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s, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Representative	Title	Presentation of Credentials	Termination of Mission	Appointed by
James Cooley	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...	May 21, 1827	February 24, 1828	John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
Samuel Larned	Chargé d'Affaires	November 30, 1829	March 6, 1837
James B. Thornton	Chargé d'Affaires	March 16, 1837	December 10, 1837	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
J. C. Pickett	Chargé d'Affaires	January 30, 1840	April 28, 1845	Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....
John A. Bryan John A. Bryan John Alexander Bryan was an American diplomat and politician from New York and Ohio.-Biography:...	Chargé d'Affaires	April 28, 1845	August 4, 1845	John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...
Albert G. Jewett Albert G. Jewett Albert Gallatin Jewett was the American Chargé d'Affaires to Peru in the mid-1840s, under the administration of President James K. Polk...	Chargé d'Affaires	August 4, 1845	July 21, 1847	James K. Polk James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...
John Randolph Clay John Randolph Clay John Randolph Clay was an American diplomat.-Biography:Clay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1808, the second child of parents Joseph and Mary Ashmead Clay and younger brother of Joseph Ashmead Clay . He also had a younger sister Ann Eliza Clay...	Chargé d'Affaires	December 15, 1847	August 22, 1853
	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	August 22, 1853	October 27, 1860	Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...
Christopher Robinson Christopher Robinson (Rhode Island) Christopher Robinson was a United States Representative from Rhode Island.He was born in Providence on May 15, 1806 and graduated from Brown University in 1825....	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	January 11, 1862	December 21, 1865	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...
Alvin P. Hovey Alvin P. Hovey Alvin Peterson Hovey was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st Governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an important role in several battles and uncovered a secret plot for an uprising in Indiana...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	May 22, 1866	September 22, 1870	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...
Thomas Settle Thomas Settle (judge) Thomas Settle was an American judge and politician in North Carolina.Born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, Settle received a A.B. from the University of North Carolina in 1850 and read law to enter the bar in 1854. He was a private secretary to North Carolina Governor David S...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	May 13, 1871	November 22, 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...
Francis Thomas Francis Thomas Francis Thomas was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts.-Early life and career:Thomas was born in Frederick...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	July 10, 1872	July 5, 1875
Richard Gibbs	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	July 10, 1875	April 15, 1879
Isaac P. Christiancy Isaac P. Christiancy Isaac Peckham Christiancy was Chief Justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan....	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	April 19, 1879	August 2, 1881	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...
Stephen A. Hurlbut Stephen A. Hurlbut Stephen Augustus Hurlbut , was a politician, diplomat, and commander of the U.S. Army of the Gulf in the American Civil War.-Biography:...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	August 2, 1881	March 27, 1882	James Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive...
Seth Ledyard Phelps Seth Ledyard Phelps Seth Ledyard Phelps was an American naval officer, politician, and diplomat. He served with distinction in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War and afterward was appointed president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia and then as U.S...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	April 24, 1884	June 24, 1885	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...
Charles W. Buck	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	September 1881	March 13, 1889	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...
John Hicks	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	May 31, 1889	June 24, 1893	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...
James A. McKenzie James A. McKenzie James Andrew McKenzie was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and uncle of John McKenzie Moss.Born in Bennettstown, Kentucky, McKenzie attended the common schools of Christian County and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. He studied law and admitted to the bar in 1861, and commenced practice in...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	June 24, 1893	April 13, 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...
Irving B. Dudley	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	September 20, 1897	February 14, 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...
Leslie Combs	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	April 10, 1907	February 23, 1911	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...
H. Clay Howard	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	May 1, 1911	September 9, 1913	William H. Taft
Benton McMillin Benton McMillin Benton McMillin was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903. A Democrat, he was a native of Monroe County, Kentucky and an attorney.-Biography:...	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	September 9, 1913	September 5, 1919	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...
William E. Gonzales	Ambassador Extraordinary and 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 24, 1920	October 11, 1921
Miles Poindexter Miles Poindexter Miles Poindexter was an American politician. As a Republican and later a Progressive, he served as a United States Representative and United States Senator.-Early life:Poindexter was born in Memphis, Tennessee...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 20, 1923	March 21, 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...
Alexander P. Moore Alexander Pollock Moore Alexander Pollock Moore was an American diplomat, editor and publisher. Born in Pittsburgh on November 10, 1867, he was the publisher/owner of the Pittsburgh Leader when he married the stage actress Lillian Russell, becoming her fourth husband....	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 11, 1928	July 10, 1929
Fred Morris Dearing Fred Morris Dearing Fred Morris Dearing was a United States diplomat.-Biography:Fred Morris Dearing was born in Columbia, Missouri on November 19, 1879....	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 23, 1930	June 3, 1937	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...
Laurence A. Steinhardt	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 13, 1937	April 10, 1939	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...
R. Henry Norweb	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 10, 1940	September 30, 1943
John Campbell White	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 4, 1944	June 17, 1945
William D. Pawley William D. Pawley William D. Pawley was a U.S. ambassador, a noted businessman and associated with the Flying Tigers American Volunteer Group during World War II.-Early life:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 20, 1945	April 27, 1946	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...
Prentice Cooper Prentice Cooper William Prentice Cooper was an American politician and Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945.-Life and career:A native of Bedford County, Tennessee, he attended Vanderbilt University and then Harvard University...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 1, 1946	June 29, 1948
Harold H. Tittmann, Jr.	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 27, 1948	March 30, 1955
Ellis O. Briggs	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 27, 1955	June 5, 1956	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...
Theodore C. Achilles	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 24, 1956	January 27, 1960
Selden Chapin Selden Chapin Selden Chapin was a career foreign service officer and United States diplomat.-Biography:Selden Chapin was born at Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1919 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1919 to 1925. He married Mary Paul Noyes, March 30, 1927.He was...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 7, 1960	August 7, 1960
James Loeb	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 23, 1961	July 26, 1962	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....
J. Wesley Jones	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 6, 1963	June 2, 1969
Taylor G. Belcher Taylor G. Belcher Taylor Garrison Belcher was a United States Ambassador to Cyprus and Peru who helped mediate conflicts in both countries.-Early life:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 29, 1969	April 4, 1974	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...
Robert W. Dean Robert W. Dean Robert W. Dean was an American jurist and legislator from Wisconsin.Born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, Dean received his bachelors and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces. After college, he moved to Wausau,...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 2, 1974	June 17, 1977
Harry W. Shlaudeman Harry W. Shlaudeman -Biography:Harry W. Shlaudeman was born in Los Angeles on May 17, 1926. During World War II, he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. After the war, he attended Stanford University, receiving his B.A. in 1952....	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 28, 1977	October 20, 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...
Edwin Gharst Corr	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 6, 1980	October 11, 1981
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. Frank Vincent Ortiz, Jr. , was an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, and Grenada as well as Special Representative to Dominica, Saint Lucia, Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 10, 1981	October 27, 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....
David C. Jordan David C. Jordan David C. Jordan was the United States Ambassador to Peru from March 20, 1984 to July 17, 1986.-References:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 20, 1984	July 17, 1986
Alexander Fletcher Watson	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 27, 1986	August 9, 1989
Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 11, 1989	September 16, 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...
Charles H. Brayshaw	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	September 1992	December 1993
Alvin P. Adams, Jr.	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 15, 1993	August 16, 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...
Dennis C. Jett	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 16, 1996	July 3, 1999
John R. Hamilton John R. Hamilton John R. Hamilton was an English architect who moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. In England Hamilton designed the Lincoln and Worcester Insane Asylums; the Birmingham, Plymouth, and Leicester Cemeteries; and churches in London and Oxford . He is believed to have come to the U.S. in approximately 1850 and...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 6, 1999	July 10, 2002
John R. Dawson	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 2, 2002	June 10, 2003	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....
James Curtis Struble	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 4, 2004	before June 2007
P. Michael McKinley P. Michael McKinley P. Michael McKinley is an American diplomat. On August 5, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed McKinley as U.S. Ambassador to Bogotá, Colombia. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru from 2007 to 2010. His State Department biography says:...	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 28, 2007	August, 2010
Rose M. Likins	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 15, 2010	Incumbent	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...

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