Chiefs of Mission for Greece

Chiefs of Mission

• Charles Keating Tuckerman (1827–1896)
  • Minister Resident, June 16, 1868–November 4, 1871
• John Morgan Francis (1823–1897)
  • Minister Resident, November 11, 1871–June 25, 1873
• John Meredith Read Jr. (1837–1896)
  • Minister Resident, March 12, 1874–January 20, 1877
• John Meredith Read Jr. (1837–1896)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, January 20, 1877–May 24, 1879
• Eugene Schuyler (1840–1890)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, January 9, 1883–October 13, 1884
• John Walker Fearn (1832–1899)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, November 30, 1885–October 24, 1889
• Archibald Loudon Snowden (1837–1912)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, October 24, 1889–November 20, 1891
• Archibald Loudon Snowden (1837–1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1891–June 17, 1892
• Truxtun Beale (1856–1936)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, November 17, 1892–April 9, 1893
• Eben Alexander (1851–1910)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, June 13, 1893–August 1, 1897
• William Woodville Rockhill (1854–1914)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, September 25, 1897–May 25, 1898
• William Woodville Rockhill (1854–1914)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 25, 1898–April 27, 1899
• Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1899–January 25, 1901
• Charles Spencer Francis (1853–1911)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 2, 1901–December 24, 1902
• John Brinkerhoff Jackson (1862–1920)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 24, 1902–June 5, 1903
• John Brinkerhoff Jackson (1862–1920)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 5, 1903–March 8, 1905
• John Brinkerhoff Jackson (1862–1920)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 8, 1905–October 19, 1907
• Richmond Pearson (1852–1923)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 23, 1907–June 29, 1909
• George Higgins Moses (1869–1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 5, 1909–September 30, 1912
• Jacob Gould Schurman (1854–1942)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 17, 1912–August 18, 1913
• George Fred Williams (1852–1932)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 2, 1914–September 28, 1914
• Garrett Droppers (1860–1927)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 9, 1914–April 16, 1920
• Edward Capps (1866–1950)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1920–December 6, 1920
• Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 1922–May 1923
• Ray Atherton (1883–1960)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, May 1923–June 1924
• Irwin Boyle Laughlin (1871–1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1924–March 12, 1926
• Robert Peet Skinner (1866–1960)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 11, 1926–January 7, 1932
• Lincoln MacVeagh (1890–1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1933–June 5, 1941
• Leslie Edgar Reed (1890–1972)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –July 14, 1941
• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1941–October 30, 1942
• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1896–1961)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1942–March 16, 1943
• Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 15, 1943–November 25, 1943
• Lincoln MacVeagh (1890–1972)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 1, 1943–October 11, 1947
• Henry Francis Grady (1882–1957)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 23, 1948–June 28, 1950
• John Emil Peurifoy (1907–1955)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1950–August 9, 1953
• Cavendish Wells Cannon (1895–1962)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1953–July 28, 1956
• George Venable Allen (1903–1970)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 1956–November 13, 1957
• James Williams Riddleberger (1904–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 4, 1958–May 20, 1959
• Ellis Ormsbee Briggs (1899–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 15, 1959–February 1, 1962
• Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr. (1904–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 7, 1962–May 8, 1965
• Phillips Talbot (1915–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1965–January 20, 1969
• Henry Joseph Tasca (1912–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 15, 1970–September 16, 1974
• Jack Bloom Kubisch (1921–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1974–July 19, 1977
• Robert James McCloskey (1922–1996)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 16, 1978–June 27, 1981
• Monteagle Stearns (1924–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1981–September 21, 1985
• Robert Vossler Keeley (1929–2015)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 14, 1985–July 17, 1989
• Michael Sotirhos (1928–2019)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1989–January 30, 1993
• Thomas Michael Tolliver Niles (1939–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1993–September 27, 1997
• R. Nicholas Burns (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 22, 1997–July 29, 2001
• Thomas Joel Miller (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 8, 2001–December 23, 2004
• Charles P. Ries (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 11, 2005–June 14, 2007
• Daniel V. Speckhard (1959–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 29, 2007–September 9, 2010
• Daniel Bennett Smith (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 28, 2010–August 5, 2013
• David D. Pearce (1950–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 2013–September 16, 2016
• Geoffrey R. Pyatt (1963–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 2016–

Other Nominees

• Nicholas Smith (?–?)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• Truxtun Beale (1856–1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• Truxtun Beale (1856–1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General: Took oath of office under this appointment, but no record has been found of accreditation.
• Henry Lane Wilson (1856–1932)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Declined appointment.
• Roderick Nathaniel Matson (1871–1933)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• James Williams Riddleberger (1904–1982)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
• William Everett Schaufele Jr. (1923–2008)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• James Eugene Goodby (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination not acted upon by the Senate; later declined a recess appointment.