodge was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1840 to...
- Appointed: February 9, 1855
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 17, 1855
- Terminated mission: Presented recall March 12, 1859
William Preston
William Preston (Kentucky)
William Preston was an American lawyer, politician, and ambassador. He also was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
- Appointed: December 15, 1858
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 12, 1859
- Terminated mission: Presented recall May 24, 1861
Cassius M. Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay (abolitionist)
Cassius Marcellus Clay , nicknamed "The Lion of White Hall", was an emancipationist from Madison County, Kentucky, United States who served as the American minister to Russia...
- Appointed: April 14, 1861
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz
Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,...
- Appointed: March 28, 1861
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 13, 1861
- Terminated mission: Left post December 18, 1861
Gustavus Koerner
- Appointed: June 14, 1862
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: November 4, 1862
- Terminated mission: Left post July 20, 1864
John P. Hale
John P. Hale
John Parker Hale was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865. He was the first senator to make a stand against slavery...
- Appointed: March 10, 1865
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 30, 1865
- Terminated mission: Presented recall July 29, 1869
Note: President 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...

nominated the following two men for the post, but the Senate declined to consider the nominations
Advice and consent
Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch.-General:The expression is...

, probably because of the president’s disputes with the Congress over other issues.
- William S. Rosecrans
- Henry S. Sandford
Daniel E. Sickles
- Appointed: May 15, 1869
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 29, 1869
- Terminated mission: Transmitted recall by note January 31, 1874
Caleb Cushing
Caleb Cushing
Caleb Cushing was an American diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce.-Early life:...
- Appointed: January 6, 1874
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 30, 1874
- Terminated mission: Left post April 9, 1877
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets...
- Appointed: June 11, 1877
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: August 18, 1877
- Terminated mission: Presented recall March 2, 1880
Lucius Fairchild
Lucius Fairchild
Lucius Fairchild was an American politician, army general, and diplomat. He served as the tenth Governor of Wisconsin and as U.S. Minister to Spain.-Military career:...
- Appointed: January 26, 1880
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 31, 1880
- Terminated mission: Presented recall December 20, 1881
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War...
- Appointed: June 30, 1881
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 20, 1881
- Terminated mission: Left post October 17, 1882
John W. Foster
John W. Foster
John Watson Foster was an American military man, journalist and diplomat.Born in Petersburg, Indiana, and raised in Evansville, Indiana, he was first a lawyer and then served as general for the Union in the American Civil War. Following the war he worked as a journalist, editing the Evansville...
- Appointed: February 27, 1883
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 16, 1883
- Terminated mission: Presented recall August 28, 1885
Jabez L.M. Curry
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry was a lawyer, soldier, U.S. Congressman, college professor and administrator, diplomat, and officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
- Appointed: October 7, 1885
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 22, 1885
- Terminated mission: Left post July 5, 1888
Perry Belmont
Perry Belmont
Perry Belmont was an American politician and diplomat.-Biography:He was born on December 28, 1851 in New York City to August Belmont. His brothers were Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and August Belmont, Jr....
- Appointed: November 17, 1888
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: February 13, 1889
- Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1889
Thomas W. Palmer
Thomas W. Palmer
Thomas Witherell Palmer was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. He is considered to be one of the most significant figures in the history of Detroit, Michigan....
- Appointed: March 12, 1889
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 17, 1889
- Terminated mission: Left post April 19, 1890
E. Burd Grubb
- Appointed: September 27, 1890
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 23, 1890
- Terminated mission: Left post May 26, 1892
A. Loudon Snowden
- Appointed: July 22, 1892
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 6, 1892
- Terminated mission: Presented recall June 3, 1893
Hannis Taylor
- Appointed: April 8, 1893
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 1, 1893
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 13, 1897
Stewart L. Woodford
Stewart L. Woodford
Stewart Lyndon Woodford was an American politician.-Life:He studied at Yale University and Columbia College . At the latter he graduated in 1854 and was a member of St. Anthony Hall...
- Appointed: June 19, 1897
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 13, 1897
- Terminated mission: Left post April 21, 1898
Bellamy Storer
Bellamy Storer (1847)
Bellamy Storer was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Bellamy Storer and uncle of Nicholas Longworth...
- Appointed: April 12, 1899
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 16, 1899
- Terminated mission: Presented recall December 10, 1902
Arthur S. Hardy
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Arthur Sherburne Hardy was an American engineer, educator, editor, diplomat, novelist, and poet.-Early life and education:...
- Appointed: September 26, 1902
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 2, 1903
- Terminated mission: Presented recall May 1, 1905
William Miller Collier
William Miller Collier
William Miller Collier was United States Ambassador to Spain from 1905 to 1909 and the president of George Washington University from 1918 to 1921 and United States Ambassador to Chile from 1921 to 1928.-Biography:...
- Appointed: March 8, 1905
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 15, 1905
- Terminated mission: Superseded by Ambassador Ide on June 9, 1909
Henry Clay Ide
Henry Clay Ide
Henry Clay Ide was a U.S. judge, colonial Commissioner, ambassador, and Governor-General.- Early life, States Attorney, Senator, and Presidential Commissioner to Samoa :...
- Appointed: April 1, 1909
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 9, 1909
- Terminated mission: Left post July 8, 1913
Joseph Edward Willard
Joseph Edward Willard
Joseph Edward Willard was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia.-Biography:He served for eight years in the Virginia House of Delegates, prior to his election as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He held that office from 1902 through 1906, leaving after an unsuccessful run...
- Appointed: July 28, 1913
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:

Note: In August 1913, the title of the office was changed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. This required a new commission.

Joseph Edward Willard
Joseph Edward Willard
Joseph Edward Willard was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia.-Biography:He served for eight years in the Virginia House of Delegates, prior to his election as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He held that office from 1902 through 1906, leaving after an unsuccessful run...
- Appointed: September 10, 1913
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 31, 1913
- Terminated mission: Left post July 7, 1921
Cyrus E. Woods
- Appointed: June 24, 1921
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 14, 1921
- Terminated mission: Left post April 18, 1923
Alexander P. Moore
Alexander Pollock Moore
Alexander Pollock Moore was an American diplomat, editor and publisher. Born in Pittsburgh on November 10, 1867, he was the publisher/owner of the Pittsburgh Leader when he married the stage actress Lillian Russell, becoming her fourth husband....
- Appointed: March 3, 1923
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 16, 1923
- Terminated mission: Left post December 20, 1925
Ogden H. Hammond
Ogden H. Hammond
Ogden Haggerty Hammond was an American businessman, politician and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Spain from 1925 to 1929...
- Appointed: December 21, 1925
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 26, 1926
- Terminated mission: Left post October 13, 1929
Irwin B. Laughlin
Irwin B. Laughlin
Irwin Boyle Laughlin was an American diplomat. He served as Minister to Greece from 1924 to 1926 and Ambassador to Spain from 1929 to 1933.-Early life:...
- Appointed: October 16, 1929
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 24, 1929
- Terminated mission: Left post April 12, 1933
Claude G. Bowers
Claude Bowers
Claude Gernade Bowers was an American writer, Democratic politician, and ambassador to Spain and Chile.-Biography:...
- Appointed: April 6, 1933
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 1, 1933
- Terminated mission: Had final interview, February 2, 1939
Alexander W. Weddell
Alexander W. Weddell
Alexander Wilbourne Weddell was an American diplomat. He served as United States ambassador to Argentina from 1933 to 1939 and to Spain from 1939 to 1942....
- Appointed: May 3, 1939
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 15, 1939
- Terminated mission: Left post February 7, 1942
Carlton J. H. Hayes
- Appointed: May 2, 1942
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 9, 1942
- Terminated mission: Left Spain, January 18, 1945
Norman Armour
Norman Armour
Norman Armour was a career United States diplomat who The New York Times once called "the perfect diplomat"...
- Appointed: December 15, 1944
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 24, 1945
- Terminated mission: Left post December 1, 1945
Philip W. Bonsal
- Appointed:
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Paul T. Culbertson
- Appointed:
- Title: Chargé d'Affaires
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Stanton Griffis
- Appointed: February 1, 1951
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 1, 1951
- Terminated mission: Relinquished charge January 28, 1952
Lincoln MacVeagh
Lincoln MacVeagh
Lincoln MacVeagh was a distinguished United States soldier, diplomat, businessman, and archaeologist. He served a long career as the United States ambassador to several countries during difficult times.-MacVeagh family:...
- Appointed: February 21, 1952
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 27, 1952
- Terminated mission: Left post March 4, 1953
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:**...
- Appointed: February 27, 1953
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: April 9, 1953
- Terminated mission: Left post February 9, 1955
John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge , was an American politician, and 79th Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955. He was also an actor and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.-Early life:Lodge was born in Washington, D.C....
- Appointed: January 22, 1955
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 24, 1955
- Terminated mission: Left post April 13, 1961
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. , also known as A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. or Tony Biddle, was a wealthy socialite who became a diplomat of the United States, and served in the United States Army during World War I and after World War II, reaching the rank of major general.-Biography:Biddle was the...
- Appointed: March 29, 1961
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 25, 1961
- Terminated mission: Left Spain, October 12, 1961
Ellis O. Briggs
- Appointed:
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Robert F. Woodward
Robert F. Woodward
Robert Forbes Woodward was a United States diplomat who focused on U.S. relations with Latin America.-Biography:Robert F. Woodward was born in Minneapolis on October 1, 1908. He was educated at the University of Minnesota, receiving a B.A. in 1930.Woodward joined the United States Foreign Service...
- Appointed: April 7, 1962
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 10, 1962
- Terminated mission: Left post February 1, 1965
Angier Biddle Duke
Angier Biddle Duke
Angier Biddle Duke had a career which included being a diplomat in the United States foreign service.-Biography:Angier Biddle Duke was born November 30, 1915 in New York City....
- Appointed: March 11, 1965
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: April 1, 1965
- Terminated mission: Left post March 30, 1968
Frank E. McKinney
Frank E. McKinney
Frank E. McKinney was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1951 through 1952. He was hand-picked for the post by then-President Harry S Truman....
- Appointed: May 11, 1968
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Robert Ferdinand Wagner II, usually known as Robert F. Wagner, Jr. served three terms as the mayor of New York City, from 1954 through 1965.-Biography:...
- Appointed: June 24, 1968
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 4, 1968
- Terminated mission: Left post March 7, 1969
Robert C. Hill
Robert C. Hill
Robert Charles Hill was a United States diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to several Latin American countries and Spain throughout his career...
- Appointed: May 1, 1969
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 12, 1969
- Terminated mission: Left post January 12, 1972
Horacio Rivero
- Appointed: September 11, 1972
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 11, 1972
- Terminated mission: Left post November 26, 1974
Peter M. Flanigan
- Appointed:
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Wells Stabler
- Appointed: February 20, 1975
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 13, 1975
- Terminated mission: Left post May 4, 1978
Terence A. Todman
Terence Todman
Terrance Alphonso Todman , is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark and Argentina. In 1990, he was awarded the rank of Career Ambassador....
- Appointed: May 25, 1978
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 20, 1978
- Terminated mission: Left post August 8, 1983
Thomas Ostrom Enders
- Appointed: August 5, 1983
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 15, 1983
- Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 1986
Reginald Bartholomew
Reginald Bartholomew
Reginald Bartholomew is an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Lebanon , Spain , and Italy . He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a former member of the United States National Security Council...
- Appointed: August 18, 1986
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 17, 1986
- Terminated mission: Left post March 12, 1989
Joseph Zappala
- Appointed: October 10, 1989
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 16, 1989
- Terminated mission: Left post June 4, 1992
Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr.
- Appointed: June 15, 1992
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 8, 1992
- Terminated mission: Left post February 17, 1993
Richard N. Gardner
Richard N. Gardner
Richard Newton Gardner served as the United States Ambassador to Spain and the United States Ambassador to Italy. He is currently a professor of law at Columbia Law School.-Education:...
- Appointed: September 16, 1993
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: November 4, 1993
- Terminated mission: Left post July 12, 1997

Note: Beginning in 1998, The ambassador to Spain was also accredited to Andorra.

Edward L. Romero
- Appointed: June 29, 1998
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 30, 1998
- Terminated mission: Left post June 1, 2001
George L. Argyros, Sr.
George Argyros
George Leon Argyros is the former United States Ambassador to Spain. He is also a successful real estate investor, and was the owner of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners from 1981 to 1989.-Early and personal life:...
- Appointed: November 20, 2001
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 13, 2001
- Terminated mission: Left post November 21, 2004
Eduardo Aguirre
Eduardo Aguirre
Eduardo Aguirre Reyes, Jr. , is a principal in Atlantic Partners, an international consulting firm, based in Houston....
- Appointed: June 21, 2005
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 29, 2005
- Terminated mission: —
Alan Solomont
Alan Solomont
Alan D. Solomont is the current United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra. Selected by President Barack Obama, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 24, 2009.- Professional career :...
- Appointed: December 24, 2009
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: January 9, 2010
- Terminated mission: Incumbent

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