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This is a list of [[Ambassadors of the United States]] to [[Portugal]].

Bilateral [[diplomatic relations]] between the United States and Portugal date from the earliest years of the United States. Following the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], Portugal was the first neutral country to [[diplomatic recognition|recognize]] the United States. On February 21, 1791, President [[George Washington]] opened formal diplomatic relations, naming Col. [[David Humphreys (soldier)|David Humphreys]] as U.S. Minister Resident. Subsequent envoys were given the title Minister Plenipotentiary.
Bilateral [[diplomatic relations]] between the United States and Portugal date from the earliest years of the United States. Following the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], Portugal was the first neutral country to [[diplomatic recognition|recognize]] the United States. On February 21, 1791, President [[George Washington]] opened formal diplomatic relations, naming Col. [[David Humphreys (soldier)|David Humphreys]] as U.S. Minister Resident. Subsequent envoys were given the title Minister Plenipotentiary.


==Chiefs of mission==
==Ambassadors==
{{U.S. diplomatic terms}}
{{U.S. diplomatic terms}}
{| class="toccolours"
*[[David Humphreys (soldier)|David Humphreys]]
| {{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes Chargé d’Affaires ad interim}}
**Title: Minister Resident
| {{legend|#A6FAB0|Denotes that Chief of Mission served at the court of Portugal in [[Brazil]]; resident at [[Rio de Janeiro]]}}
**Appointed: February 21, 1791
|}
**Presented credentials: May 13, 1791
{|class="wikitable"
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 25, 1797
! Name
*[[John Quincy Adams]]<ref name="jqadams">President Washington appointed Adams but he did not serve as minister.</ref>
! Portrait
**Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
! State of residency
**Appointed: May 30, 1796
! Type of appointee
**Presented credentials: —
! Title
**Terminated mission: —
! Appointment
*[[William Loughton Smith|William L. Smith]]
! Presentation of credentials
**Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
! Termination of mission
**Appointed: July 10, 1797
|-
**Presented credentials: September 8, 1797
||[[David Humphreys (soldier)|David Humphreys]]
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, September 9, 1801
|[[File:Colonel David Humphreys by Gilbert Stuart.jpeg|75px]]
*'''Note:''' There was no U.S. minister representing the U.S. from 1801–1807.
|[[Connecticut]]
*[[Thomas Sumter, Jr.]]<ref name="royalexile">During a succession of wars and invasions, the Portuguese royal family was in exile in [[Brazil]] in 1807–1821. Ambassadors Sumter and Graham, and ''Chargé'' Appleton represented the U.S. at the court of Portugal in [[Rio de Janeiro]].</ref>
|
**Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
|Minister Resident
**Appointed: March 7, 1809
|February 21, 1791
**Presented credentials: June 7, 1810
|May 13, 1791
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 24, 1819
|Presented recall on July 25, 1797
*[[John Graham (diplomat)|John Graham]]<ref name="royalexile" />
|-
**Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
|[[William Loughton Smith]]
**Appointed: January 6, 1819
|[[File:William Loughton Smith - Gilbert Stuart.jpg|75px]]
**Presented credentials: June 24, 1819
|[[South Carolina]]
**Terminated mission: Left Rio de Janeiro, June 13, 1820
|
*[[John James Appleton]]<ref name="royalexile" /><ref name="appleton">Appleton’s nomination as ''Chargé d’Affaires'' was rejected by the Senate. He did, however, serve as ''Chargé d’Affaires ad interim'' from June 1820 until the [[legation]] to Portugal at Rio de Janeiro was closed in 1821.</ref>
|Minister Plenipotentiary
**Title: Chargé d'Affaires
|July 10, 1797
**Appointed: Not commissioned
|September 8, 1797
**Presented credentials: —
|Presented recall on September 9, 1801
**Terminated mission: His last dispatch was dated July 12, 1821.
|-
*[[Henry Dearborn|Henry Dearborn, Sr.]]
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |Thomas Sumter Jr.
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |
**Appointed: May 7, 1822
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |[[South Carolina]]
**Presented credentials: Unknown<ref name="dearborn">Dearborn arrived at Lisbon before August 16, 1822. He did not report the date of presentation of credentials.</ref>
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |
**Terminated mission: Had farewell audience, June 30, 1824
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |Minister Plenipotentiary
*'''Note:''' Between 1824 and 1854 there was no minister representing the U.S. in Lisbon. A series of ''chargés d’affaires'' acted as chief of mission.
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |March 7, 1809
*[[Thomas L.L. Brent]]<ref name="llbrent">Brent was reaccredited on after change of government of Portugal. He presented new credentials January 18, 1830.</ref>
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |June 7, 1810
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |Presented recall on July 24, 1819
**Appointed: March 9, 1825
|-
**Presented credentials: June 24, 1825
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |[[John Graham (diplomat)|John Graham]]
**Terminated mission: Left post on or soon after November 28, 1834
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |
*[[Edward Kavanagh]]
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |[[Pennsylvania]], [[Virginia]]
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |
**Appointed: March 3, 1835
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |Minister Plenipotentiary
**Presented credentials: July 25, 1835
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |January 6, 1819
**Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, April 19, 1841
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |June 24, 1819
*[[Washington Barrow]]
|bgcolor="#a6fab0" |Left [[Rio de Janeiro]] June 13, 1820
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|-
**Appointed: August 16, 1841
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |[[John James Appleton]]
**Presented credentials: December 28, 1841
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, February 24, 1844
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |[[Massachusetts]]
*[[Abraham Rencher]]<ref name="rencher">Rencher was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 11, 1844.</ref>
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
**Appointed: September 22, 1843
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |
**Presented credentials: February 24, 1844
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |Began Service June 1820
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, November 4, 1847
|bgcolor="#e6e6aa" |Appleton's last despatch was dated July 12, 1821 (the Legation to Portugal at Rio de Janeiro was closed in 1821)
*[[George Washington Hopkins|George W. Hopkins]]
|-
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|[[Henry Dearborn|Henry Dearborn Sr.]]
**Appointed: March 3, 1847
|[[File:Gilbert Stuart - Major-General Henry Dearborn - 1913.793 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg|75px]]
**Presented credentials: November 4, 1847
|[[Massachusetts]]
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, October 18, 1849
|
*[[James Brown Clay]]<ref name="jbclay">Clay was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on March 18, 1850.</ref>
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|May 7, 1822
**Appointed: August 1, 1849
|Arrived at Lisbon before August 16, 1822; did not report date of presentation of credentials
**Presented credentials: October 18, 1849
|Had farewell audience June 30, 1824
**Terminated mission: Left post August 19, 1850
|-
*[[Charles B. Haddock]]
|[[Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent]]
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|[[File:Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent.png|75px]]
**Appointed: December 10, 1850
|[[Virginia]]
**Presented credentials: June 17, 1851
|
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 16, 1854
|Chargé d'Affaires
*[[John L. O'Sullivan]]<ref name="osullivan">President [[Franklin Pierce]] nominated O’Sullivan February 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary but the nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.</ref>
|March 9, 1825
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|June 24, 1825<ref>Reaccredited after a change in government; presented new credentials on January 18, 1830</ref>
**Appointed: February 16, 1854
|Left post on or soon after November 28, 1834
**Presented credentials: June 16, 1854
|-
**Terminated mission: Promoted to Minister Resident June 29, 1854
|[[Edward Kavanaugh]]
*[[John L. O'Sullivan]]<ref name="osullivan" />
|[[File:Edward Kavanagh (Maine Governor).jpg|75px]]
**Title: Minister Resident
|[[Maine]]
**Appointed: June 29, 1854
|
**Presented credentials: October 19, 1854
|Chargé d'Affaires
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 15, 1858
|March 3, 1835
*[[George W. Morgan]]
|July 25, 1835
**Title: Minister Resident
|Relinquished charge April 19, 1841
**Appointed: May 11, 1858
|-
**Presented credentials: July 15, 1858
|[[Washington Barrow]]
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 19, 1861
|[[File:George Washington Barrow.jpg|75px]]
*[[James E. Harvey]]
|[[Mississippi]]
**Title: Minister Resident
|
**Appointed: March 28, 1861
|Chargé d'Affaires
**Presented credentials: July 19, 1861
|August 16, 1841
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 15, 1869
|December 28, 1841
*[[Samuel Shellabarger (congressman)|Samuel Shellabarger]]
|Presented recall on February 24, 1844
**Title: Minister Resident
|-
**Appointed: April 21, 1869
|[[Abraham Rencher]]
**Presented credentials: July 15, 1869
|[[File:Abraham Rencher (New Mexico Governor).jpg|75px]]
**Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, January 1, 1870
|[[North Carolina]]
*[[William Cumback]]<ref name="cumback">Cumback declined the appointment.</ref>
|
**Title: Minister Resident
|Chargé d'Affaires
**Appointed: January 28, 1870
|September 22, 1843<ref>Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 11, 1844, after confirmation.</ref>
**Presented credentials: —
|February 24, 1844
**Terminated mission: —
|Presented recall on November 4, 1847
*[[Charles Hance Lewis|Charles H. Lewis]]
|-
**Title: Minister Resident
|[[George Washington Hopkins]]
**Appointed: March 15, 1870
|[[File:George Washington Hopkins.png|75px]]
**Presented credentials: June 15, 1870
|[[Virginia]]
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, April 8, 1875
|
*[[Benjamin Moran]]
|Chargé d'Affaires
**Title: Minister Resident
|March 3, 1847
**Appointed: December 15, 1874
|November 4, 1847
**Presented credentials: April 8, 1875
|Presented recall on October 18, 1849
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, November 9, 1876<ref name="moran">Moran was reassigned as ''Chargé d’Affaires'' at the Lisbon legation on August 15, 1876. He served in that position until 1882.</ref>
|-
*[[Benjamin Moran]]<ref name="moran" />
|[[James Brown Clay]]
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|[[File:Hon. James C. Clay, Ky - NARA - 528502.jpg|75px]]
**Appointed: August 15, 1876
|[[Kentucky]]
**Presented credentials: November 15, 1876
|
**Terminated mission: Recall presented by successor, September 27, 1882
|Chargé d'Affaires
*[[John M. Francis]]<ref name="jmfrancis">Francis took the oath of office as ''Chargé d’Affaires'' but did not proceed to the post under that appointment. He was recommissioned as Minister Resident/Consul General on July 7, 1882.</ref>
|August 1, 1849
**Title: ''Chargé d'Affaires''
|October 18, 1849<ref>Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 18, 1850, after confirmation.</ref>
**Appointed: April 28, 1882
|Left post on August 19, 1850
**Presented credentials: —
|-
**Terminated mission: —
|[[Charles Brickett Haddock]]
*[[John M. Francis]]<ref name="jmfrancis" />
|[[File:Charles Brickett Haddock.jpg|75px]]
**Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
|[[New Hampshire]]
**Appointed: July 7, 1882
|
**Presented credentials: October 5, 1882
|Chargé d'Affaires
**Terminated mission: Left post August 25, 1884
|December 10, 1850
*[[Lewis Richmond]]
|June 17, 1851
**Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
|Presented recall on June 16, 1854
**Appointed: July 4, 1884
|-
**Presented credentials: October 23, 1884
| rowspan="2" |[[John Louis O'Sullivan]]
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, May 7, 1885
| rowspan="2" |[[File:John O'Sullivan.jpg|75px]]
*[[Edward Parke Custis Lewis]]
| rowspan="2" |[[New York (state)|New York]]
**Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
| rowspan="2" |
**Appointed: April 2, 1885
|Chargé d'Affaires
**Presented credentials: June 18, 1885
|February 16, 1854
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 14, 1889
|June 16, 1854
*[[George B. Loring]]
**Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
|Promoted to Minister Resident October 19, 1854
|-
**Appointed: March 30, 1889
|Minister Resident
**Presented credentials: August 29, 1889
|June 29, 1854
**Terminated mission: Left post May 31, 1890
|October 19, 1854
*[[George Sherman Batcheller|George S. Batcheller]]
|Presented recall on July 15, 1858
**Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
|-
**Appointed: October 1, 1890
|[[George Washington Morgan]]
**Presented credentials: December 30, 1890
|[[File:George W. Morgan - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]]
**Terminated mission: Left post August 17, 1892
|[[Ohio]]
*[[Gilbert A. Pierce]]
|
**Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
|Minister Resident
**Appointed: January 6, 1893
|May 11, 1858
**Presented credentials: March 20, 1893
|July 15, 1858
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, May 24, 1893
|Presented recall on July 19, 1861
*'''Note:''' In 1893 the rank of the U.S. representative in Lisbon was raised to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
|-
*[[George William Caruth]]<ref name="caruth">Caruth was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on August 22, 1893.</ref>
|James E. Harvey
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|
**Appointed: April 25, 1893
|[[Pennsylvania]]
**Presented credentials: June 30, 1893
|
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 24, 1897
|Minister Resident
*[[Lawrence Townsend]]
|March 28, 1861
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|July 19, 1861
**Appointed: June 9, 1897
**Presented credentials: August 18, 1897
|Presented recall on July 15, 1869
|-
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, May 29, 1899
|[[Samuel Shellabarger (congressman)|Samuel Shellabarger]]
*[[John N. Irwin]]<ref name="jnirwin">Irwin was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 14, 1899.</ref>
|[[File:Samuel Shellabarger cph.3a00889.jpg|75px]]
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|[[Ohio]]
**Appointed: April 12, 1899
|
**Presented credentials: December 26, 1899
|Minister Resident
**Terminated mission: Left post May 15, 1900
|April 21, 1869
*[[Francis B. Loomis]]<ref name="loomis">Loomis was commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 10, 1901.</ref>
|July 15, 1869
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|Relinquished charge January 1, 1870
**Appointed: June 17, 1901
|-
**Presented credentials: August 14, 1901
|Charles Hance Lewis
**Terminated mission: Left post September 16, 1902
|
*[[Charles Page Bryan]]
|[[Virginia]]
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|
**Appointed: January 7, 1903
|Minister Resident
**Presented credentials: April 25, 1903
|March 15, 1870
**Terminated mission: Left post January 16, 1910
|June 15, 1870
*[[Henry T. Gage]]
|Presented recall on April 8, 1875
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|-
**Appointed: December 21, 1909
| rowspan="2" |[[Benjamin Moran]]
**Presented credentials: June 11, 1910
| rowspan="2" |
**Terminated mission: Left post November 19, 1910<ref name="htgage">Normal relations between Portugal and the United States were interrupted October 5, 1910 as a result of the [[5 October 1910 revolution|1910 revolution]]. The new government of Portugal still unrecognized by the United States when Gage left post on November 19, 1910.</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Pennsylvania]]
*[[Henry S. Boutell]]<ref name="boutell">Boutell took the oath of office, but did not proceed to post.</ref>
| rowspan="2" |
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|Minister Resident
**Appointed: March 2, 1911
|December 15, 1874
**Presented credentials: —
|April 8, 1875
**Terminated mission: —
|Presented recall on November 9, 1876
*[[Edwin V. Morgan]]
|-
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|Chargé d'Affaires
**Appointed: May 24, 1911
**Presented credentials: August 3, 1911
|August 15, 1876
|November 15, 1876
**Terminated mission: Left post February 11, 1912
|Recall presented by successor September 27, 1882
*[[Cyrus E. Woods]]
|-
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|[[John Morgan Francis]]
**Appointed: January 25, 1912
|[[File:John M. Francis portrait.jpg|75px]]
**Presented credentials: March 20, 1912
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
**Terminated mission: Presented recall, August 19, 1913
|
*[[Meredith Nicholson]]<ref name="nicholson">[[William Howard Taft|President Taft]] nominated Nicholson for the post but withdrew the nomination before the Senate acted on it.</ref>
|Minister Resident/Consul General
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|July 7, 1882
**Appointed: Not commissioned
|October 5, 1882
**Presented credentials: —
|Left post on August 25, 1884
**Terminated mission: —
|-
*[[Thomas H. Birch]] – Political appointee
|Lewis Richmond
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|
**Appointed: September 10, 1913
|[[Rhode Island]]
**Presented credentials: December 15, 1913
|
**Terminated mission: Left post March 15, 1922
|Minister Resident/Consul General
*[[Fred Morris Dearing]] – Career FSO
|July 4, 1884
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|October 23, 1884
**Appointed: February 10, 1922
**Presented credentials: June 6, 1922
|Presented recall on May 7, 1885
|-
**Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, February 28, 1930
|[[Edward Parke Custis Lewis]]
*[[John Glover South]] – Political appointee
|[[File:Edward Parke Custis Lewis.jpg|75px]]
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|[[New Jersey]]
**Appointed: December 16, 1929
|
**Presented credentials: March 26, 1930
|Minister Resident/Consul General
**Terminated mission: Left post July 28, 1933
|April 2, 1885
*[[Robert Granville Caldwell]] – Political appointee
|June 18, 1885
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: June 13, 1933
|Presented recall on June 14, 1889
|-
**Presented credentials: August 21, 1933
|[[George Bailey Loring]]
**Terminated mission: Left post May 28, 1937
|[[File:George B. Loring - Brady-Handy.jpg|75px]]
*[[Herbert Pell|Herbert Claiborne Pell]] – Political appointee
|[[Massachusetts]]
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|
**Appointed: May 27, 1937
|Minister Resident/Consul General
**Presented credentials: July 31, 1937
|March 30, 1889
**Terminated mission: Left post February 3, 1941
|August 29, 1889
*[[Bert Fish]] – Political appointee
|Left post on May 31, 1890
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|-
**Appointed: February 11, 1941
|[[George Sherman Batcheller]]
**Presented credentials: March 26, 1941
|
**Terminated mission: Died at post July 21, 1943
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
*[[Raymond Henry Norweb]] – Career FSO
|
**Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary<ref name="norweb1">Norweb held the personal rank of Ambassador.</ref>
|Minister Resident/Consul General
**Appointed: November 15, 1943
|October 1, 1890
**Presented credentials: December 3, 1943
|December 30, 1890
**Terminated mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 4, 1944
|Left post on August 17, 1892
*'''Note:''' In May 1944 the rank of the envoy to Portugal was raised to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
|-
*[[R. Henry Norweb]] – Career FSO
|[[Gilbert Ashville Pierce]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|[[File:Gilbertashville.jpg|75px]]
**Appointed: May 4, 1944
|[[Minnesota]]
**Presented credentials: June 20, 1944<ref name="norweb2">Norweb’s promotion required the presentation of new credentials.</ref>
|
**Terminated mission: Left post February 15, 1945
|Minister Resident/Consul General
*[[Herman B. Baruch]] – Political appointee
|January 6, 1893
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|March 20, 1893
**Appointed: February 9, 1945
|Presented recall on May 24, 1893
**Presented credentials: April 12, 1945<ref name="baruch">Baruch was officially recognized as of April 12, 1945.</ref>
|-
**Terminated mission: Left post March 9, 1947
|George William Caruth
*[[John C. Wiley]] – Career FSO
|
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|[[Arkansas]]
**Appointed: April 10, 1947
|
**Presented credentials: June 18, 1947
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Terminated mission: Left post March 15, 1948
|April 25, 1893
*[[Lincoln MacVeagh]] – Political appointee
|June 30, 1893<ref>Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on August 22, 1893, after confirmation.</ref>
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Presented recall on July 24, 1897
**Appointed: April 8, 1948
|-
**Presented credentials: June 9, 1948
|[[Lawrence Townsend]]
**Terminated mission: Left post February 26, 1952
|[[File:Lawrence Townsend.png|75px]]
*[[Cavendish W. Cannon]] – Career FSO
|[[Pennsylvania]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|
**Appointed: March 13, 1952
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Presented credentials: June 2, 1952
|June 9, 1897
**Terminated mission: Left post August 1, 1953
|August 18, 1897
*[[M. Robert Guggenheim]] – Political appointee
|Presented recall on May 29, 1899
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|-
**Appointed: June 24, 1953
|[[John Nichol Irwin]]
**Presented credentials: August 12, 1953
|[[File:John Nichol Irwin - oval.jpg|75px]]
**Terminated mission: Left post September 19, 1954
|[[Iowa]]
*[[James C. H. Bonbright]] – Career FSO
|
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: January 24, 1955
|April 12, 1899
**Presented credentials: February 18, 1955
|December 26, 1899<ref>Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 14, 1899, after confirmation.</ref>
**Terminated mission: Left post November 27, 1958
|Left post on May 15, 1900
*[[Charles Burke Elbrick|C. Burke Elbrick]]<ref name="elbrick">Elbrick was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 29, 1959.</ref> – Career FSO
|-
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|[[Francis Butler Loomis]]
**Appointed: October 29, 1958
|[[File:F. B. Loomis, portrait bust LCCN2014680832 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
**Presented credentials: January 13, 1959
|[[Ohio]]
**Terminated mission: Left post August 31, 1963
|
*[[George W. Anderson, Jr.]] – Political appointee
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|June 17, 1901
**Appointed: August 1, 1963
|August 14, 1901<ref>Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 10, 1901, after confirmation.</ref>
**Presented credentials: October 22, 1963
**Terminated mission: Left post June 1, 1966
|Left post on September 16, 1902
|-
*[[W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.]] – Career FSO
|[[Charles Page Bryan]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|[[File:Charles Page Bryan - Brasil-Portugal (16Ago1903).png|75px]]
**Appointed: May 10, 1966
|[[Illinois]]
**Presented credentials: July 20, 1966
|
**Terminated mission: Left post July 21, 1969
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
*[[Ridgway B. Knight]] – Career FSO
|January 7, 1903
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|April 25, 1903
**Appointed: July 8, 1969
|Left post on January 16, 1910
**Presented credentials: July 30, 1969
|-
**Terminated mission: Left post February 24, 1973
|[[Henry Tifft Gage]]
*[[Stuart Nash Scott]] – Political appointee
|[[File:Henry T. Gage LCCN2014687967.jpg|75px]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|[[California]]
**Appointed: December 19, 1973
|
**Presented credentials: January 23, 1974
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Terminated mission: Left post January 12, 1975
|December 21, 1909
*[[Frank C. Carlucci]] – Career FSO
|June 11, 1910
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Normal relations interrupted on October 5, 1910<ref>The new Government of Portugal was still unrecognized by the United States when Gage left post on November 19, 1910.</ref>
**Appointed: December 9, 1974
|-
**Presented credentials: January 24, 1975
|[[Edwin Vernon Morgan]]
**Terminated mission: Left post February 5, 1978
|[[File:Edwin V. Morgan LCCN2014710020 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
*[[Richard J. Bloomfield]] – Career FSO
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|
**Appointed: February 3, 1978
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Presented credentials: March 10, 1978
|May 24, 1911
**Terminated mission: Left post June 10, 1982
|August 3, 1911
*[[Henry Allen Holmes]] – Career FSO
|Left post on February 11, 1912
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|-
**Appointed: September 23, 1982
|[[Cyrus E. Woods]]
**Presented credentials: October 15, 1982
|[[File:Cyrus Woods 2.jpg|75px]]
**Terminated mission: Left post June 26, 1985
|[[Pennsylvania]]
*[[Frank Shakespeare]] – Political appointee
|
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: August 2, 1985
|January 25, 1912
**Presented credentials: October 16, 1985
|March 20, 1912
**Terminated mission: Left post October 4, 1986
|Presented recall on August 19, 1913
*[[Richard Noyes Viets|Richard N. Viets]]<ref name="viets">President [[Ronald Reagan]] nominated Viets twice for the post: January 21, 1987 and September 15, 1987. Neither nomination was acted upon by the Senate.</ref> – Career FSO
|-
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Thomas Howard Birch
**Appointed: Not commissioned
|[[File:Col. Thos. H. Birch, (4-27-22) LCCN2016846279.jpg|75px]]
**Presented credentials: —
|[[New Jersey]]
**Terminated mission: —
|Non-career appointee
*'''Note:''' Between December 1986 and January 1988, the following two persons acted as ''Chargé d'Affaires ad interim'' at the embassy in Lisbon:
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**[[Alan Flanigan]] (December 1986–August 1987)
|September 10, 1913
**[[Wesley W. Egan]] (August 1987–January 1988)
|December 15, 1913
*[[Edward Morgan Rowell]]<ref name="rowell">Rowell was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on May 12, 1988.</ref> – Career FSO
|Left post on March 15, 1922
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|-
**Appointed: January 19, 1988
|[[Fred Morris Dearing]]
**Presented credentials: January 29, 1988
|[[File:Fred Dearing LCCN2014686102 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
**Terminated mission: Left post March 30, 1990
|[[Missouri]]
*[[Everett Ellis Briggs]] – Career FSO
|Career Foreign Service Officer
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: April 1, 1990
|February 10, 1922
**Presented credentials: May 25, 1990
|June 6, 1922
**Terminated mission: Left post September 3, 1993
|Relinquished charge February 28, 1930
*'''Note:''' Sharon P. Wilkinson served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, September 1993–September 1994.
|-
*[[Elizabeth Frawley Bagley]] – Political appointee
|[[John Glover South]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|[[File:John Glover South LCCN2014713918.jpg|75px]]
**Appointed: July 5, 1994
|[[Kentucky]]
**Presented credentials: September 21, 1994
|Non-career appointee
**Terminated mission: Left post October 3, 1997
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
*[[Gerald S. McGowan]] – Political appointee
|December 16, 1929
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|March 26, 1930
**Appointed: November 10, 1997
|Left post on July 28, 1933
**Presented credentials: March 10, 1998
|-
**Terminated mission: Left post July 3, 2001
|[[Robert Granville Caldwell]]
*[[John N. Palmer]] – Political appointee
|[[File:Robert Granville Caldwell.png|75px]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|[[Texas]]
**Appointed: November 5, 2001
|Non-career appointee
**Presented credentials: November 28, 2001
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Terminated mission: Left post September 25, 2004
|June 13, 1933
*[[Al Hoffman, Jr.|Alfred Hoffman, Jr.]] – Political appointee
|August 21, 1933
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Left post on May 28, 1937
**Appointed: October 12, 2005
|-
**Presented credentials: November 30, 2005
|[[Herbert Claiborne Pell]]
**Terminated mission: Left post, September 15, 2007
|[[File:Herbert C. Pell.jpg|75px]]
*[[Thomas F. Stephenson]] – Political appointee
|[[Rhode Island]]
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Non-career appointee
**Appointed: October 29, 2007
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Presented credentials: February 8, 2008
|May 27, 1937
**Terminated mission: June 2009
|July 31, 1937
*[[Allan J. Katz]] – Political appointee
|Left post on February 3, 1941
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|-
**Appointed: March 26, 2010
|[[Bert Fish]]
**Presented credentials: April 28, 2010
|[[File:Portrait of Bert Fish.jpg|75px]]
**Terminated mission: July 2013
|[[Florida]]
*[[Robert A. Sherman]] – Political appointee
|Non-career appointee
**Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
**Appointed: March 5, 2014
|February 11, 1941
**Presented credentials: April 5, 2014
|March 26, 1941
**Terminated mission: January 20, 2017
|Died at post on July 21, 1943
*[[Herro Mustafa]] – Career FSO
|-
**Title: ''chargée d'affaires''
| rowspan="2" |[[Raymond Henry Norweb]]
**Appointed: ––
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Raymond Henry Norweb - Sept 1923 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
**Presented credentials: – (assumed office January 20, 2017<ref>{{cite news |last=Cabrita-Mendes |first=André |date=January 6, 2017 |title=Embaixador dos EUA que apoiou a selecção parte com Portugal 'no coração' |trans-title=USA ambassador who supported the national team leaves with Portugal 'on [his] heart' |url=http://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/embaixador-dos-eua-que-apoiou-a-seleccao-parte-com-portugal-no-coracao |language=Portuguese |work=Jornal de Negócios |location=Lisbon |access-date=October 13, 2017 |quote=A embaixada norte-americana diz que a representação diplomática em Portugal vai ser feita pela ministra conselheira Herro Mustafa até que um novo Embaixador seja nomeado e chegue a Lisboa.}}</ref>)
| rowspan="2" |[[Ohio]]
**Terminated mission: August 25, 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pt.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ |title=Ambassador George E. Glass |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=U. S. Embassy and Consulate in Portugal |publisher=U. S. Department of State |access-date=October 13, 2017 |quote=George E. Glass of Oregon arrived in Lisbon on August 24, 2017 to serve as United States Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic. He presented his credentials to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on August 25th, 2017.}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Career Foreign Service Officer
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary<ref>With the personal rank of Ambassador.</ref>
|November 15, 1943
|December 3, 1943
|Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 20, 1944
|-
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|May 4, 1944
|June 20, 1944
|Left post on February 15, 1945
|-
|[[Herman B. Baruch|Herman Benjamin Baruch]]
|[[File:Herman Baruch (1947).jpg|75px]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|February 9, 1945
|Officially recognized as of April 12, 1945
|Left post on March 9, 1947
|-
|[[John Cooper Wiley]]
|[[File:John Cooper Wiley (U.S. Ambassador).jpg|75px]]
|[[Indiana]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|April 10, 1947
|June 18, 1947
|Left post March 15, 1948
|-
|[[Lincoln MacVeagh]]
|
|[[Connecticut]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|April 8, 1948
|June 9, 1948
|Left post on February 26, 1952
|-
|[[Cavendish Wells Cannon]]
|
|[[Utah]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|March 13, 1952
|June 2, 1952
|Left post on August 1, 1953
|-
|[[M. Robert Guggenheim]]
|[[File:GUGGENHEIM, M.R. COLONEL LCCN2016862657.jpg|75px]]
|[[District of Columbia]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|June 24, 1953
|August 12, 1953
|Left post on September 19, 1954
|-
|[[James C. H. Bonbright|James Cowles Hart Bonbright]]
|
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|January 24, 1955
|February 18, 1955
|Left post on November 27, 1958
|-
|[[Charles Burke Elbrick]]
|[[File:Ambassador Elbrick.jpg|75px]]
|[[Kentucky]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|October 29, 1958
|January 13, 1959<ref>Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1959, after confirmation.</ref>
|Left post on August 31, 1963
|-
|[[George Whelan Anderson Jr.]]
|[[File:PAA-N-4996 ADM George W. Anderson, Jr. (26501746045).jpg|75px]]
|[[District of Columbia]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|August 1, 1963
|October 22, 1963
|Left post on June 1, 1966
|-
|[[William Tapley Bennett Jr.]]
|[[File:William Tapley Bennett.jpg|75px]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|May 10, 1966
|July 20, 1966
|Left Post on July 21, 1969
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Ridgway Brewster Knight]]
| rowspan="2" |
|[[District of Columbia]]
| rowspan="2" |Career Foreign Service Officer
| rowspan="2" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
| rowspan="2" |July 8, 1969
| rowspan="2" |July 30, 1969
| rowspan="2" |Left post on February 24, 1973
|-
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|-
|[[Stuart Nash Scott]]
|
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|December 19, 1973
|January 23, 1974
|Left post on January 12, 1975
|-
|[[Frank Carlucci|Frank Charles Carlucci III]]
|[[File:Frank Carlucci official portrait.JPEG|75px]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|December 9, 1974
|January 24, 1975
|Left post on February 5, 1978
|-
|[[Richard Joseph Bloomfield]]
|
|[[Maryland]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|February 3, 1978
|March 10, 1978
|Left post on June 10, 1982
|-
|[[H. Allen Holmes|Henry Allen Holmes Jr.]]
|[[File:Portrait of H. Allen Holmes, Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.jpg|75px]]
|[[District of Columbia]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|September 23, 1982
|October 15, 1982
|Left post on June 26, 1985
|-
|[[Frank J. Shakespeare]]
|[[File:Frank Shakespeare (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Connecticut]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|August 2, 1985
|October 16, 1985
|Left post on October 4, 1986
|-
|[[Edward Morgan Rowell]]
|
|[[California]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|January 19, 1988
|January 29, 1988<ref>Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on May 12, 1988, after confirmation.</ref>
|Left post on March 30, 1990
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Everett Ellis Briggs]]
| rowspan="2" |
|[[Maine]]
| rowspan="2" |Career Foreign Service Officer
| rowspan="2" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
| rowspan="2" |April 1, 1990
| rowspan="2" |May 25, 1990
| rowspan="2" |Left post on September 3, 1993
|-
|[[New Hampshire]]
|-
|[[Sharon P. Wilkinson]]
|
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Chargé d'Affaires
|
|September 3, 1993
|September 21, 1994
|-
|[[Elizabeth Frawley Bagley]]
|[[File:Elizabeth Frawley Bagley.jpg|75px]]
|[[District of Columbia]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|July 5, 1994
|September 21, 1994
|Left post on October 3, 1997
|-
|[[Gerald S. McGowan]]
|
|[[Virginia]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|November 10, 1997
|March 10, 1998
|Left post on July 3, 2001
|-
|John N. Palmer
|[[File:John N. Palmer.jpg|75px]]
|[[Mississippi]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|November 5, 2001
|November 28, 2001
|Left post on September 25, 2004
|-
|[[Al Hoffman Jr.|Alfred Hoffman]]
|[[File:Alfred Hoffman, Jr.jpg|75px]]
|[[Florida]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|October 12, 2005
|November 30, 2005
|Left post on September 15, 2007
|-
|[[Thomas F. Stephenson]]
|[[File:Thomas F Stephenson.jpg|75px]]
|[[California]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|October 29, 2007
|February 8, 2008
|Left post on June 21, 2009
|-
|[[Allan J. Katz]]
|[[File:Allan J Katz ambassador.jpg|75px]]
|[[Florida]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|March 19, 2010
|April 28, 2010
|Left post on July 28, 2013
|-
|[[Robert A. Sherman]]
|[[File:Robert Sherman 2014.jpg|75px]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|March 4, 2014
|May 3, 2014
|Left post on January 20, 2017
|-
|[[Herro Mustafa]]
|[[File:Herro Mustafa official photo.jpg|75px]]
|[[North Carolina]]
|Career Foreign Service Officer
|Chargé d'Affaires
|January 20, 2017
|
|August 25, 2017
|-
|[[George E. Glass]]
|[[File:George-Glass-27Jan2020.jpg|75px]]
|[[Oregon]]
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|August 9, 2017
|August 30, 2017
|January 13, 2021
|-
|[[Randi Charno Levine]]
|[[File:Randi Charno Levine, U.S. Ambassador.png|75px]]
|
|Non-career appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
|October 29, 2021
|April 22, 2022
|
|}

===Other nominees===
{|class="wikitable"
! Name
! Portrait
! State of residence
! Type of appointee
! Title
! Appointment
! Note
|-
|[[John Quincy Adams]]
|[[File:John Quincy Adams, by John Singleton Copley.jpg|75px]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|
|Minister Plenipotentiary
|May 30, 1796
|Did not serve under this appointment.
|-
|[[John James Appleton]]
|
|[[Massachusetts]]
|
|Chargé d'Affaires
|
|Not commissioned; nomination be Chargé d'Affaires at Rio de Janeiro rejected by the Senate.
|-
|[[John Louis O'Sullivan]]
|[[File:John O'Sullivan.jpg|75px]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|February 25, 1856
||Nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
|-
|[[William Cumback]]
|[[File:Will Cumback.jpg|75px]]
|[[Indiana]]
|
|Minister Resident
|January 28, 1870
|Declined appointment.
|-
|[[John Morgan Francis]]
|[[File:John M. Francis portrait.jpg|75px]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|
|Chargé d'Affaires
|April 28, 1882
|Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post in capacity of Chargé d'Affaires.
|-
|[[Henry Sherman Boutell]]
|[[File:Henry Sherman Boutell.jpg|75px]]
|[[Illinois]]
|
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|March 2, 1911
|Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
|-
|[[Meredith Nicholson]]
|[[File:Portrait of Meredith Nicholson.jpg|75px]]
|[[Indiana]]
|
|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
|
|Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Richard Noyes Viets]]
| rowspan="2" |
|[[Florida]]
| rowspan="2" |Career Foreign Service Officer
| rowspan="2" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
| rowspan="2" |September 15, 1987
| rowspan="2" |Nomination was not acted upon by the Senate.
|-
|[[Vermont]]
|}


==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
*[https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3208.htm United States Department of State: Background notes on Portugal]
*[https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3208.htm United States Department of State: Background notes on Portugal]
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*{{StateDept}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/portugal United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Portugal]
* [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/portugal United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Portugal]
* [https://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/po/ United States Department of State: Portugal]
* [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/ci/po/ United States Department of State: Portugal]
* [http://portugal.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in Lisbon]
*[https://pt.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in Lisbon]
{{US Ambassadors to Portugal}}

{{Ambassadors of the United States}}
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Ambassador of the United States to Portugal
Seal of the United States Department of State
since April 22, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderDavid Humphreys
as Minister Resident
FormationFebruary 21, 1791 (1791-02-21)
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Lisbon

Bilateral diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal date from the earliest years of the United States. Following the Revolutionary War, Portugal was the first neutral country to recognize the United States. On February 21, 1791, President George Washington opened formal diplomatic relations, naming Col. David Humphreys as U.S. Minister Resident. Subsequent envoys were given the title Minister Plenipotentiary.

Chiefs of mission

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U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".
  Denotes Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
  Denotes that Chief of Mission served at the court of Portugal in Brazil; resident at Rio de Janeiro
Name Portrait State of residency Type of appointee Title Appointment Presentation of credentials Termination of mission
David Humphreys Connecticut Minister Resident February 21, 1791 May 13, 1791 Presented recall on July 25, 1797
William Loughton Smith South Carolina Minister Plenipotentiary July 10, 1797 September 8, 1797 Presented recall on September 9, 1801
Thomas Sumter Jr. South Carolina Minister Plenipotentiary March 7, 1809 June 7, 1810 Presented recall on July 24, 1819
John Graham Pennsylvania, Virginia Minister Plenipotentiary January 6, 1819 June 24, 1819 Left Rio de Janeiro June 13, 1820
John James Appleton Massachusetts Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Began Service June 1820 Appleton's last despatch was dated July 12, 1821 (the Legation to Portugal at Rio de Janeiro was closed in 1821)
Henry Dearborn Sr. Massachusetts Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 7, 1822 Arrived at Lisbon before August 16, 1822; did not report date of presentation of credentials Had farewell audience June 30, 1824
Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent Virginia Chargé d'Affaires March 9, 1825 June 24, 1825[1] Left post on or soon after November 28, 1834
Edward Kavanaugh Maine Chargé d'Affaires March 3, 1835 July 25, 1835 Relinquished charge April 19, 1841
Washington Barrow Mississippi Chargé d'Affaires August 16, 1841 December 28, 1841 Presented recall on February 24, 1844
Abraham Rencher North Carolina Chargé d'Affaires September 22, 1843[2] February 24, 1844 Presented recall on November 4, 1847
George Washington Hopkins Virginia Chargé d'Affaires March 3, 1847 November 4, 1847 Presented recall on October 18, 1849
James Brown Clay Kentucky Chargé d'Affaires August 1, 1849 October 18, 1849[3] Left post on August 19, 1850
Charles Brickett Haddock New Hampshire Chargé d'Affaires December 10, 1850 June 17, 1851 Presented recall on June 16, 1854
John Louis O'Sullivan New York Chargé d'Affaires February 16, 1854 June 16, 1854 Promoted to Minister Resident October 19, 1854
Minister Resident June 29, 1854 October 19, 1854 Presented recall on July 15, 1858
George Washington Morgan Ohio Minister Resident May 11, 1858 July 15, 1858 Presented recall on July 19, 1861
James E. Harvey Pennsylvania Minister Resident March 28, 1861 July 19, 1861 Presented recall on July 15, 1869
Samuel Shellabarger Ohio Minister Resident April 21, 1869 July 15, 1869 Relinquished charge January 1, 1870
Charles Hance Lewis Virginia Minister Resident March 15, 1870 June 15, 1870 Presented recall on April 8, 1875
Benjamin Moran Pennsylvania Minister Resident December 15, 1874 April 8, 1875 Presented recall on November 9, 1876
Chargé d'Affaires August 15, 1876 November 15, 1876 Recall presented by successor September 27, 1882
John Morgan Francis New York Minister Resident/Consul General July 7, 1882 October 5, 1882 Left post on August 25, 1884
Lewis Richmond Rhode Island Minister Resident/Consul General July 4, 1884 October 23, 1884 Presented recall on May 7, 1885
Edward Parke Custis Lewis New Jersey Minister Resident/Consul General April 2, 1885 June 18, 1885 Presented recall on June 14, 1889
George Bailey Loring Massachusetts Minister Resident/Consul General March 30, 1889 August 29, 1889 Left post on May 31, 1890
George Sherman Batcheller New York Minister Resident/Consul General October 1, 1890 December 30, 1890 Left post on August 17, 1892
Gilbert Ashville Pierce Minnesota Minister Resident/Consul General January 6, 1893 March 20, 1893 Presented recall on May 24, 1893
George William Caruth Arkansas Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 25, 1893 June 30, 1893[4] Presented recall on July 24, 1897
Lawrence Townsend Pennsylvania Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 9, 1897 August 18, 1897 Presented recall on May 29, 1899
John Nichol Irwin Iowa Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary April 12, 1899 December 26, 1899[5] Left post on May 15, 1900
Francis Butler Loomis Ohio Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 17, 1901 August 14, 1901[6] Left post on September 16, 1902
Charles Page Bryan Illinois Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 7, 1903 April 25, 1903 Left post on January 16, 1910
Henry Tifft Gage California Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 21, 1909 June 11, 1910 Normal relations interrupted on October 5, 1910[7]
Edwin Vernon Morgan New York Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 24, 1911 August 3, 1911 Left post on February 11, 1912
Cyrus E. Woods Pennsylvania Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 25, 1912 March 20, 1912 Presented recall on August 19, 1913
Thomas Howard Birch New Jersey Non-career appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 10, 1913 December 15, 1913 Left post on March 15, 1922
Fred Morris Dearing Missouri Career Foreign Service Officer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 10, 1922 June 6, 1922 Relinquished charge February 28, 1930
John Glover South Kentucky Non-career appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 16, 1929 March 26, 1930 Left post on July 28, 1933
Robert Granville Caldwell Texas Non-career appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 13, 1933 August 21, 1933 Left post on May 28, 1937
Herbert Claiborne Pell Rhode Island Non-career appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 27, 1937 July 31, 1937 Left post on February 3, 1941
Bert Fish Florida Non-career appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 11, 1941 March 26, 1941 Died at post on July 21, 1943
Raymond Henry Norweb Ohio Career Foreign Service Officer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[8] November 15, 1943 December 3, 1943 Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 20, 1944
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 4, 1944 June 20, 1944 Left post on February 15, 1945
Herman Benjamin Baruch New York Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 9, 1945 Officially recognized as of April 12, 1945 Left post on March 9, 1947
John Cooper Wiley Indiana Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 10, 1947 June 18, 1947 Left post March 15, 1948
Lincoln MacVeagh Connecticut Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 8, 1948 June 9, 1948 Left post on February 26, 1952
Cavendish Wells Cannon Utah Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 13, 1952 June 2, 1952 Left post on August 1, 1953
M. Robert Guggenheim District of Columbia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 24, 1953 August 12, 1953 Left post on September 19, 1954
James Cowles Hart Bonbright New York Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 24, 1955 February 18, 1955 Left post on November 27, 1958
Charles Burke Elbrick Kentucky Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 29, 1958 January 13, 1959[9] Left post on August 31, 1963
George Whelan Anderson Jr. District of Columbia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 1, 1963 October 22, 1963 Left post on June 1, 1966
William Tapley Bennett Jr. Georgia Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 10, 1966 July 20, 1966 Left Post on July 21, 1969
Ridgway Brewster Knight District of Columbia Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 8, 1969 July 30, 1969 Left post on February 24, 1973
New York
Stuart Nash Scott New York Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 19, 1973 January 23, 1974 Left post on January 12, 1975
Frank Charles Carlucci III Pennsylvania Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary December 9, 1974 January 24, 1975 Left post on February 5, 1978
Richard Joseph Bloomfield Maryland Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 3, 1978 March 10, 1978 Left post on June 10, 1982
Henry Allen Holmes Jr. District of Columbia Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 23, 1982 October 15, 1982 Left post on June 26, 1985
Frank J. Shakespeare Connecticut Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 2, 1985 October 16, 1985 Left post on October 4, 1986
Edward Morgan Rowell California Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 19, 1988 January 29, 1988[10] Left post on March 30, 1990
Everett Ellis Briggs Maine Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 1, 1990 May 25, 1990 Left post on September 3, 1993
New Hampshire
Sharon P. Wilkinson New York Career Foreign Service Officer Chargé d'Affaires September 3, 1993 September 21, 1994
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley District of Columbia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 5, 1994 September 21, 1994 Left post on October 3, 1997
Gerald S. McGowan Virginia Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 10, 1997 March 10, 1998 Left post on July 3, 2001
John N. Palmer Mississippi Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 5, 2001 November 28, 2001 Left post on September 25, 2004
Alfred Hoffman Florida Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 12, 2005 November 30, 2005 Left post on September 15, 2007
Thomas F. Stephenson California Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 29, 2007 February 8, 2008 Left post on June 21, 2009
Allan J. Katz Florida Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 19, 2010 April 28, 2010 Left post on July 28, 2013
Robert A. Sherman Massachusetts Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 4, 2014 May 3, 2014 Left post on January 20, 2017
Herro Mustafa North Carolina Career Foreign Service Officer Chargé d'Affaires January 20, 2017 August 25, 2017
George E. Glass Oregon Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 9, 2017 August 30, 2017 January 13, 2021
Randi Charno Levine Non-career appointee Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 29, 2021 April 22, 2022

Other nominees

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Name Portrait State of residence Type of appointee Title Appointment Note
John Quincy Adams Massachusetts Minister Plenipotentiary May 30, 1796 Did not serve under this appointment.
John James Appleton Massachusetts Chargé d'Affaires Not commissioned; nomination be Chargé d'Affaires at Rio de Janeiro rejected by the Senate.
John Louis O'Sullivan New York Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 25, 1856 Nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
William Cumback Indiana Minister Resident January 28, 1870 Declined appointment.
John Morgan Francis New York Chargé d'Affaires April 28, 1882 Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post in capacity of Chargé d'Affaires.
Henry Sherman Boutell Illinois Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary March 2, 1911 Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
Meredith Nicholson Indiana Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Richard Noyes Viets Florida Career Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 15, 1987 Nomination was not acted upon by the Senate.
Vermont

Notes

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  1. ^ Reaccredited after a change in government; presented new credentials on January 18, 1830
  2. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 11, 1844, after confirmation.
  3. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 18, 1850, after confirmation.
  4. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on August 22, 1893, after confirmation.
  5. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 14, 1899, after confirmation.
  6. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 10, 1901, after confirmation.
  7. ^ The new Government of Portugal was still unrecognized by the United States when Gage left post on November 19, 1910.
  8. ^ With the personal rank of Ambassador.
  9. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1959, after confirmation.
  10. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on May 12, 1988, after confirmation.

See also

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References

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  • United States Department of State: Background notes on Portugal
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
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