List of ambassadors of the United States to Nicaragua


The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Nicaragua. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Ambassadors

RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
John B. KerrChargé d'AffairesFebruary 18, 1851June 1, 1853Millard Fillmore
Solon BorlandEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 18, 1853April 17, 1854Franklin Pierce
John H. WheelerMinister ResidentApril 7, 1855October 23, 1856Franklin Pierce
Mirabeau B. LamarMinister ResidentFebruary 8, 1858May 20, 1859James Buchanan
Alexander DimitryMinister ResidentDecember 7, 1859April 27, 1861James Buchanan
Andrew B. DickinsonMinister ResidentJuly 11, 1861January 15, 1863Abraham Lincoln
Thomas H. ClayMinister ResidentJanuary 15, 1863May 31, 1863Abraham Lincoln
Andrew B. DickinsonMinister Resident and ExtraordinaryMay 31, 1863July 29, 1869Abraham Lincoln
Charles N. RiotteMinister ResidentJuly 29, 1869January 15, 1873Ulysses S. Grant
George WilliamsonMinister ResidentNovember 1, 1873January 31, 1879Ulysses S. Grant
Cornelius A. LoganMinister ResidentJuly 30, 1879April 15, 1882Rutherford B. Hayes
Henry C. HallMinister ResidentAugust 12, 1882November 2, 1882Chester A. Arthur
Henry C. HallEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 2, 1882May 23, 1889Chester A. Arthur
Lansing B. MiznerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 1889December 31, 1890Benjamin Harrison
Romualdo PachecoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 21, 1891October 13, 1891Benjamin Harrison
Richard Cutts ShannonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 13, 1891April 30, 1893Benjamin Harrison
Lewis BakerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1893December 9, 1897Grover Cleveland
William L. MerryEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 1, 1899August 24, 1908William McKinley
John Gardner CoolidgeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 24, 1908November 21, 1908Theodore Roosevelt
John H. Gregory, Jr.Chargé d'Affaires ad interimNovember 21, 1908March 12, 1909Theodore Roosevelt
Elliott NorthcottEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 1911June 23, 1911William H. Taft
George T. WeitzelEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 22, 1912April 19, 1913William H. Taft
Benjamin L. JeffersonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 5, 1913October 24, 1921Woodrow Wilson
John E. RamerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 30, 1921April 5, 1925Warren G. Harding
Charles C. EberhardtEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 7, 1925May 10, 1929Calvin Coolidge
Matthew E. HannaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 11, 1930September 6, 1933Herbert Hoover
Arthur Bliss LaneEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 7, 1933March 14, 1936Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boaz W. LongEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1936April 1, 1938Franklin D. Roosevelt
Meredith NicholsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 9, 1938February 27, 1941Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pierre de Lagarde BoalEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1941March 5, 1942Franklin D. Roosevelt
James B. StewartEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 12, 1942April 14, 1943Franklin D. Roosevelt
James B. StewartAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 14, 1943January 4, 1945Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fletcher WarrenAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 9, 1945May 4, 1947Harry S. Truman
George P. ShawAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 1, 1948June 8, 1949Harry S. Truman
Capus M. WaynickAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 1949July 22, 1951Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. WhelanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 3, 1951March 22, 1961Harry S. Truman
Aaron S. BrownAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 21, 1961May 3, 1967John F. Kennedy
Kennedy M. CrockettAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 21, 1967April 19, 1970Lyndon B. Johnson
Turner B. SheltonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 20, 1970August 11, 1975Richard Nixon
James D. ThebergeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 11, 1975June 8, 1977Gerald Ford
Mauricio SolaúnAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 1977February 26, 1979Jimmy Carter
Lawrence A. PezzulloAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 31, 1979August 18, 1981Jimmy Carter
Anthony Cecil Eden QuaintonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 26, 1982May 6, 1984Ronald Reagan
Harry E. Bergold, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 31, 1984July 1, 1987Ronald Reagan
Richard Huntington MeltonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 4, 1988July 12, 1988Ronald Reagan
Jack LeonardChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 11, 1988June 21, 1990Ronald Reagan
Harry W. ShlaudemanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 21, 1990March 14, 1992George H. W. Bush
Ron GodardChargé d’Affaires a.i.
John Francis MaistoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 8, 1993November 15, 1996Bill Clinton
Lino GutierrezAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 5, 1996July 21, 1999Bill Clinton
Oliver P. GarzaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 24, 1999August 30, 2002Bill Clinton
Barbara C. MooreAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 13, 2002July 15, 2005George W. Bush
Paul A. TrivelliAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 20052008George W. Bush
Robert J. CallahanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 2008July 2011George W. Bush
Robert R. DownesChargé d’Affaires a.i.July 2011March 2012Barack Obama
Phyllis M. PowersAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 30, 2011November 9, 2015Barack Obama
Laura Farnsworth DoguAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 6, 2015October 30, 2018Barack Obama
Kevin K. SullivanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 14, 2018IncumbentDonald Trump