Name: Henry F. Grady
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 10, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 22, 1948
Note: Accredited also to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Name: Loy W. Henderson
State of Residency: Colorado
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 14, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 19, 1948
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials Feb 24, 1950; left post Sep 21, 1951
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Name: Chester Bowles
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 1, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 23, 1953
Note: Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Name: George V. Allen
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 11, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: May 4, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 30, 1954
Note: Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Name: John Sherman Cooper
State of Residency: Kentucky
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 4, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 9, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 23, 1956
Note: Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Name: Ellsworth Bunker
State of Residency: Vermont
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 28, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 4, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left India, Mar 23, 1961
Note: Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 25, 1957.
Name: J. Kenneth Galbraith
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 29, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 18, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 12, 1963
Name: Chester Bowles
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 3, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 21, 1969
Name: Kenneth B. Keating
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 1, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 26, 1972
Name: Daniel P. Moynihan
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 8, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 28, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 7, 1975
Name: William B. Saxbe
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 3, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 8, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 20, 1976
Name: Robert F. Goheen
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 26, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: May 26, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 10, 1980
Name: Harry G. Barnes, Jr.
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 17, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 27, 1985
Name: John Gunther Dean
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 6, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 7, 1988
Name: John Randolph Hubbard
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 22, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 27, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 15, 1989
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
Name: William Clark, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 22, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 2, 1992
Name: Thomas R. Pickering
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 6, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 14, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 23, 1993
Note: Kenneth Brill served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim, Mar 1993?Aug 1994.
Name: Frank G. Wisner
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 9, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 2, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, July 12, 1997
Name: Richard Frank Celeste
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 28, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 25, 2001
Name: Robert D. Blackwill
State of Residency: Kansas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 14, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 31, 2003
Name: David Campbell Mulford
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 12, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 23, 2004
Termination of Mission:
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