State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 29, 1853
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Commissioned to Central America; declined appointment.
Name: Solon Borland
State of Residency: Arkansas
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 18, 1853
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 8, 1854. Commissioned to Central America; did not present credentials in El Salvador.
Name: James R. Partridge
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 16, 1863
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 15, 1863
Termination of Mission: Left post on or soon after Mar 22, 1866.
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1864.
Name: W. W. Holden
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Minister Resident
Note: Not commissioned, nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: A. S. Williams
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Aug 16, 1866
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 21, 1867
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Oct 27, 1869
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1867.
Name: Alfred T.A. Torbert
State of Residency: Delaware
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 21, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 27, 1869
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 10, 1871
Name: Thomas Biddle
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jul 10, 1871
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 5, 1871
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 30, 1873
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 12, 1871.
Name: George Williamson
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: May 17, 1873
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 18, 1873
Termination of Mission: Notified Government of Salvador by note from Amapala,
Honduras, that he had resigned
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 10, 1873. Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
Name: Cornelius A. Logan
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 2, 1879
Presentation of Credentials: [Jul 7, 1879]
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall note from Guatemala on or soon after Apr 15, 1882
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala. Note: Transmitted credentials by note on approximately this date; officially recognized before Dec 2, 1879.
Name: Henry C. Hall
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 17, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: [Aug 7, 1882]
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala. Officially recognized on Aug 7, 1882.
Name: Henry C. Hall
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 13, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: May 2, 1883
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall by note on or shortly before May 16, 1889
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
Name: Lansing B. Mizner
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 30, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 7?12, 1890
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge at Guatemala, Dec 31, 1890
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
Name: Romualdo Pacheco
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1890
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 28, 1891
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 14, 1891
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.
Name: Richard Cutts Shannon
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 8, 1891
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 14, 1891
Termination of Mission: Left Managua, Apr 30, 1893
Note: Also accredited to Costa Rica and Nicaragua and resident at Managua. Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 23, 1891.
Name: Lewis Baker
State of Residency: Minnesota
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 4, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: [May 20, 1893]
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall by note about Dec 9, 1897
Note: Also accredited to Costa Rica and Nicaragua and resident at Managua. Transmitted credentials by note from Managua on May 20, 1893.
Name: William L. Merry
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 17, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 3, 1899
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Dec 31, 1907
Note: Also accredited to Cost Rica and Nicaragua; resident at San Jose.
Name: H. Percival Dodge
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1907
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1908
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 6, 1909
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned to Salvador only after confirmation on Dec 12, 1907. Also accredited to Honduras until 1908; resident at San Salvador. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 10, 1908, but did not serve under this appointment.
Name: William Heimke
State of Residency: Kansas
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 5, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 18, 1909
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 16, 1914
Name: Boaz W. Long
State of Residency: New Mexico
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 29, 1914
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 14, 1914
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 7, 1917
Note: Frank D. Arnold served as Charg? d?Affaires ad interim, Jul 1918?Feb 1921.
Name: Peter Augustus Jay
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 4, 1920
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 10, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 28, 1921
Name: Montgomery Schuyler
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 4, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 12, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 22, 1925
Name: Jefferson Caffery
State of Residency: Louisiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 7, 1926
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 20, 1926
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 22, 1928
Name: Warren D. Robbins
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 17, 1928
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 1929
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 30, 1931
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 23, 1929. Country name changed from "Salvador" to "El Salvador" Dec 5, 1928. All subsequent representatives were commissioned to El Salvador.
Name: Charles B. Curtis
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1931
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 6, 1931
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted, Dec 4, 1931; new Government of El Salvador still unrecognized by the U.S. when Curtis left post Jan 10, 1932
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1931. Took oath of office under this appointment, but did not return to post.
Name: Frank P. Corrigan
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 14, 1934
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 30, 1934
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 28, 1937
Name: Robert Frazer
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1937
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Oct 31, 1942
Name: Walter Thurston
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 14, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 14, 1943
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Name: Walter Thurston
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 27, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 16, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 14, 1944
Name: John F. Simmons
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 21, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 1, 1947
Name: Albert F. Nufer
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 10, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 13, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 16, 1949
Name: George P. Shaw
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 24, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 25, 1952
Name: Angier Biddle Duke
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 10, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 5, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 21, 1953
Name: Michael J. McDermott
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 28, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 25, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 28, 1954
Name: Robert C. Hill
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 25, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 21, 1955
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 3, 1954.
Name: Thomas C. Mann
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 11, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 24, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 24, 1957
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 25, 1956.
Name: Thorsten V. Kalijarvi
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 7, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 18, 1960
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 27, 1958.
Name: Murat W. Williams
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 27, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 21, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 4, 1964
Name: Raul H. Castro
State of Residency: Arizona
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 17, 1968
Name: William G. Bowdler
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 15, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 2, 1971
Name: Henry E. Catto, Jr.
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 30, 1971
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 21, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 2, 1973
Name: James F. Campbell
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 5, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 23, 1976
Name: Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 5, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 31, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 1, 1977
Name: Frank J. Devine
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 11, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 1, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 15, 1980
Name: Robert E. White
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 6, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 11, 1980
Termination of Mission: Assignment terminated, Feb 1, 1981
Name: Deane R. Hinton
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 14, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: May 28, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 15, 1983
Name: Thomas R. Pickering
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 5, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 7, 1985
Name: Edwin G. Corr
State of Residency: Oklahoma
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 29, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 10, 1988
Name: William Graham Walker
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 21, 1992.
Note: The following officers served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim: Peter F. Romero (Feb?Jul 1992) and Gwen C. Clare (Jul 1992?Sep 1993).
Name: Michael G. Kozak
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Nomination not acted upon by the Senate.
Name: Alan H. Flanigan
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 20, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 9, 1996
Name: Anne W. Patterson
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: May 16, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 15, 2000
Name: Rose M. Likins
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 14, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 16, 2003
Name: H. Douglas Barclay
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 6, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 17, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 17, 2007
Name: Charles L. Glazer
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 5, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 26, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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