State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 1, 1797
Presentation of Credentials: [Dec 5, 1797]
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 5, 1801
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin. Formally received on Dec 5, 1797.
Name: Henry Wheaton
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 3, 1835
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 9, 1835
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Henry Wheaton
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Appointment: Mar 7, 1837
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 29, 1837
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 18, 1846
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Andrew J. Donelson
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 18, 1846
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 18, 1846
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 9, 1849
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Andrew J. Donelson
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: [Aug 9, 1848]
Presentation of Credentials: [Sep 13, 1848]
Termination of Mission: [Presented recall, Nov 2, 1849]
Note: The dates in brackets relate to Donelson's service as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Federal Government of Germany at Frankfurt.
Name: Edward A. Hannegan
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 22, 1849
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 30, 1849
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jan 13, 1850
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Daniel D. Barnard
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 3, 1850
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 10, 1850
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 21, 1853
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident to Berlin.
Name: Peter D. Vroom
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 24, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1853
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 10, 1857
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 9, 1854. Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Joseph A. Wright
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 1, 1857
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 3, 1857
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 1, 1861
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jun 14, 1858.
Name: Norman B. Judd
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1861
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 3, 1865
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Joseph A. Wright
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 1865
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 3, 1865
Termination of Mission: Died at post, May 11, 1867
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1866.
Name: George Bancroft
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 14, 1867
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1867
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned and reaccredited on formation of the German Empire
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jul 15, 1867. Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: George Bancroft
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 31, 1871
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 23, 1871
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Jun 30, 1874
Note: Commissioned to the German Empire. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 12, 1871.
Name: J.C. Bancroft Davis
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1874
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1874
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 26, 1877
Note: Commissioned to the German Empire.
Name: Bayard Taylor
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 4, 1878
Presentation of Credentials: May 7, 1878
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Dec 19, 1878
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Andrew D. White
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1879
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 19, 1879
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Aug 15, 1881
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: A. A. Sargent
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 2, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: May 18, 1882
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 6, 1884
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: John A. Kasson
State of Residency: Iowa
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 4, 1884
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1884
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 21, 1885
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: George H. Pendleton
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 21, 1885
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 25, 1889
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Murat Halstead
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: William Walter Phelps
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 20, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1889
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 4, 1893
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1889. Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Theodore Runyon
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 4, 1893
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Theodore Runyon
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 14, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 26, 1893
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jan 27, 1896
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Edwin F. Uhl
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1896
Presentation of Credentials: May 3, 1896
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 8, 1897
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Andrew D. White
State of Residency: New York
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 5, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 12, 1897
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 27, 1902
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Charlemagne Tower
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 19, 1902
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 8, 1908
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902. Commissioned to Germany.
Name: David Jayne Hill
State of Residency: New York
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1908
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 14, 1908
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 2, 1911
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: John G.A. Leishman
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 24, 1911
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 4, 1913
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: James W. Gerard
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 28, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 29, 1913
Termination of Mission: U.S. severed diplomatic relations with Germany, Feb 3, 1917; Gerard received official notice of this Feb 5, 1917, and suspended his official functions. He left post, Feb 10, 1917.
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Ellis Loring Dresel
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Nov 18, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 10, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 18, 1922
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Alanson B. Houghton
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 22, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 21, 1925
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Jacob Gould Schurman
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1925
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 29, 1925
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 21, 1930
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Frederic M. Sackett
State of Residency: Kentucky
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 9, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 12, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left Germany, Mar 24, 1933
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: William E. Dodd
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 13, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 29, 1937
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Hugh R. Wilson
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 17, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 3, 1938
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 16, 1938
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Note: During the period 1938?1941 each of the following served as Charg? d?Affaires ad interim: Alexander C. Kirk (May 1939?Oct 1940) and Leland B. Morris (Oct 1940?Dec 1941). Morris was serving as Charg? d?Affaires ad interim when Germany declared war on the United States Dec 11, 1941.
Name: James B. Conant
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 9, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: May 14, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 19, 1957
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany. The Embassy in Germany had been reestablished May 5, 1955, with Ambassador-designate Conant (who had been serving as High Commissioner) in charge except for a brief temporary absence pending confirmation of his nomination, commission, and presentation of his letter of credence.
Name: David K.E. Bruce
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 14, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 17, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 29, 1959
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Walter C. Dowling
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 7, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 3, 1959
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Apr 21, 1963
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation, on Jan 21, 1960. Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: George C. McGhee
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 25, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: May 18, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 21, 1968
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Henry Cabot Lodge
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 22, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: May 27, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 14, 1969
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Kenneth Rush
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 22, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 20, 1972
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Martin J. Hillenbrand
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 1, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 27, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 18, 1976
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 27, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 5, 1981
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Arthur F. Burns
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 26, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 30, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 16, 1985
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Richard R. Burt
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 16, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 17, 1989
Name: Vernon A. Walters
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 14, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 24, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 18, 1991
Name: Robert Michael Kimmitt
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 28, 1993
Name: Richard Holbrooke
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 19, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 12, 1994
Name: Charles E. Redman
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 24, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 31, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 17, 1996
Note: J. D. Bindenagel served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim, Jun 1996?Sep 1997.
Name: John C. Kornblum
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1997
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge Jan 16, 2001
Note: The U.S. Office Bonn (Embassy Bonn until Jul 7, 1999) was closed Apr 3, 2000.
Name: A. Elizabeth Jones
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Nomination of Feb 22, 2000 was not acted upon by the Senate.
Name: Daniel R. Coats
State of Residency: Indiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 12, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 28, 2005
Name: William Robert Timken, Jr.
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 2005
Termination of Mission:
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