List of ambassadors of the United States to Colombia


The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Colombia and its predecessor states. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Gran Colombia

The following were commissioned either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to Gran Colombia.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 16, 1823July 24, 1826James Monroe
Beaufort T. WattsChargé d'AffairesMarch 3, 1827November 21, 1827John Quincy Adams
William Henry HarrisonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 5, 1829September 26, 1829John Quincy Adams
Thomas P. MooreEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 26, 1829April 16, 1833Andrew Jackson

New Granada

The following were commissioned as either Chargés d'Affaires or Ministers to New Granada.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
Robert B. McAfeeChargé d'AffairesJuly 1, 1833June 20, 1837Andrew Jackson
James SempleChargé d'AffairesApril 21, 1838March 4, 1842Martin Van Buren
William M. BlackfordChargé d'AffairesSeptember 17, 1842December 24, 1844John Tyler
Benjamin A. BidlackChargé d'AffairesDecember 5, 1845February 6, 1849James K. Polk
Thomas M. FooteChargé d'AffairesJanuary 5, 1850October 15, 1850Zachary Taylor
Yelverton P. KingChargé d'AffairesAugust 25, 1851April 5, 1853Millard Fillmore
James S. GreenChargé d'AffairesDecember 19, 1853August 13, 1854Franklin Pierce
James B. BowlinMinister ResidentApril 10, 1855May 20, 1857Franklin Pierce
George W. JonesMinister ResidentAugust 29, 1859November 4, 1861James Buchanan

United States of Colombia

The following were commissioned as Ministers to the United States of Colombia.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
Allan W. BurtonMinister ResidentMarch 9, 1864December 10, 1866Abraham Lincoln
Peter J. SullivanMinister ResidentJuly 25, 1867June 26, 1869Andrew Johnson
Stephen A. HurlbutMinister ResidentNovember 13, 1869April 3, 1872Ulysses S. Grant
William L. ScruggsMinister ResidentJuly 24, 1873October 26, 1876Ulysses S. Grant
Ernest J. DichmanMinister ResidentOctober 4, 1878September 21, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
George ManeyMinister ResidentSeptember 21, 1881July 19, 1882Chester A. Arthur
William L. ScruggsMinister ResidentJuly 19, 1882December 4, 1884Chester A. Arthur
William L. ScruggsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 4, 1884December 15, 1885Chester A. Arthur
Charles D. JacobEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 26, 1886May 29, 1886Grover Cleveland

Republic of Colombia

The following were commissioned as either Ministers or Ambassadors to the Republic of Colombia.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
Dabney H. MauryEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 20, 1887June 22, 1889Grover Cleveland
John T. AbbottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 22, 1889July 17, 1893Benjamin Harrison
Luther F. McKinneyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 17, 1893December 6, 1896Grover Cleveland
Charles Burdett HartEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 19, 1897March 19, 1903William McKinley
Arthur M. BeaupreEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 13, 1903December 19, 1903Theodore Roosevelt
William W. RussellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 1904May 24, 1905Theodore Roosevelt
John BarrettEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 27, 1905September 24, 1906Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas C. DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 16, 1907April 25, 1909Theodore Roosevelt
Elliott NorthcottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 1909September 16, 1910William Howard Taft
James T. DuBoisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 18, 1911March 1, 1913William Howard Taft
Thaddeus Austin ThompsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 30, 1913June 26, 1916Woodrow Wilson
Hoffman PhilipEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 22, 1919May 29, 1922Woodrow Wilson
Samuel H. PilesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 29, 1922September 17, 1928Warren G. Harding
Jefferson CafferyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1928May 20, 1933Calvin Coolidge
Sheldon WhitehouseEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 6, 1933December 8, 1934Franklin D. Roosevelt
William DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 6, 1935November 16, 1937Franklin D. Roosevelt
Spruille BradenAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 15, 1939March 12, 1942Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arthur Bliss LaneAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 30, 1942October 18, 1944Franklin D. Roosevelt
John C. WileyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 16, 1944May 3, 1947Franklin D. Roosevelt
Willard L. BeaulacAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 1947June 29, 1951Harry S. Truman
Capus M. WaynickAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 23, 1951September 21, 1953Harry S. Truman
Rudolf E. SchoenfeldAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 28, 1954January 26, 1955Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philip W. BonsalAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 1, 1955April 24, 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower
John M. CabotAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 1957July 15, 1959Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dempster McIntoshAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 30, 1959January 6, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fulton FreemanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 15, 1961March 14, 1964John F. Kennedy
Covey T. OliverAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 1964August 29, 1966Lyndon B. Johnson
Reynold E. CarlsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 1966June 2, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
Jack Hood VaughnAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 9, 1969June 25, 1970Richard Nixon
Leonard J. SaccioAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 24, 1971July 12, 1973Richard Nixon
Viron P. VakyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 5, 1974June 23, 1976Richard Nixon
Phillip V. SanchezAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 2, 1976April 5, 1977Gerald Ford
Diego C. AsencioAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 6, 1977June 22, 1980Jimmy Carter
Thomas D. BoyattAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 3, 1980April 14, 1983Jimmy Carter
Lewis Arthur TambsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1983February 15, 1985Ronald Reagan
Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 28, 1985September 19, 1988Ronald Reagan
Thomas Edmund McNamaraAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 4, 1988August 14, 1991Ronald Reagan
Morris D. BusbyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 18, 1991July 5, 1994George H. W. Bush
Myles Robert Rene FrechetteAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 25, 1994November 8, 1997Bill Clinton
Curtis W. KammanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1998August 15, 2000Bill Clinton
Anne W. PattersonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 24, 2000June 11, 2003Bill Clinton
William B. WoodAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 13, 2003March 12, 2007George W. Bush
William BrownfieldAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 12, 2007August 3, 2010George W. Bush
P. Michael McKinleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 3, 2010September 1, 2013Barack Obama
Kevin WhitakerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 20, 2014August 17, 2019Barack Obama
Philip GoldbergAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 19, 2019Donald Trump