Colombia

Name: Richard C. Anderson
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 27, 1823
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1823
Termination of Mission: Died at Cartagena, Jul 24, 1826
Note: Commissioned to Colombia (i.e. "Gran Colombia," which separated into the states of Ecuador, New Granada, and Venezuela).

Name: Beaufort T. Watts
State of Residency: South Carolina
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 3, 1827
Presentation of Credentials: [see note below]
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 21, 1827
Note: No report has been found concerning Watts' presentation of credentials as Chargé d'Affaires en titre; he had been serving at Bogota as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim since Jun 1826. Commissioned to Colombia (i.e. "Gran Colombia," which separated into the states of Ecuador, New Granada, and Venezuela).

Name: William H. Harrison
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 24, 1828
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 5-13, 1829
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Sep 26, 1829
Note: Commissioned to Colombia (i.e. "Gran Colombia," which separated into the states of Ecuador, New Granada, and Venezuela).

Name: Thomas P. Moore
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 13, 1829
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 26, 1829
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 16, 1833
Note: Commissioned to Colombia (i.e. "Gran Colombia," which separated into the states of Ecuador, New Granada, and Venezual).

Name: Robert B. McAfee
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Feb 9, 1833
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1833
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 20, 1837
Note: Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: James Semple
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Oct 14, 1837
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 21, 1838
Termination of Mission: Left post on or soon after Mar 4, 1842
Note: Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: William M. Blackford
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Feb 10, 1842
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 17, 1842
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 24, 1844
Note: Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: Benjamin A. Bidlack
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: May 14, 1845
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 5, 1845
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Feb 6, 1849
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 7, 1846. Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: Thomas M. Foote
State of Residency: New York
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: May 29, 1849
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 5, 1850
Termination of Mission: Left post about Oct 15, 1850
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 18, 1850. Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: John B. Kerr
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Chargéd'Affaires
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.

Name: Yelverton P. King
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 12, 1851
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 25, 1851
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Apr 5, 1853
Note: Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: James S. Green
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: May 24, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 19, 1853
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 13, 1854
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 8, 1854. Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: James S. Green
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 29, 1854
Note: Commissioned to New Granada. Did not serve in this capacity.

Name: James B. Bowlin
State of Residency: Missouri
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Dec 13, 1854
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 10, 1855
Termination of Mission: Left post about May 20, 1857
Note: Nominated Feb 25, 1856 to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: George W. Jones
State of Residency: Iowa
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 8, 1859
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 29, 1859
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Nov 4, 1861
Note: Commissioned to New Granada.

Name: Allan W. Burton
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: May 29, 1861
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate, but seems not to have served under this appointment.

Name: Allan W. Burton
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jul 15, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 9, 1864
Termination of Mission: Notified the Govt. of Colombia, Dec 10, 1866, that he would have no further relations with it
Note: Burton did not present credentials addressed in 1861 to the President of the Granadian Confederacy, but eventually did present credentials addressed in 1863 to the President of the United States of Colombia.

Name: James Johnson
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Minister Resident
Note: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.

Name: James H. Campbell
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Nov 16, 1866
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; declined appointment.

Name: Peter J. Sullivan
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 19, 1867
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 25, 1867
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 26, 1869

Name: Stephen A. Hurlbut
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 22, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 13, 1869
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Apr 3, 1872

Name: William L. Scruggs
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 9, 1873
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 24, 1873
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 26, 1876
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 11, 1873.

Name: Ernest Dichman
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 15, 1878
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1878
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 21, 1881

Name: George Maney
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: May 19, 1881
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 21, 1881
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 19, 1882

Name: William L. Scruggs
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 17, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1882
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Name: William L. Scruggs
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1884
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 1884
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 15, 1885
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 27, 1885.

Name: Charles D. Jacob
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 9, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 26, 1886
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, May 29, 1886
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 21, 1886.

Name: Dabney H. Maury
State of Residency: Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 18, 1886
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 20, 1887
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 22, 1889
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 3, 1887.

Name: John T. Abbott
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 1, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 22, 1889
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 17, 1893

Name: L. F. McKinney
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 24, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 17, 1893
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 6, 1896
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Aug 25, 1893.

Name: Charles Burdett Hart
State of Residency: W.Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1897
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 19, 1903

Name: Arthur M. Beaupre
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 12, 1903
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 13, 1903
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 19, 1903

Name: William W. Russell
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1904
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 9, 1904
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 24, 1905

Name: John Barrett
State of Residency: Oregon
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 21, 1905
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 27, 1905
Termination of Mission: Left Colombia, Sep 24, 1906
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after
confirmation on Dec 11, 1905.

Name: Thomas C. Dawson
State of Residency: Iowa
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 10, 1907
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 16, 1907
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 25, 1909

Name: Elliott Northcott
State of Residency: West Virginia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 23, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 13, 1909
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 16, 1910

Name: James T. DuBois
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 21, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 18, 1911
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Mar 1, 1913

Name: Thaddeus Austin Thompson
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 10, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 30, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 26, 1916

Name: Hoffman Philip
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 8, 1917
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 22, 1919
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 29, 1922

Name: Samuel H. Piles
State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 22, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: May 29, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 17, 1928

Name: Jefferson Caffery
State of Residency: Louisiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1928
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 28, 1928
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 20, 1933
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 23, 1929.

Name: Sheldon Whitehouse
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 15, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 8, 1934
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after
confirmation on Jan 15, 1934.

Name: William Dawson
State of Residency: Minnesota
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 15, 1934
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 16, 1937
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after
confirmation on Jan 22, 1935.

Name: Spruille Braden
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 27, 1935
Note: Did not serve in this capacity.

Name: Spruille Braden
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 20, 1939
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 15, 1939
Termination of Mission: Left Colombia, Mar 12, 1942

Name: Arthur Bliss Lane
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 5, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 30, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 18, 1944

Name: John C. Wiley
State of Residency: Indiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 16, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 3, 1947

Name: Willard L. Beaulac
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 10, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 30, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 29, 1951

Name: Capus M. Waynick
State of Residency: North Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 28, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left Colombia, Sep 21, 1953

Name: Rudolf E. Schoenfeld
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 20, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 28, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 26, 1955
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 26, 1954.

Name: Philip W. Bonsal
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 1, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 24, 1957

Name: John M. Cabot
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 3, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 12, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 15, 1959

Name: Dempster McIntosh
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 18, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 30, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 6, 1961

Name: Fulton Freeman
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 4, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 15, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 14, 1964

Name: Covey T. Oliver
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 1, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 13, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 29, 1966

Name: Reynold E. Carlson
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 16, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1966
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 2, 1969

Name: Jack Hood Vaughn
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 27, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 9, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 25, 1970

Name: Leonard J. Saccio
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 24, 1971
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 12, 1973

Name: Viron P. Vaky
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 5, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 23, 1976

Name: Phillip V. Sanchez
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 16, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 5, 1977

Name: Diego C. Asencio
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 26, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 22, 1980

Name: Thomas D. Boyatt
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 31, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 3, 1980
Termination of Mission: Apr 14, 1983

Name: Lewis Arthur Tambs
State of Residency: Arizona
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: May 2, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 15, 1985

Name: Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 19, 1988

Name: Thomas Edmund McNamara
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 14, 1991

Name: Morris D. Busby
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 18, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 5, 1994

Name: Myles Robert Rene Frechette
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 9, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 25, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 8, 1997

Name: Curtis W. Kamman
State of Residency: Washington, D.C.
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 7, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 19, 1998
Termination of Mission: Lft post Aug 15, 2000

Name: Ann Woods Patterson
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 14, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 24, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 11, 2003

Name: William B. Wood
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 13. 2003
Termination of Mission: