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Chiefs of Mission for Morocco
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Chiefs of Mission
- Samuel Rene Gummere (1849–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1906–June 9, 1909
- Henry Percival Dodge (1870–1936)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 9, 1909–July 10, 1910
- Fred Warner Carpenter (1873–1957)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1910–September 2, 1912
- Maxwell Blake (1877–1959)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1912–July 1917
- Maxwell Blake (1877–1959)
- Agent/Consul General, October 11, 1917–April 11, 1922
- Joseph M. Denning (1866–1927)
- Agent/Consul General, April 11, 1922–March 3, 1924
- Maxwell Blake (1877–1959)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, June 23, 1925–August 3, 1940
- John Campbell White (1884–1967)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, August 14, 1940–January 6, 1941
- James Rives Childs (1893–1987)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 1941–June 1945
- Paul Humiston Alling (1896–1949)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, July 16, 1945–July 14, 1947
- Edwin August Plitt (1891–1977)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, September 11, 1947–April 25, 1951
- John Carter Vincent (1900–1972)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, June 26, 1951–April 16, 1953
- Joseph Charles Satterthwaite (1900–1990)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, September 8, 1953–May 1, 1955
- Julius Cecil Holmes (1899–1968)
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, July 7, 1955–June 11, 1956
- Cavendish Wells Cannon (1895–1962)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1956–July 1, 1958
- Charles Woodruff Yost (1907–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 6, 1958–March 5, 1961
- Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 24, 1961–August 8, 1962
- John Haven Ferguson (1915–1970)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 1, 1962–November 24, 1964
- Henry Joseph Tasca (1912–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 14, 1965–October 8, 1969
- Stuart Wesson Rockwell (1917–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 22, 1970–October 1, 1973
- Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916–1999)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1973–March 11, 1976
- Robert Anderson (1922–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 12, 1976–October 6, 1978
- Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 1978–June 22, 1979
- Angier Biddle Duke (1915–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1979–February 28, 1981
- Joseph Verner Reed Jr. (1937–2016)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 7, 1981–May 21, 1985
- Thomas Anthony Nassif (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1985–July 14, 1988
- Michael Ussery (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 28, 1989–January 16, 1992
- Frederick Vreeland (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 7, 1992–March 1, 1993
- Marc Charles Ginsberg (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 18, 1994–January 17, 1997
- Gary S. Usrey (1948–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 1997–February 1998
- Edward M. Gabriel (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 23, 1998–March 1, 2001
- Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 7, 2001–August 22, 2003
- Thomas Riley (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 27, 2004–November 14, 2008
- Samuel Louis Kaplan (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 23, 2010–April 30, 2013
- Dwight Lamar Bush Sr. (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 31, 2014–January 20, 2017
- Stephanie Miley (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–July 31, 2019
- David T. Fischer (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 22, 2020–
Other Nominees
- Robert Strausz-Hupé (1903–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- Harry Earl Bergold Jr. (1931–1995)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination of June 6, 1988, was not acted upon by the Senate.