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Chiefs of Mission for Haiti
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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Chiefs of Mission
- Benjamin Franklin Whidden (1813–1896)
- Commissioner and Consul General, October 1, 1862–February 23, 1865
- Henry Everard Peck (1821–1867)
- Commissioner and Consul General, September 2, 1865–October 11, 1866
- Henry Everard Peck (1821–1867)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, October 11, 1866–June 9, 1867
- Gideon Hiram Hollister (1817–1881)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, June 6, 1868–September 8, 1869
- Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833–1908)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, September 8, 1869–November 27, 1877
- John Mercer Langston (1829–1897)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, November 27, 1877–June 30, 1885
- John Edgar West Thompson (1860–1918)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, June 30, 1885–October 17, 1889
- Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (1818–1895)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, November 14, 1889–July 1891
- John Stephens Durham (1861–1919)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, October 3, 1891–November 7, 1893
- Henry Maxwell Smythe (1844–1932)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, November 7, 1893–March 9, 1897
- William Frank Powell (1848–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 20, 1897–November 30, 1905
- Henry Watson Furniss (1868–1955)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 30, 1905–September 17, 1913
- Madison Roswell Smith (1850–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 30, 1913–July 8, 1914
- Arthur Bailly-Blanchard (1855–1925)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 15, 1915–September 26, 1921
- James Clement Dunn (1890–1979)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 1922–February 1924
- George Robert Merrell (1898–1962)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1924–October 1926
- Christian Gross (1895–1933)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1926–November 1927
- Stuart Edgar Grummon (1901–1960)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 1928–November 1930
- Dana Gardner Munro (1892–1990)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 16, 1930–September 14, 1932
- Norman Armour (1887–1982)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 7, 1932–March 4, 1933
- Norman Armour (1887–1982)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 11, 1933–March 21, 1935
- George Anderson Gordon (1885–1959)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 6, 1935–July 21, 1937
- Ferdinand Lathrop Mayer (1887–1986)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 18, 1937–November 29, 1940
- John Campbell White (1884–1967)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 14, 1941–April 14, 1943
- John Campbell White (1884–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 1943–February 24, 1944
- Orme Wilson Jr. (1885–1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 2, 1944–August 22, 1946
- Harold Hilgard Tittmann Jr. (1893–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 20, 1946–July 17, 1948
- William E. DeCourcy (1894–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 1948–December 9, 1950
- Howard Karl Travers (1893–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1951–February 25, 1952
- Roy Tasco Davis (1889–1975)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1953–March 9, 1957
- Gerald Augustin Drew (1903–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 15, 1957–July 16, 1960
- Robert Newbegin II (1905–1991)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1960–December 10, 1961
- Raymond LeRoy Thurston (1913–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 4, 1962–May 15, 1963
- Benson Ellison Lane Timmons III (1916–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 16, 1964–May 28, 1967
- Claude George Anthony Ross (1917–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 20, 1967–October 17, 1969
- Clinton Everett Knox (1908–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 13, 1969–April 26, 1973
- Heyward Isham (1926–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 31, 1974–July 8, 1977
- William Bowdoin Jones (1928–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 12, 1977–July 12, 1980
- Henry L. Kimelman (1921–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1980–February 18, 1981
- Ernest Henry Preeg (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 28, 1981–August 20, 1983
- Clayton E. McManaway Jr. (1933–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 10, 1984–August 18, 1986
- Brunson McKinley (1943–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 9, 1986–November 13, 1989
- Alvin P. Adams (1942–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 1989–August 1, 1992
- William Lacy Swing (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 1993–January 5, 1998
- Timothy Michael Carney (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1998–December 11, 1999
- Brian Dean Curran (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 12, 2001–May 16, 2003
- James Brendan Foley (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 2003–August 14, 2005
- Janet Ann Sanderson (1955–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 17, 2006–March 15, 2008
- Kenneth H. Merten (1961–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 25, 2009–July 20, 2012
- Pamela Ann White (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 3, 2012–September 13, 2015
- Peter F. Mulrean (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 2015–February 27, 2017
- Michele Jeanne Sison (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 21, 2018–
Other Nominees
- Cyrus O. Loomis (?–)
- Minister Resident/Consul General: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
- George Washington Williams (1849–1891)
- Minister Resident/Consul General: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.