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Bolivia

Note: See under Peru for representatives received by or commissioned to the Peru-Bolivia Confederation.

Name: John Appleton
State of Residency: Maine
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 30, 1848
Presentation of Credentials: [Jan 3, 1849]
Termination of Mission: Left Bolivia, May 4, 1849
Note: Officially recognized on Jan 3, 1849.

Name: Alexander K. McClung
State of Residency: Mississippi
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: May 29, 1849
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 1850
Termination of Mission: Notified Government of Bolivia from Cobija Jun 30,1851, of his impending departure
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 18, 1850.

Name: Horace H. Miller
State of Residency: Mississippi
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Feb 10, 1852
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 18, 1852
Termination of Mission: Notified Government of Bolivia of his departure by note from Tacna, Peru, on or shortly before Jan 18, 1854

Name: Charles L. Woodbury
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: May 24, 1853
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this
appointment.

Name: John W. Dana
State of Residency: Maine
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Aug 26, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 23, 1854
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Minister Resident
Note: Nominated Feb 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary/Minister
Plenipotentiary; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 23, 1854.

Name: John W. Dana
State of Residency: Maine
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 29, 1854
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 24, 1854
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Mar 10, 1859

Name: John Cotton Smith
State of Residency: Connecticut
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 14, 1858
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 10, 1859
Termination of Mission: Left post soon after May 1, 1861

Name: David K. Cartter
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 27, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 28, 1861
Termination of Mission: Left post about Oct. 1862

Name: Allen A. Hall
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 21, 1863
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 4, 1863
Termination of Mission: Died at Cochabamba, May 18, 1867
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1864.

Name: John Netherland
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jul 20, 1867
Note: Declined appointment.

Name: John W. Caldwell
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 18, 1868
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 2, 1868
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 25, 1869

Name: Leopold Markbreit
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 16, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 25, 1869
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Feb 12, 1873

Name: John T. Croxton
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Dec 20, 1872
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 9, 1873
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Apr 16, 1874

Name: Robert M. Reynolds
State of Residency: Alabama
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 17, 1874
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 30, 1875
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 11, 1876

Name: S. Newton Pettis
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 4, 1878
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 2, 1879
Termination of Mission: Left post on or soon after Oct 30, 1879
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 6, 1879.

Name: Charles Adams
State of Residency: Colorado
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 6, 1880
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 8, 1880
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 29, 1882

Name: George Maney
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 17, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1882
Termination of Mission: Left post on or soon after Jun 1, 1883

Name: Richard Gibbs
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jun 18, 1883
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 16, 1883
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 11, 1885
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 19, 1883.

Name: William D. Bloxham
State of Residency: Florida
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 18, 1885
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.

Name: William A. Seay
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: May 9, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 19, 1885
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 12, 1887
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 13, 1886.

Name: S. S. Carlisle
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Aug 31, 1887
Presentation of Credentials: [Jan 17, 1888]
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 16, 1889
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after
confirmation on Dec 21, 1887. Officially recognized on Jan 17, 1888.

Name: Thomas H. Anderson
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 3, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1889
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1889.

Name: Thomas H. Anderson
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 30, 1890
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1890
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 22, 1892

Name: Frederic J. Grant
State of Residency: Washington
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 22, 1892
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 12, 1893
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 24, 1893

Name: Charles H. J. Taylor
State of Residency: Kansas
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.

Name: Thomas Moonlight
State of Residency: Kansas
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 2, 1894
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 14, 1894
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall by note, Jan 8, 1898

Name: George H. Bridgman
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: [Jul 4, 1898]
Termination of Mission: Left post on or soon after Jan 13, 1902
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after
confirmation on Dec 18, 1897. Officially recognized on Jul 4, 1898.

Name: William B. Sorsby
State of Residency: Mississippi
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 11, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1902
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 16, 1908
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902.

Name: James F. Stutesman
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 5, 1908
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 8, 1908
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 15, 1910
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 10, 1908.

Name: Horace G. Knowles
State of Residency: Delaware
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 24, 1910
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 28, 1910
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 23, 1913

Name: John D. O'Rear
State of Residency: Missouri
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 26, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 31, 1913
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jul 14, 1918

Name: S. Abbot Maginnis
State of Residency: Utah
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 23, 1919
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 14, 1920
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 5, 1921

Name: Jesse S. Cottrell
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 19, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 6, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 26, 1928

Name: David E. Kaufman
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 7, 1928
Presentation of Credentials: May 30, 1928
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 10, 1929

Name: Evan E. Young
State of Residency: South Dakota
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 16, 1929
Note: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.

Name: Edward F. Feely
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 4, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 29, 1933

Name: Fay A. Des Portes
State of Residency: South Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 19, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 15, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 1, 1936
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 15, 1934.

Name: R. Henry Norweb
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 25, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 10, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 15, 1937

Name: Robert Granville Caldwell
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 4, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 21, 1937
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 23, 1939

Name: Douglas Jenkins
State of Residency: South Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 22, 1939
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 26, 1939
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 3, 1941

Name: Pierre de L. Boal
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 5, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: May 23, 1942
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted, Dec 20, 1943; new Government of Bolivia still unrecognized by the United States when Boal left post, Feb 5, 1944.

Name: Walter Thurston
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: [Nov 16, 1944]
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 3, 1946
Note: Officially recognized on Nov 16, 1944.

Name: Joseph Flack
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 27, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 15, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 17, 1949

Name: Irving Florman
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 19, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 1950
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 4, 1951
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recess appointment expired
Jan 2, 1951; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 3, 1951. Reappointed Jun 26, 1951.

Name: Edward J. Sparks
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service office
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 14, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 13, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 29, 1954
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1952.

Name: Gerald A. Drew
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 11, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 8, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 6, 1957
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 3, 1954.

Name: Philip W. Bonsal
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: May 10, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 6, 1959

Name: Carl W. Strom
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: May 4, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 8, 1961

Name: Ben S. Stephansky
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 14, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 29, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 15, 1963

Name: Douglas Henderson
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 8, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 7, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 6, 1968

Name: Raul H. Castro
State of Residency: Arizona
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 3, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 3, 1969

Name: Ernest V. Siracusa
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 5, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 30, 1973

Name: William Perry Stedman, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 3, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 23, 1977

Name: Paul M. Boeker
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 15, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 26, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 17, 1980

Name: Marvin Weissman
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 18, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 26, 1980
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted Jul 17, 1980. The new
Government of Bolivia had not been recognized by the United States when
Weissman left post, Jul 20, 1980.

Note: Alexander Watson served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Jul 1980-Sep 1981.

Name: Edwin G. Corr
State of Residency: Oklahoma
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 25, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 10, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 9, 1985

Name: Edward Morgan Rowell
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service Officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 20, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 19, 1988

Name: Robert S. Gelbard
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 20, 1991

Name: Charles R. Bowers
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 7, 1994

Name: Curtis Warren Kamman
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service offier
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 26, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 16, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 26, 1997

Name: Donna Jean Hrinak
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 12, 1997
Presentation of Credentials:  Jan 14, 1998
Termination of Mission: Jul 17, 2000

Name: V. Manuel Rocha
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 14, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 4, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 27, 2002

Name: David Greenlee
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 26, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 17, 2003  
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 10, 2006

Name: Philip S. Goldberg
State of Residency: Massachussetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: August 14, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: October 13, 2006
Termination of Mission:



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