US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to Iran.

11-Jun-1883	18-May-1885	S. G. W. Benjamin
05-Apr-1886	10-Jun-1886	Frederick H. Winston
24-Nov-1886	04-Jun-1891	E. Spencer Pratt
27-Aug-1891	04-Apr-1892	Truxtun Beale
11-Jan-1893	29-Aug-1893	Watson R. Sperry
29-Aug-1893	13-Sep-1897	Alexander McDonald
27-Nov-1897	22-Apr-1899	Arthur S. Hardy
27-Aug-1899	01-May-1901	Herbert W. Bowen
16-Dec-1901	24-Dec-1902	Lloyd C. Griscom
19-May-1903	12-Nov-1907	Richmond Pearson
12-Dec-1907	03-Jul-1909	John B. Jackson
28-Mar-1910	19-Sep-1914	Charles W. Russell
19-Sep-1914	09-Apr-1921	John L. Caldwell
11-Apr-1922	01-Sep-1924	Joseph Saul Kornfeld
07-Jan-1926	16-Sep-1928	Hoffman Philip
09-Feb-1930	31-Oct-1933	Charles C. Hart
19-Mar-1934	16-Mar-1936	William H. Hornibrook
Mar-1936	May-1937	Gordon P. Merria	Interim
Jun-1937	Dec-1940	Cornelius Van H. Engert	Interim
18-Dec-1940	12-Dec-1943	Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.
21-Aug-1944	20-May-1945	Leland B. Morris
05-Jun-1945	18-Apr-1946	Wallace Murray
11-May-1946	17-Feb-1948	George V. Allen
06-Apr-1948	18-Jun-1950	John C. Wiley
02-Jul-1950	19-Sep-1951	Henry F. Grady
29-Sep-1951	30-Dec-1954	Loy W. Henderson
19-Jul-1955	02-Jun-1958	Selden Chapin
19-Jul-1958	09-Jun-1961	Edward T. Wailes
17-Jun-1961	13-Mar-1965	Julius C. Holmes
27-Apr-1965	30-May-1969	Armin H. Meyer
13-Oct-1969	17-Feb-1972	Douglas MacArthur II
21-May-1972	10-Mar-1973	Joseph S. Farland
05-Apr-1973	27-Dec-1976	Richard Helms
18-Jun-1977	06-Apr-1979	William H. Sullivan
Apr-1979	Nov-1979	L. B. Laingen	Interim; Embassy in Tehran seized 4-Nov-1979; US severs diplomatic relations 7-Apr-1980; Embassy staff released 20-Jan-1981

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