Patrick ventrell biography

Representative Title Presentation
of credentials Termination
of mission Appointed by John Williams^[1]Chargé d'AffairesMay 3, 1826 December 1, 1826 John Quincy AdamsCharles G. DeWitt^[1]Chargé d'Affaires December 17, 1833 January 1, 1839 Andrew JacksonElijah HiseChargé d'Affaires January 31, 1849 June 23, 1849 James K. PolkSolon Borland^[2]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary^[3]December 31, 1854 Franklin PierceJohn L. MarlingMinister ResidentFebruary 14, 1855 May 8, 1856 Beverly L. Clarke^[4]Minister Resident July 13, 1858 March 17, 1860^[5]James BuchananElisha Oscar CrosbyMinister Resident May 28, 1861 June 22, 1864 Abraham LincolnFitz Henry WarrenMinister Resident June 27, 1866 August 11, 1869 Andrew JohnsonSilas A. HudsonMinister Resident August 11, 1869 October 12, 1872 Ulysses S. GrantGeorge Williamson^[6]Minister Resident September 9, 1873 January 31, 1879 Cornelius A. Logan^[6]Minister Resident June 11, 1879 April 12, 1882 Rutherford B. HayesHenry C. Hall^[6]Minister Resident July 25, 1882 August 10, 1882 Chester A. ArthurEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 10, 1882 May 15, 1889 Lansing B. Mizner^[6]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 4, 1889 December 31, 1890 Benjamin HarrisonRomualdo Pacheco^[6]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 28, 1891 June 12, 1893 Pierce M. B. Young^[4]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 12, 1893 May 23, 1896 Grover ClevelandMacgrane Coxe^[4]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 29, 1896 June 30, 1897 W. Godfrey Hunter^[4]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 25, 1898 February 2, 1903 William McKinleyLeslie Combs^[4]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 2, 1903 February 25, 1907 Theodore RooseveltJoseph W. J. Lee^[4]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 19, 1907 October 13, 1907 William HeimkeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 2, 1908 September 30, 1909 William Franklin SandsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 9, 1909 October 14, 1910 William H. TaftR. S. Reynolds HittEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 14, 1910 March 4, 1913 William Hayne LeavellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 29, 1913 October 24, 1918 Woodrow WilsonBenton McMillinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 15, 1920 December 6, 1921^[7]Arthur H. GeisslerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary July 31, 1922 January 23, 1930 Warren G. HardingSheldon WhitehouseEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 21, 1930 July 23, 1933 Herbert HooverMatthew E. HannaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 28, 1933 February 9, 1936 Franklin D. RooseveltFay A. Des PortesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 22, 1936 May 14, 1943 Boaz LongAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 19, 1943 April 11, 1945 Edwin Jackson KyleAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 8, 1945 August 22, 1948 Richard C. Patterson, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 24, 1948 April 24, 1951 Harry S. TrumanRudolf E. SchoenfeldAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 24, 1951 October 19, 1953 John PeurifoyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 4, 1953 October 2, 1954 Dwight D. EisenhowerNorman ArmourAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 18, 1954 May 9, 1955 Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 29, 1955 February 15, 1958 Lester D. MalloryAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 27, 1958 November 11, 1959 John J. MuccioAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 1, 1960 November 10, 1961 John O. BellAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 30, 1962 August 26, 1965 John F. KennedyJohn Gordon MeinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 22, 1965 August 28, 1968^[8]Lyndon B. JohnsonNathaniel DavisAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 21, 1968 August 21, 1971 William G. BowdlerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 19, 1971 August 26, 1973 Richard NixonFrancis E. Meloy, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 7, 1974 April 19, 1976 Davis E. BosterAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 13, 1976 January 17, 1979 Gerald FordFrank V. Ortiz, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 17, 1979 August 6, 1980 Jimmy CarterFrederic L. ChapinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 3, 1981 February 28, 1984 Ronald ReaganAlberto Martinez PiedraAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 17, 1984 August 22, 1987 James H. Michel^[9]Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 28, 1987 September 1, 1989 Thomas F. StroockAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 31, 1989 November 10, 1992 George H. W. BushMarilyn McAfeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 16, 1993 June 20, 1996 Bill ClintonDonald J. PlantyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 22, 1996 August 14, 1999 Prudence BushnellAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 14, 1999 June 15, 2002 John Randle HamiltonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 3, 2003 July 15, 2005 George W. BushJames M. DerhamAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 1, 2005 July 15, 2008 Stephen G. McFarlandAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 5, 2008 August 25, 2011 Arnold A. ChacónAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 29, 2011 March 5, 2014 Barack ObamaTodd D. RobinsonAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 16, 2014 September 20, 2017 David HodgeChargé d'Affaires September 20, 2017 October 3, 2017 Donald TrumpLuis E. ArreagaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 3, 2017^[10]October 2, 2020 William W. PoppAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 19, 2020 August 24, 2023^[11]Patrick Ventrell Chargé d'Affaires August 24, 2023 February 2, 2024^[12]Joe BidenTobin John BradleyAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 12, 2024 Incumbent