Chiefs of Mission for Uruguay

Chiefs of Mission

• Alexander Asboth (1811–1868)
  • Minister Resident, October 2, 1867–January 21, 1868
• Henry Gaither Worthington (1828–1909)
  • Minister Resident, October 24, 1868–July 10, 1869
• Robert Crothers Kirk (1821–1898)
  • Minister Resident, July 24, 1869–July 6, 1870
• John Leavitt Stevens (1820–1895)
  • Minister Resident, August 26, 1870–May 19, 1873
• John Curtis Caldwell (1833–1912)
  • Minister Resident, September 7, 1874–October 6, 1876
• John Curtis Caldwell (1833–1912)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, October 6, 1876–July 10, 1882
• William Williams (1821–1896)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, July 10, 1882–July 21, 1885
• John Edmund Bacon (1830–1897)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, July 21, 1885–October 8, 1888
• John Edmund Bacon (1830–1897)
  • Minister Resident, October 8, 1888–December 26, 1888
• George Earl Maney (1826–1901)
  • Minister Resident, November 8, 1889–November 28, 1890
• George Earl Maney (1826–1901)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1890–June 30, 1894
• Granville Stuart (1834–1918)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 2, 1894–January 4, 1898
• William Rufus Finch (1847–1913)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 4, 1898–May 29, 1905
• Edward Charles O’Brien (1860–1927)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 2, 1905–October 11, 1909
• Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 31, 1910–July 8, 1911
• Nicolay Andrew Grevstad (1851–1940)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 9, 1911–February 19, 1914
• Robert Emmett Jeffery (1875–1935)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 4, 1915–March 9, 1921
• Hoffman Philip (1872–1951)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1922–April 10, 1925
• Ulysses Grant-Smith (1870–1959)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 13, 1925–January 11, 1929
• Leland Harrison (1883–1951)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 11, 1930–October 9, 1930
• Joshua Butler Wright (1877–1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 9, 1931–July 10, 1934
• Julius Gareche Lay (1872–1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 20, 1935–August 31, 1937
• William Dawson Jr. (1885–1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 10, 1938–June 6, 1939
• Edwin Carleton Wilson (1893–1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 27, 1939–March 5, 1941
• William Dawson Jr. (1885–1972)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 12, 1941–August 6, 1946
• Joseph F. McGurk (1892–1962)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1946–April 15, 1947
• Ellis Ormsbee Briggs (1899–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 21, 1947–August 6, 1949
• Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 9, 1949–October 8, 1951
• Edward L. Roddan (1899–1989)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 27, 1951–October 12, 1953
• Dempster McIntosh (1896–1984)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 12, 1953–April 3, 1956
• Jefferson Patterson (1891–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 2, 1956–March 18, 1958
• Robert Forbes Woodward (1908–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 21, 1958–March 29, 1961
• Edward John Sparks (1897–1976)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 24, 1961–May 15, 1962
• Wymberley DeRenne Coerr (1913–1996)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 27, 1962–January 22, 1965
• Henry Augustus Hoyt (1914–1967)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1965–December 16, 1967
• Robert Marion Sayre (1924–2016)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 27, 1968–October 19, 1969
• Charles Wallace Adair Jr. (1914–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 13, 1969–September 28, 1972
• Ernest Victor Siracusa (1918–2000)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 25, 1973–April 22, 1977
• Lawrence A. Pezzulo (1926–2017)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 10, 1977–May 29, 1979
• Lyle Franklin Lane (1926–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 1979–July 22, 1980
• Norman Shaw Smith (1936–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 1980–November 1981
• Thomas Aranda Jr. (1934–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 5, 1981–November 14, 1985
• Malcolm Richard Wilkey (1918–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 28, 1985–May 10, 1990
• Richard C. Brown (1939–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 19, 1990–August 19, 1993
• Thomas J. Dodd (1935–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1993–September 1, 1997
• Christopher C. Ashby (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 26, 1997–March 1, 2001
• Martin J. Silverstein (1954–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 2001–July 6, 2005
• Frank Baxter (1936–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 13, 2006–February 16, 2009
• David Daniel Nelson (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 8, 2010–May 23, 2011
• Julissa Reynoso (1975–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 9, 2012–December 10, 2014
• Bradley Freden (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 2014–July 2016
• Kelly Keiderling-Franz (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 11, 2016–June 29, 2019
• Kenneth S. George (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 4, 2019–

Other Nominees

• Lewis Wallace (1827–1905)
  • Chargé d’Affaires: Not commissioned; nomination to be Chargé d’Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830–1893)
  • Chargé d’Affaires: Declined appointment.
• John Longer de Saulles (1879–1917)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
• George Strausser Messersmith (1883–1960)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• Julius Gareche Lay (1872–1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• William Dawson Jr. (1885–1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment.
• Williamson Smith Howell Jr. (1890–1947)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but died in the United States before proceeding to post.
• Robert Saul Gershenson (1928–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of July 10, 1980, not acted upon by the Senate.