List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru


The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Peru. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of Credentials		Termination
of Mission		Appointed by
James CooleyChargé d'AffairesMay 21, 1827February 24, 1828John Quincy Adams
Samuel LarnedChargé d'AffairesNovember 30, 1829March 6, 1837John Quincy Adams
James B. ThorntonChargé d'AffairesMarch 16, 1837December 10, 1837Andrew Jackson
J. C. PickettChargé d'AffairesJanuary 30, 1840April 28, 1845Martin Van Buren
John A. BryanChargé d'AffairesApril 28, 1845August 4, 1845John Tyler
Albert G. JewettChargé d'AffairesAugust 4, 1845July 21, 1847James K. Polk
John Randolph ClayChargé d'AffairesDecember 15, 1847August 22, 1853James K. Polk
John Randolph ClayEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 22, 1853October 27, 1860Franklin Pierce
Christopher RobinsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 11, 1862December 21, 1865Abraham Lincoln
Alvin P. HoveyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 22, 1866September 22, 1870Andrew Johnson
Thomas SettleEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 13, 1871November 22, 1871Ulysses S. Grant
Francis ThomasEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 10, 1872July 5, 1875Ulysses S. Grant
Richard GibbsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 10, 1875April 15, 1879Ulysses S. Grant
Isaac P. ChristiancyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 19, 1879August 2, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
Stephen A. HurlbutEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 2, 1881March 27, 1882James Garfield
Seth Ledyard PhelpsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 24, 1884June 24, 1885Chester A. Arthur
Charles W. BuckEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 1881March 13, 1889Grover Cleveland
John HicksEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 31, 1889June 24, 1893Benjamin Harrison
James A. McKenzieEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 24, 1893April 13, 1897Grover Cleveland
Irving B. DudleyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 20, 1897February 14, 1907William McKinley
Leslie CombsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 1907February 23, 1911Theodore Roosevelt
H. Clay HowardEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 1, 1911September 9, 1913William H. Taft
Benton McMillinEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 1913September 5, 1919Woodrow Wilson
William E. GonzalesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 24, 1920October 11, 1921Woodrow Wilson
Miles PoindexterAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 20, 1923March 21, 1928Calvin Coolidge
Alexander P. MooreAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 11, 1928July 10, 1929Calvin Coolidge
Fred Morris DearingAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1930June 3, 1937Herbert Hoover
Laurence A. SteinhardtAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 13, 1937April 10, 1939Franklin D. Roosevelt
Raymond Henry NorwebAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 1940September 30, 1943Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Campbell WhiteAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 4, 1944June 17, 1945Franklin D. Roosevelt
William D. PawleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 20, 1945April 27, 1946Harry S. Truman
Prentice CooperAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 1, 1946June 29, 1948Harry S. Truman
Harold H. Tittmann Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 27, 1948March 30, 1955Harry S. Truman
Ellis O. BriggsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 27, 1955June 5, 1956Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore C. AchillesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 24, 1956January 27, 1960Dwight D. Eisenhower
Selden ChapinAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 7, 1960August 7, 1960Dwight D. Eisenhower
James LoebAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1961July 26, 1962John F. Kennedy
J. Wesley JonesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 6, 1963June 2, 1969John F. Kennedy
Taylor G. BelcherAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 29, 1969April 4, 1974Richard Nixon
Robert W. DeanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1974June 17, 1977Richard Nixon
Harry W. ShlaudemanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 28, 1977October 20, 1980Jimmy Carter
Edwin Gharst CorrAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 6, 1980October 11, 1981Jimmy Carter
Frank V. Ortiz Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1981October 27, 1983Ronald Reagan
David C. JordanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 20, 1984July 17, 1986Ronald Reagan
Alexander Fletcher WatsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 27, 1986August 9, 1989Ronald Reagan
Anthony Cecil Eden QuaintonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 11, 1989September 16, 1992George H. W. Bush
Charles H. BrayshawChargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 1992December 1993George H. W. Bush
Alvin P. Adams, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 15, 1993August 16, 1996Bill Clinton
Dennis C. JettAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 16, 1996July 3, 1999Bill Clinton
John Randle HamiltonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 6, 1999July 10, 2002Bill Clinton
John R. DawsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 2, 2002June 10, 2003George W. Bush
James Curtis StrubleAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 4, 2004before June 2007George W. Bush
P. Michael McKinleyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 28, 2007August, 2010George W. Bush
Rose M. LikinsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 15, 2010June 27, 2014Barack Obama
Brian A. NicholsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 27, 2014October 13, 2017Barack Obama
Krishna UrsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 25, 2017IncumbentDonald Trump