State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 20, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 20, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left Riga Oct 20, 1931
Note: Also accredited to Latvia and Lithuania; resident at Riga. During Coleman's tenure as non-resident Minister, the Legation in Tallinn was established Jun 30, 1930 with Harry E. Carlson as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Name: Robert P. Skinner
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 23, 1931
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 2, 1932
Termination of Mission: Left Riga Apr 29, 1933
Note: Also accredited to Latvia and Lithuania; resident at Riga. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1931.
Name: John Van. A. MacMurray
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 28, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 4, 1934
Termination of Mission: Left Riga Feb 12, 1936
Note: Also accredited to Latvia and Lithuania; resident at Riga. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 15, 1934.
Name: Arthur Bliss Lane
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 24, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left Riga Sep 16, 1937
Note: Also accredited to Latvia and Lithuania; resident at Riga.
Name: Frederick A. Sterling
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1937
Note: Also commissioned to Latvia; took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
Name: John C. Wiley
State of Residency: Indiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 24, 1938
Termination of Mission: Soviet forces occupied Tallinn, Jun 17, 1940
Note: Also accredited to Latvia; resident at Riga. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 20, 1939. Wiley left Riga, Jul 25, 1940.
Note: Walter Leonard was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when all U.S. diplomatic officials accredited to Estonia were withdrawn from Tallinn, Sep 4, 1940. The Legation in Tallinn was officially closed, Sep 5, 1940.
Name: Robert C. Frasure
State of Residency: West Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 9, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 8, 1994
Note: The United States announced its readiness to re-establish relations with Estonia on Sep 2, 1991. Embassy Tallinn was established Oct 2, 1991, with Robert C. Frasure as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Note: The following officers served as Chargés d'Affaires ad interim: Keith Smith (Jul-Dec 1994), and Jon Gundersen (Dec 1994-Aug 1995).
Name: Lawrence P. Taylor
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 3, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 7, 1997
Name: Melissa Foelsch Wells
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 3, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 10, 2001
Name: Joseph M. DeThomas
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 7, 2004
Name: Aldona Wos
State of Residency: North Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 2004
Termination of Mission: Dec 17, 2006
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate
Name: Stanley Davis Phillips
State of Residency: North Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 21, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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