Chiefs of Mission for Colombia

Chiefs of Mission

• Richard Clough Anderson (1788–1826)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1823–July 24, 1826
• Beaufort T. Watts (1798–1869)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, March 3, 1827–November 21, 1827
• William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 13, 1829–September 26, 1829
• Thomas Patrick Moore (1797–1853)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1829–April 16, 1833
• Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784–1849)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, July 1, 1833–June 20, 1837
• James Semple (1798–1866)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, April 21, 1838–March 4, 1842
• William Matthews Blackford (1801–1864)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, September 17, 1842–December 24, 1844
• Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804–1849)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, December 5, 1845–February 6, 1849
• Thomas Moses Foote (1808–1858)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, January 5, 1850–October 15, 1850
• Yelverton P. King (1794–1868)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, August 25, 1851–April 5, 1853
• James Stephen Green (1817–1870)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, December 19, 1853–August 13, 1854
• James Butler Bowlin (1804–1874)
  • Minister Resident, April 10, 1855–May 20, 1857
• George Wallace Jones (1804–1896)
  • Minister Resident, August 29, 1859–November 4, 1861
• Allan A. Burton (1820–1878)
  • Minister Resident, March 9, 1864–December 10, 1866
• Peter John Sullivan (1821–1883)
  • Minister Resident, July 25, 1867–June 26, 1869
• Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (1815–1882)
  • Minister Resident, November 13, 1869–April 3, 1872
• William Lindsay Scruggs (1836–1912)
  • Minister Resident, July 24, 1873–October 26, 1876
• Ernest (Ernst Dichmann) Dichman (?–1885)
  • Minister Resident, October 4, 1878–September 21, 1881
• George Earl Maney (1826–1901)
  • Minister Resident, September 21, 1881–July 19, 1882
• William Lindsay Scruggs (1836–1912)
  • Minister Resident, July 19, 1882–December 4, 1884
• William Lindsay Scruggs (1836–1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 4, 1884–December 15, 1885
• Charles Donald Jacob (1838–1898)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 26, 1886–May 29, 1886
• Dabney Herndon Maury (1822–1900)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 20, 1887–June 22, 1889
• John True Abbott (1850–1914)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1889–July 17, 1893
• Luther Franklin McKinney (1841–1922)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 17, 1893–December 6, 1896
• Charles Burdett Hart (1851–1930)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 19, 1897–March 19, 1903
• Arthur Matthias Beaupre (1853–1919)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 13, 1903–December 19, 1903
• William Worthington Russell (1859–1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 9, 1904–May 24, 1905
• John Barrett (1866–1938)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 27, 1905–September 24, 1906
• Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865–1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 16, 1907–April 25, 1909
• Elliott Northcott (1869–1946)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 13, 1909–September 16, 1910
• James Taylor DuBois (1851–1920)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 18, 1911–March 1, 1913
• Thaddeus Austin Thomson (1853–1927)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 30, 1913–June 26, 1916
• Hoffman Philip (1872–1951)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 22, 1919–May 29, 1922
• Samuel Henry Piles (1858–1940)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 29, 1922–September 17, 1928
• Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1928–May 20, 1933
• Sheldon Whitehouse (1883–1965)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 6, 1933–December 8, 1934
• William Dawson Jr. (1885–1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 6, 1935–November 16, 1937
• Spruille Braden (1894–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 15, 1939–March 12, 1942
• Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 30, 1942–October 18, 1944
• John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1944–May 3, 1947
• Willard Leon Beaulac (1899–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 30, 1947–June 29, 1951
• Capus Miller Waynick (1889–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1951–September 21, 1953
• Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld (1895–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 28, 1954–January 26, 1955
• Philip Wilson Bonsal (1903–1995)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 1, 1955–April 24, 1957
• John Moors Cabot (1901–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 12, 1957–July 15, 1959
• Dempster McIntosh (1896–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 30, 1959–January 6, 1961
• Fulton Freeman (1915–1974)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 15, 1961–March 14, 1964
• Covey Thomas Oliver (1913–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 13, 1964–August 29, 1966
• Reynold Erland Carlson (1912–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1966–June 2, 1969
• Jack Hood Vaughn (1920–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 9, 1969–June 25, 1970
• Leonard John Saccio (1911–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 24, 1971–July 12, 1973
• Viron Peter Vaky (1925–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 5, 1974–June 23, 1976
• Phillip Victor Sanchez (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1976–April 5, 1977
• Diego Cortes Asencio (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 6, 1977–June 22, 1980
• Thomas David Boyatt (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 3, 1980–April 14, 1983
• Lewis Arthur Tambs (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 2, 1983–February 15, 1985
• Charles A. Gillespie Jr. (1935–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1985–September 19, 1988
• Thomas Edmund McNamara (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 1988–August 14, 1991
• Morris Dempson Busby (1938–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1991–July 5, 1994
• Myles Robert Rene Frechette (1936–2017)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 25, 1994–November 8, 1997
• Curtis W. Kamman (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 19, 1998–August 15, 2000
• Anne Woods Patterson (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 24, 2000–June 11, 2003
• William Braucher Wood (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 13, 2003–March 18, 2007
• William R. Brownfield (1952–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2007–August 10, 2010
• Peter Michael McKinley (1954–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 2010–September 1, 2013
• Kevin M. Whitaker (1957–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 20, 2014–August 17, 2019
• Philip S. Goldberg (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 2019–

Other Nominees

• John Bozman Kerr (1809–1878)
  • Chargé d’Affaires: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• James Stephen Green (1817–1870)
  • Minister Resident: Commissioned to New Granada. Did not serve in this capacity.
• James Butler Bowlin (1804–1874)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nomination of February 25, 1856, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• Allan A. Burton (1820–1878)
  • Minister Resident: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate, but seems not to have served under this appointment.
• James Johnson (1810–1891)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.
• James Hepburn Campbell (1820–1895)
  • Minister Resident: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; declined appointment.
• Spruille Braden (1894–1978)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve in this capacity.
• Joseph E. Macmanus (1953–)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nominated onNovember 29, 2017; nomination returned by the Senate on January 4, 2019.