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 |
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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
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