State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 23, 1919
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 11, 1919
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 5, 1921
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jun 26, 1919.
Name: Lewis Einstein
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 8, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 20, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 1, 1930
Name: Abraham C. Ratshesky
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 25, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: May 2, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 13, 1932
Name: Henry Frank Holthusen
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.
Name: Francis White
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 13, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 7, 1933
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge on Nov 30, 1933
Name: J. Butler Wright
State of Residency: Wyoming
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 9, 1934
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 25, 1934
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 1, 1937
Name: Wilbur J. Carr
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 13, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 16, 1937
Termination of Mission: German forces occupied Praha on Mar 15, 1939
Note: Carr closed the Legation in Praha on Mar 21, 1939, and left post on Apr 6, 1939.
Name: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 17, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 28, 1941
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Served near the Government of Czechoslovakia established in England; also commissioned to Belgium, Greece and Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Yugoslavia; resident at London.
Name: Anthony J. Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 4, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 12, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left London on Dec 1, 1943
Note: Rudolph E. Schoenfeld was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when the mission of the Embassy near the Government of Czechoslovakia established in England was terminated; the Embassy in Praha was established on May 29, 1945, with Alfred W. Klieforth as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.
Name: Laurence A. Steinhardt
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 20, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 20, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 19, 1948
Name: Joseph E. Jacobs
State of Residency: South Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 15, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 5, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 12, 1949
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.
Name: Ellis O. Briggs
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 1, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 27, 1952
Name: George Wadsworth
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 8, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 29, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 30, 1953
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on May 1, 1953.
Name: U. Alexis Johnson
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 31, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 29, 1957
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 26, 1954.
Name: John M. Allison
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 12, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 24, 1958
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge on May 4, 1960
Name: Christian M. Ravnda
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 21, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 16, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 6, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Aug 27, 1960.
Name: Edward T. Wailes
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 14, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 28, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 22, 1962
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Outerbridge Horsey
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 14, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 3, 1963
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge on Aug 1, 1966
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 12, 1963. Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Jacob D. Beam
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 31, 1966
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 5, 1969
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Malcolm Toon
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 13, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 31, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 11, 1971
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Albert W. Sherer, Jr.
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 15, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 15, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 29, 1975
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Thomas R. Byrne
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 1, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 23, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 15, 1978
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Francis J. Meehan
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: May 30, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 20, 1980
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 28, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 11, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 20, 1983
Note: An earlier nomination of Sep 25, 1980, was not acted upon by the Senate. Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: William H. Luers
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 14, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 29, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 11, 1986
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Julian Martin Niemczyk
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 18, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 2, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 7, 1989
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Shirley Temple Black
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 12, 1992
Note: Commissioned to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Name: Adrian A. Basora
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 20, 1992
Termination of Mission: The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic ceased to exist on Dec 31, 1992. Basora continued to serve as Ambassador to the Czech Republic
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