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Chiefs of Mission for Samoa
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Chiefs of Mission
- Kenneth Franzheim II (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 14, 1971–November 11, 1972
- Chalmers Benedict Wood (1917–1991)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 1972–April 1974
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (1921–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 16, 1974–April 23, 1979
- Anne Clark Martindell (1914–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 1979–May 7, 1981
- H. Monroe Browne (1917–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1981–November 1, 1985
- Paul Matthews Cleveland (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 20, 1986–April 28, 1989
- Della M. Newman (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 1989–December 21, 1992
- Josiah Horton Beeman (1935–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 31, 1994–December 9, 1999
- Carol Moseley-Braun (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 2000–March 1, 2001
- Charles J. Swindells (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 12, 2002–August 21, 2005
- William Paul McCormick (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 16, 2006–December 20, 2008
- David Huebner (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 23, 2010–January 17, 2014
- Mark D. Gilbert (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 12, 2015–January 20, 2017
- Scott P. Brown (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 27, 2017–
Other Nominees
- Kenneth Franzheim II (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of December 28, 1970, was not acted upon by the Senate.
- Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- Robert F. Goodwin (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nominated on August 11, 1992. Did not serve.