List of ambassadors of the United States to Uruguay


The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Uruguay. The current title given by the United States State Department to this position is Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
RepresentativeTitlePresentation
of credentials		Termination
of mission		Appointed by
Alexander AsbothMinister ResidentOctober 2, 1867January 21, 1868Andrew Johnson
Henry G. WorthingtonMinister ResidentOctober 24, 1868July 10, 1869Andrew Johnson
Robert C. KirkMinister ResidentJuly 24, 1869July 6, 1870Ulysses S. Grant
John L. StevensMinister ResidentJuly 6, 1870May 19, 1873Ulysses S. Grant
John C. CaldwellMinister ResidentSeptember 7, 1874October 6, 1876Ulysses S. Grant
John C. CaldwellChargé d'AffairesOctober 6, 1876July 10, 1882Ulysses S. Grant
William WilliamsChargé d'AffairesJuly 10, 1882July 21, 1885Chester A. Arthur
John E. BaconChargé d'AffairesJuly 21, 1885October 8, 1888Grover Cleveland
John E. BaconMinister ResidentOctober 8, 1888December 26, 1888Grover Cleveland
George ManeyMinister ResidentNovember 8, 1889November 28, 1890Benjamin Harrison
George ManeyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1890June 30, 1894Benjamin Harrison
Granville StuartEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 2, 1894January 4, 1898Grover Cleveland
William R. FinchEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 4, 1898May 29, 1905William McKinley
Edward C. O'BrienEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 2, 1905October 11, 1909Theodore Roosevelt
Edwin V. MorganEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 31, 1910July 8, 1911William H. Taft
Nicolai A. GrevstadEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 9, 1911February 19, 1915William H. Taft
Robert Emmett JefferyEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 4, 1915March 9, 1921Woodrow Wilson
Hoffman PhilipEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiarySeptember 19, 1922April 10, 1925Warren G. Harding
Ulysses Grant-SmithEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 13, 1925January 11, 1929Calvin Coolidge
Leland HarrisonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 11, 1930October 9, 1930Herbert Hoover
J. Butler WrightEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 9, 1931July 10, 1934Herbert Hoover
Julius Gareché LayEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 20, 1935August 31, 1937Franklin D. Roosevelt
William DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 10, 1938June 6, 1939Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edwin C. WilsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 27, 1939March 5, 1941Franklin D. Roosevelt
William DawsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 1941August 6, 1946Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph F. McGurkAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1946April 15, 1947Harry S. Truman
Ellis O. BriggsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 21, 1947August 6, 1949Harry S. Truman
Christian M. RavndalAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 1949October 8, 1951Harry S. Truman
Edward L. RoddenAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 27, 1951October 12, 1953Harry S. Truman
Dempster McIntoshAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 12, 1953April 3, 1956Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jefferson PattersonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1956March 18, 1958Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert F. WoodwardAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 21, 1958March 29, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 24, 1961May 15, 1962John F. Kennedy
Wymberley DeRenne CoerrAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 27, 1962January 22, 1965John F. Kennedy
Henry A. HoytAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 14, 1965December 16, 1967Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert M. SayreAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 27, 1968October 19, 1969Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles W. Adair, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 13, 1969September 28, 1972Richard Nixon
Ernest V. SiracusaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 25, 1973April 22, 1977Richard Nixon
Lawrence PezzuloAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1977May 29, 1979Jimmy Carter
Lyle Franklin LaneAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 17, 1979July 22, 1980Jimmy Carter
N. Shaw SmithChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 22, 1980November 5, 1981Jimmy Carter
Thomas Aranda, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 5, 1981November 14, 1985Ronald Reagan
Malcolm Richard WilkeyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1985May 10, 1990Ronald Reagan
Richard C. BrownAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 19, 1990August 19, 1993George H. W. Bush
Thomas J. Dodd, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 23, 1993September 1, 1997Bill Clinton
Christopher C. AshbyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 26, 1997March 1, 2001Bill Clinton
Martin J. SilversteinAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 17, 2001July 6, 2005George W. Bush
Frank E. BaxterAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 13, 2006January 20, 2009George W. Bush
David D. NelsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 24, 2009May 23, 2011Barack Obama
Thomas H. LloydChargé d'Affaires a.i.May 23, 2011May 10, 2012Barack Obama
Julissa ReynosoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 10, 2012December 10, 2014Barack Obama
Brad FredenChargé d'Affaires a.i.December 10, 2014June 23, 2016Barack Obama
Kelly KeiderlingAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 23, 2016June 29, 2019Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Kenneth S. GeorgeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 2, 2019January 20, 2021Donald Trump
Jennifer SavageChargé d'AffairesJanuary 20, 2021July 10, 2022Joe Biden
Karl RíosChargé d'AffairesJuly 15, 2022March 22, 2023Joe Biden
Heide B. FultonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 22, 2023June 27, 2025Joe Biden
Chris AndinoChargé d'AffairesJune 27, 2025September 26, 2025Donald Trump
Lou RinaldiAmbassador Extraordinary And PlenipotentiarySeptember 30, 2025Donald Trump