State of Residency: Kansas
Title: Minister Resident
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Name: Charles K. Tuckerman
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 11, 1868
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 16, 1868
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 4, 1871
Note: A nomination of Mar 8, 1867 was not confirmed by the Senate.
Name: John M. Francis
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: May 15, 1871
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 11, 1871
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 25, 1873
Name: John Meredith Read, Jr.
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Nov 7, 1873
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 12, 1874
Termination of Mission: Presented recall soon after Jan 20, 1877
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 10, 1873.
Name: John Meredith Read, Jr.
State of Residency: New York
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Aug 15, 1876
Presentation of Credentials: Soon after Jan 20, 1877
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 22-24, 1879
Name: Eugene Schuyler
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jul 7, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 9, 1883
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 13, 1884
Name: Walker Fearn
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 18, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 30, 1885
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 24, 1889
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 13, 1886. Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: A. Loudon Snowden
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jul 1, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 24, 1889
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 19, 1889.
Name: A. Loudon Snowden
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1891
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 20, 1891
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 2-17, 1892
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 23, 1891.
Name: Truxton Beale
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1892
Note: Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Note: Did not serve under this appointment.
Name: Truxton Beale
State of Residency: California
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jul 27, 1892
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 17, 1892
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 9, 1893
Note: Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: Truxton Beale
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 3, 1893
Note: Took oath of office under this appointment, but no record has been found of accreditation as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General. Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: Eben Alexander
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 7, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 13, 1893
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 1, 1897
Note: Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: William Woodville Rockhill
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General
Appointment: Jul 8, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1897
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Also accredited to Romani and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: William Woodville Rockhill
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 25, 1898
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 27, 1899
Note: Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: Arthur S. Hardy
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 18, 1899
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 30, 1899
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jan 25, 1901
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 14, 1899. Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: Charles S. Francis
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 20, 1900
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 2, 1900
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 24, 1902
Note: Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: Henry L. Wilson
State of Residency: Washington
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 13, 1902
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Commissioned also to Romania and Serbia; declined appointment.
Name: John B. Jackson
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 13, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 24, 1902
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned to serve concurrently as Diplomatic
Agent in Bulgaria
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece, Romania, and Serbia after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902; resident at Athens. Also accredited to Romania and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Name: John B. Jackson
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 5, 1903
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned to a different combination of countries
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece, Romania, and Serbia, and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria. Recommissioned after confirmation on Nov 16, 1903; resident at Athens.
Name: John B. Jackson
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1905
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 19, 1907
Note: Commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece and Montenegro and Diplomatic Agent in Bulgaria; resident at Athens.
Name: Richmond Pearson
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1907
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 23, 1907
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 29, 1909
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1907. Also accredited to Montenegro; resident at Athens.
Name: George H. Moses
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 5, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 5, 1909
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on or shortly before Sep 30, 1912.
Note: Also accredited to Montenegro; resident at Athens.
Name: Jacob Gould Schurman
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 16, 1912
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 17, 1912
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 18, 1913
Note: Also accredited to Montenegro; resident Athens.
Name: George Fred Williams
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 22, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 2, 1914
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 28, 1914
Note: Also accredited to Montenegro; resident at Athens.
Name: Garrett Droppers
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 5, 1914
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 9, 1914
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 16, 1920
Note: Also accredited to Montenegro; resident at Athens.
Name: Edward Capps
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 18, 1920
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 1920
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted, Dec 6, 1920; new Government of Greece still unrecognized by U.S. when Capps' recess appointment expired on Mar 4, 1921
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Commissioned also to Montenegro, but did not serve in that country.
Note: During 1921?1924 each of the following officers served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim for more than a year: Jefferson Caffery, Feb 1922?May 1923; Ray Atherton, May 1923?Jun 1924.
Name: Irwin B. Laughlin
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 24, 1924
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 14, 1924
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 12, 1926
Name: Robert P. Skinner
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 3, 1926
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 1926
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 7, 1932
Name: Roderick Nathaniel Matson
State of Residency: Wyoming
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Name: Lincoln MacVeagh
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 13, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 22, 1933
Termination of Mission: Government of Greece left Athens, Apr 23, 1941, in anticipation of the German occupation; reaccredited on Jan 4, 1936, on restoration of the monarchy; left post, Jun 5, 1941
Note: Reaccredited on restoration of the monarchy. Presented new credentials Jan 4, 1936.
Note: Leslie E. Reed was serving as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when the Legation in Athens was closed, Jul 14, 1941.
Name: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 13, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 28, 1941
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Served near the Government of Greece established in England; commissioned also to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Yugoslavia; resident at London.
Name: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 29, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 30, 1942
Termination of Mission: Government of Greece transferred to Egypt, Mar 16, 1943
Note: Served near the Government of Greece established in England; commissioned also to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Yugoslavia; resident at London.
Name: Alexander C. Kirk
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 4, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 15, 1943
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 25, 1943
Note: Served near the Government of Greece established in Egypt; also accredited to Egypt and Saudi Arabia; resident at Cairo.
Name: Lincoln MacVeagh
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 12, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 1, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 11, 1947
Note: Served near the Government of Greece established in Egypt; also accredited to Yugoslavia; resident first at Cairo; transferred the Embassy to Athens, Oct 27, 1944. The office of the Embassy at Cairo was closed, Nov 8, 1944.
Name: Henry F. Grady
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 2, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 23, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 28, 1950
Name: John E. Peurifoy
State of Residency: South Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 29, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1950
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 9, 1953
Name: Cavendish W. Cannon
State of Residency: Utah
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 28, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left Greece, Jul 28, 1956
Name: George V. Allen
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 26, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 12, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 13, 1957
Name: James W. Riddleberger
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 10, 1957
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
Name: James W. Riddleberger
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 5, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 4, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 20, 1959
Name: Ellis O. Briggs
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 15, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 1, 1962
Name: Henry R. Labouisse
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 15, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 7, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 8, 1965
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 30, 1962.
Name: Phillips Talbot
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 1, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 20, 1969
Name: Herry J. Tasca
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 20, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 15, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 16, 1974
Name: Jack B. Kubisch
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 23, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 19, 1977
Name: William E. Schaufele, Jr.
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 14, 1977
Note: Did not serve under this appointment. Hawthorne Q. Mills served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim Jul 1977?Mar 1978.
Name: Robert J. McCloskey
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 9, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 16, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 27, 1981
Name: Monteagle Stearns
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 27, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 21, 1985
Name: Robert Vossler Keeley
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 14, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 17, 1989
Name: James E. Goodby
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: [see note below]
Note: Nomination not acted upon by the Senate; later declined a recess appointment.
Name: Michael G. Sotirhos
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 30, 1993
Name: Thomas M. T. Niles
State of Residency: Kentucky
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 8, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 27, 1997
Name: R. Nicholas Burns
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 4, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 22, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 29, 2001
Name: Thomas J. Miller
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 8 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 23, 2004
Name: Charles P. Ries
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 11, 2005
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 14, 2007
Name: Daniel V. Speckhard
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 29, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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