State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 14, 1778
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 23, 1779
Termination of Mission: Superseded, May 17, 1785
Note: Also commissioned to negotiate a treaty with Sweden.
Name: Thomas Jefferson
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 10, 1785
Presentation of Credentials: May 17, 1785
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned
Name: Thomas Jefferson
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 12, 1787
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 26, 1789
Name: William Short
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 20, 1790
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 14, 1790
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 15, 1792
Name: Gouverneur Morris
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 12, 1792
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 3, 1792
Termination of Mission: Recall requested by the Government of France, Apr 9, 1794
Note: Morris was still at his post when his successor presented credentials.
Name: James Monroe
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 28, 1794
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 15, 1794
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 9, 1796
Name: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
State of Residency: South Carolina
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 9, 1796
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Proceeded to post, but was not received by the Directory; left post, Feb 5, 1797. Nomination was confirmed by the Senate, but no record has been found of a new commission following confirmation.
Name: William Vans Murray
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination superseded by a nomination of Murray and two others to serve on a joint commission.
Name: James A. Bayard
State of Residency: Delaware
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 19, 1801
Note: Did not serve under this appointment.
Name: Robert R. Livingston
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 2, 1801
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1801
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 18, 1804
Name: John Armstrong
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 1804
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 18, 1804
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 14, 1810
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Nomination was confirmed by the Senate, but no record has been found of a new commission following confirmation.
Name: Jonathan Russell
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: [Nov 5, 1810 ]
Presentation of Credentials: [see note below]
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Nov 17, 1811
Note: Commission not of record, but enclosed with an instruction of this date. Received his commission about Feb 13, 1811; was not issued a letter of credence, but continued his official relations with the Government of France begun in Sep. 1810 as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.
Name: Joel Barlow
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 27, 1811
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 17, 1811
Termination of Mission: Died at Zarnowiec, Dec 26, 1812, en route to Paris from consultations with French officials in Russia
Name: William H. Crawford
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 9, 1813
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 14, 1813
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when France again became a Kingdom; presented new credentials Aug 16, 1814; left post, Apr 26?30, 1815
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on May 28, 1813.
Name: Albert Gallatin
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 28, 1815
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 16, 1816
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 16, 1823
Name: James Brown
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 9, 1823
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 13, 1824
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Jun 28, 1829
Name: William C. Rives
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 18, 1829
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 25, 1829
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited after change of government; formally received on Jan 14, 1831; left post, Sep 27, 1832
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 10, 1830.
Name: Levett Harris
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 6, 1833
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 20, 1833
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Sep 30, 1833
Name: Edward Livingston
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 29, 1833
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 30, 1833
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 29, 1835
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 5, 1834.
Note: Thomas P. Barton served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim until Nov 8, 1835, when he closed the Legation in Paris, having been recalled.
Name: Lewis Cass
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 4, 1836
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 1, 1836
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 12, 1842
Name: Henry A. Wise
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: William R. King
State of Residency: Alabama
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 9, 1844
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1844
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 15, 1846
Name: Charles J. Ingersoll
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Note commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: Richard Rush
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 3, 1847
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 31, 1847
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited on Apr 26, 1848, when France again became a republic; presented recall, Oct 8, 1849
Name: William C. Rives
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 20, 1849
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1849
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited on Jan 10, 1853, when France again became an empire; presented recall, May 12, 1853
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 18, 1850.
Name: John Y. Mason
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 22, 1854
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Oct 3, 1859
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 6, 1853.
Name: Charles J. Faulkner
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 16, 1860
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 4, 1860
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 12, 1861
Name: William L. Dayton
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 18, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: May 19, 1861
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Dec 1, 1864
Name: John Bigelow
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 15, 1865
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 23, 1865
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 23, 1866
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1866.
Name: John A. Dix
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 24, 1866
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 23, 1866
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 23, 1869
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1867.
Name: Elihu B. Washburne
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 23, 1869
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited on May 8, 1871, when France again became a republic; presented recall, Sep 5, 1877
Name: Edward F. Noyes
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1877
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1877
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 5, 1881
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Oct 30, 1877.
Name: Levi P. Morton
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 21, 1881
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 5, 1881
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 14, 1885
Name: Robert M. McLane
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: May 14, 1885
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 20, 1889
Name: Whitelaw Reid
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: May 21, 1889
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 25, 1892
Name: T. Jefferson Coolidge
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 12, 1892
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 10, 1892
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 4, 1893
Name: James B. Eustis
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 20, 1893
Note: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post in this capacity.
Name: James B. Eustis
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1893
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 24, 1897
Name: Horace Porter
State of Residency: New York
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 19, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: May 26, 1897
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 2, 1905
Name: Robert S. McCormick
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1905
Presentation of Credentials: May 2, 1905
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Mar 2, 1907
Name: Henry White
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1906
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 23, 1907
Termination of Mission: Left France, Nov 3, 1909
Name: Robert Bacon
State of Residency: New York
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 21, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 31, 1909
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 19, 1912
Name: Myron T. Herrick
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 15, 1912
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 29, 1912
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 28, 1914
Name: William G. Sharp
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 19, 1914
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 1914
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 14, 1919
Name: Hugh Campbell Wallace
State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 27, 1919
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 22, 1919
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 5, 1921
Name: Myron T. Herrick
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 16, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 15, 1921
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Mar 31, 1929
Name: Walter E. Edge
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 21, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 18, 1929
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 13, 1933
Name: Jesse Isidor Straus
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 8, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left France, Aug 5, 1936
Name: William Christian Bullitt
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 25, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 13, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left La Bourboule, Jul 11, 1940
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 23, 1937. Near the end of Bullitt's term of service, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., acted as Deputy Ambassador to France, Jun 13?25, 1940.
Name: William D. Leahy
State of Residency: Georgia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 29, 1940
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 8, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left Vichy, May 1, 1942
Note: S. Pinkney Tuck was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when France severed diplomatic relations with the U.S., Nov 8, 1942.
Name: Jefferson Caffery
State of Residency: Louisiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 25, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 30, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 13, 1949
Note: The Embassy in Paris had been opened to the public Dec 1, 1944, with Ambassador Caffery in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.
Name: David K. E. Bruce
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 9, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: May 17, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 10, 1952
Name: James Clement Dunn
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 13, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 27, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 2, 1953
Name: C. Douglas Dillon
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 27, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 13, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 28, 1957
Name: Amory Houghton
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 14, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 17, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 19, 1961
Name: James M. Gavin
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 22, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 21, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 26, 1962
Name: Charles E. Bohlen
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 4, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 27, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 9, 1968
Name: Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 22, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: May 25, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 25, 1970
Name: Arthur K. Watson
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 30, 1972
Name: John N. Irwin, II
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 2, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 23, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 20, 1974
Name: Kenneth Rush
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 19, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 21, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 14, 1977
Name: Arthur A. Hartman
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 8, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 7, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 14, 1981
Name: Evan Griffith Galbraith
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 6, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 2, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 15, 1985
Name: Joe M. Rodgers
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 19, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 20, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 8, 1989
Name: Walter J.P. Curley
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 12, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 6, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 11, 1993
Name: Pamela Harriman
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 8, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 30, 1993
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Feb 5, 1997
Name: Felix G. Rohatyn
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 11, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 7, 2000
Name: Howard H. Leach
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 4, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 16, 2005
Name: Craig Roberts Stapleton
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 21, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 25, 2005
Termination of Mission:
Note: Also commissioned to Monaco, Nov 22, 2006.
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