Chiefs of Mission for Dominican Republic

Chiefs of Mission

• John Mercer Langston (1829–1897)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, March 26, 1884–June 23, 1885
• John Edgar West Thompson (1860–1918)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, March 1, 1885–October 17, 1889
• Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass (1818–1895)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, January 25, 1890–July 1891
• John Stephens Durham (1861–1919)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, January 14, 1892–November 18, 1893
• Henry Maxwell Smythe (1844–1932)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, November 18, 1893–March 20, 1897
• William Frank Powell (1848–1920)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, November 1897–July 23, 1904
• Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865–1912)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, July 23, 1904–May 5, 1907
• Fenton Reuben McCreery (1866–1940)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, May 18, 1907–October 7, 1909
• Horace Greeley Knowles (1863–1913)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, March 7, 1910–August 2, 1910
• William Worthington Russell (1859–1944)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, November 3, 1910–September 5, 1911
• William Worthington Russell (1859–1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1911–March 2, 1913
• James Mark Sullivan (1873–1935)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1913–June 20, 1915
• William Worthington Russell (1859–1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1915–September 12, 1925
• Evan Erastus Young (1878–1946)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 28, 1925–December 31, 1929
• Charles Boyd Curtis (1878–1962)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 28, 1930–August 11, 1931
• Hans Frederick Arthur Schoenfeld (1889–1952)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 9, 1931–April 27, 1937
• Raymond Henry Norweb (1894–1983)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 7, 1937–February 19, 1940
• Robert McGregor Scotten (1891–1968)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 21, 1940–March 14, 1942
• Avra Milvin Warren (1893–1957)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 4, 1942–April 17, 1943
• Avra Milvin Warren (1893–1957)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 17, 1943–April 22, 1944
• Ellis Ormsbee Briggs (1899–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 3, 1944–January 14, 1945
• Joseph F. McGurk (1892–1962)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 17, 1945–November 16, 1945
• George Howland Butler (1894–1967)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1946–February 5, 1948
• Ralph H. Ackerman (1892–1957)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 1948–June 11, 1952
• Phelps Phelps (1897–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 29, 1952–May 30, 1953
• William Townsend Pheiffer (1898–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1953–June 2, 1957
• Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 7, 1957–May 28, 1960
• Henry Mark Valpey Dearborn (1913–2013)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –August 26, 1960
• John Calvin Hill Jr. (1921–1973)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 6, 1962–
• John Bartlow Martin (1915–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 9, 1962–September 25, 1963
• William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1964–April 13, 1966
• John Hugh Crimmins (1919–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1966–April 16, 1969
• Francis Edward Meloy Jr. (1917–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 16, 1969–August 6, 1973
• Robert A. Hurwitch (1920–1997)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1973–April 5, 1978
• Robert Lloyd Yost (1922–1990)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 15, 1978–June 7, 1982
• Robert Anderson (1922–1996)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1982–August 3, 1985
• Lowell C. Kilday (1931–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1985–August 8, 1988
• Paul D. Taylor (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 18, 1988–January 9, 1992
• Robert Stephen Pastorino (1940–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 6, 1992–June 28, 1994
• Donna Jean Hrinak (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1994–December 8, 1997
• Charles Taylor Manatt (1936–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 17, 1999–March 1, 2001
• Hans H. Hertell (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 2001–May 1, 2007
• P. Robert Fannin (1935–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 13, 2007–January 20, 2009
• Christopher Lambert (1959–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, August 2009–November 2010
• Raul Yzaguirre (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 17, 2010–May 29, 2013
• James Walter Brewster Jr. (1960–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 9, 2013–January 20, 2017

Other Nominees

• Vinton Chapin (1900–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
• Mari Del Carmen Aponte (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of April 28, 1998, withdrawn.