State of Residency: Tennessee
Foreign Service officer
Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
Appointment: Dec 19, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 18, 1930
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Ralph J. Totten
State of Residency: Tennessee
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 20, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 8, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 12, 1937
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Leo J. Keena
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 31, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 22, 1937
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 13, 1942
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Lincoln MacVeagh
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 21, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 21, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 21, 1943
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Thomas Holcomb
State of Residency: Delaware
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 14, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post May 30, 1948
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: North Winship
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 24, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 11, 1948
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: North Winship
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 2, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 23, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left South Africa, Dec 20, 1949
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: John G. Erhardt
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 23, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1950
Termination of Mission: Died at Capetown, Feb. 18, 1951
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Waldemar J. Gallman
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 22, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 18, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 15, 1954
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Edward T. Wailes
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 15, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 11, 1956
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 3, 1954. Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Henry A. Byroade
State of Residency: Indiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 26, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 9, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 24, 1959
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Philip K. Crowe
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 16, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 22, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 6, 1961
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Joseph C. Satterthwaite
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 6, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: May 22, 1961
Termination of Mission: Reaccredited when South Africa became a republic
Note: Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
Name: Joseph C. Satterthwaite
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presentation of Credentials: [May 31, 1961]
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 17, 1965
Note: New letter of credence submitted to the Foreign Office on May 31, 1961; not formally presented.
Name: William M. Rountree
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 20, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 8, 1966
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 5, 1970
Name: John G. Hurd
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 7, 1975
Name: William G. Bowdler
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: May 14, 1975
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 19, 1978
Name: William S. Edmondson
State of Residency: Nebraska
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 3, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 5, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 22, 1981
Name: Herman W. Nickel
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 29, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 20, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 4, 1986
Name: Edward Joseph Perkins
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 27, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post May 22, 1989
Name: William Lacy Swing
State of Residency: North Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 8, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 5, 1992
Name: Princeton Nathan Lyman
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 14, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Sept 21, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 14, 1995
Name: James A. Joseph
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 7, 1999
Name: Delano Eugene Lewis, Jr.
State of Residency: New Mexico
Non-career officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 16, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 21, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 22, 2001
Name: Cameron R. Hume
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 28, 2004
Name: Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 25, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 10, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 26, 2005
Name: Eric M. Bost
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 15, 2006
Termination of Mission:
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