United States Ambassador to Argentina

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The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Argentina. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Representative Title Presentation
of Credentials		 Termination
of Mission		 Appointed by
Caesar A. Rodney Minister Plenipotentiary December 27, 1823 June 10, 1824[1] James Monroe
John M. Forbes Chargé d'Affaires August 20, 1825 June 14, 1831[1] John Quincy Adams
Francis Baylies Chargé d'Affaires June 15, 1832 September 26, 1832 Andrew Jackson
William Brent, Jr. Chargé d'Affaires November 15, 1844 July 7, 1846 John Tyler
William A. Harris Chargé d'Affaires July 7, 1846 September 12, 1851 James K. Polk
John S. Pendleton Chargé d'Affaires September 12, 1851 March 31, 1854. Millard Fillmore
James A. Peden Minister Resident December 1, 1854 December 1, 1858 Franklin Pierce
Benjamin C. Yancey Minister Resident December 1, 1858 September 30, 1859 James Buchanan
John F. Cushman Minister Resident December 22, 1859 February 17, 1861
Robert M. Palmer Minister Resident October 5, 1861 April 12, 1862 Abraham Lincoln
Robert C. Kirk Minister Resident June 21, 1862 July 26, 1866
Alexander Asboth[2] Minister Resident October 20, 1866 January 21, 1868[1] Andrew Johnson
H. G. Worthington[2] Minister Resident September 11, 1868 July 8, 1869
Robert C. Kirk[2] Minister Resident July 8, 1869 November 4, 1871 Ulysses S. Grant
Julius White Minister Resident May 6, 1873 November 14, 1873
Thomas O. Osborn Minister Resident May 21, 1874 July 7, 1884
Minister Resident/Consul General July 7, 1884 October 15, 1885 Chester A. Arthur
Bayless W. Hanna Minister Resident/Consul General October 15, 1885 February 15, 1888 Grover Cleveland
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 15, 1888 July 8, 1889
John R. G. Pitkin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary October 31, 1889 August 15, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
William I. Buchanan Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary May 19, 1894 July 11, 1899 Grover Cleveland
William P. Lord Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 14, 1900 March 27, 1903 William McKinley
John Barrett Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary December 21, 1903 April 27, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt
Arthur M. Beaupre Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 17, 1904 May 2, 1908
Spencer F. Eddy Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 27, 1908 January 2, 1909
Charles H. Sherrill Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary June 30, 1909 September 16, 1910 William H. Taft
John W. Garrett Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary February 29, 1912 November 22, 1913
Frederic Jesup Stimson Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 8, 1915 April 21, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
John W. Riddle Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 8, 1922 May 28, 1925 Warren G. Harding
Peter Augustus Jay Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 24, 1925 December 30, 1926 Calvin Coolidge
Robert Woods Bliss Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 9, 1927 April 29, 1933
Alexander W. Weddell Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 18, 1933 October 29, 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norman Armour Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 19, 1939 June 29, 1944[3]
Spruille Braden Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 21, 1945 September 23, 1945 Harry S. Truman
George S. Messersmith Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 23, 1946 June 12, 1947
James Bruce Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 21, 1947 August 20, 1949
Stanton Griffis Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 17, 1949 September 23, 1950
Ellsworth Bunker Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary May 8, 1951 March 12, 1952
Albert F. Nufer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 14, 1952 May 12, 1956
Willard L. Beaulac Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 1, 1956 August 2, 1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roy Richard Rubottom, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 20, 1960 October 19, 1961
Robert McClintock Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 14, 1962 May 10, 1964 John F. Kennedy
Edwin M. Martin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 11, 1964 January 5, 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson
Carter L. Burgess Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 21, 1968 March 14, 1969
John Davis Lodge Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 23, 1969 November 10, 1973 Richard Nixon
Robert C. Hill Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 15, 1974 May 10, 1977
Raúl H. Castro Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 16, 1977 July 30, 1980 Jimmy Carter
Harry W. Shlaudeman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 4, 1980 August 26, 1983
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 29, 1983 August 29, 1986 Ronald Reagan
Theodore E. Gildred Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 6, 1986 May 31, 1989
Terence A. Todman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary June 13, 1989 June 28, 1993 George H. W. Bush
James Richard Cheek Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 19, 1993 December 18, 1996 Bill Clinton
Ronald D. Godard Chargé d'Affaires ad interim December 1996 October 1997
V. Manuel Rocha Chargé d'Affaires ad interim October 1997 July 2000
James Donald Walsh Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary July 3, 2000 May 21, 2003
Lino Gutierrez Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 15, 2003 April 8, 2006 George W. Bush
Earl Anthony Wayne Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary January 19, 2007 Current

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  1. ^ a b c Died at post.
  2. ^ a b c Also accredited to Uruguay; resident at Buenos Aires.
  3. ^ Normal relations interrupted February 24, 1944.

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