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Belgium

Name: Hugh S. Legare
State of Residency: South Carolina
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Apr 14, 1832
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1832
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 9, 1836

Name: William H. Haywood
State of Residency: North Carolina
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Mar 7, 1837
Note: Declined appointment.

Name: Virgil Maxcy
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Jun 16, 1837
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 24, 1837
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 17, 1842
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Sep 19, 1837.

Name: Henry W. Hilliard
State of Residency: Alabama
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: May 12, 1842
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 17, 1842
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, 12-Aug 15, 1844

Name: Thomas G. Clemson
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: Jun 17, 1844
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 7, 1844
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Mar 1, 1851

Name: Richard H. Bayard
State of Residency: Delaware
Title: Charge d'Affaires
Appointment: Dec 10, 1850
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 1, 1851
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 12, 1853

Name: J.J. Seibels
State of Residency: Alabama
Title: Chargé d'Affaires
Appointment: May 24, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 12, 1853
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Minister Resident
Note: Nominated Feb 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 8, 1854.

Name: J.J. Seibels
State of Residency: Alabama
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 29, 1854
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 6, 1854
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience, Sep 14, 1856

Name: Elisha Y. Fair
State of Residency: Alabama
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 14, 1858
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 27, 1858
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 8, 1861

Name: Henry S. Sanford
State of Residency: Connecticut
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 20, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: May 8, 1861
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 21, 1869
Note: Nominated Dec 17, 1866, and Mar 8, 1867, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; nomination rejected by the Senate.

Name: Joseph Russell Jones
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 1, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 21, 1869
Termination of Mission: Left Belgium, Jul 22, 1875
Note: Nomination of Apr 12, 1869, tabled by the Senate.  Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 15, 1870.

Name: Adam Badeau
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jul 12, 1875
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; declined appointment.

Name: Ayres Phillips Merrill
State of Residency: Mississippi
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jan 7, 1876
Presentation of Credentials: May 18, 1876
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 25, -Dec 28, 1877

Name: Henry S. Sanford
State of Residency: Florida
Title: Minister Resident
Note: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.

Name: William C. Goodloe
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 4, 1878
Presentation of Credentials: May 12, 1878
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 27, 1880

Name: James O. Putnam
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 4, 1880
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 12, 1880
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 30, 1882

Name: Nicholas Fish
State of Residency: New York
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 28, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 5, 1882
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 6, 1885

Name: Lambert Tree
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jul 3, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 10, 1885
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 21, 1886.

Name: Lambert Tree
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 10, 1888
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1888
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Dec 18, 1888

Name: John G. Parkhurst
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 1888
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 20, 1888
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 12, 1889

Name: Edwin H. Terrell
State of Residency: Texas
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 1, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 10, 1889
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 22, 1893

Name: James S. Ewing
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 22, 1893
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 6, 1897

Name: Bellamy Storer
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 4, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 21, 1897
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 31, 1899

Name: Lawrence Townsend
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 12, 1899
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 18, 1899
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 5, 1905
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 14, 1899.

Name: Henry Lane Wilson
State of Residency: Washington
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1905
Presentation of Credentials: May 5, 1905
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 25, 1909

Name: Charles Page Bryan
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 21, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 10, 1910
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 18, 1911

Name: Larz Anderson
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 12, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 18, 1911
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Dec 1, 1912

Name: Theodore Marburg
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 22, 1912
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 24, 1913
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jan 23, 1914
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 1, 1913.

Name: Brand Whitlock
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 22, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 14, 1914
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Name: Brand Whitlock
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 30, 1919
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 3, 1919
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Dec 1, 1921

Name: Henry P. Fletcher
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 6, 1922
Presentation of Credentials: May 3, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 25, 1924
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: William Phillips
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 29, 1924
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 5, 1924
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 1, 1927
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: Hugh S. Gibson
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 17, 1927
Presentation of Credentials: May 9, 1927
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 11, 1933
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: Dave Hennen Morris
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 18, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 6, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 5, 1937
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: Hugh S. Gibson
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 13, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 28, 1937
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 15, 1938
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: Joseph E. Davies
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 14, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 20, 1938
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 30, 1939
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: John Cudahy
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 12, 1940
Presentation of Credentials: [Jan 17, 1940]
Termination of Mission: Belgian Govt. left Brussels, May 16, 1940, in
anticipation of German occupation.
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels. Presentation of credentials formally received on Jan 17, 1940. Embassy Brussels was closed, Jul 15, 1940; Cudahy left post, Jul 18, 1940. Rudolph E. Schoenfeld was designated, Nov 1, 1940, to serve as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim near the Government of Belgium established in England.

Name: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 24, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left London, Dec 1, 1943
Note: Served near the Government of Belgium established in England; commissioned also to Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and, Yugoslavia; resident at London.

Note: Rudolph E. Schoenfeld was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when
the mission of the Embassy near the Government of Belgium, established in England, was terminated Sep 8, 1944. Embassy Brussels was reestablished Sep 14, 1944, with Ernest de W. Mayer as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Charles Sawyer
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 20, 1945
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: Alan G. Kirk
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 1, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 1, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 6, 1949
Note: Accredited also to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.

Name: Robert D. Murphy
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 22, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 29, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 19, 1952

Name: Myron Melvin Cowen
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 10, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 11, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 8, 1953

Name: Frederick M. Alger, Jr.
State of Residency: Michigan
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 26, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 22, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 27, 1957

Name: John Clifford Folger
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: May 24, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 11, 1959

Name: William A. M. Burden
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 9, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 26, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 28, 1961

Name: Douglas MacArthur 2nd
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 24, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: May 9, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 11, 1965

Name: Ridgway B. Knight
State of Residency: District of Colombia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 4, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 24, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 16, 1969

Name: John S. D. Eisenhower
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 14, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: May 14, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 28, 1971

Name: Robert Strausz-Hupe
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 15, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 24, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 22, 1974
Note: An earlier nomination of Dec 8, 1971, was not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: Leonard Kimball Firestone
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 25, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 14, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 20, 1977

Name: Anne Cox Chambers
State of Residency: Georgia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 29, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 17, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 17, 1981

Name: Charles H. Price II
State of Residency: Missouri
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 19, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 15, 1983

Name: Geoffrey Swaebe
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 18, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 2, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 30, 1988

Name: Maynard Wayne Glitman
State of Residency: Vermont
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 15, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 28, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 17, 1991

Name: Bruce S. Gelb
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 30, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 9, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 20, 1993

Name: Alan John Blinken
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 4, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 2, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 15, 1998

Name: Paul L. Cejas
State of Residency: Florida
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 29, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 31 2001

Name: Stephen Brauer
State of Residency: Missouri
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 31, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 12, 2001
Termination of Mission:


 


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