State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 20, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 13, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 20, 1931
Note: Also accredited to Estonia and Lithuania; resident at Riga.
Name: Robert P. Skinner
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 23, 1931
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 28, 1932
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 29, 1933
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1931. Also accredited to Estonia and Lithuania; resident at Riga.
Name: John Van A. MacMurray
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 28, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 13, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 12, 1936
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 15, 1934. Also accredited to Estonia and Lithuania; resident at Riga.
Name: Arthur Bliss Lane
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 24, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 16, 1937
Name: Frederick A. Sterling
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 9, 1937
Note: Also commissioned to Estonia; took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
Name: John C. Wiley
State of Residency: Indiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1938
Termination of Mission: Soviet forces occupied Riga, Jun 17, 1940; left post Jul 25, 1940
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 20, 1939. Also accredited to Estonia; resident at Riga.
Note: Earl L. Packer was Charg? d'Affaires ad interim when Legation Riga was closed, Sep 5, 1940.
Note: The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Latvia on Sep 2, 1991. Embassy Riga was established Oct 2, 1991 with Ints M. Silins as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.
Name: Ints M. Silins
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 14, 1995
Name: Larry C. Napper
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 1, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 1, 1998
Name: James Howard Holmes
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 4, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 27, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 15, 2001
Name: Brian E. Carlson
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 6, 2004
Name: Catherine Todd Bailey
State of Residency: Kentucky
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 29, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 4, 2005
Termination of Mission:
Note: An earlier nomination of Sep 8, 2004, not acted upon by the Senate.
Name: Charles W. Larson, Jr.
State of Residency: Iowa
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 21, 2007
Presentation of Credentials:
Termination of Mission:
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