State of Residency: New York
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Name: James Cooley
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: May 2, 1826
Presentation of Credentials: May 21, 1827
Termination of Mission: Died at post Feb 24, 1828
Name: Samuel Larned
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Dec 29, 1828
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 30, 1829
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned in 1830; served without interruption under the two commissions
Name: Emanuel J. West
State of Residency:
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Oct 22, 1829
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on Mar 12, 1830, but died en route to post before his second commission was issued.
Name: Samuel Larned
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: May 15, 1830
Presentation of Credentials: [see note below]
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 6, 1837
Note: Not reaccredited under his new commission.
Name: James B. Thornton
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Jun 15, 1836
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 16, 1837
Termination of Mission: Left Peru Dec 10, 1837
Note: Officially recognized on Mar 16, 1837. Commissioned to Peru but received by the Government of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. Returned to Peru but died at Callao, Jan 25, 1838, without resuming charge of the Legation.
Name: J.C. Pickett
State of Residency:
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Jun 9, 1838
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 30, 1840
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Apr 28, 1845
Note: Commissioned to the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, but received by the Government of Peru.
Name: John A. Bryan
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Aug 15, 1844
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 28, 1845
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Aug 4, 1845
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
Name: Albert G. Jewett
State of Residency: Maine
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 13, 1845
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 4, 1845
Termination of Mission: Recall requested by the Government of Peru Apr 11, 1846 (request received, Jun 2, 1846); left post Jul 21, 1847
Name: John R. Clay
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Charg? d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 3, 1847
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 15, 1847
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Name: John R. Clay
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 16, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 22, 1853
Termination of Mission: Notified the Government of Peru Oct 19, 1860, that relations were suspended; left post on or after Oct 27, 1860
Name: Christopher Robinson
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 8, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 11, 1862
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted Nov 26, 1865; new Government of Peru still unrecognized by U.S. when Robinson left Peru Dec 21, 1865.
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jul 15, 1861.
Name: Alvin P. Hovey
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1865
Presentation of Credentials: May 22, 1866
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 22, 1870
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1866.
Name: Thomas Settle
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 18, 1871
Presentation of Credentials: May 13, 1871
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 22, 1871
Name: Francis Thomas
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 25, 1872
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 10, 1872
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on or shortly before Jul 5, 1875
Name: Richard Gibbs
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 9, 1875
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 10, 1875
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 15, 1879
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 14, 1875.
Name: Isaac P. Christiancy
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1879
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 19, 1879
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 2, 1881
Name: Stephen A. Hurlbut
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 19, 1881
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 2, 1881
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted Sep 28, 1881; Chilean occupation forces still in control of Lima when Hurlbut died at post Mar 27, 1882.
Name: James R. Partridge
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 12, 1882
Note: Took oath of office and proceeded to post but did not present credentials; left Peru Mar 24, 1883.
Name: Seth Ledyard Phelps
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 18, 1883
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 24, 1884
Termination of Mission: Died at post Jun 24, 1885
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 12, 1883.
Name: Charles W. Buck
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 1885
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 13, 1889
Name: John Hicks
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 30, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1889
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 24, 1893
Name: James A. McKenzie
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 4, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 24, 1893
Termination of Mission: Left Peru Apr 13, 1897
Name: Irving B. Dudley
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 28, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 20, 1897
Termination of Mission: Left post Feb 14, 1907
Name: Leslie Combs
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1906
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 1907
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Feb 23, 1911
Name: H. Clay Howard
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 18, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: May 1, 1911
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 9, 1913
Name: Benton McMillin
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 9, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 5, 1919
Name: William E. Gonzales
State of Residency: South Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 10, 1919
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 24, 1920
Termination of Mission: Left Peru Oct 11, 1921
Name: Miles Poindexter
State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 19, 1923
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 20, 1923
Termination of Mission: Left Peru Mar 21, 1928
Name: Alexander P. Moore
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 29, 1928
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 11, 1928
Termination of Mission: Left Peru Jul 10, 1929
Name: Fred Morris Dearing
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 31, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: May 23, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left Peru Jun 3, 1937
Name: Laurence A. Steinhardt
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 22, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 13, 1937
Termination of Mission: Left Peru Apr 10, 1939
Name: R. Henry Norweb
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 12, 1940
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 1940
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 30, 1943
Name: John Campbell White
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 29, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 4, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 17, 1945
Name: William D. Pawley
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 14, 1945
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 20, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 27, 1946
Name: Prentice Cooper
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 2, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 29, 1948
Name: Harold H. Tittmann, Jr.
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 18, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 27, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 30, 1955
Name: Ellis O. Briggs
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 24, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 27, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 5, 1956
Name: Theodore C. Achilles
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 29, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 24, 1956
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Jan 27, 1960
Name: Selden Chapin
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 18, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: May 7, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 7, 1960
Name: James Loeb
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 18, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: May 23, 1961
Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted Jul 18, 1962; new Government of Peru still unrecognized by U.S. when Loeb left post Jul 26, 1962
Name: J. Wesley Jones
State of Residency: Iowa
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 29, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 6, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 2, 1969
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 27, 1963.
Name: Taylor G. Belcher
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 19, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 29, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 4, 1974
Name: Robert W. Dean
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 14, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: May 2, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 17, 1977
Name: Harry W. Shlaudeman
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 26, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 28, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 20, 1980
Name: Edwin Gharst Corr
State of Residency: Oklahoma
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 2, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 6, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 11, 1981
Name: Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.
State of Residency: New Mexico
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 10, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 27, 1983
Name: David C. Jordan
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 1, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 20, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 17, 1986
Name: Alexander Fletcher Watson
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 27, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 9, 1989
Name: Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 21, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post Sept 16, 1992
Note: Charles H. Brayshaw served as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim, Sep 1992?Dec 1993.
Name: Alvin P. Adams, Jr.
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 11, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 15, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 16, 1996
Name: Dennis C. Jett
State of Residency: New Mexico
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 16, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 3, 1999
Name: John R. Hamilton
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 6, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 10, 2002
Name: John R. Dawson
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 20, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 2, 2002
Termination of Mission: Died in New York City Aug 1, 2003
Note: Left post June 10, 2003
Name: James Curtis Struble
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 12, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 4, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 21, 2007
Name: Peter Michael McKinley
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 2007
Termination of Mission:
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