List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada

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Ambassador of the United States to Canada
Ambassadeur des États-Unis au Canada
File:US Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State
United States Department of State
Reports toUnited States Secretary of State
ResidenceLornado
SeatEmbassy of the United States
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
AppointerPresident of the United States
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holderWilliam Phillips
(as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
FormationJune 1, 1927
WebsiteU.S. Embassy – Ottawa

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Canada.[1] The ambassador is the head of the Embassy of the United States in Ottawa. Prior to 1943, the head of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Canada bore the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The U.S. mission to Canada was upgraded from legation to embassy status in June 1943; Ray Atherton was the first chief of mission to hold ambassadorial rank.

List

# Ambassador Portrait Took office Left office President(s)
1 William Phillips File:Latest photo, just received from Holland, of W. Phillips, American Minister to Holland.jpg June 1, 1927 December 14, 1929 Calvin Coolidge,
Herbert Hoover
2 Hanford MacNider File:Hanford MacNider.jpg August 29, 1930 August 15, 1932 Herbert Hoover
3 Warren Delano Robbins File:Warren Delano Robbins, 1922 March 3.jpg May 16, 1933 March 28, 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt
4 Norman Armour File:Norman Armour.jpg August 7, 1935 January 15, 1939
5 Daniel Calhoun Roper File:Daniel Calhoun Roper pers0178.jpg May 19, 1939 August 20, 1939
6 James H. R. Cromwell File:James H. R. Cromwell2.jpg January 24, 1940 May 16, 1940
7 Jay Pierrepont Moffat File:Jay Pierrepont Moffat.jpg June 13, 1940 January 24, 1943
8 Ray Atherton File:Ray Atherton.jpg August 3, 1943 August 30, 1948 Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Harry S. Truman
9 Laurence Steinhardt File:Laurence Steinhardt.jpg November 1, 1949 March 28, 1950 Harry S. Truman
10 Stanley Woodward File:Stanley Woodward.png June 22, 1950 January 14, 1953
11 R. Douglas Stuart July 15, 1953 May 4, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
12 Livingston T. Merchant File:Livingston T. Merchant.jpg May 23, 1956 November 6, 1958
13 Richard B. Wigglesworth File:Wigglesworth, Richard Bowditch.jpg December 15, 1958 October 19, 1960
14 Livingston T. Merchant File:Livingston T. Merchant.jpg March 15, 1961 May 26, 1962 John F. Kennedy
15 William Walton Butterworth File:Portrait of W. Walton Butterworth.jpg December 11, 1962 September 10, 1968 John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson
16 Harold F. Linder September 10, 1968 July 9, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson,
Richard M. Nixon
17 Adolph W. Schmidt File:Adolph Schmidt.jpg September 11, 1969 January 29, 1974 Richard M. Nixon
18 William J. Porter File:WilliamJPorter.jpg March 13, 1974 December 16, 1975 Richard M. Nixon,
Gerald R. Ford
19 Thomas O. Enders File:ThomasOEnders.jpg February 17, 1976 September 14, 1979 Gerald R. Ford,
Jimmy Carter
20 Kenneth M. Curtis File:Photo SOS 026 Kenneth M Curtis.jpg October 5, 1979 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
21 Paul H. Robinson, Jr. File:Paul H. Robinson, Jr. 1985.jpg July 15, 1981 September 9, 1985 Ronald Reagan
22 Thomas M. T. Niles File:Thomas M T Niles (page 9 crop).jpg September 10, 1985 June 28, 1989 Ronald Reagan,
George H. W. Bush
23 Edward N. Ney June 30, 1989 June 20, 1992 George H. W. Bush
24 Peter Teeley File:Peter Teeley head 1981.jpg July 3, 1992 February 28, 1993 George H. W. Bush,
Bill Clinton
25 James Blanchard File:Jim Blanchard.jpg August 19, 1993 March 15, 1996 Bill Clinton
26 Gordon Giffin File:US Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin.JPEG September 17, 1997 April 10, 2001 Bill Clinton,
George W. Bush
27 Paul Cellucci File:Cellucci paul.jpg April 17, 2001 March 18, 2005 George W. Bush
28 David Wilkins File:Ambassador David Wilkins.jpg June 29, 2005 January 20, 2009
29 David Jacobson File:David Jacobson.jpg October 2, 2009 July 15, 2013 Barack Obama
30 Bruce Heyman File:Bruce Heyman official portrait.jpg March 26, 2014 January 18, 2017[2]
— Elizabeth Moore Aubin (acting) File:Elizabeth Moore Aubin.jpg January 18, 2017 October 23, 2017 Barack Obama, Donald Trump
31 Kelly Craft File:Kelly Knight Craft.jpg October 23, 2017 August 23, 2019 Donald Trump
— Richard M. Mills Jr. (acting) File:RichardMillsJr.jpg August 23, 2019 November 9, 2020
— Katherine Brucker (acting) November 9, 2020 May 28, 2021 Donald Trump,
Joe Biden
— Arnold A. Chacón (acting)[3] File:Arnold Chacon.jpg May 28, 2021[4] December 7, 2021 Joe Biden
32 David L. Cohen File:David L. Cohen, Ambassador to Canada.jpg December 7, 2021 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Canada Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Moore Aubin Becomes Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassy, U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada.
  3. ↑ "Biography of Arnold Chacon, Chargé d'Affaires". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of Ambassador Arnold Chacon to serve as Chargé d’Affaires to Canada". United States Department of State. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

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