List of ambassadors of the United States to Brazil


The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Brazil. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Condy RaguetChargé d'AffairesOctober 29, 1825April 16, 1827John Quincy Adams
William TudorChargé d'AffairesJune 25, 1828March 9, 1830John Quincy Adams
Ethan A. BrownChargé d'AffairesFebruary 18, 1831April 11, 1834Andrew Jackson
William HunterChargé d'AffairesJanuary 7, 1835January 1, 1842Andrew Jackson
William HunterEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 1, 1842December 9, 1843John Tyler
George H. ProffitEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 11, 1843August 10, 1844John Tyler
Henry A. WiseEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1844August 28, 1847John Tyler
David TodEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 28, 1847August 9, 1851James K. Polk
Robert C. SchenckEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 1851October 8, 1853Millard Fillmore
William TrousdaleEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 8, 1853December 5, 1857Franklin Pierce
Richard K. MeadeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 5, 1857July 9, 1861James Buchanan
James Watson WebbEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 21, 1861May 26, 1869Abraham Lincoln
James MonroeChargé d'Affaires ad interim18691869Ulysses S. Grant
Henry T. BlowEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 28, 1869November 6, 1870Ulysses S. Grant
James R. PartridgeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 31, 1871June 11, 1877Ulysses S. Grant
Henry W. HilliardEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 23, 1877June 15, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
Thomas A. OsbornEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 17, 1881July 11, 1885James Garfield
Thomas J. JarvisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 11, 1885November 19, 1888Grover Cleveland
Robert Adams, Jr.Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 20, 1889March 1, 1890Benjamin Harrison
Edwin H. CongerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 19, 1890September 9, 1893Benjamin Harrison
Thomas L. ThompsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 1893July 17, 1897Grover Cleveland
Edwin H. CongerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 1897February 6, 1898William McKinley
Charles Page BryanEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 11, 1898December 3, 1902William McKinley
David E. ThompsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 1, 1903March 16, 1905Theodore Roosevelt
David E. ThompsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 16, 1905November 3, 1905Theodore Roosevelt
Lloyd C. GriscomAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 6, 1906January 2, 1907Theodore Roosevelt
Irving Bedell DudleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 1, 1907September 16, 1911Theodore Roosevelt
Edwin V. MorganAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 4, 1912August 23, 1933William H. Taft
Hugh S. GibsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 23, 1933December 3, 1936Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jefferson CafferyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 17, 1937September 17, 1944Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf A. Berle, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 30, 1945February 27, 1946Franklin D. Roosevelt
William D. PawleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 13, 1946March 26, 1948Harry S. Truman
Herschel Vespasian JohnsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 22, 1948May 27, 1953Harry S. Truman
James S. KemperAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 18, 1953January 26, 1955Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Clement DunnAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 11, 1955July 4, 1956Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ellis O. BriggsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1956April 29, 1959Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clare Boothe LuceAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 29, 1959May 1, 1959Dwight D. Eisenhower
John M. CabotAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 22, 1959August 17, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lincoln GordonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 19, 1961February 25, 1966John F. Kennedy
John W. TuthillAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 30, 1966January 9, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Burke ElbrickAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1969May 7, 1970Richard Nixon
William M. RountreeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 16, 1970May 30, 1973Richard Nixon
John Hugh CrimminsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 1973February 25, 1978Richard Nixon
Robert M. SayreAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 8, 1978September 19, 1981Jimmy Carter
Langhorne A. MotleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 1981July 6, 1983Ronald Reagan
Diego C. AsencioAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 20, 1983February 28, 1986Ronald Reagan
Harry W. ShlaudemanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 5, 1986May 14, 1989Ronald Reagan
Richard Huntington MeltonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 12, 1989December 16, 1993George H. W. Bush
Melvyn LevitskyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 1, 1994June 17, 1998Bill Clinton
Anthony Stephen HarringtonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 8, 2000February 28, 2001Bill Clinton
Cristobal R. OrozcoChargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 2001April 2002George W. Bush
Donna J. HrinakAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 23, 2002June 26, 2004George W. Bush
John J. DanilovichAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 2, 2004November 7, 2005George W. Bush
Philip T. ChicolaChargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 2005November 2006George W. Bush
Clifford M. SobelAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 2006August 2009George W. Bush
Tom ShannonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 24, 2009September 2013Barack Obama
Liliana AyaldeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 12, 2013January 11, 2017Barack Obama
P. Michael McKinleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 11, 2017November 5, 2018Donald Trump
William W. PoppChargé d’Affaires ad interimNovember 5, 2018March 30, 2020Donald Trump
Todd C. ChapmanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 30, 2020IncumbentDonald Trump