United States Ambassador to El Salvador
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The following is a list of United States
Ambassador
s, or other Chiefs of Mission, to El Salvador
. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
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Ambassador
Ambassador
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s, or other Chiefs of Mission, to El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Chiefs of Mission
| Representative | Title | Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James R. Partridge | Minister Resident | June 15, 1863 | March 22, 1866 | Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... |
| Alpheus Starkey Williams | Minister Resident | January 21, 1867 | October 27, 1869 | Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American... |
| Alfred T. A. Torbert | Minister Resident | October 27, 1869 | May 10, 1871 | Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America... |
| Thomas Biddle Thomas Biddle Thomas Biddle was a War of 1812 hero who died in a duel with Missouri Congressman Spencer Pettis.Biddle was born into the powerful Biddle family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... |
Minister Resident | December 5, 1871 | June 30, 1873 | |
| George Williamson | Minister Resident | October 18, 1873 | before July 7, 1879 | |
| Cornelius A. Logan | Minister Resident | July 7, 1879 | on or soon after April 15, 1882 | Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution... |
| Henry C. Hall | Minister Resident | August 7, 1882 | May 2, 1883 | Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing... |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 2, 1883 | on or shortly before May 16, 1889 | ||
| Lansing B. Mizner | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 7–April 12, 1890 | December 31, 1890 | Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there... |
| Romualdo Pacheco Romualdo Pacheco José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco Jr. was an American politician and diplomat. Involved in California state and federal politics, Pacheco was elected and appointed to various posts and offices throughout his more than thirty-year career, including the California State Senate, the 12th Governor of... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 28, 1891 | November 14, 1891 | |
| Richard Cutts Shannon | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 14, 1891 | April 30, 1893 | |
| Lewis Baker | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 20, 1893 | about December 9, 1897 | Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... |
| William L. Merry | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 3, 1899 | December 31, 1907 | William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... |
| H. Percival Dodge | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 1, 1908 | February 6, 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... |
| William Heimke | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 18, 1909 | March 16, 1914 | William Howard Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States... |
| Boaz W. Long | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 14, 1914 | November 7, 1917 | Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... |
| Frank D. Arnold | Chargé d'Affaires Chargé d'affaires In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were... ad interim |
July 1918 | February 10, 1921 | |
| Peter Augustus Jay Peter Augustus Jay Peter Augustus Jay was the eldest son of New York's only native Founding Father, John Jay. Peter was one of 6 children born to John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay, and one of 2 boys with 4 sisters: Susan ; Maria , Ann and Sarah Louisa Peter Augustus Jay (January 24, 1776 - February 22, 1843) was... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 10, 1921 | April 28, 1921 | |
| Montgomery Schuyler Montgomery Schuyler Montgomery Schuyler, AIA, was a highly influential critic, journalist and editorial writer in New York City who wrote about and influenced art, literature, music and architecture during the city's "Gilded Age." He was active as a journalist for over forty years but is principally noted as a highly... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 12, 1921 | April 22, 1925 | Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator... |
| Jefferson Caffery Jefferson Caffery Jefferson Caffery served as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador , Colombia , Cuba , Brazil , France , and Egypt .-Career:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 20, 1926 | July 22, 1928 | Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... |
| Warren D. Robbins Warren Delano Robbins Warren Delano Robbins was an American diplomat and first cousin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 27, 1929 | April 30, 1931 | Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business... |
| Charles B. Curtis Charles B. Curtis Charles B. Curtis is an American lawyer, currently the President Emeritus and Board Member of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a non-profit organization working to reduce the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 6, 1931 | January 10, 1932 | |
| Frank P. Corrigan | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 30, 1934 | August 28, 1937 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... |
| Robert Frazer | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 6, 1937 | October 31, 1942 | |
| Walter C. Thurston | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 14, 1943 | April 16, 1943 | |
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Ambassador An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization.... |
April 16, 1943 | October 14, 1944 | ||
| John F. Simmons | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 21, 1945 | July 1, 1947 | |
| Albert F. Nufer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 13, 1947 | July 16, 1949 | Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his... |
| George P. Shaw | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 23, 1949 | April 25, 1952 | |
| Angier Biddle Duke Angier Biddle Duke Angier Biddle Duke had a career which included being a diplomat in the United States foreign service.-Biography:Angier Biddle Duke was born November 30, 1915 in New York City.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 5, 1952 | May 21, 1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... |
| Michael J. McDermott | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 25, 1953 | September 28, 1954 | |
| Robert C. Hill Robert C. Hill Robert Charles Hill was a United States diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to several Latin American countries and Spain throughout his career... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 4, 1954 | September 21, 1955 | |
| Thomas C. Mann Thomas C. Mann Thomas C. Mann was a diplomat who specialized in Latin American affairs while employed by the U.S. Department of State from 1942-1966. During the first administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower he served in a variety of posts, including two years as Ambassador to El Salvador... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 24, 1955 | September 24, 1957 | |
| Thorsten V. Kalijarvi | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 6, 1957 | December 18, 1960 | |
| Murat W. Williams | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 21, 1961 | July 4, 1964 | John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... |
| Raúl H. Castro Raúl Héctor Castro Raul Hector Castro is a Mexican-born American politician. He has served in both elected and non-elected public offices, including United States Ambassador and the 14th Governor of Arizona. He was the first Mexican American to be elected governor of Arizona... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 11, 1964 | July 17, 1968 | Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States... |
| William G. Bowdler William G. Bowdler -Biography:William G. Bowdler was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 27, 1924. He later immigrated to Florida, and served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946. He became a U.S. citizen in 1945. He was educated at the University of Richmond, receiving a B.A. in History in 1948. He... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 15, 1968 | September 2, 1971 | Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... |
| Henry E. Catto, Jr. Henry E. Catto, Jr. Henry Edward Catto, Jr. is an American businessman and public servant.A native of San Antonio, Texas and son of a prominent insurance man, he was educated at T.M.I.—The Episcopal School of Texas, graduating in 1948, and at Williams College, graduating in 1952. In the early 1960s, Catto twice ran... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 21, 1971 | September 2, 1973 | |
| James F. Campbell | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 5, 1974 | July 23, 1976 | |
| Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. Ignacio Eugenio Lozano, Jr. is a former United States Ambassador to El Salvador. He was appointed to the ambassadorship by President Gerald Ford in 1976., He resigned the post following the assumption of the presidency by Jimmy Carter.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 31, 1976 | June 1, 1977 | Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974... |
| Frank J. Devine | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 1, 1977 | February 15, 1980 | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... |
| Robert E. White Robert White (ambassador) Robert E. White served as U.S. ambassador under different administrations. He is currently president of the Center for International Policy.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 11, 1980 | February 1, 1981 | |
| Deane R. Hinton Deane R. Hinton Deane Roesch Hinton is a career U.S. diplomat and ambassador.-Biography:Hinton was born 12 March 1923 in Fort Missoula, Montana. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1943 and joined the U. S. Army, serving as a 2nd Lt. during World War II... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 28, 1981 | July 15, 1983 | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... |
| Thomas R. Pickering Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering , is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.-Early life:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 5, 1983 | June 7, 1985 | |
| Edwin G. Corr Edwin G. Corr Edwin Gharst Corr was a United States diplomat and served as a United States Ambassador to several Latin-American nations. Corr is from Norman, Oklahoma.... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 29, 1985 | August 10, 1988 | |
| William Graham Walker William Walker (diplomat) William Graham Walker is a veteran United States Foreign Service diplomat who served as the US ambassador to El Salvador and as the head of the Kosovo Verification Mission.-Political career:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 30, 1988 | February 21, 1992 | |
| Peter F. Romero Peter F. Romero Peter F. Romero previously served as the United States Ambassador to Ecuador and as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and was appointed by President Bill Clinton in the Fall of 1993.... |
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 21, 1992 | July 1992 | George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... |
| Gwen C. Clare | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 1992 | September 20, 1993 | |
| Alan H. Flanigan | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 20, 1993 | July 9, 1996 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... |
| Anne W. Patterson Anne W. Patterson Anne Woods Patterson is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Egypt. She previously served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 16, 1997 | July 15, 2000 | |
| Rose M. Likins | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 23, 2000 | June 16, 2003 Philip C. French Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 17, 2003 December 17, 2003 |
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| H. Douglas Barclay Hugh Douglas Barclay Hugh Douglas Barclay was a long-time New York State Senator and a former United States Ambassador to El Salvador. He was born in Pulaski, New York, and earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. Barclay is married to the former... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 13, 2003 | July 23, 2006 | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... |
| Charles L. Glazer Charles L. Glazer Charles L. Glazer was sworn in as United States Ambassador to El Salvador on January 16, 2007. Mr. Glazer tendered his resignation, effective Tuesday, January 20, 2009, upon receipt of an order by the incoming Obama administration requiring the departure of politically appointed ambassadors by... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | December 5, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | |
| Robert I. Blau | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2009 | 2010 | Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... |
| Mari Carmen Aponte Mari Carmen Aponte Mari Carmen Aponte is a Washington DC-based Puerto Rico-born attorney who serves, due to a recess appointment by President Barack Obama, as ambassador to El Salvador.-Personal life:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 22, 2010 | Incumbent |
See also
- El Salvador – United States relations
- Foreign relations of El SalvadorForeign relations of El SalvadorEl Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies, the Organization of American States , the Central American Common Market , the Central American Parliament , and the Central American Integration System . It actively participates in the Central American Security...
- Ambassadors of the United States