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Haiti

Name: Benjamin F. Whidden
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Title: Commissioner/Consul General
Appointment: Jul 12, 1862
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 1, 1862
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 23, 1865

Name: H.E. Peck
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Commissioner/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 14, 1865
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1865
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Minister Resident/Consul General
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1866.

Name: H.E. Peck
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Aug 6, 1866
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 1866
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jun 9, 1867
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 11, 1867.

Name: C.O. Loomis
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.

Name: Gideon H. Hollister
State of Residency: Connecticut
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Feb 5, 1868
Presentation of Credentials: On or shortly before Jun 6, 1868
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, 7-Sep 8, 1869

Name: Ebenezer D. Bassett
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 16, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: 7-Sep 8, 1869
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 27, 1877

Name: John M. Langston
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 28, 1877
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 27, 1877
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 30, 1885
Note: Also accredited to Santo Domingo; resident at Port-au-Prince.
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Oct 23, 1877.

Name: George W. Williams
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 2, 1885
Note: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.

Name: John E. W. Thompson
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: May 7, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 30, 1885
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge about Oct 17, 1889
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after
confirmation on Jan 13, 1886. Also accredited to Santo Domingo; resident at Port-au-Prince.

Name: Frederick Douglass
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jun 26, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 14, 1889
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 1891
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after
confirmation on Dec 16, 1889. Also accredited to Santo Domingo; resident at Port-au-Prince.

Name: John S. Durham
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 3, 1891
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 3, 1891
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 7, 1893
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 23, 1891. Also accredited to Santo Domingo; resident at Port-au-Prince.

Name: Henry M. Smythe
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 15, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 7, 1893
Termination of Mission: Left post on or shortly after Mar 9, 1897
Note: Also accredited to Santo Domingo; resident at Port-au-Prince.

Name: William F. Powell
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 17, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 20, 1897
Termination of Mission: Left post about Nov 30, 1905
Note: Accredited also to Santo Domingo; resident at Port-au-Prince.

Name: Henry W. Furniss
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 23, 1905
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 30, 1905
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 17, 1913
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 13, 1905.

Name: Madison R. Smith
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 15, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 30, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 8, 1914

Name: Arthur Bailly-Blanchard
State of Residency: Louisiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 22, 1914
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 15, 1915
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 26, 1921

Note: During 1921-1930 each of the following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: James C. Dunn (Apr. 1922-Feb. 1924), George R. Merrell, Jr. (Mar 1924-Oct 1926), Christian Gross (Oct 1926-Nov 1927; also Apr-Dec 1928), and Stuart E. Grummon (Dec 1928-Nov 1930).

Name: Dana G. Munro
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 28, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 16, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 14, 1932

Name: Norman Armour
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 25, 1932
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 7, 1932
Termination of Mission: Recess appointment expired, Mar 4, 1933
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Armour left post Mar 4, 1933; he returned Mar 8, and presented a copy of his letter of credence under his new appointment, Mar 23, 1933.

Name: Norman Armour
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 11, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 21, 1935

Name: George A. Gordon
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 5, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 6, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 21, 1937

Name: Ferdinand L. Mayer
State of Residency: Indiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 13, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 18, 1937
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 29, 1940

Name: John Campbell White
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 29, 1940
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 14, 1941
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Name: John Campbell White
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 27, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 14, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 24, 1944

Name: Orme Wilson
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 2, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 22, 1946

Name: Harold H. Tittmann, Jr.
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 20, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 17, 1948

Name: William E. DeCourcy
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 18, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 13, 1948
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Dec 9, 1950

Name: Howard K. Travers
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 3, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 30, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 25, 1952

Name: Roy Tasco Davis
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 6, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1953
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Mar 9, 1957

Name: Gerald A. Drew
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 17, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: May 15, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 16, 1960

Name: Robert Newbegin
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 27, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 10, 1961

Name: Raymond L. Thurston
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 7, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 4, 1962
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted, May 15, 1963; relations
not yet resumed when Thurston left post, May 26, 1963
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 30, 1962. On Jun 14, 1963 the Government of Haiti requested Thurston's recall, and he did not return to post.

Name: Benson E.L. Timmons III
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 30, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 16, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 28, 1967

Name: Claude G. Ross
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 19, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 20, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 17, 1969

Name: Clinton E. Knox
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 9, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 13, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 26, 1973

Name: Heyward Isham
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 31, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 8, 1977

Name: William B. Jones
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Non-career appointee
Appointment: Aug 3, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 12, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 12, 1980

Name: Henry L. Kimelman
State of Residency: Virgin Islands
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 27, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 16, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 18, 1981

Name: Ernest H. Preeg
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 20, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 28, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 20, 1983

Name: Clayton E. McManaway, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 18, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 10, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 18, 1986

Name: Brunson McKinley
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 12, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 9, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 13, 1989

Name: Alvin P. Adams, Jr.
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 8, 1989
Termination of Mission: Recalled, Aug 1, 1992

Note:  The following served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim:  Leslie M. Alexander (Aug 1992-Jul 1993), and Vicki J. Huddleston (Jul-Oct. 1993).

Name: William Lacy Swing
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 8, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 13, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 5, 1998

Name: Timothy Michael Carney
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 12, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 14, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 11, 1999

Name: Brian Dean Curran
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 28, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 12, 2001 
Termination of Mission: Left post May 16, 2003

Name: James B. Foley
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 18, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 14, 2005

 

Name: Janet Ann Sanderson
State of Residency: Arizona
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: February 21, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: March 17, 2006
Termination of Mission:


 


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