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Chiefs of Mission
- Clarence Edward Gauss (1886–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 17, 1940–March 5, 1941
- Nelson Trusler Johnson (1887–1954)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 12, 1941–April 20, 1945
- John Russell Minter (1893–1970)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –
- Robert Butler (1897–1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1946–March 31, 1948
- Myron Melvin Cowen (1898–1965)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 20, 1948–March 17, 1949
- Pete Jarman (1892–1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 7, 1949–July 31, 1953
- Amos Jenkins Peaslee II (1887–1969)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 12, 1953–February 16, 1956
- Douglas Maxwell Moffat (1881–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 27, 1956–August 30, 1956
- William Joseph Sebald (1901–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 7, 1957–October 31, 1961
- William Cullen Battle (1920–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 13, 1962–August 31, 1964
- Edward Aubrey Clark (1906–1992)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1965–December 31, 1967
- William Herbert Crook (1925–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1968–April 18, 1969
- Walter Lyman Rice (1903–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1969–May 26, 1973
- Marshall Green (1916–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1973–July 31, 1975
- James Ward Hargrove (1922–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 19, 1976–March 8, 1977
- Philip Henry Alston Jr. (1911–1988)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1977–January 23, 1981
- Robert Dean Nesen (1918–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 17, 1981–May 2, 1985
- Laurence William Lane Jr. (1919–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 7, 1986–April 29, 1989
- Melvin Floyd Sembler (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 25, 1989–February 28, 1993
- Edward Joseph Perkins (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 1993–July 19, 1996
- Genta Hawkins Holmes (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 11, 1997–July 23, 2000
- Edward William Gnehm Jr. (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 30, 2000–June 22, 2001
- John Thomas Schieffer (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 23, 2001–February 18, 2005
- William A. Stanton (1947–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 2005–July 2006
- Robert D. McCallum (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 24, 2006–January 20, 2009
- Jeffrey L. Bleich (1961–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 2009–September 12, 2013
- Morrell John Berry (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 2013–September 20, 2016
- James A. Carouso (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 20, 2016–March 10, 2019
- Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 13, 2019–
Other Nominees
- Edward Joseph Flynn (1891–1953)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.