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Chiefs of Mission
- Patrick Jay Hurley (1883–1963)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 24, 1942–August 12, 1942
- William Carter Burdett (1884–1944)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 4, 1943–January 14, 1944
- Kenneth Stuart Patton (1882–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 15, 1944–October 22, 1945
- Avra Milvin Warren (1893–1957)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 27, 1946–July 15, 1947
- Robert McGregor Scotten (1891–1968)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 7, 1948–December 22, 1948
- Robert McGregor Scotten (1891–1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1948–February 1, 1955
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson (1898–1964)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 16, 1955–November 20, 1956
- Francis Henry Russell (1904–1989)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 5, 1957–November 28, 1960
- Anthony Boyce Akers (1914–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 18, 1961–August 25, 1963
- Herbert Butler Powell (1903–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 23, 1963–February 28, 1967
- John Francis Henning (1915–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 5, 1967–September 9, 1969
- Kenneth Franzheim II (1925–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1969–November 1, 1972
- Chalmers Benedict Wood (1917–1991)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 1972–April 1974
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (1921–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 22, 1974–April 23, 1979
- Anne Clark Martindell (1914–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1979–May 7, 1981
- H. Monroe Browne (1917–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 11, 1981–November 1, 1985
- Paul Matthews Cleveland (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 10, 1986–April 28, 1989
- Della M. Newman (1932–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 25, 1989–December 21, 1992
- Josiah Horton Beeman (1935–2006)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 10, 1994–December 9, 1999
- Carol Moseley-Braun (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 15, 1999–March 1, 2001
- Charles J. Swindells (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 2001–August 21, 2005
- William Paul McCormick (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 9, 2005–December 20, 2008
- David Huebner (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 9, 2009–January 17, 2014
- Mark D. Gilbert (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 9, 2015–January 20, 2017
- Scott P. Brown (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 28, 2017–
Other Nominees
- David Judson Winton (1897–?)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- Robert F. Goodwin (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nominated on August 11, 1992. Did not serve.