List of ambassadors of the United States to Venezuela


The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Venezuela. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The ambassadors are posted at the Embassy of the United States, Caracas.

Ambassadors

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
B.IrvineChargé d'Affaires, Encargado de Negocios, Agente de los Estados Unidos del Norte cerca de VenezuelaFebruary 14, 1819June 29, 1835Martin Van Buren
John G. A. WilliamsonChargé d'AffairesJune 30, 1835August 7, 1840Andrew Jackson
A. A. HallChargé d'AffairesSeptember 22, 1841November 29, 1844John Tyler
Vespasian EllisChargé d'AffairesNovember 29, 1844August 1, 1845John Tyler
Benjamin G. ShieldsChargé d'AffairesAugust 1, 1845January 2, 1850James K. Polk
I. Nevitt SteeleChargé d'AffairesJanuary 7, 1850October 18, 1853Zachary Taylor
Charles EamesChargé d'AffairesMay 23, 1854September 2, 1854Franklin Pierce
Charles EamesMinister ResidentSeptember 2, 1854September 14, 1858Franklin Pierce
Edward A. TurpinMinister ResidentSeptember 21, 1858November 16, 1861James Buchanan
Henry T. BlowMinister ResidentJune 8, 1861February 22, 1862Abraham Lincoln
Erastus D. CulverMinister ResidentOctober 7, 1862May 17, 1866Abraham Lincoln
James WilsonMinister ResidentOctober 10, 1866August 8, 1867Andrew Johnson
Thomas N. StilwellMinister ResidentDecember 16, 1867June 7, 1868Andrew Johnson
James R. PartridgeMinister ResidentJuly 8, 1869May 9, 1870Ulysses S. Grant
William A. PileMinister ResidentOctober 9, 1871January 9, 1874Ulysses S. Grant
Thomas RussellMinister ResidentJuly 4, 1874January 29, 1877Ulysses S. Grant
Jehu BakerMinister ResidentMarch 18, 1878September 5, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
George W. CarterMinister ResidentSeptember 1881May 16, 1882Chester A. Arthur
Jehu BakerMinister ResidentMay 16, 1882July 7, 1884Rutherford B. Hayes
Jehu BakerMinister Resident/Consul GeneralJuly 7, 1884June 20, 1885Chester A. Arthur
Charles L. ScottMinister Resident/Consul GeneralJune 24, 1885September 18, 1888Grover Cleveland
Charles L. ScottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 18, 1888January 18, 1889Grover Cleveland
William L. ScruggsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 30, 1889December 15, 1892Benjamin Harrison
Frank C. PartridgeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 4, 1893January 9, 1894Grover Cleveland
Seneca HaseltonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1894May 1, 1895Grover Cleveland
Allen ThomasEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 22, 1895June 30, 1897Grover Cleveland
Francis B. LoomisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 1897March 25, 1901William McKinley
Herbert W. BowenEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 24, 1901May 1, 1905William McKinley
William W. RussellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 22, 1905March 8, 1908Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob SleeperChargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 8, 1908March 15, 1909Theodore Roosevelt
William W. RussellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 15, 1909March 24, 1910William H. Taft
John W. GarrettEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 30, 1911October 21, 1911William H. Taft
Elliott NorthcottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 14, 1912June 3, 1913William H. Taft
Preston Buford McGoodwinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 22, 1913October 5, 1921Woodrow Wilson
Willis C. CookEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 1, 1922May 7, 1929Warren G. Harding
George T. SummerlinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 1930January 15, 1935Herbert Hoover
Meredith NicholsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 22, 1935April 14, 1938Franklin D. Roosevelt
Antonio C. GonzalezEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 18, 1938February 8, 1939Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank P. CorriganAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 14, 1939September 5, 1947Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter J. DonnellyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 1, 1947September 2, 1950Harry S. Truman
Norman ArmourAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 7, 1950October 2, 1951Harry S. Truman
Fletcher WarrenAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 21, 1951March 24, 1956Harry S. Truman
Dempster McIntoshAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 26, 1956December 27, 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1958April 15, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower
Teodoro MoscosoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1961November 21, 1961John F. Kennedy
C. Allen StewartAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 14, 1962November 28, 1964John F. Kennedy
Maurice M. BernbaumAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 4, 1965July 9, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert McClintockAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 7, 1970March 14, 1975Richard Nixon
Harry W. ShlaudemanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 9, 1975May 14, 1976Gerald Ford
Viron P. VakyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 26, 1976June 24, 1978Gerald Ford
William H. LuersAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 9, 1978June 28, 1982Jimmy Carter
George W. LandauAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 25, 1982June 4, 1985Ronald Reagan
Otto J. ReichAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 6, 1986July 17, 1989Ronald Reagan
Kenneth N. Skoug, Jr.Chargés d'Affaires ad interimJuly 17, 1989September 1990George H. W. Bush
Robert C. FelderChargés d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 1990November 19, 1990George H. W. Bush
Michael Martin SkolAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 19, 1990August 23, 1993George H. W. Bush
Jeffrey DavidowAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 1, 1993May 16, 1996Bill Clinton
John F. KeaneChargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 1996May 1997Bill Clinton
John Francis MaistoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 21, 1997August 7, 2000Bill Clinton
Donna Jean HrinakAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 25, 2000January 23, 2002Bill Clinton
Charles S. ShapiroAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 2002August 2004George W. Bush
William BrownfieldAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 27, 2004July 2007George W. Bush
Patrick DuddyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 6, 2007September 2008George W. Bush
John CaulfieldChargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 2008June 2009George W. Bush
Patrick DuddyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 2009July 2010Barack Obama
Phil LaidlawChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 2010July 2014
Lee McClennyChargé d'Affaires en piedJuly 20142017
Larry Leon PalmerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned—Barack Obama
Todd D. RobinsonChargé d'AffairesDec 18, 2017May 22, 2018Donald Trump
James B. StoryChargé d'AffairesJuly 2018IncumbentDonald Trump