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Chiefs of Mission for Brazil
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Chiefs of Mission
- Condy Raguet (1784–1842)
- Chargé d’Affaires, October 29, 1825–April 16, 1827
- William Tudor (1779–1830)
- Chargé d’Affaires, June 25, 1828–March 9, 1830
- Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852)
- Chargé d’Affaires, February 18, 1831–April 11, 1834
- William Hunter Jr. (1774–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, January 7, 1835–January 1, 1842
- William Hunter Jr. (1774–1849)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 1, 1842–December 9, 1843
- George H. Proffit (1807–1847)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 11, 1843–August 10, 1844
- Henry Alexander Wise (1806–1876)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 10, 1844–August 28, 1847
- David Tod (1805–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1847–August 9, 1851
- Robert Cumming Schenck (1809–1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1851–October 8, 1853
- William Trousdale (1790–1872)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 8, 1853–December 5, 1857
- Richard Kidder Meade (1803–1862)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 5, 1857–July 9, 1861
- James Watson Webb (1802–1884)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 21, 1861–May 26, 1869
- Henry Taylor Blow (1817–1875)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1869–November 6, 1870
- James Rudolph Partridge (1823–1884)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1871–June 11, 1877
- Henry Washington Hilliard (1808–1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 23, 1877–June 15, 1881
- Thomas Andrew Osborn (1836–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 17, 1881–July 11, 1885
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis (1836–1915)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 11, 1885–November 19, 1888
- Robert Adams Jr. (1846–1906)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 20, 1889–March 1, 1890
- Edwin Hurd Conger (1843–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 19, 1890–September 9, 1893
- Thomas Larkin Thompson (1838–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1893–July 17, 1897
- Edwin Hurd Conger (1843–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1897–February 6, 1898
- Charles Page Bryan (1856–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 11, 1898–December 3, 1902
- David Eugene Thompson (1854–1942)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 1, 1903–March 16, 1905
- David Eugene Thompson (1854–1942)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 16, 1905–November 3, 1905
- Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872–1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 6, 1906–January 2, 1907
- Irving Bedell Dudley (1861–1911)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 1, 1907–September 16, 1911
- Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 4, 1912–August 23, 1933
- Hugh Simons Gibson (1883–1954)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 8, 1933–December 3, 1936
- Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1937–September 17, 1944
- Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. (1895–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 30, 1945–February 27, 1946
- William Douglas Pawley (1896–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 13, 1946–March 26, 1948
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson II (1894–1966)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1948–May 27, 1953
- James Scott Kemper (1886–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 18, 1953–January 26, 1955
- James Clement Dunn (1890–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 11, 1955–July 4, 1956
- Ellis Ormsbee Briggs (1899–1976)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 1956–May 2, 1959
- John Moors Cabot (1901–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1959–August 17, 1961
- Abraham Lincoln Gordon (1913–2009)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 19, 1961–February 25, 1966
- John Wills Tuthill (1910–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 30, 1966–January 9, 1969
- Charles Burke Elbrick (1908–1983)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 14, 1969–May 7, 1970
- William Manning Rountree (1917–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 1970–May 30, 1973
- John Hugh Crimmins (1919–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 13, 1973–February 25, 1978
- Robert Marion Sayre (1924–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1978–September 19, 1981
- Langhorne A. Motley (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1981–July 6, 1983
- Diego Cortes Asencio (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1983–February 28, 1986
- Harry Walter Shlaudeman (1926–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 5, 1986–May 14, 1989
- Richard Huntington Melton (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 12, 1989–December 16, 1993
- Melvyn Levitsky (1938–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 1, 1994–June 17, 1998
- Anthony Stephen Harrington (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 2000–February 28, 2001
- Cristobal Roberto Orozco (1944–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 2001–April 2002
- Donna Jean Hrinak (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 23, 2002–June 26, 2004
- John J. Danilovich (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 2004–November 7, 2005
- Philip T. Chicola (1946–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 2005–November 2006
- Clifford M. Sobel (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 7, 2006–August 7, 2009
- Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 4, 2010–September 6, 2013
- Liliana Ayalde (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 2013–January 3, 2017
- Peter Michael McKinley (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 20, 2017–November 3, 2018
- William W. Popp (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, November 4, 2018–
- Todd C. Chapman (1962–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 29, 2020–
Other Nominees
- William Anderson Pile (1829–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination first rejected and then tabled by the Senate.
- Robert Adams Jr. (1846–1906)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned to the United States of Brazil and accredited to the Chief of the Provisional Government. Declined this appointment.
- David Eugene Thompson (1854–1942)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not take oath of office for this appointment.
- Ann Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Declined appointment.
- Alexander Fletcher Watson (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of May 12, 1992, not acted upon by the Senate.
- John Brian Atwood (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of January 6, 1999, withdrawn on May 24, 1999.