List of United States Ambassadors in Guatemala
The list of United States Ambassadors to Guatemala provides an overview of the heads of the US diplomatic mission in Guatemala from the establishment of diplomatic relations to the present day.
The heads of the diplomatic mission were entitled:
- from May 3, 1826 chargé d'affaires.
- Solon Borland had nowhere to be accredited and was en route as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
- Minister resident from February 14, 1855.
- from 10 August 1882 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
from May 19, 1943 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Appointment / accreditation | Surname | Remarks | appointed by | accredited by the government | Leave post
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1826 May 3. | John Williams | John Quincy Adams | Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga | 1826 December 1. | |
1833 December 17. | Charles Gerrit DeWitt | (1789–1839) | Andrew Jackson | José Francisco Morazán Quezada | 1839 January 1. |
1849 January 31. | Elijah Hise | James K. Polk | Mariano Paredes (politician) | 1849 June 23. | |
Borland did not get accreditation | Solon Borland | Franklin Pierce | ( José Rafael Carrera Turcios ) | 1854 December 31. | |
1855 February 14. | John Leake Marling | (* December 22, 1825 in Nashville - October 16, 1856 ibid) | Franklin Pierce | José Rafael Carrera Turcios | 1856 May 8. |
1858 July 13. | Beverly L. Clarke | James Buchanan | José Rafael Carrera Turcios | 1860 March 17. | |
1861 May 28. | Elisha Oscar Crosby | (1818–1895) | Abraham Lincoln | José Rafael Carrera Turcios | 1864 June 22. |
1866 June 27. | Fitz Henry Warren | Andrew Johnson | Vicente Cerna Sandoval | 1869 August 11. | |
1869 August 11. | Silas A. Hudson | Cousin of Grant | Ulysses S. Grant | Vicente Cerna Sandoval | 1872 October 12. |
1873 September 9. | George Williamson | Ulysses S. Grant | Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón | 1879 January 31. | |
1879 June 11. | Cornelius Ambrosius Logan | (1806-1853) | Rutherford B. Hayes | Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón | 1882 April 12. |
1882 July 25. | Henry C. Hall | Chester A. Arthur | Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón | 1882 August 10. | |
1882 August 10. | Henry C. Hall | Chester A. Arthur | Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón | 1889 May 15. | |
1889 June 4. | Lansing Bond Mizner | (1825-1893) | Benjamin Harrison | Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián | 1890 December 31. |
1891 February 28. | Romualdo Pacheco | Benjamin Harrison | Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián | 1893 June 12. | |
1893 June 12. | Pierce Manning Butler Young | Grover Cleveland | José María Reina Barrios | 1896 May 23. | |
1896 September 29. | Macgrane Coxe | Grover Cleveland | José María Reina Barrios | 1897 June 30. | |
1898 January 25. | W. Godfrey Hunter | William McKinley | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1903 February 2. | |
1903 February 2. | Leslie Combs | Theodore Roosevelt | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1907 February 25. | |
1907 March 19. | Joseph WJ Lee | Theodore Roosevelt | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1907 October 13. | |
1908 May 2. | William Heimke | Theodore Roosevelt | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1909 September 30. | |
1909 October 9. | William F. Sands | William Howard Taft | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1910 October 14. | |
1910 October 14. | RS Reynolds Hitt | William Howard Taft | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1913 March 4. | |
1913 November 29. | William Hayne Leavell | Woodrow Wilson | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1918 October 24. | |
1920 January 15. | Benton McMillin | Woodrow Wilson | Manuel José Estrada Cabrera | 1921 December 6. | |
1922 July 31. | Arthur H. Geissler | Warren G. Harding | José María Orellana Pinto | 1930 January 23. | |
1930 March 21. | Sheldon Whitehouse | Herbert Hoover | Lázaro Chacón González | 1933 July 23. | |
1933 October 28. | Matthew E. Hanna | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jorge Ubico Castañeda | 1936 February 9. | |
1936 May 22. | Fay Allen Des Portes | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jorge Ubico Castañeda | 1943 May 14. | |
1943 May 19. | Boaz Walton Long | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Jorge Ubico Castañeda | 1945 April 11. | |
1945 May 8. | Edwin Jackson Kyle | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Juan José Arévalo | 1948 August 22. | |
1948 November 24. | Richard C. Patterson, Jr. | Harry S. Truman | Juan José Arévalo | 1950 March 28. | |
1951 April 24. | Rudolf E. Schoenfeld | Harry S. Truman | Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán | 1953 October 19. | |
1953 November 4. | John Emil Peurifoy | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán | 1954 October 2. | |
1954 October 18. | Norman Armor | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Carlos Castillo Armas | 1955 May 9. | |
1955 July 29. | Edward J. Sparks | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Carlos Castillo Armas | 1958 February 15. | |
1958 February 27. | Lester D. Mallory | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Guillermo Flores Avendaño | 1959 November 11. | |
1960 February 1. | John J. Muccio | Dwight D. Eisenhower | José Miguel Ramón Idígoras Fuentes | 1961 November 10. | |
1962 January 30. | John O. Bell | Dwight D. Eisenhower | José Miguel Ramón Idígoras Fuentes | 1965 August 26. | |
1965 September 22. | John Gordon Mein | Lyndon B. Johnson | Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia | 1968 August 28. | |
1968 November 21. | Nathaniel Davis | Lyndon B. Johnson | Julio César Méndez Montenegro | 1971 August 21. | |
1971 October 19. | William G. Bowdler | Richard Nixon | Carlos Arana Osorio | 1973 August 26. | |
1974 February 7. | Francis E. Meloy, Jr. | George Roberts Andrews (1971–1974 deputy) | Richard Nixon | Carlos Arana Osorio | 1976 April 19. |
1976 October 13. | Davis E. Boster | Gerald Ford | Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García | 1979 January 17. | |
1979 July 17. | Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. | Jimmy Carter | Fernando Romeo Lucas García | 1980 August 6. | |
1981 September 3. | Frederic L. Chapin | Ronald Reagan | Fernando Romeo Lucas García | 1984 February 28. | |
1984 August 17. | Alberto Martinez Piedra | Ronald Reagan | Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores | 1987 August 22. | |
1987 October 28. | James H. Michel | Ronald Reagan | Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo | 1989 September 1. | |
1989 October 31. | Thomas F. Stroock | George HW Bush | Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo | 1992 November 10. | |
1993 June 16. | Marilyn McAfee | Bill Clinton | Ramiro de León Carpio | 1996 June 20. | |
1996 August 22. | Donald B. Planty | Bill Clinton | Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen | 1999 August 14. | |
1999 October 14. | Prudence Bushnell | Bill Clinton | Álvaro Arzú Irigoyen | 2002 June 15. | |
2003 January 3. | John Randle Hamilton | George W. Bush | Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera | 2005 July 15. | |
2005 September 1. | James M. Derham | George W. Bush | Óscar Berger Perdomo | 2008 July 15. | |
2008 August 5. | Stephen G. McFarland | George W. Bush | Álvaro Colom Caballeros | 2011 August 25. | |
2011 August 29. | Arnold A. Chacon | Barack Obama | Álvaro Colom Caballeros | 2014 March 3. | |
2014 September 16. | Todd D. Robinson | Barack Obama | Otto Pérez Molina |
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulysses S. Grant Association, The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: July 1, 1868-October 31, 1869