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Chiefs of Mission for Poland
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Chiefs of Mission
- Hugh Simons Gibson (1883–1954)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 2, 1919–May 3, 1924
- Alfred John Pearson (1869–1939)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 26, 1924–August 18, 1925
- John Batterson Stetson Jr. (1884–1952)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 29, 1925–August 29, 1929
- John North Willys (1873–1935)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 24, 1930–May 30, 1932
- Ferdinand Lammot Belin (1881–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 13, 1932–March 4, 1933
- John Clarence Cudahy (1887–1943)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 6, 1933–April 23, 1937
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 2, 1937–December 1, 1943
- Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld (1895–1981)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –July 5, 1945
- Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 4, 1945–February 24, 1947
- Stanton Griffis (1887–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 9, 1947–April 21, 1948
- Waldemar John Gallman (1899–1980)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 15, 1948–July 8, 1950
- Joseph Flack (1894–1955)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 30, 1950–April 22, 1955
- Joseph Earle Jacobs (1893–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1955–July 23, 1957
- Jacob Dyneley Beam (1908–1993)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1957–November 30, 1961
- John Moors Cabot (1901–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 2, 1962–September 24, 1965
- John Austin Gronouski (1919–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 7, 1965–May 26, 1968
- Walter John Stoessel Jr. (1920–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 1968–August 5, 1972
- Richard Townsend Davies (1920–2005)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 5, 1973–February 5, 1978
- William Everett Schaufele Jr. (1923–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 30, 1978–September 11, 1980
- Francis Joseph Meehan (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 27, 1980–February 11, 1983
- John Roger Davis Jr. (1927–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1983–January 9, 1987
- John Roger Davis Jr. (1927–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, January 9, 1987–March 17, 1988
- John Roger Davis Jr. (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 17, 1988–July 20, 1990
- Thomas W. Simons Jr. (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1990–April 28, 1993
- Nicholas Andrew Rey (1938–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 21, 1993–October 25, 1997
- Daniel Fried (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 27, 1997–May 6, 2000
- Christopher Robert Hill (1952–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 27, 2000–April 14, 2004
- Victor Henderson Ashe (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 2004–September 26, 2009
- Lee Andrew Feinstein (1959–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 20, 2009–October 28, 2012
- Stephen D. Mull (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 2012–August 29, 2015
- Paul Wayne Jones (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 2015–July 28, 2018
- Georgette Mosbacher (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 2018–
Other Nominees
- Alexander Pollock Moore (1867–1930)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Died in the United States before taking oath of office.
- James Michael Curley (1874–1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.