US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to Venezuela.

30-Jun-1835	07-Aug-1840	John G. A. Williamson	Died at post
22-Sep-1841	29-Nov-1844	A. A. Hall
29-Nov-1844	01-Aug-1845	Vespasian Ellis
01-Aug-1845	02-Jan-1850	Benjamin G. Shields
07-Jan-1850	18-Oct-1853	I. Nevitt Steele
23-May-1854	14-Sep-1858	Charles Eames
21-Sep-1858	16-Nov-1861	Edward A. Turpin
08-Jun-1861	22-Feb-1862	Henry T. Blow	Did not present credentials
07-Oct-1862	17-May-1866	Erastus D. Culver
10-Oct-1866	08-Aug-1867	James Wilson	Died at post
16-Dec-1867	07-Jun-1868	Thomas N. Stilwell
08-Jul-1869	09-May-1870	James R. Partridge
09-Oct-1871	09-Jan-1874	William A. Pile
04-Jul-1874	29-Jan-1877	Thomas Russell	Venezuelan government refused to have further dealings with him
18-Mar-1878	05-Sep-1881	Jehu Baker
Sep-1881	16-May-1882	George W. Carter
16-May-1882	20-Jun-1885	Jehu Baker
24-Jun-1885	18-Jan-1889	Charles L. Scott
30-May-1889	15-Dec-1892	William L. Scruggs
04-Mar-1893	09-Jan-1894	Frank C. Partridge
14-Jul-1894	01-May-1895	Seneca Haselton
22-Jul-1895	30-Jun-1897	Allen Thomas
06-Oct-1897	25-Mar-1901	Francis B. Loomis	Recall requested by Venezuelan government
24-Aug-1901	01-May-1905	Herbert W. Bowen
22-Aug-1905	08-Mar-1908	William W. Russell
Mar-1908	Jun-1908	Jacob Sleeper	Interim; US severs relations 20-Jun-1908
15-Mar-1909	24-Mar-1910	William W. Russell
30-Mar-1911	21-Oct-1911	John W. Garrett
14-Feb-1912	03-Jun-1913	Elliott Northcott
22-Oct-1913	05-Oct-1921	Preston McGoodwin
01-Feb-1922	07-May-1929	Willis C. Cook
21-Feb-1930	15-Jan-1935	George R. Summerlin
22-Apr-1935	14-Apr-1938	Meredith Nicholson
18-May-1938	08-Feb-1939	Antonio C. Gonzalez
14-Aug-1939	05-Sep-1947	Frank P. Corrigan
01-Dec-1947	02-Sep-1950	Walter J. Donnelly
07-Dec-1950	02-Oct-1951	Norman Armour
21-Nov-1951	24-Mar-1956	Fletcher Warren
26-Apr-1956	27-Dec-1957	Dempster McIntosh
19-Mar-1958	15-Apr-1961	Edward J. Sparks
23-May-1961	21-Nov-1961	Teodoro Moscoso
14-Mar-1962	28-Nov-1964	C. Allen Stewart
04-Mar-1965	09-Jul-1969	Maurice M. Bernbaum
07-Jul-1970	14-Mar-1975	Robert McClintock
09-May-1975	14-May-1976	Harry W. Shlaudeman
26-Jul-1976	24-Jun-1978	Viron P. Vaky
09-Oct-1978	28-Jun-1982	William H. Luers
25-Aug-1982	04-Jun-1985	George W. Landau
06-Jun-1986	17-Jul-1989	Otto J. Reich
Jul-1989	Sep-1990	Kenneth N. Skoug, Jr.	Interim
Sep-1990	Nov-1990	Robert C. Felder	Interim
19-Nov-1990	23-Aug-1993	Michael Martin Skol
01-Oct-1993	16-May-1996	Jeffrey Davidow
Apr-1996	Mar-1997	John F. Keane	Interim
21-Mar-1997	07-Aug-2000	John F. Maisto
25-Aug-2000	23-Jan-2002	Donna Hrinak
19-Mar-2002	Aug-2004	Charles S. Shapiro
27-Aug-2004	2007	William R. Brownfield
29-Aug-2007	Sep-2008	Patrick D. Duddy	Declared persona non grata
Sep-2008	Jun-2009	John Caulfield	Interim
Jun-2009	--	Patrick D. Duddy

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