Chiefs of Mission for Panama

Chiefs of Mission

• William Insco Buchanan (1853–1909)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 17, 1903–February 2, 1904
• John Barrett (1866–1938)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1904–May 13, 1905
• Charles Edward Magoon (1861–1920)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 7, 1905–September 25, 1906
• Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859–1911)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1906–August 3, 1909
• Robert Stockwell Reynolds Hitt (1876–1938)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 26, 1910–July 19, 1910
• Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865–1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 24, 1910–December 1, 1910
• Henry Percival Dodge (1870–1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 9, 1911–June 10, 1913
• William Jennings Price (1873–1952)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1913–December 28, 1921
• John Glover South (1873–1940)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 28, 1921–January 5, 1930
• Roy Tasco Davis (1889–1975)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 14, 1930–September 20, 1933
• Antonio Cornelius Gonzalez (1888–1965)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 11, 1933–January 9, 1935
• George Thomas Summerlin (1872–1947)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 8, 1935–July 7, 1937
• Francis Patrick Corrigan (1881–1968)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1937–June 14, 1939
• William Dawson Jr. (1885–1972)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 14, 1939–April 21, 1941
• Edwin Carleton Wilson (1893–1972)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1941–September 23, 1943
• Avra Milvin Warren (1893–1957)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1944–January 5, 1945
• Frank Thomas Hines (1879–1960)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 1, 1945–February 20, 1948
• Monnett Bain Davis (1893–1953)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 28, 1948–January 24, 1951
• John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 25, 1951–November 27, 1953
• Selden Chapin (1899–1963)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 22, 1954–May 29, 1955
• Julian Fiske Harrington (1901–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 30, 1955–July 14, 1960
• Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 29, 1960–August 31, 1963
• Wallace Wyman Stuart (1912–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –January 10, 1964
• Henry Landes Taylor (1918–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, April 3, 1964–
• Jack Hood Vaughn (1920–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 6, 1964–February 27, 1965
• Charles Wallace Adair Jr. (1914–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 13, 1965–September 6, 1969
• Robert Marion Sayre (1924–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 1969–March 14, 1974
• William John Jorden (1923–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 17, 1974–August 25, 1978
• Ambler Holmes Moss Jr. (1937–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1978–July 15, 1982
• Everett Ellis Briggs (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 29, 1982–February 24, 1986
• Arthur H. Davis Jr. (1917–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 4, 1986–January 3, 1990
• Deane Roesch Hinton (1923–2017)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 9, 1990–February 12, 1994
• Oliver P. Garza (1941–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 1994–November 1995
• William J. Hughes (1932–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 7, 1995–October 13, 1998
• Simon Ferro (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 26, 1999–March 1, 2001
• Linda Ellen Watt (1951–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 17, 2002–June 3, 2005
• William A. Eaton (1952–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 2005–July 5, 2008
• Barbara Jean Stephenson (1958–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 6, 2008–July 14, 2010
• Phyllis Marie Powers (1953–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 16, 2010–April 3, 2012
• Jonathan D. Farrar (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 16, 2012–June 5, 2015
• John D. Feeley (1961–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 16, 2016–March 9, 2018
• Roxanne J. Cabral (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 9, 2018–January 16, 2020

Other Nominees

• George Thomas Summerlin (1872–1947)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
• Raymond Henry Norweb (1894–1983)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• Frank Thomas Hines (1879–1960)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
• Frank Townsend Bow (1901–1972)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Died in the United States before taking the oath of office.
• Robert A. Pastor (1947–2014)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of June 8, 1994, not acted upon by the Senate; withdrawn on January 31, 1995.