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Chiefs of Mission for Italy
Chiefs of Mission
- Hezekiah Gold Rogers (1811–1882)
- Chargé d’Affaires, September 15, 1840–November 22, 1841
- Ambrose Baber (1792–1846)
- Chargé d’Affaires, December 1, 1841–January 10, 1844
- Robert Wickliffe Jr. (?–1850)
- Chargé d’Affaires, January 10, 1844–1847
- Nathaniel Niles Jr. (1791–1869)
- Chargé d’Affaires, April 28, 1848–August 20, 1850
- William Burnet Kinney (1799–1880)
- Chargé d’Affaires, August 21, 1850–October 8, 1853
- John Moncure Daniel (1825–1865)
- Chargé d’Affaires, October 10, 1853–September 4, 1854
- John Moncure Daniel (1825–1865)
- Minister Resident, September 4, 1854–January 10, 1861
- George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 23, 1861–July 23, 1882
- William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1882–March 1, 1885
- John Bernhard Stallo (1823–1900)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 27, 1885–June 6, 1889
- Albert Gallatin Porter (1824–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 6, 1889–July 9, 1892
- William Potter (1852–1926)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 28, 1892–March 8, 1894
- Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833–1917)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 11, 1894–March 4, 1897
- William Franklin Draper (1842–1910)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1897–June 5, 1900
- George von Lengerke Meyer (1858–1918)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 4, 1901–April 1, 1905
- Henry White (1850–1927)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 16, 1905–February 26, 1907
- Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872–1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 17, 1907–June 14, 1909
- John G.A. Leishman (1857–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 4, 1909–October 7, 1911
- Thomas James O’Brien (1842–1933)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 13, 1911–September 17, 1913
- Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 1913–June 21, 1919
- Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 22, 1920–May 20, 1921
- Richard Washburn Child (1881–1935)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 28, 1921–January 20, 1924
- Henry Prather Fletcher (1873–1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 2, 1924–August 3, 1929
- John Work Garrett (1872–1942)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 20, 1929–May 22, 1933
- Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881–1958)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 31, 1933–April 23, 1936
- William Phillips (1878–1968)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 4, 1936–October 6, 1941
- George Wadsworth II (1893–1958)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1941–December 6, 1941
- Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1945–March 5, 1946
- James Clement Dunn (1890–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 6, 1947–March 17, 1952
- Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 7, 1952–April 3, 1953
- Ann Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 4, 1953–December 27, 1956
- James David Zellerbach (1892–1963)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 6, 1957–December 10, 1960
- George Frederick Reinhardt (1911–1971)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 17, 1961–March 3, 1968
- Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915–1998)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 3, 1968–August 27, 1969
- Graham Anderson Martin (1912–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 1969–February 10, 1973
- John Anthony Volpe (1908–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 6, 1973–January 24, 1977
- Richard Newton Gardner (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 21, 1977–February 27, 1981
- Maxwell M. Rabb (1910–2002)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1981–June 3, 1989
- Peter F. Secchia (1937–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 3, 1989–January 20, 1993
- Reginald Bartholomew (1936–2012)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 14, 1993–September 28, 1997
- Thomas M. Foglietta (1928–2004)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 11, 1997–March 1, 2001
- Melvin Floyd Sembler (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 10, 2001–July 24, 2005
- Ronald Spogli (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 2005–February 6, 2009
- David H. Thorne (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 2009–July 30, 2013
- John R. Phillips (1942–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2013–January 18, 2017
- Lewis M. Eisenberg (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 1, 2017–
Other Nominees
- Richard Kidder Meade (1803–1862)
- Chargé d’Affaires: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; declined appointment. Commissioned to Sardinia (capital at Turin).
- John Moncure Daniel (1825–1865)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Nomination of February 25, 1856, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- Anthony Michael Keiley (1835–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post, the Government of Italy having objected to his appointment.
- James J. Van Alen (1846–1923)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Declined appointment.
- Roger Wolcott (1847–1900)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of Senate; declined appointment.