State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 8, 1838
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 7, 1838
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 18, 1840
Name: Daniel Jenifer
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 27, 1841
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 30, 1842
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 28?Jul 7, 1845
Name: William H. Stiles
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Apr 19, 1845
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 5, 1845
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 1, 1849
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 7, 1846.
Name: James Watson Webb
State of Residency: New York
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Nov 1, 1849
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 6, 1850
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 8, 1850
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; nomination later rejected by the Senate.
Name: Charles J. McCurdy
State of Residency: Connecticut
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Sep 27, 1850
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 14, 1851
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Oct 12, 1852
Name: Thomas M. Foote
State of Residency: New York
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Sep 16, 1852
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 14, 1852
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 25, 1853
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 20, 1853.
Name: Henry R. Jackson
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: May 24, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 16, 1853
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Minister Resident
Note: Nominated Feb 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 8, 1854
Name: Henry R. Jackson
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 29, 1854
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 28, 1854
Termination of Mission: Left post on or after Jun 1, 1858
Name: J. Glancy Jones
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Nov 1, 1858
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not proceed to post in this capacity.
Name: J. Glancy Jones
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 15, 1858
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 14, 1859
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 14, 1861
Name: Anson Burlingame
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 22, 1861
Note: Did not serve.
Name: J. Lothrop Motley
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 10, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 14, 1861
Termination of Mission: Jun 14, 1867
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1862.
Name: Edgar Cowan
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: Frank P. Blair, Jr.
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: James W. Nesmith
State of Residency: Oregon
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: John P. Stockton
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: Henry J. Raymond
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.
Name: Horace Greeley
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 29, 1867
Note: Declined appointment.
Name: Samuel S. Cox
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: Henry A. Smythe
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: Henry M. Watts
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 25, 1868
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1868
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 1, 1869
Name: John Jay
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: 13, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 1, 1869
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Mar 31, 1875
Name: Godlove S. Orth
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 9, 1875
Presentation of Credentials: May 24, 1875
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Mar 10, 1876
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Edward F. Beale
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 1, 1876
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 10, 1876
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 20, 1877
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: John A. Kasson
State of Residency: Iowa
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1877
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 1877
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Mar 25, 1881
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Oct 30, 1877.
Name: William Walter Phelps
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 5, 1881
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 20, 1881
Termination of Mission: Superseded Jun 30, 1882
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Alphonso Taft
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 26, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 30, 1882
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 25, 1884
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: John M. Francis
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 4, 1884
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 11, 1884
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 3, 1885
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Anthony M. Keiley
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 29, 1885
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve, the Government of Austria-Hungary having objected to his appointment.
Name: Alexander R. Lawton
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 15, 1887
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 25, 1887
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 15, 1889
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 15, 1887.
Name: Frederick D. Grant
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: May 15, 1889
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 8, 1893
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Bartlett Tripp
State of Residency: South Dakota
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 6, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 8, 1893
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 18, 1897
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Charlemagne Tower
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 1, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 18, 1897
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Feb 9, 1899
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Addison C. Harris
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 12, 1899
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 13, 1899
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 29, 1901
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Robert S. McCormick
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 7, 1901
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 29, 1901
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Robert S. McCormick
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 26, 1902
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 29, 1902
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Bellamy Storer
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 3, 1903
Recommissioned after confirmation
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 8, 1906
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902.
Name: Charles S. Francis
State of Residency: New York
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 22, 1906
Presentation of Credentials: May 29, 1906
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 1, 1910
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Richard C. Kerens
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 21, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 12, 1910
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 28, 1913
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
Name: Frederick Courtland Penfield
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 28, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 7, 1917
Note: Commissioned to Austria-Hungary. Joseph C. Grew was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when Austria-Hungary
severed diplomatic relations with the U.S., Apr 9, 1917.
Name: Arthur Hugh Frazier
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Charg? d'Affaires pro tem
Appointment:
Presentation of Credentials: [Nov 26, 1921]
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 21, 1922
Note: Not commissioned; letter of credence dated Nov 25, 1921.
Recognized provisionally as Charge d'Affaires pro tempore and received as such on Nov. 26, 1921.
Name: Albert Henry Washburn
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 19, 1922
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Apr 29, 1930
Name: Gilchrist Baker Stockton
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 22, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: May 15, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 21, 1933
Name: George H. Earle, 3rd
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 27, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 25, 1934
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 15, 1934.
Name: George S. Messersmith
State of Residency: Delaware
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 7, 1934
Presentation of Credentials: May 23, 1934
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 11, 1937
Name: Grenville T. Emmet
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 13, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 14, 1937
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Sep 26, 1937
Note: John C. Wiley was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when Austria
was annexed to Germany, Mar 13, 1938; he closed Legation Vienna, Apr 30, 1938.
Name: John G. Erhardt
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 7, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 27, 1950
Name: Walter J. Donnelly
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 20, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 25, 1950
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Name: Walter J. Donnelly
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 16, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 28, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 19, 1952
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 21, 1952.
Name: Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr.
State of Residency: Colorado
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 17, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 4, 1952
Termination of Mission: Jul 9, 1957
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jun 4, 1953.
Name: H. Freeman Matthews
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 5, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 4, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 25, 1962
Name: James W. Riddleberger
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 23, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 12, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 10, 1967
Name: Douglas MacArthur II
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 5, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: May 24, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 16, 1969
Name: John P. Humes
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 29, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 6, 1975
Name: Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 25, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 2, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 31, 1977
Name: Milton A. Wolf
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 23, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 2, 1980
Name: Philip M. Kaiser
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 19, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 25, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 2, 1981
Name: Theodore E. Cummings
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 20, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1981
Termination of Mission: Died in Los Angeles, Mar 30, 1982
Note: Ambassador Cummings left Vienna on Dec 9, 1981, and was
on vacation when he died.
Name: Helene A. von Damm
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 10, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 22, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 15, 1986
Name: Ronald S. Lauder
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: May 7, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 27, 1987
Note: Commissioned to the Republic of Austria.
Name: Henry Anatole Grunwald
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 23, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 20, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 1, 1990
Note: Commissioned to the Republic of Austria.
Name: Roy M. Huffington
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 6, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 11, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 1, 1993
Name: Swanee Grace Hunt
State of Residency: Colorado
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 4, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 18, 1997
Name: Kathryn Walt Hall
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 19, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 10, 2001
Name: Lyons Brown, Jr.
State of Residency: Kentucky
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 19, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 5, 2005
Name: Susan Rasinski McCaw
State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 2, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 9, 2006
Termination of Mission:
Name: Charles A. Gargano
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment:
Presentation of Credentials:
Termination of Mission:
Note: Nominated Nov 7, 2007.
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