Chiefs of Mission for Korea

Chiefs of Mission

• Lucius Harwood Foote (1826–1913)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea, May 20, 1883–February 19, 1885
• William Harwar Parker (1826–1896)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea, June 12, 1886–September 3, 1886
• Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (1850–1930)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea, April 13, 1887–May 26, 1890
• Augustine Heard (1827–1905)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea, May 26, 1890–June 27, 1893
• John Mahelm Berry Sill (1831–1901)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea, April 30, 1894–September 13, 1897
• Horace Newton Allen (1858–1932)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea, September 13, 1897–October 1, 1901
• Horace Newton Allen (1858–1932)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea, October 1, 1901–June 9, 1905
• Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea, June 26, 1905–November 17, 1905
• John Joseph Muccio (1900–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 20, 1949–September 8, 1952
• Ellis Ormsbee Briggs (1899–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 25, 1952–April 12, 1955
• William Sterling Byrd Lacy (1910–1979)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 12, 1955–October 20, 1955
• Walter Cecil Dowling (1905–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 14, 1956–October 2, 1959
• Walter Patrick McConaughy Jr. (1908–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 17, 1959–April 12, 1961
• Samuel David Berger (1911–1980)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 27, 1961–July 10, 1964
• Winthrop Gilman Brown (1907–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 14, 1964–June 10, 1967
• William James Porter (1914–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 23, 1967–August 18, 1971
• Philip Charles Habib (1920–1992)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 1971–August 19, 1974
• Richard Lee Sneider (1922–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1974–June 21, 1978
• William Henry Gleysteen Jr. (1926–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 24, 1978–June 10, 1981
• Richard Louis Walker (1922–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 12, 1981–October 25, 1986
• James Roderick Lilley (1935–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1986–January 3, 1989
• Donald Phinney Gregg (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 27, 1989–February 27, 1993
• James T. Laney (1927–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 2, 1993–February 5, 1996
• Richard A. Christenson (1945–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 1996–December 1997
• Stephen Warren Bosworth (1939–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 15, 1997–February 10, 2001
• Thomas C. Hubbard (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2001–April 17, 2004
• Christopher Robert Hill (1952–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 2004–April 12, 2005
• Alexander Russel Vershbow (1952–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 2005–September 18, 2008
• Doris Kathleen Stephens (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 2008–October 23, 2011
• Sung Y. Kim (1960–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 25, 2011–October 24, 2014
• Mark William Lippert (1973–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 2014–January 20, 2017
• Marc E. Knapper (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–July 7, 2018
• Harry B. Harris Jr. (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 25, 2018–

Other Nominees

• Lucius Harwood Foote (1826–1913)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 28, 1885, after confirmation. Declined appointment when the grade of the Mission was lowered.
• William O’Connell Bradley (1847–1914)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General: Declined appointment.