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Chiefs of Mission and Principal Officers
of the Department of State
Index

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z


I

Iddings, Lewis Morris (1850-1921)
Non-career appointee
1905 Agent/Consul General, Egypt

Ide, Henry Clay (1844-1921)
Non-career appointee
1909 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain

Ikle, Fred Charles (1924- )
Non-career appointee
1973 Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Ilchman, Alice Stone (1935- )
Non-career appointee
1978 Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs

Inderfurth, Karl Frederick (1946- )
Non-career appointee
1997 Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs

Indyk, Martin S. (1951- )
Non-career appointee
1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel
1997 Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

Ingersoll, Charles Jared (1782-1862)
Non-career appointee
1847 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France]

Ingersoll, George Pratt (1861-1927)
Non-career appointee
1917 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Siam

Ingersoll, Joseph Reed (1786-1868)
Non-career appointee
1852 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom

Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs (1789-1872)
Non-career appointee
1846 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia

Ingersoll, Robert Stephen (1914- )
Non-career appointee
1972 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan
1973 Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
1974 Deputy Secretary of State

Irving, Frederick (1921- )
Foreign Service officer
1972 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iceland
1976 Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica

Irving, Washington (1783-1859)
Non-career appointee
1842 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain

Irwin, John Nichol (1845-1905)
Non-career appointee
1899 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal

Irwin, John Nichol II (1913- )
Non-career appointee
1970 Under Secretary of State
1972 Deputy Secretary of State
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France

Irwin, William Wallace (1803-1856)
Non-career appointee
1843 Chargé d'Affaires, Denmark

Isham, Heyward (1926- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti
1977 Director, Office for Combatting Terrorism

Isom, Harriet W. (1936- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Chargé d' Affaires ad interim, Laos
1987 Chargé d' Affaires, Laos
1989 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Benin
1992 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cameroon

Itoh, William H. (1943- )
Foreign Service officer
1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand

J

Jackovich, Victor (1948- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bosnia-Herzegovina]
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bosnia-Herzegovina
1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Slovenia

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Non-career appointee
1823 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico]

Jackson, Henry Rootes (1820-1898)
Non-career appointee
1853 Chargé d'Affaires, Austria
1854 Minister Resident, Austria
1856 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria]
1885 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico

Jackson, Isaac Rand (?-1842)
Non-career appointee
1841 Chargé d'Affaires, Denmark

Jackson, John Brinkerhoff (1862-1920)
Non-career appointee
1902 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile]
1902 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece, Romania [and Serbia]
1903 Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria
1903 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece, Romania and Serbia
1905 Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria
1905 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece and Montenegro
1907 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Persia
1909 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba
1911 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria

Jacob, Charles D. (1838-?)
Non-career appointee
1885 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia

Jacobs, John Roland (1911- )
Foreign Service officer
1960 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Malagasy Republic

Jacobs, Joseph Earle (1893-1971)
Foreign Service officer
1948 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia
1955 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland

Jacobsen, William Ludwig (1936- )
Foreign Service officer
1989 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea-Bissau

James, Charles A. (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1976 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Niger

Jardine, William Marion (1874-1955)
Non-career appointee
1930 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Egypt

Jarimillo, Mari-Luci (1928- )
Non-career appointee
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras

Jarman, Pete (1892-1955)
Non-career appointee
1949 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia

Jarvis, Thomas Jordan (1836-1915)
Non-career appointee
1885 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil

Javits, Eric M. (1931- )
Non-career appointee
1989 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela]

Jay, John (1745-1829)
Non-career appointee
1779 [Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain]
1784 Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Jay John II (1817-1894)
Non-career appointee
1869 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria

Jay, Peter Augustus (1877-1933)
Foreign Service officer
1909 Agent/Consul General, Egypt
1920 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador
1921 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania
1925 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina

Jeffers, William N. (1789-1853)
Non-career appointee
1831 [Chargé d'Affaires, Central America]

Jefferson, Benjamin Lafayette (1871-1950)
Non-career appointee
1913 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Non-career appointee
1785 Minister Plenipotentiary, France
1787 Minister Plenipotentiary, France
1789 Secretary of State

Jeffery, Robert Emmett (1875-1935)
Non-career appointee
1915 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay

Jenifer, Daniel (1791-1855)
Non-career appointee
1841 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria

Jenkins, Douglas (1880-1961)
Foreign Service officer
1939 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia

Jernegan, John Durnford (1911-1981)
Foreign Service officer
1958 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Iraq
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria

Jessup, Henry Harris (1832-1910)
Non-career appointee
1882 [Chargé d'Affaires/Consul General, Persia]

Jessup, Philip Caryl (1897-1986)
Non-career appointee
1949 Ambassador at Large

Jeter, Howard F. (1947- )
Foreign Service officer
1989 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Lesotho
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana

Jett, Dennis Coleman (1945- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Malawi
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mozambique
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru

Jewell, Marshall (1825-1883)
Non-career appointee
1873 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia

Jewett, Albert Gallatin (1802-1885)
Non-career appointee
1845 Chargé d'Affaires, Peru

Johnson, Darryl Norman (1938- )
Foreign Service officer
1991 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Lithuania
1992 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lithuania

Johnson, Donald C. (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mongolia

Johnson, Gove Griffith Jr. (1912- )
Non-career appointee
1962 Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs

Johnson, Gregory L. (1945- )
Foreign Service officer
1993 Charge d'Affaires ad interim Sweden

Johnson, Hallett (1888-1968)
Foreign Service officer
1944 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica

Johnson, Herschel Vespasian II (1894-1966)
Foreign Service officer
1941 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden
1948 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil

Johnson, James (1810-1891)
Non-career appointee
1866 [Minister Resident, Colombia]

Johnson, Joseph Lowery (1874-1945)
Non-career appointee
1918 Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia

Johnson, Marilyn Priscilla (1922- )
Foreign Service officer
1978 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo

Johnson, Mark (1946- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal]
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal

Johnson, Nelson Trusler (1887-1954)
Foreign Service officer
1927 Assistant Secretary of State (1924-1944)
1929 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China
1935 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China
1941 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Australia

Johnson, Ralph R. (1943- )
Foreign Service officer
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Slovakia

Johnson, Reverdy (1796-1876))
Non-career appointee
1868 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, England

Johnson, Robert Underwood (1853-1937)
Non-career appointee
1920 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy

Johnson, Steward (1880-1926)
Foreign Service officer
1918 Chargé d'Affaires at interim, Costa Rica

Johnson, Ural Alexis (1908-1997)
Foreign Service officer
1953 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia
1958 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand
1961 [Assistant Secretary of State]
1961 Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
1964 Career Ambassador
1964 Deputy Ambassador, Vietnam
1965 Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
1966 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan
1969 Under Secretary for Political Affairs
1973 Ambassador at Large

Johnstone, L. Craig (1942- )
Foreign Service officer
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Algeria

Jones, A. Elizabeth (1948- )
Foreign Service officer
1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kazakhstan

Jones, George Fleming (1935- )
Foreign Service officer
1990 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana]
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana

Jones, George Lewis (1907-1971)
Foreign Service officer
1956 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tunisia
1959 Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs

Jones, George Wallace (1804-1896)
Non-career appointee
1859 Minister Resident, New Granada

Jones, Harold Armstrong (1897- )
Non-career appointee
1953 International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal

Jones, Howard Palfrey (1899-1973)
Foreign Service officer
1958 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Indonesia

Jones, James Robert (1939- )
Non-career appointee
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico

Jones, Jehu Glancy (1811-1878)
Non-career appointee
1858 [Minister Resident, Austria]
1858 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria

Jones, John Wesley (1907- )
Foreign Service officer
1958 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya
1962 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru

Jones, Joseph Russell (1823-1909)
Non-career appointee
1869 Minister Resident, Belgium

Jones, Marshall Paul (1915-1985)
Foreign Service officer
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malawi

Jones, Owen Thomas (1907- )
Foreign Service officer
1962 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Hungary

Jones, Richard B. (?-?)
Non-career appointee
1852 Agent/Consul General, Egypt

Jones, Richard Henry (1950- )
Foreign Service officer
1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon

Jones, Richard Lee (1893-1975)
Non-career appointee
1955 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia

Jones, Roger Warren (1908-1993)
Non-career appointee
1961 Deputy Under Secretary for Administration

Jones, Thomas Sambola (1859-1933)
Non-career appointee
1918 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras

Jones, William Bowdoin (1928- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti

Jordan, David C. (1935- )
Non-career appointee
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru

Jordan, Mosina H. (1943- )
Foreign Service officer
1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic

Jorden, William John (1923- )
Non-career appointee
1974 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama

Joseph, Geri M. (1923- )
Non-career appointee
1978 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands

Joseph, James A. (1935- )
Non-career appointee
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa

Josif, Harold George (1920-)
Foreign Service officer
1972 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Libya

Jova, Joseph John (1916-1993)
Foreign Service officer
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras
1969 Representative, Organization of American States, Washington
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico

Judah, Noble Brandon (1884-1938)
Non-career appointee
1927 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cuba

Judd, Norman Buel (1815-1878)
Non-career appointee
1861 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Prussia

K

Kagey, Charles Lemuel (1876-1941)
Non-career appointee
1921 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Finland

Kaiser, Philip Mayer (1913- )
Non-career appointee
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Senegal and Mauritania
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Hungary
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria

Kalb, Bernard (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1985 Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs

Kalijarvi, Thorsten Valentine (1897-1980)
Non-career appointee
1957 Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs
1957 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador

Kamman, Curtis W. (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1985 Principal Officer, U.S. Interests Section, Cuba
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia

Kampelman, Max M. (1920- )
Non-career appointee
1985 Representative, U.S. Office for Arms Reduction Negotiations, Geneva
1987 Counselor

Kane, Robert Francis (1926- )
Non-career appointee
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ireland

Kanter, Arnold Lee (1945- )
Non-career appointee
1991 Under Secretary for Political Affairs
1993 Acting Secretary of State

Kantor, Mickey (Michael) (1939- )
Non-career appointee
1993 U.S. Trade Representative

Karaer, Arma Jane (1941- )
Foreign Service officer
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Papua New Guinea, Soloman Islands and Vanuatu

Karrick, David Brewer (1893-1960)
Non-career appointee
1960 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador]

Kasson, John Adam (1822-1910)
Non-career appointee
1877 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria-Hungary
1884 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany

Kattouf, Theodore H. (1946- )
Foreign Service officer
1987 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Yemen Arab Republic

Katz, Abraham (1926- )
Foreign Service officer
1981 Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris

Katz, Julius Louis (1925- )
Non-career appointee
1976 Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs

Katzen, Jay Kenneth (1936- )
Foreign Service officer
1977 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Congo

Katzenbach, Nicholas deBelleville (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1966 Under Secretary of State

Kaufman, David E. (1883-1962)
Non-career appointee
1928 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia
1930 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Siam

Kauzlarich, Richard Dale (1944- )
Foreign Service officer
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Azerbaijan
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Kavanagh, Edward (1795-1844)
Non-career appointee
1835 Chargé d'Affaires, Portugal

Keating, Kenneth Barnard (1900-1975)
Non-career appointee
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, India
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel

Keating, Robert Brendon (1924- )
Non-career appointee
1983 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Madagascar and Comoros

Keel, Alton Gold, Jr. (1943- )
Non-career appointee
1987 Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels

Keeley, James Hugh Jr. (1895-1985)
Foreign Service officer
1947 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Syria

Keeley, Robert Vossler (1929- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Uganda
1976 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece

Keena, Leo John (1878-1967)
Foreign Service officer
1935 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras
1937 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, South Africa

Keiley, Anthony Michael (1835-1905)
Non-career appointee
1885 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy]
1885 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria-Hungary]

Keith, Kenton Wesley (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar

Keller, Edward Eugene Jr. (1929- )
Foreign Service officer
1969 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Southern Yemen

Kellogg, Frank Billings (1856-1937)
Non-career appointee
1923 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Great Britain
1925 Secretary of State

Kellogg, William (1814-1872)
Non-career appointee
1864 [Minister Resident, Guatemala]

Kelly, John Hubert (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lebanon
1989 Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asian Affairs
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland

Kemp, LaRae Washington (1941- )
Foreign Service officer
1991 Director, Office of Medical Services

Kemper, James Scott (1886-1981)
Non-career appointee
1953 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil

Kennan, George Frost (1904- )
Foreign Service officer
1947 Director, Policy Planning Staff
1949 Counselor
1952 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Soviet Union
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia

Kennedy, David Matthew (1905- )
Non-career appointee
1971 Ambassador at Large
1972 Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick (1888-1969)
Non-career appointee
1938 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Great Britain


Kennedy, Patrick F. (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1993 Assistant Secretary for Administration

Kennedy, Richard Thomas (1919-1998)
Non-career appointee
1981 Under Secretary for Management
1981 Representative, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
1982 Ambassador at Large

Kennedy-Minott, Rodney O'Gliasain (1928- )
Non-career appointee
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden

Kent, Jill E. (1945- )
Non-career appointee
1989 Chief Financial Officer

Keogh, James (1916- )
Non-career appointee
1973 Director, U.S. Information Agency

Kerens, Richard C. (1841-1916)
Non-career appointee
1909 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria-Hungary

Kerr, John Bozman (1809-1878)
1851 [Chargé d'Affaires, New Granada]
1851 Chargé d'Affaires, Nicaragua

Key, David McKendree II (1900-1988)
Foreign Service officer
1950 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma
1953 Assistant Secretary for United Nations Affairs
1954 Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs

Keyes, Alan L. (1950- )
Non-career appointee
1985 Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs

Kidder, Randolph Appleton (1913- )
Foreign Service officer
1964 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cambodia]

Kilday, Lowell C. (1931- )
Foreign Service officer
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic

Killgore, Andrew Ivy (1919- )
Foreign Service officer
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Qatar

Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson (1836-1881)
Non-career appointee
1865 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile
1881 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile

Kimelman, Henry L. (1921- )
Non-career appointee
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti

Kimmitt, Robert Michael (1947- )
Non-career appointee
1989 Under Secretary for Political Affairs
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany

King, Barrington (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brunei

King, David Sjodahl (1917- )
Non-career appointee
1967 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malagasy Republic
1968 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius

King, Hamilton (1852-1912)
Non-career appointee
1898 Minister Resident/Consul General, Siam
1903 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Siam

King, Rufus (1755-1827)
Non-career appointee
1796 Minister Plenipotentiary, Great Britain
1825 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom

King, Rufus (1814-1876)
Non-career appointee
1861 [Minister Resident, Papal States]
1863 Minister Resident, Papal States

King, Spencer Mathews (1917-1988)
Foreign Service officer
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana

King, William Rufus de Vane (1786-1853)
Non-career appointee
1844 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France

King, Yelverton P. (1794-1868)
Non-career appointee
1851 Chargé d'Affaires, New Granada

Kingon, Alfred Hugh (1931- )
Non-career appointee
1987 Representative, European Communities, Brussels

Kinney, William Burnet (1799-1880)
Non-career appointee
1850 Chargé d'Affaires, Sardinia

Kintner, William Roscoe (1915-1997)
Non-career appointee
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand

Kirby, Harmon Elwood (1934- )
Foreign Service officer
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo

Kirk, Alan Goodrich (1888-1963)
Non-career appointee
1946 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium
1946 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg
1949 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Soviet Union
1962 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China

Kirk, Alexander Comstock (1888-1979)
Foreign Service officer
1939 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Germany
1941 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Egypt
1941 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia
1943 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece
1944 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy

Kirk, Robert C. (1821-?)
Non-career appointee
1862 Minister Resident, Argentina
1869 Minister Resident, Argentina
1869 Minister Resident, Uruguay

Kirk, Roger (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Romania

Kirkpatrick, Jeane Jordan (1926- )
Non-career appointee
1981 Representative, United Nations, New York

Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan (1813-1894)
Non-career appointee
1863 [Minister Resident, Denmark]

Kissinger, Henry A. (Alfred Heinz) (1923- )
Non-career appointee
1973 Secretary of State

Klieforth, Alfred Will (1889-1969)
Foreign Service officer
1945 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Czechoslovakia

Klosson, Michael (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Sweden

Knabenshue, Paul (1883-1942)
Foreign Service officer
1932 Minister Resident/Consul General, Iraq

Kneip, Richard Francis (1933-1987)
Non-career appointee
1978 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Singapore

Knight, Ridgway Brewster (1911- )
Foreign Service officer
1961 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Syria
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Syria
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal

Knowles, Horace Greeley (1863-1913)
Non-career appointee
1907 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania and Serbia
1907 Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria
1907 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania and Serbia
1909 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua]
1909 Minister Resident/Consul General, Dominican Republic
1910 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia

Knox, Clinton Everett (1908-1980)
Foreign Service officer
1964 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dahomey
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti

Knox, Philander Chase (1853-1921)
Non-career appointee
1909 Secretary of State

Koerner, Gustavus (1809-1896)
Non-career appointee
1862 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain

Kohler, Foy David (1908-1990)
Foreign Service officer
1959 Assistant Secretary for European Affairs
1962 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Soviet Union
1966 Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs

Komer, Robert William (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1968 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey

Kontos, Constantine William (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sudan

Korcak, Jerome M. (1937- )
Non-career appointee
1980 Director, Office of Medical Services

Kordek, John Florian (1938- )
Foreign Service officer
1988 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana

Koren, Henry Lloyd Thornell (1911-1994)
Foreign Service officer
1964 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo

Korn, David Adolph (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1982 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Ethiopia
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Togo

Kornblum, John Christian (1943- )
Foreign Service officer
1996 Assistant Secretary for European and Canadian Affairs
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany

Kornfeld, Joseph Saul (1876-1943)
Non-career appointee
1921 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Persia

Korry, Edward Malcolm (1922- )
Non-career appointee
1963 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ethiopia
1967 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile

Korth, Penne Percy (1942- )
Non-career appointee
1989 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritius

Kozak, Michael G. (1946- )
Foreign Service officer
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador
1997 Chief, U.S. Interests Section, Havana

Krebs, Max Vance (1916- )
Foreign Service officer
1974 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana

Kreeck, George Lewis (1882-1945)
Non-career appointee
1925 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay

Krehbiel, Victor John (1905- )
Non-career appointee
1973 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Finland

Kriebel, P. Wesley (1927- )
Foreign Service officer
1983 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, The Gambia

Krueger, Robert C. (1935- )
Non-career appointee
1979 Ambassador at Large
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burundi
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Botswana

Krys, Sheldon J. (1934- )
Foreign Service officer
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Trinidad and Tobago
1988 Assistant Secretary for Administration
1989 Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security

Kryza, Elmer Gregory (1922- )
Foreign Service officer
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania

Kubisch, Jack Bloom (1921- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs
1974 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece

Kuchel, Ronald Karl (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1992 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti]
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia

Kunin, Madeleine May (1933- )
Non-career appointee
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liechenstein

Kurtzer, Daniel C. (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt

Kuter, Laurence Sherman (1905- )
Non-career appointee
1947 Representative, International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal

Kux, Dennis (1931- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cote d'Ivoire

Kyle, Edwin Jackson (1876-?)
Non-career appointee
1945 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala

L

La Branche, Alcee Louis (1806-1861)
Non-career appointee
1837 Chargé d'Affaires, Texas

La Porta, Alphonse F. (1939- )
Foreign Service officer
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mongolia

Labouisse, Henry Richardson Jr. (1904-1987)
Non-career appointee
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece

Lacy, William Sterling Byrd (1910-1979)
Non-career appointee
1955 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea

Lader, Philip (1946- )
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom

Lafontant-Mankarious, Jewel Stradford (1922-1997)
Non-career appointee
1989 Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Refugee Affairs

Laingen, Lowell Bruce (1922- )
Foreign Service officer
1976 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malta
1979 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Iran

Laise, Caroline Clendening (Carol (Laise) Bunker) (1917-1991)
Foreign Service officer
1966 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nepal
1973 Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
1975 Director General of the Foreign Service

Lake, Joseph Edward (1941- )
Foreign Service officer
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mongolian People's Republic
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Albania

Lake, William Anthony Kirsopp 1939- )
Non-career appointee
1977 Director, Policy Planning Staff

Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte (1798-1859)
Non-career appointee
1857 [Minister Resident, Argentina]
1857 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua]
1858 Minister Resident, Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Lamb, Denis (1937- )
Foreign Service officer
1987 Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris

Lamb, Robert E. (1936- )
Foreign Service officer
1983 Assistant Secretary for Administration
1985 Coordinator, Office of Security
1985 Director, Bureau of Diplomatic Security
1987 Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cyprus

Lambert, Paul C. (1928- )
Non-career appointee
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador

Lambertson, David Floyd (1940- )
Foreign Service officer
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand

Lamm, Donald Wakeham (1914-1996)
Foreign Service officer
1957 Chargé d'Affaires, Ghana

Landau, George Walter (1920- )
Foreign Service officer
1972 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile
1982 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela

Landau, Sonia (1937- )
Non-career appointee
1988 Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy

Lane, Arthur Bliss (1894-1956)
Foreign Service officer
1933 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua
1936 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
1937 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia
1941 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica
1942 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia
1944 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland

Lane, George M. (1928- )
Foreign Service officer
1978 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yemen Arab Republic

Lane, Laurence William Jr. (1919-)
Non-career appointee
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Australia and Nauru

Lane, Lyle Francis (1926- )
Foreign Service officer
1979 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Paraguay

Laney, James T. (1927- )
Non-career appointee
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea

Langley, James McLellan (1894-1968)
Non-career appointee
1957 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan

Langston, John Mercer (1829-1897)
Non-career appointee
1877 Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti
1883 Chargé d'Affaires, Santo Domingo

Lanier, Raphael O'Hara (1900-1962)
Non-career appointee
1946 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Liberia

Lanpher, Edward G. (1942- )
Foreign Service officer
1991 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zimbabwe

Lansing, Robert (1864-1928)
Non-career appointee
1914 Counselor
1915 Secretary of State ad interim
1915 Secretary of State

Larkin, Barbara Mills (1951- )
Non-career appointee
1996 Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs

Larned, Samuel (?-? )
Non-career appointee
1828 Chargé d'Affaires, Chile
1828 Chargé d'Affaires, Peru
1830 Chargé d'Affaires, Peru

Larocco, James A. (1948- )
Foreign Service officer
1997 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kuwait

Larson, Alan Philip (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1990 Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris
1996 Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs

Larson, Arthur (1910-1993)
Non-career appointee
1956 Director, U.S. Information Agency

Lauder, Ronald Stephen (1944- )
Non-career appointee
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria

Lauderdale, Clint Arlen (1932- )
Foreign Service officer
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guyana

Laughlin, Irwin Boyle (1871-1941)
Foreign Service officer
1924 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece
1929 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain

Lawrence, Abbott (1792-1855)
Non-career appointee
1849 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom

Lawrence, Albert Gallatin (1836-1887)
Non-career appointee
1866 Minister Resident, Costa Rica

Lawrence, Loren E. (1926-1992)
Foreign Service officer
1979 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Jamaica
1984 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Grenada

Lawrence, M. Larry (1926-1996)
Non-career appointee
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland

Lawson, Edward Burnett (1895-1962)
Foreign Service officer
1949 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iceland
1954 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel

Lawton, Alexander Robert (1818-1896)
Non-career appointee
1885 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia
1887 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria-Hungary

Lay, George Washington (1798-1860)
Non-career appointee
1842 Chargé d'Affaires, Sweden and Norway

Lay, Julius Gareche (1872-1939)
Foreign Service officer
1929 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras
1934 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay]
1935 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay

LeGendre, Charles William (1830-1899)
Non-career appointee
1872 [Minister Resident, Argentina]

LeMelle, Wilbert John (1931- )
Non-career appointee
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kenya and Seychelles

Leahy, William Daniel (1875-1959)
Non-career appointee
1940 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France

Learson, Thomas Vincent (1912-1996)
Non-career appointee
1975 Ambassador at Large

Leary, John Charles (1924- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Grenada
1987 Chargé d'Affaires, Grenada

Leavell, William Hayne (1850-1930)
Non-career appointee
1913 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala

Leddy, John Marshall (1914-1997)
Non-career appointee
1962 Representative, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris
1965 Assistant Secretary for European Affairs

Lee, Charles (1758-1815)
Non-career appointee
1800 Secretary of State ad interim

Lee, Joseph Wilcox Jenkins (1870-1949)
Non-career appointee
1905 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador
1907 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala [and Honduras]
1907 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala

Lefever, Ernest W. (1919- )
Non-career appointee
1981 [Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs]

Legare, Hugh Swinton (1797-1843)
Non-career appointee
1832 Chargé d'Affaires, Belgium
1843 Secretary of State ad interim

Lehman, Ronald Frank II (1946- )
Non-career appointee
1989 Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Leidel, Donald Charles (1927- )
Foreign Service officer
1983 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bahrain

Leigh, Monroe (1919- )
Non-career appointee
1974 Legal Advisers

Leishman, John G.A., (1857-1924)
Non-career appointee
1897 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland
1900 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey
1906 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey
1909 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy
1911 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany

Leonard, John P. (1940- )
Foreign Service officer
1988 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Nicaragua
1990 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Suriname

Leonard, Walter Anderson (1880-1955)
Foreign Service officer
1940 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Estonia

Leonhart, William (1919-1997)
Foreign Service officer
1962 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tanganyika
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia

Lerner, Louis Abraham (1935-1984)
Non-career appointee
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway

Letcher, Robert Perkins (1788-1861)
Non-career appointee
1849 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico

Leticia, Mara M. (1955- )
Non-career appointee
1992 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Croatia]

Levin, Burton (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1987 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Burma

Levitsky, Melvyn (1938- )
Foreign Service officer
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria
1987 Executive Secretary
1989 Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Matters
1994 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil

Lewis, Arthur Winston (1926- )
Foreign Service officer
1983 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone

Lewis, Charles Hance (1816-?)
Non-career appointee
1870 Minister Resident, Portugal

Lewis, Charles William Jr. (1898- )
Foreign Service officer
1947 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Pakistan

Lewis, Edward Parke Custis (1837-1892)
Non-career appointee
1885 Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal

Lewis, Geoffrey Whitney (1910-1992)
Foreign Service officer
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mauritania
1967 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Central African Republic

Lewis, Harrison (1905- )
Foreign Service officer
1964 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Malta

Lewis, Samuel Winfield (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1975 Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Israel
1993 Director, Policy Planning Staff

Light, Walter Scott (1931- )
Non-career appointee
1992 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador]

Lightner, Edwin Allan Jr. (1907-1990)
Foreign Service officer
1963 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Libya

Lilley, James Roderick (1935- )
Non-career appointee
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Korea
1989 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China

Lincoln, Levi (1749-1820)
Non-career appointee
1801 Secretary of State ad interim

Lincoln, Robert Todd (1843-1926 )
Non-career appointee
1889 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Great Britain

Linder, Harold Francis (1900-1981)
Non-career appointee
1952 Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs
1968 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada

Linehan, John Andrew Jr. (1924- )
Foreign Service officer
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sierra Leone

Lino, Marisa R. (1950- )
Foreign Serice officer
1996 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Albania

Linowitz, Sol Myron (1913-)
Non-career appointee
1966 Organization of American States, Washington

Litt, David C. (1949- )
Foreign Service officer
1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates

Little, Edward Campbell (1858-1924)
Non-career appointee
1892 Agent/Consul General, Egypt

Little, Edward Southard (1918- )
Foreign Service officer
1974 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chad

Livingston, Edward (1764-1836)
Non-career appointee
1831 Secretary of State
1833 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France

Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813)
Non-career appointee
1781 Secretary of Foreign Affairs
1801 Minister Plenipotentiary, France

Livingston, Van Brugh (1792-1868)
Non-career appointee
1848 Chargé d'Affaires, Ecuador

Livingston, William (1723-1790)
Non-career appointee
1785 [Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands]

Locke, Eugene Murphy (1918-1972)
Non-career appointee
1966 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Pakistan
1967 Deputy Ambassador Vietnam

Locker, Jesse Dwight (1891-1955)
Non-career appointee
1953 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Liberia

Lodge, Henry Cabot Jr. (1902-1985)
Non-career appointee
1953 Representative, United Nations, New York
1963 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Vietnam
1967 Ambassador at Large
1968 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany
1970 Personal Representative, Vatican City

Lodge, John Davis (1903-1985)
Non-career appointee
1955 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina
1983 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Switzerland

Loeb, James Isaac Jr. (1908-1992)
Non-career appointee
1961 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru
1963 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea

Loeb, John Langeloth Jr. (1930- )
Non-career appointee
1981 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Denmark

Loftus, Thomas A. (1945- )
Non-career appointee
1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway

Logan Alan (1926- )
Foreign Service officer
1983 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, The Gambia

Logan, Cornelius Ambrose (1832-1899)
Non-career appointee
1873 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile
1879 Minister Resident, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
1882 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile

Logan, John Alexander (1826-1886)
Non-career appointee
1865 [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico]

Long, Boaz Walton (1876-1962)
Non-career appointee
1914 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador
1919 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba
1936 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua
1938 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador
1942 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador
1943 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala

Long, Samuel Miller Breckinridge (1881-1958)
Non-career appointee
1917 Third Assistant Secretary of State
1933 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy
1940 Assistant Secretary of State, 1924-1944

Long, John G. (1846-1903)
Non-career appointee
1899 Agent/Consul General, Egypt

Longstreet, James (1821-1904)
Non-career appointee
1880 Minister Resident, Turkey

Loomis, Cyrus O., (?-?)
Non-career appointee
1867 [Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti]

Loomis, Francis Butler (1861-1948)
Non-career appointee
1897 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela
1901 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal
1903 Assistant Secretary of State, 1853-1924
1905 Secretary of State ad interim

Looram, Matthew James Jr. (1921- )
Foreign Service officer
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dahomey
1972 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia

Lord, William Paine (1838-1911)
Non-career appointee
1899 [Minister Resident/Consul General, Persia]
1899 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina

Lord, Winston (1937- )
Foreign Service officer
1973 Director, Policy Planning Staff
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China
1993 Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Loring, George Bailey (1817-1891)
Non-career appointee
1889 Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal

Lothrop, George Van Ness (1817-1897)
Non-career appointee
1885 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia

Loughran, John Lewis (1921- )
Foreign Service officer
1975 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia

Louis, John J. Jr. (1925- )
Non-career appointee
1981 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Great Britain

Lourie, Donold Bradford (1899-1990)
Non-career appointee
1953 Under Secretary for Administration

Lovett, Robert Abercrombie (1895-1986)
Non-career appointee
1947 Under Secretary of State

Low, Frederick Ferdinand (1828-1894)
Non-career appointee
1869 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China

Low, Stephen (1927- )
Foreign Service officer
1976 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zambia
1979 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria
1982 Director, Foreign Service Institute

Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
Non-career appointee
1877 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain
1880 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Great Britain

Lowenstein, James Gordon (1927- )
Foreign Service officer
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg

Lowrie, Arthur L. (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1972 Principal Officer, U.S. Interests Section, Iraq

Loy, Frank E. (1928- )
Non-career appointee
1980 Director, Bureau of Refugee Programs

Lozano, Ignacio E. Jr. (1927- )
Non-career appointee
1976 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador

Luce, Ann Clare (Boothe) (1903- 1987)
Non-career appointee
1953 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy
1959 [Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil]

Lucey, Patrick Joseph (1918- )
Non-career appointee
1977 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico

Luers, William Henry (1929- )
Foreign Service officer
1978 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela
1983 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia

Lukens, Alan Wood (1924- )
Foreign Service officer
1960 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, and Congo
1961 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Central African Republic
1984 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Congo

Lumsden, George Quincey Jr. (1930- )
Foreign Service officer
1982 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Arab Emirates

Lupo, Samuel Eldred (1933- )
Foreign Service officer
1987 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guinea

Lydman, Jack Wilson (1914- )
Foreign Service officer
1969 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Malaysia

Lyman, Princton Nathan (1935- )
Foreign Service officer
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Nigeria
1989 Director, Bureau of Refugee Programs
1992 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, South Africa
1997 Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs

Lynch, Andrew Green (1902-1966)
Foreign Service officer
1951 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Libya
1960 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Somalia
1960 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Somalia

Lynch, Patricia Gates (1926- )
Non-career appointee
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Comoros and Madagascar

Lyne, Stephen R. (1935- )
Foreign Service officer
1987 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ghana

Lyon, Cecil Burton (1903-1993)
Foreign Service officer
1956 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile
1964 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ceylon
1965 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Maldives

Lyon, Ernest (1860-1938)
Non-career appointee
1903 Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia


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