List of ambassadors of the United States to Brazil

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Ambassador of the United States to Brazil
Embaixador dos Estados Unidos da América no Brasil
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Seal of the United States Department of State
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Incumbent
Elizabeth Bagley
since February 3, 2023
Style Madam Ambassador
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Condy Raguet
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationOctober 29, 1825
Website U.S. Embassy - Brazil

The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Brazil. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Contents

List

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Condy Raguet Chargé d'AffairesOctober 29, 1825April 16, 1827 John Quincy Adams
William Tudor June 25, 1828March 9, 1830 [1]
Ethan A. Brown February 18, 1831April 11, 1834 Andrew Jackson
William Hunter January 7, 1835January 1, 1842
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 1, 1842December 9, 1843 John Tyler
George H. Proffit December 11, 1843August 10, 1844 [2]
Henry A. Wise August 10, 1844August 28, 1847
David Tod August 28, 1847August 9, 1851 James K. Polk
Robert C. Schenck August 9, 1851October 8, 1853 Millard Fillmore
William Trousdale October 8, 1853December 5, 1857 Franklin Pierce
Richard K. Meade December 5, 1857July 9, 1861 James Buchanan
James Watson Webb October 21, 1861May 26, 1869 Abraham Lincoln
James Monroe [3] [4] Chargé d'Affaires ad interim18691869 Ulysses S. Grant
Henry T. Blow Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 28, 1869November 6, 1870
James R. Partridge July 31, 1871June 11, 1877
Henry W. Hilliard October 23, 1877June 15, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
Thomas A. Osborn December 17, 1881July 11, 1885 James Garfield
Thomas J. Jarvis July 11, 1885November 19, 1888 Grover Cleveland
Robert Adams, Jr. July 20, 1889March 1, 1890 Benjamin Harrison
Edwin H. Conger December 19, 1890September 9, 1893
Thomas L. Thompson September 9, 1893July 17, 1897 Grover Cleveland
Edwin H. Conger August 9, 1897February 6, 1898 William McKinley
Charles Page Bryan April 11, 1898December 3, 1902
David E. Thompson April 1, 1903March 16, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 16, 1905November 3, 1905
Lloyd C. Griscom June 6, 1906January 2, 1907
Irving Bedell Dudley April 1, 1907September 16, 1911
Edwin V. Morgan June 4, 1912August 23, 1933 William H. Taft
Hugh S. Gibson August 23, 1933December 3, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jefferson Caffery August 17, 1937September 17, 1944
Adolf A. Berle, Jr. January 30, 1945February 27, 1946
William D. Pawley June 13, 1946March 26, 1948 Harry S. Truman
Herschel Vespasian Johnson July 22, 1948May 27, 1953
James S. Kemper August 18, 1953January 26, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Clement Dunn March 11, 1955July 4, 1956
Ellis O. Briggs July 24, 1956April 29, 1959
John M. Cabot July 22, 1959August 17, 1961
Lincoln Gordon October 19, 1961February 25, 1966 John F. Kennedy
John W. Tuthill June 30, 1966January 9, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Burke Elbrick July 14, 1969May 7, 1970 Richard Nixon
William M. Rountree November 16, 1970May 30, 1973
John Hugh Crimmins August 13, 1973February 25, 1978
Robert M. Sayre June 8, 1978September 19, 1981 Jimmy Carter
Langhorne A. Motley October 6, 1981July 6, 1983 Ronald Reagan
Diego C. Asencio December 20, 1983February 28, 1986
Harry W. Shlaudeman August 5, 1986May 14, 1989
Richard Huntington Melton December 12, 1989December 16, 1993 George H. W. Bush
Melvyn Levitsky June 1, 1994June 17, 1998 Bill Clinton
Anthony Stephen Harrington February 8, 2000February 28, 2001
Cristobal R. Orozco Chargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 28, 2001April 23, 2002 George W. Bush
Donna J. Hrinak Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 23, 2002June 26, 2004
John J. Danilovich September 2, 2004November 7, 2005
Philip T. Chicola Chargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 7, 2005August 2, 2006
Clifford M. Sobel Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 2006August 7, 2009 [5]
Tom Shannon February 4, 2010September 6, 2013 Barack Obama
Liliana Ayalde October 31, 2013January 3, 2017
P. Michael McKinley January 20, 2017November 5, 2018 Donald Trump
William W. Popp Chargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 5, 2018March 30, 2020
Todd C. Chapman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 30, 2020July 23, 2021
Douglas KoneffChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 28, 2021February 2, 2023 Joe Biden
Elizabeth Bagley Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 3, 2023Incumbent Joe Biden

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References

  1. ↑ Died at post.
  2. ↑ Proffit was a recess appointment; the Senate declined to confirm him and he was recalled.
  3. ↑ "James Monroe (1821-1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ "RG 30/22 - James Monroe (1821-1898) - Biography". Oberlin College Archives. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Clifford M. Sobel - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
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