United States Ambassador to Uruguay
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The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Uruguay
. The current title given by the United States State Department to this position is Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
. The current title given by the United States State Department to this position is Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
| Representative | Title | Presentation of Credentials |
Termination of Mission |
Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Asboth Alexander Asboth Alexander Asboth was a Hungarian military leader best known for his victories as a Union general during the American Civil War. He also served as United States Ambassador to Argentina and as United States Ambassador to Uruguay.-Early life:Asboth was born in Keszthely, Hungary... |
Minister Resident | October 2, 1867 | January 21, 1868 | 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... |
| Henry G. Worthington Henry G. Worthington Henry Gaither Worthington was the first United States Representative from the State of Nevada, serving in Congress during the end of the American Civil War after the Lincoln Administration pushed through legislation to grant statehood to the former Territory of Nevada.Worthington served as U.S... |
Minister Resident | October 24, 1868 | July 10, 1869 | |
| Robert C. Kirk Robert C. Kirk Robert C. Kirk was an American politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1860 to 1862.-Biography:Robert C. Kirk was born February 26, 1821 in Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio. He attended primary schools in Mount Pleasant and entered Franklin College in New Athens,... |
Minister Resident | July 24, 1869 | July 6, 1870 | 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... |
| John L. Stevens John L. Stevens John Leavitt Stevens was the United States Department of State Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 when he was accused of conspiring to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani in association with the Committee of Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B... |
Minister Resident | July 6, 1870 | May 19, 1873 | |
| John C. Caldwell John C. Caldwell John Curtis Caldwell was a teacher, a Union general in the American Civil War, and an American diplomat.-Early life:Caldwell was born in Lowell, Vermont... |
Minister Resident | September 7, 1874 | October 6, 1876 | |
| 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... |
October 6, 1876 | July 10, 1882 | ||
| William Williams William Williams (Indiana) William Williams was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Williams attended the common schools and received a very limited education.... |
Chargé d'Affaires | July 10, 1882 | July 21, 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... |
| John E. Bacon John E. Bacon John E. Bacon was an ambassador to Paraguay from 1885-1888. He was also Ambassador to Uruguay at the same time. He was born 1830 in South Carolina and died in 1897.-References:... |
Chargé d'Affaires | July 21, 1885 | October 8, 1888 | 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... |
| Minister Resident | October 8, 1888 | December 26, 1888 | ||
| George Maney George Maney George Earl Maney was an American soldier, politician, railroad executive and diplomat. He was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S... |
Minister Resident | November 8, 1889 | November 28, 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... |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | November 28, 1890 | June 30, 1894 | ||
| Granville Stuart | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 2, 1894 | January 4, 1898 | 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 R. Finch William R. Finch -Biography:Finch was born William Rufus Finch on December 14, 1847 to John Reynolds and Lydia Ann Finch in Walworth County, Wisconsin. On November 2, 1897 he married Lillie M. Law. He died on August 9, 1913.-Career:... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 4, 1898 | May 29, 1905 | 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... |
| Edward C. O'Brien | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 2, 1905 | October 11, 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... |
| Edwin V. Morgan | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 31, 1910 | July 8, 1911 | William H. Taft |
| Nicolai A. Grevstad Nicolai A. Grevstad Nicolai A. Grevstad was an American diplomat, politician and newspaper editor. -Background:Nicolai Andreas Grevstad was born in Sunnmøre, the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. He graduated with a degree in law from the University of Christiania... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 9, 1911 | February 19, 1914 | |
| Robert Emmett Jeffery | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 4, 1915 | March 9, 1921 | 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... |
| Hoffman Philip | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 19, 1922 | April 10, 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... |
| Ulysses Grant-Smith | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 13, 1925 | January 11, 1929 | 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... |
| Leland Harrison | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 11, 1930 | October 9, 1930 | 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... |
| J. Butler Wright J. Butler Wright Joshua Butler Wright was a United States diplomat who served as the representative of the US in Hungary, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.... |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 9, 1931 | July 10, 1934 | |
| Julius G. Lay | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 20, 1935 | August 31, 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... |
| William Dawson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 10, 1938 | June 6, 1939 | |
| Edwin C. Wilson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 27, 1939 | March 5, 1941 | |
| William Dawson | 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.... |
July 12, 1941 | August 6, 1946 | |
| Joseph F. McGurk | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 28, 1946 | April 15, 1947 | 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... |
| Ellis O. Briggs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 21, 1947 | August 6, 1949 | |
| Christian M. Ravndal | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 9, 1949 | October 8, 1951 | |
| Edward L. Rodden | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 27, 1951 | October 12, 1953 | |
| Dempster McIntosh | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 12, 1953 | April 3, 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... |
| Jefferson Patterson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 2, 1956 | March 18, 1958 | |
| Robert F. Woodward Robert F. Woodward Robert Forbes Woodward was a United States diplomat who focused on U.S. relations with Latin America.-Biography:Robert F. Woodward was born in Minneapolis on October 1, 1908. He was educated at the University of Minnesota, receiving a B.A. in 1930.Woodward joined the United States Foreign Service... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 21, 1958 | March 29, 1961 | |
| Edward J. Sparks | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 24, 1961 | May 15, 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.... |
| Wymberley DeRenne Coerr | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 27, 1962 | January 22, 1965 | |
| Henry A. Hoyt | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 14, 1965 | December 16, 1967 | 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... |
| Robert M. Sayre | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 27, 1968 | October 19, 1969 | |
| Charles W. Adair, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 13, 1969 | September 28, 1972 | 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... |
| Ernest V. Siracusa | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 25, 1973 | April 22, 1977 | |
| Lawrence Pezzulo | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 10, 1977 | May 29, 1979 | 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... |
| Lyle Franklin Lane Lyle Franklin Lane Lyle Franklin Lane is a United States Diplomat. He served as the first Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana, heading the return of U.S. diplomats to Cuba in 1977. He also served as U.S... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 17, 1979 | July 22, 1980 | |
| N. Shaw Smith | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 22, 1980 | November 5, 1981 | |
| Thomas Aranda, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 5, 1981 | November 14, 1985 | 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.... |
| Malcolm Richard Wilkey Malcolm Richard Wilkey Malcolm Richard Wilkey was a United States federal judge and ambassador.-Biography:Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wilkey received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1940 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1948. He was in the United States Army 1941–1945, serving in George Patton's... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 28, 1985 | May 10, 1990 | |
| Richard C. Brown Richard C. Brown Richard C. Brown served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under George H.W. Bush, from 1990 to 1993.-Biography:Richard C. Brown was born November 1, 1939, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received a B.S. in 1960 and an M.S. in 1961, both from George Washington University. In 1963, he joined the... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 19, 1990 | August 19, 1993 | 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... |
| Thomas J. Dodd, Jr. Thomas J. Dodd, Jr. Thomas J. Dodd, Jr. is the former United States Ambassador to Uruguay and to Costa Rica . He is a Professor of Latin American History and Diplomacy at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 23, 1993 | September 1, 1997 | 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... |
| Christopher C. Ashby Christopher C. Ashby Christopher C. Ashby served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under Bill Clinton, from 1997 to 2001.-Biography:Christopher Ashy was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1968, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas Graduate... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 26, 1997 | March 1, 2001 | |
| Martin J. Silverstein Martin J. Silverstein Martin J. Silverstein is a Republican American attorney and diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2005.-Biography:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 17, 2001 | July 6, 2005 | 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.... |
| Frank E. Baxter Frank E. Baxter Frank E. Baxter is a Republican American businessman and diplomat. He served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under George W. Bush, from 2006 to 2009.-Biography:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 13, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | |
| David D. Nelson David D. Nelson David Daniel Nelson is a United States Foreign Service Officer and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under Barack Obama 2009–2011.-Biography:... |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 24, 2009 | May 23, 2011 | 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... |
| Thomas H. Lloyd | Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | May 23, 2011 | — |
See also
- United States – Uruguay relations
- Foreign relations of UruguayForeign relations of UruguayUruguay traditionally has had strong political and cultural links with its neighbours and Europe. British diplomat Alfred Mitchell-Innes was Minister to Uruguay throughout the crucial years of World War I ....
- Ambassadors of the United States