List of ambassadors of the United States to Bolivia


The following is a list of envoys, ministers, and ambassadors that the United States has sent to Bolivia. As a point of note, the first Ambassador of the United States to Bolivia was John Appleton, who served as the charge d'Affaires from January 3, 1849, to May 4, 1849.

List

No.NameTitleTerm startTerm finishDays
John AppletonChargé d'AffairesJanuary 3, 1849May 4, 1849
Alexander Keith McClungChargé d'AffairesJuly 3, 18501851
Horace H. MillerChargé d'AffairesDecember 18, 1852January 1854
John W. DanaChargé d'Affaires
Minister Resident		February 23, 1854March 10, 1859
John Cotton SmithMinister ResidentMarch 10, 1859May 1, 1861
David K. CartterMinister ResidentJuly 28, 1861March 10, 1863
Allen A. HallMinister ResidentSeptember 4, 1863May 18, 1867
John W. CaldwellMinister ResidentNovember 2, 1868July 25, 1869
Leopold MarkbreitMinister ResidentJuly 25, 1869February 12, 1873
John T. CroxtonMinister ResidentApril 9, 1873April 16, 1874
11Robert M. ReynoldsMinister ResidentJanuary 30, 1875October 11, 1876
12Solomon Newton PettisMinister Resident
Consul General		June 2, 1879October 30, 1879
13Charles AdamsMinister Resident
Consul General		July 8, 1880August 29, 1882
14George ManeyMinister Resident
Consul General		November 4, 1882June 1, 1883
15Richard GibbsMinister Resident
Consul General		October 16, 1883September 11, 1885
16William A. SeayMinister Resident
Consul General		September 19, 1885April 12, 1887
17S. S. CarlisleMinister Resident
Consul General		January 17, 1888December 16, 1889
18Thomas H. AndersonMinister Resident
Consul General
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary		December 16, 1889November 22, 1892
19Frederic J. GrantEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 12, 1893October 24, 1893
20Thomas MoonlightEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 14, 1894January 8, 1898
21George H. BridgmanEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 4, 1898January 13, 1902
22William B. SorsbyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 4, 1902March 16, 1908
23James F. StutesmanEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 8, 1908April 15, 1910
24Horace G. KnowlesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 28, 1910August 23, 1913
25John D. O'RearEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 31, 1913July 14, 1918
26S. Abbot MaginnisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 14, 1920December 5, 1921
27Jesse S. CottrellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 6, 1922January 26, 1928
28David E. KaufmanEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 30, 1928January 10, 1929
29Edward F. FeelyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 23, 1930September 29, 1933
30Fay A. Des PortesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 15, 1933May 1, 1936
31Raymond Henry NorwebEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1936June 15, 1937
32Robert Granville CaldwellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 21, 1937June 23, 1939
33Douglas JenkinsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 26, 1939October 3, 1941
34Pierre de Lagarde BoalAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 19421944
35Walter C. ThurstonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 16, 1944January 3, 1946
36Joseph FlackAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 15, 1946May 17, 1949
37Irving FlormanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 27, 1950September 4, 1951
38Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 13, 1952October 29, 1954
Gerald A. DrewAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 8, 1954April 6, 1957
Philip BonsalAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 10, 1957February 6, 1959
Carl W. StromAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 4, 1959May 8, 1961
Ben S. StephanskyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 29, 1961October 15, 1963
Douglas HendersonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 7, 1963August 6, 1968
Raúl Héctor CastroAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 3, 1968November 3, 1969
Ernest V. SiracusaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 5, 1969July 30, 1973
William Perry Stedman, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 1973June 23, 1977
Paul H. BoekerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 26, 1977February 17, 1980
Marvin WeissmanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 26, 1980July 17, 1980
Edwin G. CorrAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 10, 1981August 9, 1985
Edward Morgan RowellAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 20, 1985January 19, 1988
Robert S. GelbardAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 11, 1988July 20, 1991
Charles R. BowersAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 23, 1991October 7, 1994
Curtis Warren KammanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 16, 1994November 26, 1997
Donna Jean HrinakAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 14, 1998July 17, 2000
Manuel RochaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 4, 2000April 27, 2002
David N. GreenleeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 17, 2003May 10, 2006
Philip S. GoldbergAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 13, 2006September 14, 2008
Krishna R. UrsChargé d’Affaires a.i.September 15, 2008June 25, 2009
James CreaganChargé d’Affaires a.i.June 25, 2009August 28, 2009
John S. CreamerChargé d’Affaires a.i.August 28, 2009July 13, 2012
Larry L. MemmottChargé d’Affaires a.i.July 14, 2012February 28, 2014
Aruna AmirthanayagamChargé d’Affaires a.i.February 28, 2014June 2014
Peter M. BrennanChargé d’AffairesJune 2014November 2017
Bruce WilliamsonChargé d’AffairesNovember 2017present