List of ambassadors of the United States to Colombia

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Ambassador of the United States to Colombia
Embajador de los Estados Unidos en Colombia
US Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
Francisco L. Palmieri.jpg
Incumbent
Francisco Palmieri
Chargé d'Affaires
since June 1, 2022 [1]
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.
as Minister Plenipotentiary
FormationDecember 16, 1823
Website U.S. Embassy - Bogotá

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

Contents

Gran Colombia

The following were commissioned either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to Gran Colombia.

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. Minister Plenipotentiary December 16, 1823July 24, 1826 [2] James Monroe
Beaufort T. Watts Chargé d'Affaires March 3, 1827 [3] November 21, 1827 John Quincy Adams
William Henry Harrison Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 5, 1829September 26, 1829
Thomas P. Moore Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 26, 1829April 16, 1833 Andrew Jackson

New Granada

The following were commissioned as either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to New Granada.

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Robert B. McAfee Chargé d'AffairesJuly 1, 1833June 20, 1837 Andrew Jackson
James Semple Chargé d'AffairesApril 21, 1838March 4, 1842 Martin Van Buren
William M. Blackford Chargé d'AffairesSeptember 17, 1842December 24, 1844 John Tyler
Benjamin A. Bidlack Chargé d'AffairesDecember 5, 1845February 6, 1849 [2] James K. Polk
Thomas M. Foote Chargé d'AffairesJanuary 5, 1850October 15, 1850 Zachary Taylor
Yelverton P. King Chargé d'AffairesAugust 25, 1851April 5, 1853 Millard Fillmore
James S. Green Chargé d'AffairesDecember 19, 1853August 13, 1854 Franklin Pierce
James B. Bowlin Minister Resident April 10, 1855May 20, 1857
George Wallace Jones Minister ResidentAugust 29, 1859November 4, 1861 James Buchanan

United States of Colombia

The following were commissioned as Ministers to the United States of Colombia.

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Allan W. Burton Minister Resident [4] March 9, 1864December 10, 1866 Abraham Lincoln
Peter J. Sullivan Minister ResidentJuly 25, 1867June 26, 1869 Andrew Johnson
Stephen A. Hurlbut Minister ResidentNovember 13, 1869April 3, 1872 Ulysses S. Grant
William L. Scruggs Minister ResidentJuly 24, 1873October 26, 1876
Ernest J. Dichman Minister ResidentOctober 4, 1878September 21, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
George Maney Minister ResidentSeptember 21, 1881July 19, 1882 Chester A. Arthur
William L. Scruggs Minister ResidentJuly 19, 1882December 4, 1884
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 4, 1884December 15, 1885
Charles D. Jacob Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 26, 1886May 29, 1886 Grover Cleveland

Republic of Colombia

The following were commissioned as either Ministers or Ambassadors to the Republic of Colombia.

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Dabney H. Maury Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 20, 1887June 22, 1889 Grover Cleveland
John T. Abbott Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 22, 1889July 17, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
Luther F. McKinney Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 17, 1893December 6, 1896 Grover Cleveland
Charles Burdett Hart Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 19, 1897March 19, 1903 William McKinley
Arthur M. Beaupre Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 13, 1903December 19, 1903 Theodore Roosevelt
William W. Russell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 1904May 24, 1905
John Barrett Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 27, 1905September 24, 1906
Thomas C. Dawson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 16, 1907April 25, 1909
Elliott Northcott Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 1909September 16, 1910 William Howard Taft
James T. DuBois Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 18, 1911March 1, 1913
Thaddeus Austin Thomson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 30, 1913June 26, 1916 Woodrow Wilson
Hoffman Philip Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 22, 1919May 29, 1922
Samuel H. Piles Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 29, 1922September 17, 1928 Warren G. Harding
Jefferson Caffery Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1928May 20, 1933 Calvin Coolidge
Edwin Sheldon Whitehouse Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 6, 1933December 8, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Dawson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 6, 1935November 16, 1937
Spruille Braden Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 15, 1939March 12, 1942
Arthur Bliss Lane Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 30, 1942October 18, 1944
John Cooper Wiley Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 16, 1944May 3, 1947
Willard L. Beaulac Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 1947June 29, 1951 Harry S. Truman
Capus M. Waynick Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 23, 1951September 21, 1953
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 28, 1954January 26, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philip Bonsal Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 1, 1955April 24, 1957
John Moors Cabot Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 1957July 15, 1959
Dempster McIntosh Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 30, 1959January 6, 1961
Fulton Freeman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 15, 1961March 14, 1964 John F. Kennedy
Covey T. Oliver Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 1964August 29, 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson
Reynold E. Carlson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 1966June 2, 1969
Jack H. Vaughn Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 9, 1969June 25, 1970 Richard Nixon
Leonard J. Saccio [5] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 24, 1971July 12, 1973
Viron P. Vaky Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 5, 1974June 23, 1976
Phillip V. Sanchez Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 2, 1976April 5, 1977 Gerald Ford
Diego C. Asencio Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 6, 1977June 22, 1980 Jimmy Carter
Thomas D. Boyatt Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 3, 1980April 14, 1983
Lewis Arthur Tambs Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1983February 15, 1985 Ronald Reagan
Charles A. Gillespie Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 28, 1985September 19, 1988
Thomas E. McNamara Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 4, 1988August 14, 1991
Morris D. Busby Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 18, 1991July 5, 1994 George H. W. Bush
Myles Frechette Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 25, 1994November 8, 1997 Bill Clinton
Curtis Warren Kamman Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1998August 15, 2000
Anne W. Patterson Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 24, 2000June 11, 2003
William B. Wood Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 2003March 12, 2007 George W. Bush
William R. Brownfield Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 12, 2007August 3, 2010
Michael McKinley Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 14, 2010September 1, 2013 Barack Obama
Kevin Whitaker Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 20, 2014August 17, 2019
Philip S. Goldberg Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 19, 2019June 1, 2022 Donald Trump
Francisco Palmieri Chargé d'AffairesJune 1, 2022incumbent Joe Biden

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Francisco L. Palmieri". June 2022.
  2. 1 2 Died at post.
  3. ↑ Had served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim since June 1826.
  4. ↑ Burton was commissioned to Granadine Confederation in 1861. Presented credentials to United States of Colombia in 1864.
  5. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR LEONARD J. SACCIO" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. September 30, 1990. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
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