“List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Russian Federation. The position is currently held by Jon Huntsman Jr..^[1]

History

The United States first established diplomatic relations with the Russian Empire in 1780. Diplomatic relations were broken off in 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized power, and they were not reestablished until 1933. From 1933 to 1991, the United States recognized the Soviet Union. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Ambassador's title was changed to Ambassador to Russia.

List of ambassadors

Russian Empire (1780–1917)

Name

State

Appointment

Presentation

Termination

Notes

Francis|Dana}}

Massachusetts

December 19, 1780}}

September 1783

Proceeded to post, but was not officially received at court.

William|Short|dab=American ambassador}}

Virginia

September 8, 1808}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Did not proceed to post, his nomination having been rejected by the Senate while he was en route.

John Quincy|Adams}}

Massachusetts

June 27, 1809}}

November 5, 1809}}

April 28, 1814}}

Nomination of March 6, 1809 rejected by the Senate; nomination of June 26, 1809 confirmed.

James A. Bayard

Delaware

February 28, 1815}}

Did not proceed to post.

William|Pinkney}}

Maryland

March 7, 1816}}

January 13, 1817}}

February 14, 1818}}

George Washington|Campbell}}

Tennessee

April 16, 1818}}

February 7, 1819}}

July 8, 1820}}

Henry|Middleton|dab=governor}}

South Carolina

April 6, 1820}}

June 17, 1821}}

August 3, 1830}}

John|Randolph|John Randolph of Roanoke}}

Virginia

May 26, 1830}}

September 19, 1830}}

Proceeded to post, but did not present credentials.

James|Buchanan}}

Pennsylvania

January 4, 1832}}

June 11, 1832}}

August 5, 1833}}

Mahlon|Dickerson}}

New Jersey

May 28, 1834}}

Declined appointment.

William|Wilkins|dab=U.S. Senator}}

Pennsylvania

June 30, 1834

December 14, 1834}}

December 24, 1835}}

John Randolph|Clay}}

Pennsylvania

June 29, 1836}}

September 2, 1836}}

August 5, 1837}}

George M.|Dallas}}

Pennsylvania

March 7, 1837}}

August 6, 1837}}

July 29, 1839}}

Churchill C. Cambreleng

New York

May 25, 1840}}

September 21, 1840}}

July 13, 1841}}

Commissioned not of record; letter of credence issued on May 25, 1840.

Charles Stewart|Todd}}

Kentucky

August 27, 1841}}

November 28, 1841}}

January 27, 1846}}

Ralph I.|Ingersoll}}

Connecticut

August 8, 1846}}

May 30, 1847}}

July 1, 1848}}

Arthur P.|Bagby}}

Alabama

June 15, 1848}}

January 14, 1849}}

May 14, 1849}}

Neill S.|Brown}}

Tennessee

May 2, 1850}}

August 13, 1850}}

June 23, 1853}}

Thomas H.|Seymour}}

Connecticut

May 24, 1853}}

April 2, 1854}}

July 17, 1858}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 6, 1853.

Francis W.|Pickens}}

South Carolina

January 11, 1858}}

July 18, 1858}}

September 9, 1860}}

John|Appleton}}

Maine

June 8, 1860}}

September 9, 1860}}

June 8, 1861}}

Cassius Marcellus|Clay|dab=abolitionist}}

Kentucky

March 28, 1861}}

July 14, 1861}}

June 25, 1862}}

Simon|Cameron}}

Pennsylvania

January 17, 1862}}

June 25, 1862}}

September 18, 1862}}

Cassius Marcellus|Clay|dab=abolitionist}}

Kentucky

March 11, 1863}}

May 7, 1863}}

October 1, 1869}}

John L.|Dawson}}

Pennsylvania

Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.

Henry A.|Smythe}}

New York

Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.

Andrew G.|Curtin}}

Pennsylvania

April 16, 1869}}

October 28, 1869}}

July 1, 1872}}

James Lawrence|Orr}}

South Carolina

December 12, 1872}}

March 18, 1873}}

May 6, 1873}}

Marshall|Jewell}}

Connecticut

May 29, 1873}}

December 9, 1873}}

July 19, 1874}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 10, 1873.

George H.|Boker}}

Pennsylvania

January 13, 1875}}

July 24, 1875}}

January 14, 1878}}

Edwin W.|Stoughton}}

New York

October 30, 1877}}

January 14, 1878}}

March 2, 1879}}

John W.|Foster}}

Indiana

January 26, 1880}}

June 11, 1880}}

August 1, 1881}}

William H.|Hunt}}

Louisiana

April 12, 1882}}

August 23, 1882}}

February 27, 1884}}

Died at post.

Aaron Augustus|Sargent}}

California

Not commissioned although nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

Alphonso|Taft}}

Ohio

July 4, 1884}}

September 3, 1884}}

July 31, 1885}}

Alexander R.|Lawton}}

Georgia

Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.

George V. N.|Lothrop}}

Michigan

May 7, 1885}}

July 31, 1885}}

August 1, 1888}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 13, 1886.

Lambert|Tree}}

Illinois

September 25, 1888}}

January 4, 1889}}

February 2, 1889}}

C. Allen Thorndike|Rice}}

New York

March 30, 1889}}

Took oath of office, but died in the United States before proceeding to post.

Charles Emory|Smith}}

Pennsylvania

February 14, 1890}}

May 14, 1890}}

April 17, 1892}}

Andrew D.|White}}

New York

July 22, 1892}}

November 7, 1892}}

October 1, 1894}}

Clifton R.|Breckinridge}}

Arkansas

July 20, 1894}}

November 1, 1894}}

December 10, 1897}}

Officially recognized on November 1, 1894.

Ethan A.|Hitchcock|dab=Interior}}

Missouri

August 16, 1897}}

December 16, 1897}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 18, 1897.

Ethan A.|Hitchcock|dab=Interior}}

Missouri

February 11, 1898}}

March 21, 1898}}

January 28, 1899}}

Position upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Charlemagne|Tower, Jr.}}

Pennsylvania

January 12, 1899}}

March 19, 1899}}

November 19, 1902}}

Robert S.|McCormick}}

Illinois

September 26, 1902}}

January 12, 1903}}

March 27, 1905}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 8, 1902.

George von Lengerke|Meyer}}

Massachusetts

March 8, 1905}}

April 12, 1905}}

January 26, 1907}}

John W.|Riddle}}

Minnesota

December 19, 1906}}

February 8, 1907}}

September 8, 1909}}

William Woodville|Rockhill}}

District of Columbia

May 17, 1909}}

January 11, 1910}}

June 17, 1911}}

Curtis|Guild}}

Massachusetts

April 24, 1911}}

August 17, 1911}}

April 24, 1913}}

Henry M.|Pindell}}

Illinois

January 27, 1914}}

Declined appointment.^[2]

George T.|Marye}}

California

July 9, 1914}}

October 30, 1914}}

March 29, 1916}}

Resigned due to poor health.^[2]

David R.|Francis}}

Missouri

March 6, 1916}}

May 5, 1916}}

November 7, 1917}}

Normal relations interrupted, November 7, 1917; new Government of Russia still unrecognized by the United States when Francis left Russia on November 7, 1918. He was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when Embassy in Russia was closed September 14, 1919.

Soviet Union (1933–1991)

Name

State

Appointment

Presentation

Termination

Notes

William Christian|Bullitt, Jr.}}

Pennsylvania

November 21, 1933}}

December 13, 1933}}

May 16, 1936}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 15, 1934.

Joseph E.|Davies}}

District of Columbia

November 16, 1936}}

January 25, 1937}}

June 11, 1938}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 23, 1937.

Laurence A.|Steinhardt}}

New York

March 23, 1939}}

August 11, 1939}}

November 12, 1941}}

William H.|Standley}}

California

February 14, 1942}}

April 14, 1942}}

September 19, 1943}}

W. Averell|Harriman}}

New York

October 7, 1943}}

October 23, 1943}}

January 24, 1946}}

Walter Bedell|Smith}}

March 22, 1946}}

April 3, 1946}}

December 25, 1948}}

Alan G.|Kirk}}

May 21, 1949}}

July 4, 1949}}

October 6, 1951}}

George F.|Kennan}}

Pennsylvania

March 14, 1952}}

May 14, 1952}}

September 19, 1952}}

The Government of the Soviet Union declared Kennan persona non grata on October 3, 1952, and he did not return to his post.

Charles E.|Bohlen}}

District of Columbia

March 27, 1953}}

April 20, 1953}}

April 18, 1957}}

Llewellyn|Thompson}}

Colorado

June 3, 1957}}

July 16, 1957}}

July 27, 1962}}

Foy D.|Kohler}}

Ohio

August 20, 1962}}

September 27, 1962}}

November 14, 1966}}

Llewellyn|Thompson}}

Colorado

October 13, 1966}}

January 23, 1967}}

January 14, 1969}}

Jacob D.|Beam}}

March 14, 1969}}

April 18, 1969}}

January 24, 1973}}

Adolph Dubs served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim between January 1973 and March 1974.

Walter J.|Stoessel, Jr.}}

December 19, 1973}}

March 4, 1974}}

September 13, 1976}}

Malcolm|Toon}}

New York

November 24, 1976}}

January 18, 1977}}

October 16, 1979}}

Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on June 8, 1977.

Thomas J.|Watson, Jr.}}

Connecticut

October 10, 1979}}

October 29, 1979}}

January 15, 1981}}

Arthur A.|Hartman}}

Maryland

September 28, 1981}}

October 26, 1981}}

February 20, 1987}}

Jack F.|Matlock, Jr.}}

Florida

March 12, 1987}}

April 6, 1987}}

August 11, 1991}}

Robert S.|Strauss}}

Texas

August 2, 1991}}

August 24, 1991}}

November 19, 1992}}

Commissioned to the USSR - continued to serve as Ambassador to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Russian Federation (1992–present)

Name

State

Appointment

Presentation

Termination

Notes

Thomas R.|Pickering}}

New Jersey

May 12, 1993}}

May 21, 1993}}

November 1, 1996}}

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Richard M. Miles (November 1996-May 1997), and John F. Tefft (May 1997-January 1998).

James Franklin|Collins}}

Illinois

August 1, 1996}}

January 26, 1998}}

Alexander|Vershbow}}

Massachusetts

2001}}

2005}}

Presentation did not happen as Vershbow ignored the official ceremony of giving his letter of credence to Russian President^[3]

William Joseph|Burns}}

District of Columbia

August 10, 2005}}

2005}}

March 2008}}

John|Beyrle}}

Michigan

May 13, 2008}}

September 18, 2008}}

January 2012}}

Michael|McFaul}}

Montana

December 2011}}

January 2012}}

February 26, 2014}}

John Francis|Tefft|John F. Tefft}}

Wisconsin

July 31, 2014}}

November 19, 2014}}

September 28, 2017}}

Anthony Godfrey Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

Jon|Huntsman Jr.|Jon Huntsman Jr.}}

Utah

September 28, 2017}}

October 3, 2017}}

Incumbent

Notes

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://ru.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/|title=Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. | U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia |accessdate=October 3, 2017}}
2. ^¹{{cite news|title=Ambassador Marye, Broken in Health Resigns|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88086023/1916-02-23/ed-1/seq-1/|accessdate=February 23, 2016|work=East Oregonian|date=February 23, 1916|location=Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon}}
3. ^{{cite news| url = http://www.gazeta.ru/2001/08/27/posolssaotka.shtml | title = Посол США отказался выпить с Путиным |trans-title=U.S. Ambassador refused to drink with Putin | date = 27 August 2001 | publisher = The Russian Gazette}}

History