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Chiefs of Mission for Germany
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Chiefs of Mission
- John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, December 5, 1797–May 5, 1801
- Henry Wheaton (1785–1848)
- Chargé d’Affaires, June 9, 1835–September 29, 1837
- Henry Wheaton (1785–1848)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1837–July 18, 1846
- Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799–1871)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 18, 1846–June 9, 1849
- Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799–1871)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 13, 1848–November 2, 1849
- Edward A. Hannegan (1807–1859)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 30, 1849–January 13, 1850
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (1797–1861)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 10, 1850–September 21, 1853
- Peter Dumont Vroom (1791–1873)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1853–August 10, 1857
- Joseph Albert Wright (1810–1867)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 3, 1857–July 1, 1861
- Norman Buel Judd (1815–1878)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1861–September 3, 1865
- Joseph Albert Wright (1810–1867)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 3, 1865–May 11, 1867
- George Bancroft (1800–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1867–July 13, 1871
- George Bancroft (1800–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 23, 1871–June 30, 1874
- John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1874–September 26, 1877
- Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 7, 1878–December 19, 1878
- Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 19, 1879–August 15, 1881
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827–1887)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 18, 1882–June 6, 1884
- John Adam Kasson (1822–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1884–June 21, 1885
- George Hunt Pendleton (1825–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 21, 1885–April 25, 1889
- William Walter Phelps (1839–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1889–June 4, 1893
- Theodore Runyon (1822–1896)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 4, 1893–October 26, 1893
- Theodore Runyon (1822–1896)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 1893–January 27, 1896
- Edwin Fuller Uhl (1841–1901)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 3, 1896–June 8, 1897
- Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 12, 1897–November 27, 1902
- Charlemagne Tower (1848–1923)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 19, 1902–June 8, 1908
- David Jayne Hill (1850–1932)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1908–September 2, 1911
- John G.A. Leishman (1857–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1911–October 4, 1913
- James Watson Gerard III (1867–1951)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1913–February 3, 1917
- Ellis Loring Dresel (1865–1925)
- Chargé d’Affaires, December 10, 1921–April 18, 1922
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 22, 1922–February 21, 1925
- Jacob Gould Schurman (1854–1942)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1925–January 21, 1930
- Frederic Mosley Sackett (1868–1941)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 12, 1930–March 24, 1933
- William Edward Dodd (1869–1940)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 30, 1933–December 29, 1937
- Hugh Robert Wilson (1885–1946)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 3, 1938–November 16, 1938
- Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, May 1939–October 1940
- Leland Burnette Morris (1886–1950)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1940–December 11, 1941
- James Bryant Conant (1893–1978)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 14, 1955–February 19, 1957
- David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 17, 1957–October 29, 1959
- Walter Cecil Dowling (1905–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1959–April 21, 1963
- George Crews McGhee (1912–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 18, 1963–May 21, 1968
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 27, 1968–January 14, 1969
- Kenneth Rush (1910–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1969–February 20, 1972
- Martin Joseph Anthony Hillenbrand (1915–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 27, 1972–October 18, 1976
- Walter John Stoessel Jr. (1920–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 27, 1976–January 5, 1981
- Arthur Frank Burns (1904–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 30, 1981–May 16, 1985
- Richard R. Burt (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 16, 1985–February 17, 1989
- Vernon A. Walters (1917–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 24, 1989–August 18, 1991
- Robert Michael Kimmitt (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1991–August 28, 1993
- Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (1941–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 1993–September 12, 1994
- Charles Edgar Redman (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 1994–June 17, 1996
- James D. Bindenagel (1949–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, June 1996–September 1997
- John Christian Kornblum (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1997–January 16, 2001
- Daniel Ray Coats (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2001–February 28, 2005
- William Robert Timken Jr. (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 2005–December 5, 2008
- Philip D. Murphy (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 3, 2009–August 26, 2013
- John Bonnell Emerson (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 26, 2013–January 20, 2017
- Kent D. Logsdon (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–May 8, 2018
- Richard A. Grenell (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 8, 2018–
Other Nominees
- Murat Halstead (1829–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
- A. Elizabeth Jones (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of February 22, 2000, was not acted upon by the Senate.