State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jan 19, 1859
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 5, 1859
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 26, 1862
Name: Robert H. Pruyn
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Oct 12, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: May 17, 1862
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Apr 28, 1865
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1862.
Name: Chauncey M. Depew
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Nov 15, 1865
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; declined appointment.
Name: Robert B. Van Valkenburgh
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jan 18, 1866
Presentation of Credentials: May 4, 1867
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 11, 1869
Name: Charles E. De Long
State of Residency: Nevada
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 21, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 11, 1869
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Name: Charles E. De Long
State of Residency: Nevada
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 14, 1870
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 9, 1872
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Oct 7, 1873
Name: John A. Bingham
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 31, 1873
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 7, 1873
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 2, 1885
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 11, 1873.
Name: Richard B. Hubbard
State of Residency: Texas
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1885
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 15, 1889
Name: John F. Swift
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 12, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: May 15, 1889
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Mar 10, 1891
Name: Frank L. Coombs
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 20, 1892
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 13, 1892
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 14, 1893
Name: Edwin Dun
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 4, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 14, 1893
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 2, 1897
Name: Alfred E. Buck
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 13, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 1898
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Dec 4, 1902
Name: Lloyd C. Griscom
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 16, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 22, 1903
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Nov 19, 1905
Name: Luke E. Wright
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 25, 1906
Presentation of Credentials: May 26, 1906
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Aug 13, 1907
Name: Thomas J. O'Brien
State of Residency: Michigan
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1907
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 15, 1907
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 31, 1911
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 12, 1907.
Name: Charles Page Bryan
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 22, 1911
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 1, 1912
Name: Larz Anderson
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 14, 1912
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 1, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Mar 15, 1913
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 1, 1913.
Name: George W. Guthrie
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 20, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 7, 1913
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Mar 8, 1917
Name: Roland S. Morris
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1917
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 30, 1917
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, May 15, 1920
Name: Charles Beecher Warren
State of Residency: Michigan
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 29, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 24, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Jan 28, 1922
Name: Cyrus E. Woods
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 3, 1923
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 21, 1923
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Jun 5, 1924
Name: Edgar A. Bancroft
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 23, 1924
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 19, 1924
Termination of Mission: Died at Karuizawa, Jul 27, 1925
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 21, 1925.
Name: Charles MacVeagh
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 24, 1925
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 9, 1925
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Dec 6, 1928
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1925.
Name: William R. Castle, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 24, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, May 27, 1930
Name: W. Cameron Forbes
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 17, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left Japan, Mar 22, 1932
Name: Joseph C. Grew
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 19, 1932
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 14, 1932
Termination of Mission: Japan declared war on the U.S., Dec 8, 1941 (Tokyo time)
Note: Grew, having been interned, left Japan Jun 25, 1942.
Name: Robert D. Murphy
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 18, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: May 9, 1952
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Apr 28, 1953
Note: Embassy Tokyo was reestablished Apr 28, 1952 with Ambassador Murphy in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.
Name: John M. Allison
State of Residency: Nebraska
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: May 28, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 2, 1957
Name: Douglas MacArthur 2d
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 4, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 25, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 12, 1961
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 29 1957.
Name: Edwin O. Reischauer
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 29, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 27, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 19, 1966
Name: U. Alexis Johnson
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 1, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1966
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 15, 1969
Name: Armin H. Meyer
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 27, 1972
Name: Robert Stephen Ingersoll
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 29, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 12, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 8, 1973
Name: James D. Hodgson
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 20, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 5, 1977
Name: Michael J. Mansfield
State of Residency: Montana
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 22, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 10, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 22, 1988
Name: Michael Hayden Armacost
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 20, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: May 15, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 19, 1993
Name: Walter F. Mondale
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Sept 21, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 15, 1996
Name: Thomas S. Foley
State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 31, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 19, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 1, 2001
Name: Howard Baker, Jr.
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 31, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 5, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 17, 2005
Name: John Thomas Schieffer
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 29, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 11, 2005
Termination of Mission:
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