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U.S. Ambassadors to Japan
See below for Deputy Chiefs of Mission
Ambassadors: 1859-Present
Name |
Appointment |
Press. of Cred. |
Term of Mission |
Townsend Harris |
19 Jan. 1859 |
5 Nov. 1859 |
Presented recall, 26 Apr. 1862 |
Robert H. Pruyn |
12 Oct. 1861 |
- |
Recommissioned after confirmation |
22 Jan. 1862 |
17 May 1862 |
Left Japan 28 Apr. 1865 |
Chaubcey M. Depewl |
15 Nov. 1865 |
- |
- |
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh |
18 Jan. 1866 |
4 May 1867 |
Presented recall, 11 Nov. 1869 |
Charles E. De Long |
21 Apr. 1869 |
11 Nov. 1869 |
Promoted to EE/MP |
14 July 1870 |
9 June 1872 |
Had Farewell Audience, 7 Oct. 1873 |
John A. Bingham |
31 May 1873 |
7 Oct. 1873 |
Recommissioned after confirmation |
Richard B. Hubbard |
2 Apr. 1885 |
2 July 1885 |
Presented recall, 15 May 1889 |
John F. Swift |
12 Mar 1889 |
15 May 1889 |
Died at post, 10 May 1891 |
Frank L. Coombs |
20 Apr. 1892 |
13 June 1892 |
Presented recall, 14 July 1893 |
Edwin Dun |
4 Apr. 1893 |
14 July 1893 |
Presented recall, 2 July 1897 |
Alfred E. Buck |
13 Apr. 1897 |
3 July 1893 |
Died at post, 4 December 1902 |
Lloyd C. Griscom |
16 Dec. 1902 |
22 June 1903 |
Left Japan 19 November 1905 |
Luke E. Wright |
25 Jan.1906 |
26 May 1906 |
Left Japan August 1907 |
Thomas J. O'Brien |
11 June 1907 |
15 Oct. 1907 |
Recommissioned after confirmation |
12 Dec. 1907 |
- |
Left post, 31 August 1911 |
Charles Page Bryan |
12 Aug. 1911 |
22 Nov. 1911 |
Left post, 1 October 1912 |
Larz Anderson |
14 Nov. 1912 |
1 Feb. 1913 |
Recommissioned after confirmation |
1 Mar. 1913 |
- |
Left Japan, 15 March 1913 |
George W. Guthrie |
20 May 1913 |
7 Aug. 1913 |
Died at post, 8 March 1917 |
Roland S. Morris |
1 Aug. 1917 |
30 Oct. 1917 |
Left Japan, 15 May 1920 |
Charles B. Warren |
29 June 1921 |
24 Sept. 1921 |
Left Japan, 28 January 1922 |
Cyrus E. Woods |
3 Mar. 1923 |
21 July 1923 |
Left Japan, 5 June 1924 |
Edgar A. Bancroft |
23 Sept. 1924 |
19 Nov. 1924 |
Recommissioned after confirmation |
21 Jan. 1925 |
- |
Died at Karuizawa, 27 July 1925 |
Charles MacVeagh |
24 Sept. 1925 |
9 Dec. 1925 |
Recommissioned after conformation |
17 Dec. 1925 |
- |
Left Japan, 6 December 1928 |
William R. Castle, Jr. |
11 Dec. 1929 |
24 Jan. 1930 |
Left Japan, 27 May 1930 |
W. Cameron Forbes |
17 June 1930 |
25 Sept. 1930 |
Left Japan, 22 March 1932 |
Joseph C. Grew |
19 Feb. 1932 |
14 June 1932 |
Japan declared war on the U.S., 8 Dec. 1941 (Tokyo
Time) |
Robert D. Murphy |
18 Apr. 1952 |
9 May 1952 |
Relinquished charge, 28 April 1953 |
John M. Allison |
2 Apr. 1953 |
28 May 1953 |
Left post, 2 Feb. 1957 |
Douglas MacArthur |
4 Dec. 1956 |
- |
Recommissioned after confirmation |
29 Jan. 1957 |
25 Feb. 1957 |
Left post, 12 March 1961 |
Edwin O. Reischauer |
29 Mar. 1961 |
27 Apr. 1961 |
Left post, 19 August 1966 |
U. Alexis Johnson |
1 Sept. 1966 |
8 Nov. 1966 |
Left post, 15 January 1969 |
Armin H. Meyer |
27 May 1969 |
3 Jul. 1969 |
Left post, 27 March 1972 |
Robert S. Ingersoll |
29 Feb. 1972 |
12 Apr. 1972 |
Left post, 8 November 1973 |
James D. Hodgson |
20 Jun. 1974 |
19 Jul. 1974 |
Left post, 5 February 1977 |
Michael J.Mansfield |
22 Apr. 1977 |
10 Jul. 1977 |
Left post, 22 December 1988 |
Michael H. Armacost |
20 Apr. 1989 |
15 May 1989 |
Left post, 19 July 1993 |
Walter F. Mondale |
13 Aug. 1993 |
22 Sep. 1993 |
Left post, 14 December 1996 |
Thomas S. Foley |
6 Nov. 1997 |
19 Nov. 1997 |
Left post, 1
April 2001
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Howard
H. Baker, Jr. |
23 May 2001 |
5 Jul. 2001 |
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Deputy Chiefs of Mission
Name |
Appointed |
Title |
A.L. C. Portman |
June 27, 1861 |
Secretary & Interpreter |
J. C. Hepburn |
April 6, 1871 |
Interpreter |
Durham W. Stevens |
August 6, 1873 |
Secretary of Legation |
Gustavus Goward |
January 23, 1883 |
Secretary of Legation |
Fred S. Mansfield |
November 12, 1885 |
Secretary of Legation |
Edwin Dun |
September 3, 1889 |
Secretary of Legation |
Joseph R. Herod |
March 8, 1895 |
Secretary of Legation |
Huntington Wilson |
October 10, 1900 |
Secretary of Legation |
H. Percival Dodge |
August 8, 1906 |
Secretary of Embassy |
Peter Augustus Jay |
June 21, 1907 |
Secretary of Embassy |
Montgomery Schuyler |
December 21, 1908 |
Secretary of Embassy |
Arthur Bailly-Blanchard |
February 1, 1912 |
Secretary of Embassy |
Post Wheeler |
June 3, 1914 |
Secretary of Embassy |
John Van A. MacMurray |
November 10, 1917 |
Counselor |
Hugh R. Wilson |
August 19, 1921 |
Counselor |
Jefferson Caffery |
September 5, 1923 |
Counselor |
Norman Armour |
June 25, 1925 |
Counselor of Embassy |
Edward L. Neville |
April 12, 1928 |
Counselor of Embassy |
Eugene H. Dooman |
January 5, 1937 |
Counselor of Embassy |
Embassy Closed December 8, 1941
Embassy re-established April 28, 1953
William T. Turner |
April 10, 1953 |
Counselor |
J. Graham Parsons |
July 18, 1953 |
Counselor of Embassy |
Outerbridge Horsey |
April 22, 1956 |
Minister-Counselor |
William Leonhart |
December 28, 1958 |
Minister-Counselor |
John K. Emmerson |
July 22, 1962 |
DCM |
David L. Osborn |
January 1967 |
DCM |
Richard L. Sneider |
September 1969 |
DCM |
Thomas P. Shoesmith |
July 1972 |
DCM |
William C. Sherman |
July 1977 |
DCM |
William Clark, Jr. |
October 1981 |
DCM |
L. Desaix Anderson |
June 1985 |
DCM |
William T. Breer |
September 1989 |
DCM |
Rust M. Deming |
October 1993 |
DCM |
Christopher J. LaFleur |
November 1998 |
DCM |
Richard A. Christenson |
July
2001 |
DCM |
Michael W. Michalak |
April
2004 |
DCM |
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