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Chiefs of Mission for Luxembourg
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Chiefs of Mission
- Stanford Newel (1839–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 17, 1903–June 25, 1905
- David Jayne Hill (1850–1932)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1905–June 10, 1908
- Arthur Matthias Beaupre (1853–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 8, 1908–September 25, 1911
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1850–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 7, 1911–September 10, 1913
- Henry van Dyke (1852–1933)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1913–January 15, 1917
- John Work Garrett (1872–1942)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 11, 1917–June 18, 1919
- William Phillips (1878–1968)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 18, 1920–April 11, 1922
- Henry Prather Fletcher (1873–1959)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1923–March 25, 1924
- William Phillips (1878–1968)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 12, 1924–March 1, 1927
- Hugh Simons Gibson (1883–1954)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 19, 1927–June 11, 1933
- Dave Hennen Morris (1872–1944)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1933–May 5, 1937
- Hugh Simons Gibson (1883–1954)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 15, 1937–June 15, 1938
- Joseph Edward Davies (1876–1958)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 26, 1938–November 30, 1939
- John Clarence Cudahy (1887–1943)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 12, 1940–May 10, 1940
- Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896–1943)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 10, 1941–January 24, 1943
- Ray Atherton (1883–1960)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 10, 1943–October 14, 1943
- Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld (1895–1981)
- Chargé d’Affaires, March 21, 1944–November 1, 1944
- Winthrop Stephenson Greene (1891–1970)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 23, 1944–
- Charles Sawyer (1887–1979)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1944–November 20, 1945
- Alan Goodrich Kirk (1888–1963)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 24, 1946–May 6, 1949
- Perle (Pearl) Reid Skirvin Mesta (1889–1975)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1949–April 13, 1953
- Wiley Thomas Buchanan Jr. (1914–1986)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 1, 1953–September 21, 1956
- Wiley Thomas Buchanan Jr. (1914–1986)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 21, 1956–December 20, 1956
- Vinton Chapin (1900–1982)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1957–July 31, 1960
- Allingham Burks Summers (1898–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 16, 1960–April 1, 1961
- James Wilmer Wine (1918–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 26, 1961–October 24, 1962
- William Robert Rivkin (1919–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1962–June 7, 1965
- Patricia Roberts Harris (1924–1985)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 7, 1965–September 22, 1967
- George Joseph Feldman (1904–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 20, 1967–July 7, 1969
- Kingdon Gould Jr. (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 11, 1969–October 2, 1972
- Ruby Ruth Lewis Farkas (1906–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 11, 1973–March 18, 1976
- Rosemary Lucas Ginn (1912–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1976–May 23, 1977
- James Gordon Lowenstein (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 21, 1977–July 22, 1981
- John Ernest Dolibois (1918–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 1981–September 17, 1985
- Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard (1938–1996)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1985–March 27, 1990
- Edward Morgan Rowell (1931–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 10, 1990–August 3, 1994
- Clay Constantinou (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 7, 1994–January 30, 1999
- James Catherwood Hormel (1933–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 1999–January 1, 2001
- Gerald J. Loftus (1952–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 2001–April 2002
- Peter Terpeluk (1948–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 30, 2002–July 11, 2005
- Anne Louise Wagner (1962–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 16, 2005–June 27, 2009
- Cynthia Stroum (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 28, 2010–January 31, 2011
- Robert A. Mandell (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 2011–February 26, 2015
- David McKean (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 2016–January 20, 2017
- J. Randolph Evans (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 19, 2018–
Other Nominees
- Richard Montgomery Tobin (1866–1952)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxembourg after he left London, but did not return to post.
- Frederick Morris Bush (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination returned after the August 1989 recess, and not resubmitted.