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List of ambassadors of the United States to Spain

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The incumbent ambassador is Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, she was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on January 7, 2022 and presented her credentials on February 2, 2022.

Ambassador of the United States of America to Spain
Embajadora de los Estados Unidos de America en España
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón
since February 2, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJohn Jay
as Minister Plenipotentiary
FormationSeptember 29, 1779
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Madrid

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Spain from 1779 to the present day. The ambassador to Spain is also credentialed to Andorra.

Chiefs of Mission

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NameImageType of AppointeeTitleAppointmentPresentation of credentialsTermination of missionPresident(s)
William Carmichael Chargé d'AffairesApr 20, 1790No report has been found concerning Carmichael’s presentation of credentials as Chargé d’Affaires en titre; he had already been received as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, May 20, 1782.Presented recall Sep 5, 1794George Washington
(Unaffiliated)
William Short Minister ResidentMay 28, 1794Sep 7, 1794Left post, Nov 1, 1795
David Humphreys Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 20, 1796Sep 10, 1797Probably presented recall soon after December 28, 1801John Adams
(Federalist)
Thomas Jefferson
(Democratic-Republican)
Charles Pinckney Minister PlenipotentiaryJun 6, 1801[1]January–March 1802Presented recall, Oct 25, 1804
George W. ErvingChargé d’Affaires ad interimOct 1805Feb 1810
James Madison
(Democratic-Republican)
Minister PlenipotentiaryAug 10, 1814[2]Aug 24, 1816Left post, May 15, 1819
James Monroe
(Democratic-Republican)
John Forsyth Minister PlenipotentiaryFeb 16, 1819May 18, 1819Had farewell audience, Mar 2, 1823
Hugh Nelson Minister PlenipotentiaryJan 15, 1823Dec 4, 1823Presented recall Jul 10, 1825
John Quincy Adams
(Democratic-Republican)
Alexander Hill Everett Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMar 9, 1825Sep 4, 1825Left post Aug 1, 1829
Andrew Jackson
(Democratic)
Cornelius P. Van Ness Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJun 1, 1829[3]Dec 9, 1829Presented recall, Dec 21, 1836
John H. Eaton Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMar 16, 1836No report has been found of Eaton’s presentation of credentials, which probably took place about February 1, 1837Left post, May 1, 1840
Martin Van Buren
(Democratic)
Aaron VailChargé d'AffairesMay 20, 1840Nov 5, 1840Superseded, Aug 1, 1842
William Henry Harrison
(Whig)
John Tyler
(Whig/Unaffiliated)
Washington Irving Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFeb 10, 1842Aug 1, 1842Presented recall, Jul 29, 1846
James K. Polk
(Democratic)
Romulus M. Saunders Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFeb 25, 1846Jul 31, 1846Presented recall, Sep 24, 1849
Zachary Taylor
(Whig)
Daniel M. Barringer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJun 18, 1849[4]October 24, 1849Presented recall Sep 4, 1853
Millard Fillmore
(Whig)
Franklin Pierce
(Democratic)
Pierre Soule Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApr 7, 1853Oct 24, 1853Presented recall, Feb 1, 1855
Angus C. Dodge Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFeb 9, 1855Jun 17, 1855Presented recall, Mar 12, 1859
James Buchanan
(Democratic)
William Preston Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDec 15, 1858Mar 12, 1859Presented recall, May 24, 1861
Abraham Lincoln
(Republican)
Carl Schurz Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMar 28, 1861Jul 13, 1861Left post, Dec 18, 1861
Gustavus Koerner Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJun 14, 1862Nov 4, 1862Left post, Jul 20, 1864
John P. Hale Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMar 10, 1865Sep 30, 1865Presented recall, Jul 29, 1869Andrew Johnson
(National Union/Democratic)
Ulysses S. Grant
(Republican)
Daniel E. Sickles Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 15, 1869[5]July 29, 1869Presented new credentials on Feb 2, 1871, after change of government; transmitted recall by note Jan 31, 1874
Caleb Cushing Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJan 6, 1874May 30, 1874Presented new credentials on Mar 10, 1875, after restoration of monarchy; left post, Apr 9, 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
(Republican)
James Russell Lowell Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJun 11, 1877[6]Aug 18, 1877Presented recall, Mar 2, 1880
Lucius Fairchild Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJan 26, 1880Mar 31, 1880Presented recall, Dec 20, 1881
James A. Garfield
(Republican)
Chester A. Arthur
(Republican)
Hannibal Hamlin Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJun 30, 1881[7]Dec 20, 1881Left post, Oct 17, 1882
John W. Foster Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFeb 27, 1883Jun 16, 1883Presented recall, Aug 28, 1885
Grover Cleveland
(Democratic)
Jabez L.M. Curry Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOct 7, 1885[8]Dec 22, 1885Left post, Jul 5, 1888
Perry Belmont Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNov 17, 1888[9]Feb 13, 1889Left post, May 1, 1889
Benjamin Harrison
(Republican)
Thomas W. Palmer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMar 12, 1889Jun 17, 1889Left post, Apr 19, 1890
E. Burd Grubb Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySep 27, 1890Dec 23, 1890Left post, May 26, 1892
A. Loudon Snowden Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJul 22, 1892Oct 6, 1892Presented recall, Jun 3, 1893
Grover Cleveland
(Democratic)
Hannis Taylor Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApr 8, 1893Jul 1, 1893Presented recall, Sep 13, 1897
William McKinley
(Republican)
Stewart L. Woodford Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJun 19, 1897Sep 13, 1897Spain severed diplomatic relations with the U.S., Apr 21, 1898[10]
Bellamy Storer Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApr 12, 1899[11]Jun 16, 1899Presented recall, Dec 10, 1902
Theodore Roosevelt
(Republican)
Arthur S. Hardy Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySep 26, 1902[12]Mar 2, 1903Presented recall, May 1, 1905
William Miller Collier Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMar 8, 1905May 15, 1905Superseded, Jun 9, 1909
William Howard Taft
(Republican)
Henry Clay Ide Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApr 1, 1909Jun 9, 1909Left post, Jul 8, 1913
Woodrow Wilson
(Democratic)
Joseph E. Willard Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySep 10, 1913Oct 31, 1913Left post, Jul 7, 1921
Warren G. Harding
(Republican)
Cyrus E. Woods Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJun 24, 1921Oct 14, 1921Left post, Apr 18, 1923
Alexander P. Moore Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMar 3, 1923May 16, 1923Left post, Dec 20, 1925
Calvin Coolidge
(Republican)
Ogden H. Hammond Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDec 21, 1925Mar 26, 1926Left post, Oct 13, 1929
Herbert Hoover
(Republican)
Irwin B. Laughlin Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOct 16, 1929Dec 24, 1929Left post, Apr 12, 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(Democratic)
Claude G. Bowers Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApr 6, 1933Jun 1, 1933Had final interview, Feb 2, 1939[13]
H. Freeman Matthews Career Foreign Service OfficerChargé d’Affaires ad interimApr 13, 1939
Alexander W. Weddell Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 3, 1939Jun 15, 1939Left post, Feb 7, 1942
Carlton J. H. Hayes Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1942Jun 9, 1942Left Spain, Jan 18, 1945
Norman Armour Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDec 15, 1944Mar 24, 1945Left post, Dec 1, 1945
Harry S. Truman
(Democratic)
Philip W. Bonsal Career Foreign Service OfficerChargé d’Affaires ad interimMar 1946Jun 1947
Paul T. CulbertsonCareer Foreign Service OfficerChargé d'Affaires ad interimJun 1947Dec 1950
Stanton GriffisNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFeb 1, 1951Mar 1, 1951Relinquished charge, Jan 28, 1952
Lincoln MacVeaghNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFeb 21, 1952Mar 27, 1952Left post, Mar 4, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Republican)
James Clement Dunn Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFeb 27, 1953Apr 9, 1953Left post, Feb 9, 1955
John Lodge Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJan 22, 1955Mar 24, 1955Left post, Apr 13, 1961
John F. Kennedy
(Democratic)
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMar 29, 1961May 25, 1961Left Spain, Oct 12, 1961
Robert F. Woodward Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApr 7, 1962May 10, 1962Left post, Feb 1, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
(Democratic)
Angier Biddle Duke Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMar 11, 1965Apr 1, 1965Left post Mar 30, 1968
Robert F. Wagner Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJun 24, 1968Jul 4, 1968Left post, Mar 7, 1969
Richard Nixon
(Republican)
Robert C. HillNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 1, 1969Jun 12, 1969Left post, Jun 12, 1972
Horacio Rivero Jr. Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySep 11, 1972Oct 11, 1972Left post, Nov 26, 1974
Gerald Ford
(Republican)
Wells StablerForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFeb 20, 1975Mar 13, 1975Left post, May 4, 1978
Jimmy Carter
(Democratic)
Terence A. Todman Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 25, 1978Jul 20, 1978Left post, Aug 8, 1983
Ronald Reagan
(Republican)
Thomas Ostrom Enders Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAug 5, 1983Sep 15, 1983Left post Jul 6, 1986
Reginald Bartholomew Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAug 18, 1986Sep 17, 1986Left post, Mar 12, 1989
George H. W. Bush
(Republican)
Joseph ZappalaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOct 10, 1989Oct 16, 1989Left post, Jun 4, 1992
Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr.Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJun 15, 1992Jul 8, 1992Left post, Feb 17, 1993
Bill Clinton
(Democratic)
Richard N. Gardner Non-career officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySep 16, 1993Nov 4, 1993Left post, Jul 12, 1997
Edward L. Romero Non-career officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApr 2, 1998Jun 30, 1998Left post, May 1, 2001
George W. Bush
(Republican)
George L. Argyros Non-career officerAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]Nov 21, 2001Dec 13, 2001Left post, Nov 21, 2004
Eduardo Aguirre Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]Jun 21, 2005Jun 29, 2005Jan 20, 2009
Alan D. Solomont Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]Dec 29, 2009Jan 27, 2010Left post Jun 28, 2013Barack Obama
(Democratic)
James Costos Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]Aug 19, 2013Sep 24, 2013Left post Jan 18, 2017
Richard Duke Buchan III Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]Nov 20, 2017Apr 3, 2018Left post Jan 20, 2021Donald Trump
(Republican)
Conrad Tribble[15] Foreign Service officerChargé d’Affaires ad interimJan 20, 2021Feb 2, 2022Joe Biden
(Democratic)
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]Jan 7, 2022Feb 2, 2022Incumbent

Other Nominees

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NamePortraitType of AppointeeTitleAppointmentNote
John Jay Minister PlenipotentiarySep 29, 1779Proceeded to post, but was not formally received at court; left post about May 20, 1782
James Bowdoin Minister PlenipotentiaryNov 22, 1804Did not proceed to post
William T. Barry Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApr 10, 1853Took oath of office but died en route to post. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate
John C. Breckinridge Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJan 16, 1855Declined appointment
Cassius M. Clay Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApr 14, 1861Declined appointment
William S. Rosecrans Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate
Henry S. Sanford Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned; nominated tabled by the Senate
Joseph E. Willard Non-career appointeeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJul 28, 1913Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post under this appointment
Ellis O. Briggs Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Frank E. McKinneyNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 11, 1968Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post under this appointment
Peter M. Flanigan Non-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNot commissioned; nomination of Sep 17, 1974 was not acted upon the Senate

Notes

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  1. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 26, 1802.
  2. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Nominated confirmed by the Senate, Oct 3, 1814; commission following confirmation not of record
  3. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 10, 1830
  4. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Sep 28, 1850
  5. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 16, 1870
  6. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after conformation on Oct 30, 1877
  7. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Oct 13, 1881
  8. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 13, 1886
  9. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 13, 1888
  10. ^ Woodford left post, Apr 21, 1898. The United States declared war on Spain as of that date by Act of Congress approved April 25, 1898
  11. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 14, 1899
  12. ^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902
  13. ^ Bowers was resident during the last part of his Ambassadorship at St. Jean de Luz in France; he left that post, Jun 14, 1939, his appointment having terminated May 14, 1939. The Embassy had meanwhile been re-established in Spain on Apr 13, 1939, when H. Freeman Matthews had been received at Burgos as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
  14. ^ a b c d e f Also credited to Andorra; resident at Madrid.
  15. ^ "Conrad Tribble, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. - U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Spain and Andorra". November 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

See also

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References

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