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List of ambassadors of the United States in Germany .
Heads of mission
Accreditation
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Surname
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Remarks
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appointed by
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accredited by the government
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Leave post
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August 28, 1867
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George Bancroft
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until 1869 envoy in Prussia (see below)
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Andrew Johnson
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Wilhelm I.
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June 30, 1874
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August 28, 1874
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Bancroft Davis
|
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Ulysses S. Grant
|
Wilhelm I.
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September 26, 1877
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0May 7, 1878
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Bayard Taylor
|
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Wilhelm I.
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December 19, 1878
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June 19, 1879
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Andrew Dickson White
|
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Wilhelm I.
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August 15, 1881
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May 18, 1882
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Aaron Augustus Sargent
|
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James A. Garfield
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Wilhelm I.
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0June 6, 1884
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September 10, 1884
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John A. Kasson
|
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James A. Garfield
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Wilhelm I.
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June 21, 1885
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June 21, 1885
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George H. Pendleton
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Grover Cleveland
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Wilhelm I.
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April 25, 1889
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September 26, 1889
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William Walter Phelps
|
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Benjamin Harrison
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Wilhelm II.
|
0June 4, 1893
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0June 4, 1893
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Theodore Runyon
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from October 26, 1893 ambassador
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Grover Cleveland
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Wilhelm II.
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January 27, 1896
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0May 3, 1896
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Edwin F. Uhl
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Grover Cleveland
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Wilhelm II.
|
0June 8, 1897
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1897/06/12!June 12, 1897
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Andrew Dickson White
|
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William McKinley
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Wilhelm II.
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November 27, 1902
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December 19, 1902
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Charlemagne Tower
|
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Wilhelm II.
|
0June 8, 1908
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June 14, 1908
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David Jayne Hill
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Wilhelm II.
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0September 2, 1911
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October 24, 1911
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John George Alexander Leishman
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William Howard Taft
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Wilhelm II.
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0October 4, 1913
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October 29, 1913
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James W. Gerard
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Woodrow Wilson
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Wilhelm II.
|
0February 5, 1917
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December 10, 1921
|
Ellis Loring Dresel
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
Warren G. Harding
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Constantin Fehrenbach
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April 18, 1922
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April 22, 1922
|
Alanson B. Houghton
|
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Warren G. Harding
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Joseph Wirth
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February 21, 1925
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June 29, 1925
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Jacob Gould Schurman
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Calvin Coolidge
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Hans Luther
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January 21, 1930
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February 12, 1930
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Frederic M. Sackett
|
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Herbert Hoover
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Heinrich Brüning
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March 24, 1933
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August 30, 1933
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William Edward Dodd
|
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Adolf Hitler
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December 29, 1937
|
0March 3, 1938
|
Hugh Robert Wilson
|
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Adolf Hitler
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November 16, 1938
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November 16, 1938
|
Alexander Comstock Kirk
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
Adolf Hitler
|
|
000May 1939
|
Leland Burnette Morris
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Adolf Hitler
|
December 11, 1941
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Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Accreditation
|
Surname
|
Remarks
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appointed by
|
accredited by the government
|
Leave post
|
May 14, 1955
|
James Bryant Conant
|
in Bonn
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Konrad Adenauer
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19th February 1957
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April 17, 1957
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David KE Bruce
|
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Konrad Adenauer
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October 29, 1959
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03rd December 1959
|
Walter C. Dowling
|
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Konrad Adenauer
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April 21, 1963
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May 18, 1963
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George C. McGhee
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Konrad Adenauer
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May 21, 1968
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May 27, 1968
|
Henry Cabot Lodge junior
|
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger
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January 14, 1969
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July 22, 1969
|
Kenneth Rush
|
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Richard Nixon
|
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
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February 20, 1972
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June 27, 1972
|
Martin J. Hillenbrand
|
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Richard Nixon
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Willy Brandt
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October 18, 1976
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October 27, 1976
|
Walter John Stoessel
|
|
Gerald Ford
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Helmut Schmidt
|
05th January 1981
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June 30, 1981
|
Arthur F. Burns
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Ronald Reagan
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Helmut Schmidt
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May 16, 1985
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September 16, 1985
|
Richard Burt
|
|
Ronald Reagan
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Helmut Kohl
|
February 17, 1989
|
April 24, 1989
|
Vernon A. Walters
|
|
George HW Bush
|
Helmut Kohl
|
August 18, 1991
|
05th September 1991
|
Robert M. Kimmitt
|
|
George HW Bush
|
Helmut Kohl
|
August 28, 1993
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October 19, 1993
|
Richard Holbrooke
|
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Bill Clinton
|
Helmut Kohl
|
September 12, 1994
|
October 31, 1994
|
Charles E. Redman
|
|
Bill Clinton
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Helmut Kohl
|
June 17, 1996
|
June 17, 1996
|
James D. Bindenagel
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
( Bill Clinton )
|
Helmut Kohl
|
September 10, 1997
|
September 10, 1997
|
John Kornblum
|
From July 7, 1999 in Berlin
|
Bill Clinton
|
Helmut Kohl
|
January 16, 2001
|
September 12, 2001
|
Dan Coats
|
|
George W. Bush
|
Gerhard Schröder
|
February 25, 2005
|
0September 2, 2005
|
William Timken
|
|
George W. Bush
|
Gerhard Schröder
|
0December 5, 2008
|
0December 5, 2008
|
John M. Koenig
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
( George W. Bush )
|
Angela Merkel
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0September 3, 2009
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0September 3, 2009
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Philip D. Murphy
|
|
Barack Obama
|
Angela Merkel
|
0July 6, 2013
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August 26, 2013
|
John B. Emerson
|
|
Barack Obama
|
Angela Merkel
|
20th January 2017
|
20th January 2017
|
Kent Logsdon
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
( Donald Trump )
|
Angela Merkel
|
May 8, 2018
|
May 8, 2018
|
Richard Grenell
|
|
Donald Trump
|
Angela Merkel
|
2nd June 2020
|
2nd June 2020
|
Robin Quinville
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
( Donald Trump )
|
Angela Merkel
|
officiating
|
nominated on July 29, 2020
|
Douglas Macgregor
|
|
Donald Trump
|
Angela Merkel
|
not yet confirmed by the US Senate
|
Envoys in the German states before 1871
Accreditation
|
Surname
|
Remarks
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appointed by
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accredited by the government
|
Leave post
|
0December 5, 1797
|
John Quincy Adams
|
Minister in Berlin
|
John Adams
|
Friedrich Wilhelm III.
|
0May 5, 1801
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0June 9, 1835
|
Henry Wheaton
|
Chargé d'affaires
|
Andrew Jackson
|
Friedrich Wilhelm III.
|
September 29, 1837
|
September 29, 1837
|
Henry Wheaton
|
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Martin Van Buren
|
Friedrich Wilhelm III.
|
July 18, 1846
|
July 18, 1846
|
Andrew Jackson Donelson
|
|
James K. Polk
|
Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
|
September 13, 1848
|
June 30, 1849
|
Edward A. Hannegan
|
in Berlin
|
Zachary Taylor
|
Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
|
January 13, 1850
|
December 10, 1850
|
Daniel D. Barnard
|
|
Millard Fillmore
|
Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
|
September 21, 1853
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0November 4, 1853
|
Peter Dumont Vroom
|
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Franklin Pierce
|
Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
|
August 10, 1857
|
0September 3, 1857
|
Joseph Wright
|
|
James Buchanan
|
Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
|
0July 1, 1861
|
0July 1, 1861
|
Norman B. Judd
|
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
Wilhelm I.
|
0September 3, 1865
|
0September 3, 1865
|
Joseph Wright
|
|
Andrew Johnson
|
Wilhelm I.
|
May 11, 1867
|
August 28, 1867
|
George Bancroft
|
from 1871 envoy in the German Empire (see above)
|
Andrew Johnson
|
Wilhelm I.
|
June 30, 1874
|
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ “Berlin always stays in our hearts”. In: Der Tagesspiegel. May 30, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013 .
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↑ Robin S. Quinville. June 1, 2020, accessed on June 7, 2020 (German).