List of United States ambassadors to Germany
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This is a list of the chief U.S. diplomatic agents to Prussia, Germany, and West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany ), their diplomatic rank , and the effective start and end of their service in Germany.
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
John Quincy Adams , Minister
December 5, 1797
May 5, 1801
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Berlin (1835–1848)
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Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Andrew Jackson Donelson , Envoy
September 13, 1848
November 2, 1849
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Berlin (1849–1893)
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Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Edward A. Hannegan , Envoy
June 30, 1849
January 13, 1850
Daniel D. Barnard , Envoy
December 10, 1850
September 21, 1853
Peter D. Vroom , Envoy
November 4, 1853
August 10, 1857
Joseph A. Wright , Envoy
September 3, 1857
July 1, 1861
Norman B. Judd , Envoy
July 1, 1861
September 3, 1865
Joseph A. Wright , Envoy
September 3, 1865
May 11, 1867
George Bancroft , Envoy
August 28, 1867
June 30, 1874
J. C. Bancroft Davis , Envoy
August 28, 1874
September 26, 1877
Bayard Taylor , Envoy
May 7, 1878
December 19, 1878
Andrew D. White , Envoy
June 19, 1879
August 15, 1881
Aaron A. Sargent , Envoy
May 18, 1882
June 6, 1884
John A. Kasson , Envoy
September 10, 1884
June 21, 1885
George H. Pendleton , Envoy
June 21, 1885
April 25, 1889
William Walter Phelps , Envoy
September 26, 1889
June 4, 1893
Theodore Runyon , Envoy
June 4, 1893
October 26, 1893
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1893–1917)
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Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Theodore Runyon , Ambassador
October 26, 1893
January 27, 1896
Edwin F. Uhl , Ambassador
May 3, 1896
June 8, 1897
Andrew D. White , Ambassador
June 12, 1897
November 27, 1902
Charlemagne Tower , Ambassador
December 19, 1902
June 8, 1908
David Jayne Hill , Ambassador
June 14, 1908
September 2, 1911
John G. A. Leishman , Ambassador
October 24, 1911
October 4, 1913
James W. Gerard , Ambassador
October 29, 1913
February 5, 1917
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1921–1941)
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Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Ellis Loring Dresel , Chargé d'Affaires
December 10, 1921
April 18, 1922
Alanson B. Houghton , Ambassador
April 22, 1922
February 21, 1925
Jacob Gould Schurman , Ambassador
June 29, 1925
January 21, 1930
Frederic M. Sackett , Ambassador
February 12, 1930
March 24, 1933
William E. Dodd , Ambassador
August 30, 1933
December 29, 1937
Hugh R. Wilson , Ambassador
March 3, 1938
November 16, 1938
Alexander C. Kirk , Chargé d'Affaires
May 1939
October 1940
Leland B. Morris , Chargé d'Affaires
October 1940
December 11, 1941
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Bonn (1955–1999)
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Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
James B. Conant , Ambassador
May 14, 1955
February 19, 1957
David K. E. Bruce , Ambassador
April 17, 1957
October 29, 1959
Walter C. Dowling , Ambassador
December 3, 1959
April 21, 1963
George C. McGhee , Ambassador
May 18, 1963
May 21, 1968
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. , Ambassador
May 27, 1968
January 14, 1969
Kenneth Rush , Ambassador
July 22, 1969
February 20, 1972
Martin J. Hillenbrand , Ambassador
June 27, 1972
October 18, 1976
Walter J. Stoessel Jr. , Ambassador
October 27, 1976
January 5, 1981
Arthur F. Burns , Ambassador
June 30, 1981
May 16, 1985
Richard R. Burt , Ambassador
September 16, 1985
February 17, 1989
Vernon A. Walters , Ambassador
April 24, 1989
August 18, 1991
Robert Michael Kimmitt , Ambassador
September 5, 1991
August 28, 1993
Richard Holbrooke , Ambassador
October 19, 1993
September 12, 1994
Charles E. Redman , Ambassador
October 31, 1994
June 17, 1996
James D. Bindenagel , Chargé d'Affaires
June 17, 1996
September 10, 1997
John C. Kornblum , Ambassador
September 10, 1997
July 7, 1999
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1999–present)
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Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
John C. Kornblum , Ambassador
July 7, 1999
January 16, 2001
Daniel R. Coats , Ambassador
September 12, 2001
February 25, 2005
William R. Timken , Ambassador
September 2, 2005
December 5, 2008
John M. Koenig , Chargé d'Affaires
December 6, 2008
September 2, 2009
Philip D. Murphy , Ambassador
September 3, 2009
August 26, 2013
John B. Emerson , Ambassador
August 26, 2013
January 20, 2017
Kent Logsdon , Chargé d'Affaires
January 20, 2017
May 8, 2018
Richard Grenell , Ambassador
May 8, 2018
June 1, 2020
Robin Quinville , Chargé d'Affaires
June 1, 2020
July 1, 2021
Woodward Clark Price, Chargé d'Affaires
July 1, 2021
February 17, 2022
Amy Gutmann , Ambassador
February 17, 2022
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