List of ambassadors of the United States to Portugal

Ambassadors

• David Humphreys
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: February 21, 1791
• *Presented credentials: May 13, 1791
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 25, 1797
• John Quincy Adams
• *Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 30, 1796
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• William L. Smith
• *Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 10, 1797
• *Presented credentials: September 8, 1797
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, September 9, 1801
• Note: There was no U.S. minister representing the U.S. from 1801–1807.
• Thomas Sumter Jr.
• *Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 7, 1809
• *Presented credentials: June 7, 1810
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 24, 1819
• John Graham
• *Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 6, 1819
• *Presented credentials: June 24, 1819
• *Terminated mission: Left Rio de Janeiro, June 13, 1820
• John James Appleton
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: Not commissioned
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: His last dispatch was dated July 12, 1821.
• Henry Dearborn, Sr.
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 7, 1822
• *Presented credentials: Unknown
• *Terminated mission: Had farewell audience, June 30, 1824
• 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.
• Thomas L. L. Brent
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: March 9, 1825
• *Presented credentials: June 24, 1825
• *Terminated mission: Left post on or soon after November 28, 1834
• Edward Kavanagh
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: March 3, 1835
• *Presented credentials: July 25, 1835
• *Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, April 19, 1841
• Washington Barrow
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: August 16, 1841
• *Presented credentials: December 28, 1841
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, February 24, 1844
• Abraham Rencher
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: September 22, 1843
• *Presented credentials: February 24, 1844
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, November 4, 1847
• George W. Hopkins
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: March 3, 1847
• *Presented credentials: November 4, 1847
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, October 18, 1849
• James Brown Clay
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: August 1, 1849
• *Presented credentials: October 18, 1849
• *Terminated mission: Left post August 19, 1850
• Charles B. Haddock
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: December 10, 1850
• *Presented credentials: June 17, 1851
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 16, 1854
• John L. O'Sullivan
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: February 16, 1854
• *Presented credentials: June 16, 1854
• *Terminated mission: Promoted to Minister Resident June 29, 1854
• John L. O'Sullivan
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: June 29, 1854
• *Presented credentials: October 19, 1854
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 15, 1858
• George W. Morgan
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: May 11, 1858
• *Presented credentials: July 15, 1858
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 19, 1861
• James E. Harvey
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: March 28, 1861
• *Presented credentials: July 19, 1861
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 15, 1869
• Samuel Shellabarger
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: April 21, 1869
• *Presented credentials: July 15, 1869
• *Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, January 1, 1870
• William Cumback
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: January 28, 1870
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• Charles H. Lewis
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: March 15, 1870
• *Presented credentials: June 15, 1870
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, April 8, 1875
• Benjamin Moran
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: December 15, 1874
• *Presented credentials: April 8, 1875
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, November 9, 1876
• Benjamin Moran
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: August 15, 1876
• *Presented credentials: November 15, 1876
• *Terminated mission: Recall presented by successor, September 27, 1882
• John M. Francis
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: April 28, 1882
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• John M. Francis
• *Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
• *Appointed: July 7, 1882
• *Presented credentials: October 5, 1882
• *Terminated mission: Left post August 25, 1884
• Lewis Richmond
• *Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
• *Appointed: July 4, 1884
• *Presented credentials: October 23, 1884
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, May 7, 1885
• Edward Parke Custis Lewis
• *Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
• *Appointed: April 2, 1885
• *Presented credentials: June 18, 1885
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 14, 1889
• George B. Loring
• *Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
• *Appointed: March 30, 1889
• *Presented credentials: August 29, 1889
• *Terminated mission: Left post May 31, 1890
• George S. Batcheller
• *Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
• *Appointed: October 1, 1890
• *Presented credentials: December 30, 1890
• *Terminated mission: Left post August 17, 1892
• Gilbert A. Pierce
• *Title: Minister Resident/Consul General
• *Appointed: January 6, 1893
• *Presented credentials: March 20, 1893
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, May 24, 1893
• Note: In 1893 the rank of the U.S. representative in Lisbon was raised to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
• George William Caruth
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 25, 1893
• *Presented credentials: June 30, 1893
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, July 24, 1897
• Lawrence Townsend
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 9, 1897
• *Presented credentials: August 18, 1897
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, May 29, 1899
• John N. Irwin
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 12, 1899
• *Presented credentials: December 26, 1899
• *Terminated mission: Left post May 15, 1900
• Francis B. Loomis
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 17, 1901
• *Presented credentials: August 14, 1901
• *Terminated mission: Left post September 16, 1902
• Charles Page Bryan
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 7, 1903
• *Presented credentials: April 25, 1903
• *Terminated mission: Left post January 16, 1910
• Henry T. Gage
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 21, 1909
• *Presented credentials: June 11, 1910
• *Terminated mission: Left post November 19, 1910
• Henry S. Boutell
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 2, 1911
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• Edwin V. Morgan
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 24, 1911
• *Presented credentials: August 3, 1911
• *Terminated mission: Left post February 11, 1912
• Cyrus E. Woods
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 25, 1912
• *Presented credentials: March 20, 1912
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, August 19, 1913
• Meredith Nicholson
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: Not commissioned
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• Thomas H. Birch – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 10, 1913
• *Presented credentials: December 15, 1913
• *Terminated mission: Left post March 15, 1922
• Fred Morris Dearing – Career FSO
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 10, 1922
• *Presented credentials: June 6, 1922
• *Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, February 28, 1930
• John Glover South – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 16, 1929
• *Presented credentials: March 26, 1930
• *Terminated mission: Left post July 28, 1933
• Robert Granville Caldwell – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 13, 1933
• *Presented credentials: August 21, 1933
• *Terminated mission: Left post May 28, 1937
• Herbert Claiborne Pell – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 27, 1937
• *Presented credentials: July 31, 1937
• *Terminated mission: Left post February 3, 1941
• Bert Fish – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 11, 1941
• *Presented credentials: March 26, 1941
• *Terminated mission: Died at post July 21, 1943
• Raymond Henry Norweb – Career FSO
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 15, 1943
• *Presented credentials: December 3, 1943
• *Terminated mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 4, 1944
• Note: In May 1944 the rank of the envoy to Portugal was raised to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
• R. Henry Norweb – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 4, 1944
• *Presented credentials: June 20, 1944
• *Terminated mission: Left post February 15, 1945
• Herman B. Baruch – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 9, 1945
• *Presented credentials: April 12, 1945
• *Terminated mission: Left post March 9, 1947
• John C. Wiley – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 10, 1947
• *Presented credentials: June 18, 1947
• *Terminated mission: Left post March 15, 1948
• Lincoln MacVeagh – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 8, 1948
• *Presented credentials: June 9, 1948
• *Terminated mission: Left post February 26, 1952
• Cavendish W. Cannon – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 13, 1952
• *Presented credentials: June 2, 1952
• *Terminated mission: Left post August 1, 1953
• M. Robert Guggenheim – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 24, 1953
• *Presented credentials: August 12, 1953
• *Terminated mission: Left post September 19, 1954
• James C. H. Bonbright – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 24, 1955
• *Presented credentials: February 18, 1955
• *Terminated mission: Left post November 27, 1958
• C. Burke Elbrick – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 29, 1958
• *Presented credentials: January 13, 1959
• *Terminated mission: Left post August 31, 1963
• George W. Anderson, Jr. – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 1, 1963
• *Presented credentials: October 22, 1963
• *Terminated mission: Left post June 1, 1966
• W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 10, 1966
• *Presented credentials: July 20, 1966
• *Terminated mission: Left post July 21, 1969
• Ridgway B. Knight – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 8, 1969
• *Presented credentials: July 30, 1969
• *Terminated mission: Left post February 24, 1973
• Stuart Nash Scott – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 19, 1973
• *Presented credentials: January 23, 1974
• *Terminated mission: Left post January 12, 1975
• Frank C. Carlucci – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 9, 1974
• *Presented credentials: January 24, 1975
• *Terminated mission: Left post February 5, 1978
• Richard J. Bloomfield – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 3, 1978
• *Presented credentials: March 10, 1978
• *Terminated mission: Left post June 10, 1982
• Henry Allen Holmes – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 23, 1982
• *Presented credentials: October 15, 1982
• *Terminated mission: Left post June 26, 1985
• Frank Shakespeare – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 2, 1985
• *Presented credentials: October 16, 1985
• *Terminated mission: Left post October 4, 1986
• Richard N. Viets – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: Not commissioned
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• Note: Between December 1986 and January 1988, the following two persons acted as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the embassy in Lisbon:
• *Alan Flanigan
• *Wesley W. Egan
• Edward Morgan Rowell – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 19, 1988
• *Presented credentials: January 29, 1988
• *Terminated mission: Left post March 30, 1990
• Everett Ellis Briggs – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 1, 1990
• *Presented credentials: May 25, 1990
• *Terminated mission: Left post September 3, 1993
• Note: Sharon P. Wilkinson served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, September 1993–September 1994.
• Elizabeth Frawley Bagley – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 5, 1994
• *Presented credentials: September 21, 1994
• *Terminated mission: Left post October 3, 1997
• Gerald S. McGowan – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 10, 1997
• *Presented credentials: March 10, 1998
• *Terminated mission: Left post July 3, 2001
• John N. Palmer – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 5, 2001
• *Presented credentials: November 28, 2001
• *Terminated mission: Left post September 25, 2004
• Alfred Hoffman, Jr. – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 12, 2005
• *Presented credentials: November 30, 2005
• *Terminated mission: Left post, September 15, 2007
• Thomas F. Stephenson – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 29, 2007
• *Presented credentials: February 8, 2008
• *Terminated mission: June 2009
• Allan J. Katz – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 26, 2010
• *Presented credentials: April 28, 2010
• *Terminated mission: July 2013
• Robert A. Sherman – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 5, 2014
• *Presented credentials: April 5, 2014
• *Terminated mission: January 20, 2017
• Herro Mustafa – Career FSO
• *Title: chargée d'affaires
• *Appointed: ––
• *Presented credentials: –
• *Terminated mission: August 25, 2017
• George Edward Glass – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 9, 2017
• *Presented credentials: August 30, 2017
• *Terminated mission: Incumbent