State of Residency: Delaware
Title: Commissioner/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 11, 1863
Note: Declined appointment.
Name: Abraham Hanson
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Title: Comm/Consul General
Appointment: Jun 8, 1863
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 23, 1864
Termination of Mission: Died at post on or before Jul 20, 1866
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 12, 1864.
Name: John Seys
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Oct 8, 1866
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 2, 1867
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 11, 1870
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 21, 1867.
Name: J.R. Clay
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Note: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.
Name: F.E. Dumas
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 21, 1869
Note: Declined appointment.
Name: James W. Mason
State of Residency: Arkansas
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 29, 1870
Note: Did not proceed to post.
Name: J. Milton Turner
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 1, 1871
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1871
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 7, 1878
Name: John H. Smyth
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: May 23, 1878
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 19, 1878
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Dec 22, 1881
Name: Henry Highland Garnet
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jun 30, 1881
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 22, 1881
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Feb 13, 1882
Note: Commission (issued during recess of the Senate) not of record; enclosed with an instruction of Jul 19, 1881. Recommissioned after confirmation on Oct 26, 1881.
Name: John H. Smyth
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 12, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 4, 1882
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 14, 1885
Name: Moses A. Hopkins
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 11, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 14, 1885
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Aug 3, 1886
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 13, 1886.
Name: C.H.J. Taylor
State of Residency: Kansas
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 11, 1887
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 4, 1887
Termination of Mission: Left post soon after Sep 22, 1887
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
Name: Ezekiel E. Smith
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Apr 24, 1888
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 21, 1888
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 20, 1890
Name: Alexander Clark
State of Residency: Iowa
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Aug 16, 1890
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 25, 1890
Termination of Mission: Died at post, May 31, 1891
Name: William D. McCoy
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jan 11, 1892
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 28, 1892
Termination of Mission: Died at post, May 15, 1893
Name: William H. Heard
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Feb 23, 1895
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1895
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 28, 1898
Name: Owen L.W. Smith
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Feb 11, 1898
Presentation of Credentials: On or shortly before May 11, 1898
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 13, 1902
Name: John R.A. Crossland
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jan 16, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: May 13, 1902
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 30, 1903
Name: Ernest Lyon
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 16, 1903
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 27, 1903
Termination of Mission: Probably presented recall on or shortly before Aug 25, 1910
Name: William D. Crum
State of Residency: South Carolina
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jun 13, 1910
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 25, 1910
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 17, 1912
Name: Fred R. Moore
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 1, 1913
Note: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
Name: George W. Buckner
State of Residency: Indiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 10, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 8, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 15, 1915
Name: James L. Curtis
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Oct 25, 1915
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 29, 1915
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 20, 1917
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1915.
Name: Joseph J. Johnson
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Aug 27, 1918
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 8, 1919
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Feb 13, 1922
Name: Solomon Porter Hood
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Oct 26, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 13, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 9, 1926
Name: James G. Carter
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Mar 1, 1927
Note: Declined appointment.
Name: William T. Francis
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Jul 9, 1927
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 30, 1927
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jul 15, 1929
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1927.
Name: Charles E. Mitchell
State of Residency: W. Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Sep 10, 1930
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1930. Did not proceed to post in the capacity of Minister Resident/Consul General; took oath of office as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and proceeded to post, but did not present credentials; left post, Mar 22, 1933, the Government of Liberia having requested his recall, Feb 11, 1933.
Name: Charles E. Mitchell
State of Residency: W. Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 20, 1931
Name: Lester A. Walton
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 2, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 28, 1946
Name: Raphael O'Hara Lanier
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 13, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 8, 1948
Name: Edward R. Dudley
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 18, 1948
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.
Name: Edward R. Dudley
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 18, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 15, 1953
Name: Jesse D. Locker
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 16, 1953
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Apr 10, 1955
Name: Richard Lee Jones
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 31, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 24, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 24, 1959
Name: Elbert G. Mathews
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 30, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 4, 1962
Name: Charles Edward Rhetts
State of Residency: Indiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 7, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left Liberia, Sep 30, 1964
Name: Ben H. Brown, Jr.
State of Residency: South Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 25, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 6, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 17, 1969
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1965.
Name: Samuel Z. Westerfield, Jr.
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 9, 1969
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jul 19, 1972
Name: Melvin L. Manfull
State of Residency: Utah
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 2, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 22, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 15, 1975
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 8, 1973.
Name: W. Beverly Carter, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 6, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 23, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 1, 1979
Name: Robert P. Smith
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 6, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 15, 1981
Name: William Lacy Swing
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 11, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 10, 1985
Name: Edward Joseph Perkins
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 22, 1986
Name: James Keough Bishop
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 27, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: May 4, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 31, 1990
Name: Peter Jon de Vos
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 22, 1990
Presentation of Credentials:
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 27, 1992
Note: Arrived at post, Jun 28, 1990. Had not presented credentials before the overthrow of the Government of Liberia on Sep 11, 1990.
Note: Between 1992 and 1999 the following officers served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim: William H. Twaddell (Sep 1992?Jul 1995), William B. Milam (Nov. 1995?Jan 1999), and Donald K. Petterson (Feb 1999?Aug 1999).
Name: Bismark Myrick
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 20, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 23, 2002
Name: John William Blaney
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 8, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 3, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 13, 2005
Name: Donald E. Booth
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: June 21, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 9, 2005
Termination of Mission:
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