Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Apr 7, 1848
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 19, 1848
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Aug 26, 1848
Note: Commissioned to the Papal States.
Name: Lewis Cass, Jr.
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Jan 5, 1849
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 19, 1849
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Minister Resident
Note: Nominated Feb 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Pontifical States; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Name: Lewis Cass, Jr.
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 29, 1854
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 9, 1854
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 27, 1858
Note: Commissioned to the Pontifical States.
Name: John P. Stockton
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 15, 1858
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 27, 1858
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 23, 1861
Note: Commissioned as Minister Resident at Rome.
Name: Rufus King
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 22, 1861
Note: Declined appointment.
Name: Alexander W. Randall
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Aug 6, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 6, 1862
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Aug 4, 1862
Note: Commissioned as Minister Resident at Rome.
Name: Richard Milford Blatchford
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Aug 9, 1862
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 26, 1862
Termination of Mission: Left post shortly before May 20, 1863
Note: Commissioned as Minister Resident at Rome. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 19, 1863.
Name: Rufus King
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Oct 7, 1863
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 8, 1864
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 17, 1867
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1864. Commissioned as Minister Resident at Rome.
Name: David Armstrong
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Note: Not commissioned; letter of credence dated Apr 30, 1869, but later canceled.
Name: Harold H. Tittmann, Jr.
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: [see note below]
Presentation of Credentials: [Dec 29, 1941]
Termination of Mission: Left Vatican City, Jul 8, 1944
Note: Used the title Charg? d'Affaires to the Holy See. Neither commissioned nor accredited; given the rank of Charg? d'Affaires, Dec 24, 1941, and designated to act as Charg? d'Affaires under the Act of Feb 23, 1931. Received by the Pope in private audience on Dec 29, 1941.
Name: Mark W. Clark
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination of Oct 20, 1951, not confirmed by the Senate.
Name: William A. Wilson
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 9, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 18, 1986
Note: Diplomatic relations were established with the Holy See Jan 10, 1984. Wilson had previously been appointed Personal Representative of the President Feb 11, 1981. Prior to this date, the following had served in that capacity: Myron C. Taylor (Dec 23, 1939?Jan 18, 1950), Henry Cabot Lodge (Jun 5, 1970?Jul 6, 1977), David Walters (Jul 6, 1977?Aug 14, 1978), and Robert F. Wagner (Nov 28, 1978?Jan 16, 1981). Taylor had been appointed by President Roosevelt and received a second appointment from President Truman on May 3, 1946.
Name: Frank Shakespeare
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 8, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 28, 1989
Name: Thomas Patrick Melady
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 3, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 1, 1993
Name: Raymond Leo Flynn
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 20, 1997
Name: Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs
State of Residency: Louisiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 14, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 1, 2001
Name: Jim Nicholson
State of Residency: Colorado
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 13, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 31, 2005
Name: Laurence Francis Rooney
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 12, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 12, 2005
Termination of Mission:
Name: Mary Ann Glendon
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 21, 2007
Presentation of Credentials:
Termination of Mission:
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