Chiefs of Mission for Bolivia

Chiefs of Mission

• John Appleton (1815–1864)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, January 3, 1849–May 4, 1849
• Alexander Keith McClung (1812–1855)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, July 3, 1850–June 30, 1851
• Horace H. Miller (?–?)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, December 18, 1852–January 18, 1854
• John Winchester Dana (1808–1867)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, February 23, 1854–September 24, 1854
• John Winchester Dana (1808–1867)
  • Minister Resident, September 24, 1854–March 10, 1859
• John Cotton Smith II (1810–1879)
  • Minister Resident, March 10, 1859–May 1, 1861
• David Kellogg Cartter (1812–1887)
  • Minister Resident, July 28, 1861–October 1862
• Allen A. Hall (?–1867)
  • Minister Resident, September 4, 1863–May 18, 1867
• John Watson Caldwell (1809–1896)
  • Minister Resident, November 2, 1868–July 25, 1869
• Leopold Markbreit (1842–1909)
  • Minister Resident, July 25, 1869–February 12, 1873
• John Thomas Croxton (1837–1874)
  • Minister Resident, April 9, 1873–April 16, 1874
• Robert McConnell Reynolds (1826–1885)
  • Minister Resident, January 30, 1875–October 11, 1876
• Solomon Newton Pettis (1827–1900)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, June 2, 1879–October 30, 1879
• Charles Adams (1845–1895)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, July 8, 1880–August 29, 1882
• George Earl Maney (1826–1901)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, November 4, 1882–June 1, 1883
• Richard Gibbs (1819–1894)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, October 16, 1883–September 11, 1885
• William A. Seay (1831–1888)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, September 19, 1885–April 12, 1887
• Samuel Stewart Carlisle (1836–1907)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, January 17, 1888–December 16, 1889
• Thomas Henry Anderson (1848–1916)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, December 16, 1889–October 4, 1890
• Thomas Henry Anderson (1848–1916)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1890–November 22, 1892
• Frederic James Grant (1862–1894)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 12, 1893–October 24, 1893
• Thomas Moonlight (1833–1899)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 14, 1894–January 8, 1898
• George H. Bridgman (1853–1925)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 4, 1898–January 13, 1902
• William Brooks Sorsby (1858–1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1902–March 16, 1908
• James Flynn Stutesman (1860–1917)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 8, 1908–April 15, 1910
• Horace Greeley Knowles (1863–1913)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 28, 1910–August 23, 1913
• John Davis O’Rear (1868–1918)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 31, 1913–July 14, 1918
• Samuel Abbot Maginnis (1885–1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1920–December 5, 1921
• Jesse Samuel Cottrell (1878–1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 6, 1922–January 26, 1928
• David E. Kaufman (1883–1962)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 30, 1928–January 10, 1929
• Edward Francis Feely (1880–1964)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1930–September 29, 1933
• Fay Allen Des Portes (1890–1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 15, 1933–May 1, 1936
• Raymond Henry Norweb (1894–1983)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 10, 1936–June 15, 1937
• Robert Granville Caldwell (1882–1976)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 21, 1937–June 23, 1939
• Douglas Jenkins (1880–1961)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 26, 1939–October 3, 1941
• Pierre de Lagarde Boal (1895–1966)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1942–December 20, 1943
• Walter Clarence Thurston (1894–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 1944–January 3, 1946
• Joseph Flack (1894–1955)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 15, 1946–May 17, 1949
• Irving Florman (1892–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 27, 1950–September 4, 1951
• Edward John Sparks (1897–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 13, 1952–October 29, 1954
• Gerald Augustin Drew (1903–1970)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 8, 1954–April 6, 1957
• Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 10, 1957–February 6, 1959
• Carl Walther Strom (1899–1969)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 4, 1959–May 8, 1961
• Ben Solomon Stephansky (1913–1999)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1961–October 15, 1963
• Douglas Henderson (1914–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 7, 1963–August 6, 1968
• Raul Hector Castro (1916–2015)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 3, 1968–November 3, 1969
• Ernest Victor Siracusa (1918–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 5, 1969–July 30, 1973
• William Perry Stedman Jr. (1923–2018)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 3, 1973–June 23, 1977
• Paul Harold Boeker (1938–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 26, 1977–February 17, 1980
• Marvin Weissman (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 26, 1980–July 17, 1980
• Alexander Fletcher Watson (1939–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1980–September 1981
• Edwin Gharst Corr (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 10, 1981–August 9, 1985
• Edward Morgan Rowell (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 20, 1985–January 19, 1988
• Robert S. Gelbard (1944–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1988–July 20, 1991
• Charles R. Bowers (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1991–October 7, 1994
• Curtis W. Kamman (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 1994–November 26, 1997
• Donna Jean Hrinak (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1998–July 17, 2000
• V. Manuel Rocha (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 4, 2000–April 27, 2002
• David N. Greenlee (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 17, 2003–May 10, 2006
• Philip S. Goldberg (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 2006–September 14, 2008
• John S. Creamer (1959–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 2009–July 2012
• Larry L. Memmott (1960–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, July 2012–February 28, 2014
• Peter M. Brennan (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, June 8, 2014–December 17, 2017
• Bruce M. Williamson (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, December 20, 2017–

Other Nominees

• Charles Levi Woodbury (1820–1898)
  • Chargé d’Affaires: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
• John Winchester Dana (1808–1867)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nominated on February 25, 1856; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• John Netherland (1808–1887)
  • Minister Resident: Declined appointment.
• William Dunnington Bloxham (1835–1911)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
• Charles Henry James Taylor (1857–1898)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.
• Evan Erastus Young (1878–1946)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.