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List of ambassadors of the United States to Portugal

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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.

Ambassador of the United States to Portugal
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Randi Charno Levine
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

Chiefs of mission

  Denotes Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
  Denotes that Chief of Mission served at the court of Portugal in Brazil; resident at Rio de Janeiro
NamePortraitState of residencyType of appointeeTitleAppointmentPresentation of credentialsTermination of mission
David Humphreys ConnecticutMinister ResidentFebruary 21, 1791May 13, 1791Presented recall on July 25, 1797
William Loughton Smith South CarolinaMinister PlenipotentiaryJuly 10, 1797September 8, 1797Presented recall on September 9, 1801
Thomas Sumter Jr.South CarolinaMinister PlenipotentiaryMarch 7, 1809June 7, 1810Presented recall on July 24, 1819
John GrahamPennsylvania, VirginiaMinister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 6, 1819June 24, 1819Left Rio de Janeiro June 13, 1820
John James AppletonMassachusettsChargé d'Affaires ad interimBegan Service June 1820Appleton's last despatch was dated July 12, 1821 (the Legation to Portugal at Rio de Janeiro was closed in 1821)
Henry Dearborn Sr. MassachusettsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 7, 1822Arrived at Lisbon before August 16, 1822; did not report date of presentation of credentialsHad farewell audience June 30, 1824
Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent VirginiaChargé d'AffairesMarch 9, 1825June 24, 1825[1]Left post on or soon after November 28, 1834
Edward Kavanaugh MaineChargé d'AffairesMarch 3, 1835July 25, 1835Relinquished charge April 19, 1841
Washington Barrow MississippiChargé d'AffairesAugust 16, 1841December 28, 1841Presented recall on February 24, 1844
Abraham Rencher North CarolinaChargé d'AffairesSeptember 22, 1843[2]February 24, 1844Presented recall on November 4, 1847
George Washington Hopkins VirginiaChargé d'AffairesMarch 3, 1847November 4, 1847Presented recall on October 18, 1849
James Brown Clay KentuckyChargé d'AffairesAugust 1, 1849October 18, 1849[3]Left post on August 19, 1850
Charles Brickett Haddock New HampshireChargé d'AffairesDecember 10, 1850June 17, 1851Presented recall on June 16, 1854
John Louis O'Sullivan New YorkChargé d'AffairesFebruary 16, 1854June 16, 1854Promoted to Minister Resident October 19, 1854
Minister ResidentJune 29, 1854October 19, 1854Presented recall on July 15, 1858
George Washington Morgan OhioMinister ResidentMay 11, 1858July 15, 1858Presented recall on July 19, 1861
James E. HarveyPennsylvaniaMinister ResidentMarch 28, 1861July 19, 1861Presented recall on July 15, 1869
Samuel Shellabarger OhioMinister ResidentApril 21, 1869July 15, 1869Relinquished charge January 1, 1870
Charles Hance LewisVirginiaMinister ResidentMarch 15, 1870June 15, 1870Presented recall on April 8, 1875
Benjamin MoranPennsylvaniaMinister ResidentDecember 15, 1874April 8, 1875Presented recall on November 9, 1876
Chargé d'AffairesAugust 15, 1876November 15, 1876Recall presented by successor September 27, 1882
John Morgan Francis New YorkMinister Resident/Consul GeneralJuly 7, 1882October 5, 1882Left post on August 25, 1884
Lewis RichmondRhode IslandMinister Resident/Consul GeneralJuly 4, 1884October 23, 1884Presented recall on May 7, 1885
Edward Parke Custis Lewis New JerseyMinister Resident/Consul GeneralApril 2, 1885June 18, 1885Presented recall on June 14, 1889
George Bailey Loring MassachusettsMinister Resident/Consul GeneralMarch 30, 1889August 29, 1889Left post on May 31, 1890
George Sherman BatchellerNew YorkMinister Resident/Consul GeneralOctober 1, 1890December 30, 1890Left post on August 17, 1892
Gilbert Ashville Pierce MinnesotaMinister Resident/Consul GeneralJanuary 6, 1893March 20, 1893Presented recall on May 24, 1893
George William CaruthArkansasEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 25, 1893June 30, 1893[4]Presented recall on July 24, 1897
Lawrence Townsend PennsylvaniaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 9, 1897August 18, 1897Presented recall on May 29, 1899
John Nichol Irwin IowaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 12, 1899December 26, 1899[5]Left post on May 15, 1900
Francis Butler Loomis OhioEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 17, 1901August 14, 1901[6]Left post on September 16, 1902
Charles Page Bryan IllinoisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 7, 1903April 25, 1903Left post on January 16, 1910
Henry Tifft Gage CaliforniaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 21, 1909June 11, 1910Normal relations interrupted on October 5, 1910[7]
Edwin Vernon Morgan New YorkEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 24, 1911August 3, 1911Left post on February 11, 1912
Cyrus E. Woods PennsylvaniaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 25, 1912March 20, 1912Presented recall on August 19, 1913
Thomas Howard Birch New JerseyNon-career appointeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 10, 1913December 15, 1913Left post on March 15, 1922
Fred Morris Dearing MissouriCareer Foreign Service OfficerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 10, 1922June 6, 1922Relinquished charge February 28, 1930
John Glover South KentuckyNon-career appointeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 16, 1929March 26, 1930Left post on July 28, 1933
Robert Granville Caldwell TexasNon-career appointeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 13, 1933August 21, 1933Left post on May 28, 1937
Herbert Claiborne Pell Rhode IslandNon-career appointeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 27, 1937July 31, 1937Left post on February 3, 1941
Bert Fish FloridaNon-career appointeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 11, 1941March 26, 1941Died at post on July 21, 1943
Raymond Henry Norweb OhioCareer Foreign Service OfficerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[8]November 15, 1943December 3, 1943Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 20, 1944
Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 4, 1944June 20, 1944Left post on February 15, 1945
Herman Benjamin Baruch New YorkNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 9, 1945Officially recognized as of April 12, 1945Left post on March 9, 1947
John Cooper Wiley IndianaCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 1947June 18, 1947Left post March 15, 1948
Lincoln MacVeaghConnecticutNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 8, 1948June 9, 1948Left post on February 26, 1952
Cavendish Wells CannonUtahCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 13, 1952June 2, 1952Left post on August 1, 1953
M. Robert Guggenheim District of ColumbiaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 24, 1953August 12, 1953Left post on September 19, 1954
James Cowles Hart BonbrightNew YorkCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 24, 1955February 18, 1955Left post on November 27, 1958
Charles Burke Elbrick KentuckyCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 1958January 13, 1959[9]Left post on August 31, 1963
George Whelan Anderson Jr. District of ColumbiaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 1, 1963October 22, 1963Left post on June 1, 1966
William Tapley Bennett Jr. GeorgiaCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 10, 1966July 20, 1966Left Post on July 21, 1969
Ridgway Brewster KnightDistrict of ColumbiaCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 8, 1969July 30, 1969Left post on February 24, 1973
New York
Stuart Nash ScottNew YorkNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 19, 1973January 23, 1974Left post on January 12, 1975
Frank Charles Carlucci III PennsylvaniaCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 1974January 24, 1975Left post on February 5, 1978
Richard Joseph BloomfieldMarylandCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 3, 1978March 10, 1978Left post on June 10, 1982
Henry Allen Holmes Jr. District of ColumbiaCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 23, 1982October 15, 1982Left post on June 26, 1985
Frank J. Shakespeare ConnecticutNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 2, 1985October 16, 1985Left post on October 4, 1986
Edward Morgan RowellCaliforniaCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 19, 1988January 29, 1988[10]Left post on March 30, 1990
Everett Ellis BriggsMaineCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 1, 1990May 25, 1990Left post on September 3, 1993
New Hampshire
Sharon P. WilkinsonNew YorkCareer Foreign Service OfficerChargé d'AffairesSeptember 3, 1993September 21, 1994
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley District of ColumbiaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 5, 1994September 21, 1994Left post on October 3, 1997
Gerald S. McGowanVirginiaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1997March 10, 1998Left post on July 3, 2001
John N. Palmer MississippiNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 5, 2001November 28, 2001Left post on September 25, 2004
Alfred Hoffman FloridaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 12, 2005November 30, 2005Left post on September 15, 2007
Thomas F. Stephenson CaliforniaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 2007February 8, 2008Left post on June 21, 2009
Allan J. Katz FloridaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 2010April 28, 2010Left post on July 28, 2013
Robert A. Sherman MassachusettsNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 4, 2014May 3, 2014Left post on January 20, 2017
Herro Mustafa North CarolinaCareer Foreign Service OfficerChargé d'AffairesJanuary 20, 2017August 25, 2017
George E. Glass OregonNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 9, 2017August 30, 2017January 13, 2021
Randi Charno Levine Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 2021April 22, 2022

Other nominees

NamePortraitState of residenceType of appointeeTitleAppointmentNote
John Quincy Adams MassachusettsMinister PlenipotentiaryMay 30, 1796Did not serve under this appointment.
John James AppletonMassachusettsChargé d'AffairesNot commissioned; nomination be Chargé d'Affaires at Rio de Janeiro rejected by the Senate.
John Louis O'Sullivan New YorkEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 25, 1856Nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
William Cumback IndianaMinister ResidentJanuary 28, 1870Declined appointment.
John Morgan Francis New YorkChargé d'AffairesApril 28, 1882Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post in capacity of Chargé d'Affaires.
Henry Sherman Boutell IllinoisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 2, 1911Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
Meredith Nicholson IndianaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Richard Noyes VietsFloridaCareer Foreign Service OfficerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 15, 1987Nomination was not acted upon by the Senate.
Vermont

Notes

See also

References

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