List of ambassadors of the United States in Switzerland

The list of ambassadors of the United States in Switzerland contains all heads of the US representation in Bern since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1853 until today. The US ambassador to Switzerland has also been accredited to Liechtenstein since 1997 .

The embassy office building is located at Sulgeneckstrasse 19 in Bern.

title	Name (life data)	US state	appointment	Accreditation	End of mission	Remarks
Prime Minister	Theodore Sedgwick Fay (1807–1898)	Massachusetts	March 16, 1853	June 29, 1853	July 1, 1861	was recalled
	George Gilman Fogg (1813-1881)	New Hampshire	March 28, 1861	July 1, 1861	Oct 16, 1865	was recalled
	George Harrington (1815-1892)	Georgia	July 7, 1865	Oct 16, 1865	July 20, 1869	was recalled
	Horace Rublee (1829-1896)	Wisconsin	Apr 20, 1869	July 20, 1869	Sep 7 1876	was recalled
Chargé d'affaires	Horace Rublee (1829-1896)	Wisconsin	Aug 15, 1876	Sep 7 1876	Oct 1, 1876	retired from service
	Nicholas Fish (1846-1902)	new York	June 20, 1877	7 Aug 1877	Aug 24, 1881	was recalled
	Michael John Cramer (1835–1898)	Kentucky	May 11, 1881	25 Aug 1881		promoted to Prime Minister / Consul General
Prime Minister Consul General	Michael John Cramer (1835–1898)	Kentucky	July 13, 1882	Aug 14, 1882	July 9, 1885	was recalled
	Boyd Winchester (1836-1923)	Kentucky	May 7, 1885	July 9, 1885	May 24, 1889	was recalled
	John Davis Washburn (1833-1903)	Massachusetts	March 12, 1889	May 24, 1889		Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	John Davis Washburn (1833-1903)	Massachusetts	July 30, 1890	Dec 13, 1890	Aug 10, 1892	retired from service
	Person Colby Cheney (1828–1901)	New Hampshire	Dec 13, 1892	Jan. 26, 1893	Jan. 29, 1893	was recalled
	James Overton Broadhead (1819-1898)	Missouri	Apr 7, 1893	July 5, 1893	Nov 1, 1895
	John Lee Peak (1839-1911)	Missouri	Nov 18, 1895	Feb 15, 1896	Aug 9, 1897	was recalled
	John George Alexander Leishman (1857-1924)	Pennsylvania	June 9, 1897	Aug 9, 1897	Feb 20, 1901	was recalled
	Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930)	New Hampshire	Dec 20, 1900	Apr 3, 1901	Jan. 29, 1903	was recalled
	David Jayne Hill (1850-1932)	new York	Jan. 7, 1903	Feb. 24, 1903	July 1, 1905	was recalled
	Brutus Junius Clay (1847–1932)	Kentucky	March 8, 1905	July 1, 1905	March 1, 1910	was replaced
	Laurits Selmer Swenson (1865–1947)	Minnesota	Dec 21, 1909	March 1, 1910	May 15, 1911	was recalled
	Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926)	Illinois	Apr 24, 1911	May 23, 1911	July 31, 1913	was recalled
	Pleasant Alexander Stovall (1857-1935)	Georgia	June 21, 1913	23 Aug 1913	Dec 14, 1919	retired from service
	Hampson Gary (1873-1952)	Texas	Apr 7, 1920	June 3, 1920	March 4, 1921	retired from service
	Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965)	Massachusetts	Sep 24 1921	Nov 1, 1921	March 22, 1924	retired from service
	Hugh Simons Gibson (1883-1954)	California	March 18, 1924	May 19, 1924	Apr 29, 1927	was recalled
	Hugh Robert Wilson (1885-1946)	Illinois	Feb. 26, 1927	June 11, 1927	July 8, 1937	retired from service
	Leland B. Harrison (1883-1951)	Illinois	July 13, 1937	Sep 10 1937	Oct 14, 1947	retired from service
	John Carter Vincent (1900–1972)	Georgia	July 24, 1947	Oct 21, 1947	June 9, 1951	retired from service
	Richard Cunningham Patterson (1896-1966)	new York	March 22, 1951	June 27, 1951	Apr 14, 1953	retired from service
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador	Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899–1983)	California	July 20, 1953	Oct 9, 1953	May 5th 1957	retired from service
	Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984)	Virginia	May 9, 1957	May 31, 1957	Feb. 28, 1961	retired from service
	Robert Moody McKinney (1910-)	New Mexico	June 22, 1961	July 25, 1961	8 Sep 1963	retired from service
	William True Davis (1919-2003)	Maryland	Oct 2, 1963	Nov 29, 1963	3rd Sep 1965	retired from service
	John Susskind Hayes (1910-1981)	Maryland	19 Sep 1966	Nov 18, 1966	May 20, 1969	retired from service
	Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994)	new York	May 13, 1969	17th July 1969	Apr 10, 1975	retired from service
	Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915–1981)	Colorado	Feb. 20, 1975	Apr 25, 1975	July 10, 1975	retired from service
	Nathaniel Davis (1925-2011)	New Jersey	Nov 20, 1975	Jan. 9, 1976	July 31, 1977	retired from service
	Marvin Leon Warner (1919-)	Ohio	July 11, 1977	13 Sep 1977	July 10, 1979	retired from service
	Richard David Vine (1925-)	California	Sep 20 1979	Oct 19, 1979	Sep 1 1981	retired from service
	Faith Ryan Whittlesey (1939-2018)	Pennsylvania	28 Sep 1981	Oct 23, 1981	Feb. 28, 1983	retired from service
	John Davis Lodge (1903–1985)	Connecticut	March 18, 1983	May 19, 1983	Apr 30, 1985	retired from service
	Faith Ryan Whittlesey (1939-2018)	Pennsylvania	Apr 4, 1985	May 31, 1985	June 14, 1988	retired from service
	Philip D. Winn (1925-)	Colorado	July 11, 1988	Aug 19, 1988	Aug 5, 1989	retired from service
	Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn (1929–)	District of Columbia	Aug 3, 1989	23 Aug 1989	March 1, 1993	retired from service
	Maurice Larry Lawrence (1926-1996)	California	Feb 9, 1994	March 21, 1994	Jan. 9, 1996	died on duty
	Madeleine May Kunin (1933-)	Vermont	Aug 8, 1996	Aug 19, 1996	Aug 16, 1999	retired from service; also Ambassador to Liechtenstein (appointed Feb. 10, 1999, accreditation March 14, 1997)
	J. Richard Fredericks	California	Oct 29, 1999	Jan. 12, 2000	July 6, 2001	retired from service; at the same time ambassador to Liechtenstein
	Mercer Reynolds (1945-)	Ohio	Aug 3, 2001	Sep 11 2001	March 29, 2003	retired from service; at the same time ambassador to Liechtenstein
	Pamela Pitzer Willeford (1950–)	Texas	Oct 7, 2003	Nov 25, 2003	May 6, 2006	retired from service; at the same time ambassador to Liechtenstein
	Peter R. Coneway (1944–)	Texas	Sep 7 2006	Oct 19, 2006	Dec 7, 2008	retired from service; at the same time ambassador to Liechtenstein
	Donald Sternhoff Beyer (1950–)	Virginia	July 28, 2009	8 Sep 2009	May 29, 2013	retired from service; at the same time ambassador to Liechtenstein
	Suzan G. LeVine	Washington	Jan. 30, 2014	2nd June 2014	Jan. 20, 2017	retired from service; at the same time ambassador to Liechtenstein
	Edward McMullen	South carolina	Sep 1 2017			at the same time ambassador to Liechtenstein

See also

• List of Swiss ambassadors in the United States
• American-Swiss relations

Web links

• The US Ambassadors in Switzerland on the official website of the US Embassy in Bern
• Chiefs of Mission for Switzerland on the official US State Department website