State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 1, 1797
Presentation of Credentials: [Dec 5, 1797]
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 5, 1801
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin. Formally received on Dec 5, 1797.
Name: Henry Wheaton
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 3, 1835
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 9, 1835
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Henry Wheaton
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Appointment: Mar 7, 1837
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 29, 1837
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 18, 1846
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Andrew J. Donelson
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 18, 1846
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 18, 1846
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 9, 1849
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Andrew J. Donelson
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: [Aug 9, 1848]
Presentation of Credentials: [Sep 13, 1848]
Termination of Mission: [Presented recall, Nov 2, 1849]
Note: The dates in brackets relate to Donelson's service as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Federal Government of Germany at Frankfurt.
Name: Edward A. Hannegan
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 22, 1849
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 30, 1849
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jan 13, 1850
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Daniel D. Barnard
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 3, 1850
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 10, 1850
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 21, 1853
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident to Berlin.
Name: Peter D. Vroom
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 24, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1853
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 10, 1857
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 9, 1854. Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Joseph A. Wright
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 1, 1857
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 3, 1857
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 1, 1861
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jun 14, 1858.
Name: Norman B. Judd
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1861
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 3, 1865
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: Joseph A. Wright
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 1865
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 3, 1865
Termination of Mission: Died at post, May 11, 1867
Note: Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 22, 1866.
Name: George Bancroft
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 14, 1867
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1867
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned and reaccredited on formation of the German Empire
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jul 15, 1867. Commissioned to Prussia; resident at Berlin.
Name: George Bancroft
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 31, 1871
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 23, 1871
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Jun 30, 1874
Note: Commissioned to the German Empire. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 12, 1871.
Name: J.C. Bancroft Davis
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 11, 1874
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1874
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 26, 1877
Note: Commissioned to the German Empire.
Name: Bayard Taylor
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 4, 1878
Presentation of Credentials: May 7, 1878
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Dec 19, 1878
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Andrew D. White
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1879
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 19, 1879
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Aug 15, 1881
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: A. A. Sargent
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 2, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: May 18, 1882
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 6, 1884
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: John A. Kasson
State of Residency: Iowa
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 4, 1884
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1884
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 21, 1885
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: George H. Pendleton
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 21, 1885
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 25, 1889
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Murat Halstead
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
Name: William Walter Phelps
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 20, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1889
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 4, 1893
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1889. Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Theodore Runyon
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 23, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 4, 1893
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Theodore Runyon
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 14, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 26, 1893
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jan 27, 1896
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Edwin F. Uhl
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1896
Presentation of Credentials: May 3, 1896
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 8, 1897
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Andrew D. White
State of Residency: New York
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 5, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 12, 1897
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 27, 1902
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Charlemagne Tower
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 19, 1902
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 8, 1908
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902. Commissioned to Germany.
Name: David Jayne Hill
State of Residency: New York
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1908
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 14, 1908
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 2, 1911
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: John G.A. Leishman
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 24, 1911
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 4, 1913
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: James W. Gerard
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 28, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 29, 1913
Termination of Mission: U.S. severed diplomatic relations with Germany, Feb 3, 1917; Gerard received official notice of this Feb 5, 1917, and suspended his official functions. He left post, Feb 10, 1917.
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Ellis Loring Dresel
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Nov 18, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 10, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 18, 1922
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Alanson B. Houghton
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 10, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 22, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 21, 1925
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Jacob Gould Schurman
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1925
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 29, 1925
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 21, 1930
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Frederic M. Sackett
State of Residency: Kentucky
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 9, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 12, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left Germany, Mar 24, 1933
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: William E. Dodd
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 13, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 29, 1937
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Name: Hugh R. Wilson
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 17, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 3, 1938
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 16, 1938
Note: Commissioned to Germany.
Note: During the period 1938-1941 each of the following served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Alexander C. Kirk (May 1939-Oct 1940) and Leland B. Morris (Oct 1940-Dec 1941). Morris was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when Germany declared war on the United States Dec 11, 1941.
Name: James B. Conant
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 9, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: May 14, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 19, 1957
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany. The Embassy in Germany had been reestablished May 5, 1955, with Ambassador-designate Conant (who had been serving as High Commissioner) in charge except for a brief temporary absence pending confirmation of his nomination, commission, and presentation of his letter of credence.
Name: David K.E. Bruce
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 14, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 17, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 29, 1959
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Walter C. Dowling
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 7, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 3, 1959
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Apr 21, 1963
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation, on Jan 21, 1960. Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: George C. McGhee
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 25, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: May 18, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 21, 1968
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Henry Cabot Lodge
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 22, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: May 27, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 14, 1969
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Kenneth Rush
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 22, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 20, 1972
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Martin J. Hillenbrand
State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 1, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 27, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 18, 1976
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 27, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 5, 1981
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Arthur F. Burns
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 26, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 30, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 16, 1985
Note: Commissioned to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Name: Richard R. Burt
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 16, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 17, 1989
Name: Vernon A. Walters
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 14, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 24, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 18, 1991
Name: Robert Michael Kimmitt
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 28, 1993
Name: Richard Holbrooke
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 19, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 12, 1994
Name: Charles E. Redman
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 24, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 31, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 17, 1996
Note: J. D. Bindenagel served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Jun 1996-Sep 1997.
Name: John C. Kornblum
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 10, 1997
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge Jan 16, 2001
Note: The U.S. Office Bonn (Embassy Bonn until Jul 7, 1999) was closed Apr 3, 2000.
Name: A. Elizabeth Jones
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Nomination of Feb 22, 2000 was not acted upon by the Senate.
Name: Daniel R. Coats
State of Residency: Indiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 12, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 28, 2005
Name: William Robert Timken, Jr.
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 2005
Termination of Mission:
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