Chiefs of Mission for Ecuador

Chiefs of Mission

• Van Brugh Livingston (1792–1868)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, August 12, 1848–November 12, 1849
• John Trumbull Van Alen (?–1857)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, November 19, 1849–July 18, 1850
• Courtland Cushing (1809–1856)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, June 3, 1851–October 12, 1853
• Philo White (1796–1874)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, December 27, 1853–September 2, 1854
• Philo White (1796–1874)
  • Minister Resident, September 2, 1854–September 14, 1858
• Charles Rollin Buckalew (1821–1899)
  • Minister Resident, September 20, 1858–July 10, 1861
• Frederick (Friedrich) Hassaurek (1831–1885)
  • Minister Resident, July 15, 1861–January 13, 1866
• William Turner Coggeshall (1824–1867)
  • Minister Resident, September 20, 1866–August 3, 1867
• Edward Rumsey Wing (1845–1874)
  • Minister Resident, June 23, 1870–October 5, 1874
• Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Jurgen Wullweber (1833–1877)
  • Minister Resident, December 20, 1875–September 25, 1876
• Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864–1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 22, 1892–June 12, 1893
• Edward Henry Strobel (1855–1908)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 15, 1894–December 31, 1894
• James Davidson Tillman (1841–1916)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 3, 1895–December 15, 1897
• Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839–1921)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1897–July 15, 1905
• Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee (1870–1949)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 30, 1905–February 21, 1907
• Williams Carlton Fox (1855–1924)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 18, 1907–July 19, 1911
• Evan Erastus Young (1878–1946)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 8, 1911–January 29, 1912
• Montgomery Schuyler Jr. (1877–1955)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 24, 1913–September 29, 1913
• Charles Sampson Hartman (1861–1929)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 30, 1913–March 20, 1922
• Gerhard Adolph Bading (1870–1946)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 15, 1922–November 1, 1929
• William Dawson Jr. (1885–1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1930–February 27, 1935
• Antonio Cornelius Gonzalez (1888–1965)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 7, 1935–March 30, 1938
• Boaz Walton Long (1876–1962)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1938–April 14, 1942
• Boaz Walton Long (1876–1962)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 1942–May 1, 1943
• Robert McGregor Scotten (1891–1968)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 27, 1943–April 17, 1947
• John Farr Simmons (1892–1968)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 16, 1947–July 12, 1950
• Paul Clement Daniels (1903–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 25, 1951–July 9, 1953
• Sheldon Tibbetts Mills (1904–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 19, 1954–April 6, 1956
• Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 29, 1956–August 1, 1960
• Maurice Marshall Bernbaum (1910–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 1960–January 14, 1965
• Wymberley DeRenne Coerr (1913–1996)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 24, 1965–October 7, 1967
• Edson Oliver Sessions (1902–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1968–February 15, 1970
• Findley Burns Jr. (1917–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 9, 1970–May 18, 1973
• Robert Charles Brewster (1921–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 1, 1973–April 8, 1976
• Richard Joseph Bloomfield (1927–2011)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 31, 1976–January 21, 1978
• Raymond Emmanuel Gonzalez (1924–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1978–January 28, 1982
• Samuel Friedlander Hart (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1982–April 5, 1985
• Fernando Enrique Rondon (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 8, 1985–July 26, 1988
• Richard Newton Holwill (1945–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1988–November 25, 1989
• Paul C. Lambert (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1990–February 1, 1992
• James F. Mack (1941–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, February 1992–November 1993
• Peter F. Romero (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 16, 1993–July 25, 1996
• Leslie M. Alexander (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 5, 1996–June 11, 1999
• Gwen C. Clare (1945–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 24, 1999–July 3, 2001
• Kristie Ann Kenney (1955–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 2002–July 6, 2005
• Linda Jewell (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 29, 2005–July 22, 2008
• Heather M. Hodges (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2008–April 6, 2011
• Adam E. Namm (1963–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 2012–September 30, 2015
• Todd C. Chapman (1962–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 2016–

Other Nominees

• Philo White (1796–1874)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nomination of February 25, 1856, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• James Randolph Hubbell (1824–1896)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.
• George H. Parker (?–?)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.
• Shelah Waters (?–?)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.
• Alexander L. Russell (?–?)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• David Alexander Nunn (1833–1918)
  • Minister Resident: Took oath of office but did not proceed to post.
• George Earl Maney (1826–1901)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• Thomas Biddle (1827–1875)
  • Minister Resident: Died at Guayaquil on May 7, 1875, before his official reception.
• Franklin Mott Gunther (1885–1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• David Brewer Karrick (1893–1960)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Took oath of office, but died in the United States before proceeding to post.
• Walter Scott Light (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of July 25, 1992, was not acted upon by the Senate.