List of ambassadors of the United States to Haiti explained

See also: Haitian Ambassador to the United States.

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Haiti
Anbasadè de la Etazini an Ayiti
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Dennis B. Hankins
Incumbentsince:May 3, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:Benjamin F. Whidden
as Commissioner/Consul General
Formation:July 12, 1862

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Haiti.

NameBackgroundTitleAppointmentPresentation of credentialsTermination of missionNotes
Benjamin F. WhiddenCommissioner/Consul GeneralJuly 12, 1862October 1, 1862Left post, February 23, 1865
Henry E. PeckCommissioner/Consul GeneralMarch 14, 1865September 2, 1865Promoted to Minister Resident/Consul General[1]
Henry E. PeckMinister Resident/Consul GeneralAugust 6, 1866October 11, 1866Died at post, June 9, 1867[2]
Gideon H. HollisterMinister Resident/Consul GeneralFebruary 5, 1868On or shortly before June 6, 1868Presented recall, September 7–8, 1869
Ebenezer D. BassettMinister Resident/Consul GeneralApril 16, 1869September 7–8, 1869Presented recall, November 27, 1877
John M. LangstonMinister Resident/Consul GeneralSeptember 28, 1877November 27, 1877Presented recall, June 30, 1885[3] [4]
George W. WilliamsMinister Resident/Consul GeneralMarch 2, 1885[5]
John E. W. ThompsonMinister Resident/Consul GeneralMay 7, 1885June 30, 1885Relinquished charge about October 17, 1889[6]
Frederick DouglassMinister Resident/Consul GeneralJune 26, 1889November 14, 1889Left post, July 30, 1891[7] [8]
John S. DurhamMinister Resident/Consul GeneralSeptember 3, 1891October 3, 1891Presented recall, November 7, 1893[9]
Henry M. SmytheMinister Resident/Consul GeneralSeptember 15, 1893November 7, 1893Left post on or shortly after March 9, 1897
William F. PowellEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 17, 1897August 20, 1897Left post about November 30, 1905
Henry W. FurnissEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 23, 1905December 30, 1905Presented recall, September 17, 1913[10]
Madison R. SmithEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 15, 1913September 30, 1913Left post, July 8, 1914
Arthur Bailly-BlanchardForeign Service officerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 22, 1914November 15, 1915Left post, September 26, 1921
James Clement DunnChargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 1922February 1924
George R. Merrell, Jr.Chargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 1924October 1926
Christian GrossChargé d'Affaires ad interimOctober 1926November 1927
Christian GrossChargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 1928December 1928
Stuart E. GrummonChargé d'Affaires ad interimDecember 1928November 1930
Dana G. MunroForeign Service officerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 28, 1930November 16, 1930Left post, September 14, 1932
Norman ArmourForeign Service officerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 25, 1932November 7, 1932Recess appointment expired, March 4, 1933[11]
Norman ArmourForeign Service officerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 17, 1933April 11, 1933Left post, March 21, 1935
George A. GordonForeign Service officerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 5, 1935September 6, 1935Left post, July 21, 1937
Ferdinand L. MayerForeign Service officerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 13, 1937November 18, 1937Left post, November 29, 1940
John Campbell WhiteForeign Service officerEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 29, 1940March 14, 1941Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary following a joint announcement on March 23, 1943, with seven other Latin American Republics elevating respective legations to embassies. [12]
John Campbell WhiteForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 27, 1943April 14, 1943Left post, February 24, 1944
Orme WilsonForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 21, 1944June 2, 1944Left post, August 22, 1946
Harold H. Tittmann, Jr.Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 1946September 20, 1946Left post, July 17, 1948
William E. DeCourcyForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 18, 1948October 13, 1948Relinquished charge, December 9, 1950
Howard K. TraversForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 3, 1951October 30, 1951Left post, February 25, 1952
Roy Tasco DavisNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 6, 1953September 23, 1953Relinquished charge, March 9, 1957
Gerald A. DrewForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 17, 1957May 15, 1957Left post, July 16, 1960
Robert NewbeginForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 27, 1960November 4, 1960Left post, December 10, 1961
Raymond L. ThurstonForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 7, 1961January 4, 1962Normal relations interrupted, May 15, 1963; relations not yet resumed when Thurston left post, May 26, 1963[13]
Benson E.L. Timmons IIIForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 30, 1963January 16, 1964Left post, May 28, 1967
Claude G. RossForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 19, 1967June 20, 1967Left post, October 17, 1969
Clinton E. KnoxForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 9, 1969November 13, 1969Left post, April 26, 1973
Heyward IshamForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 19, 1973January 31, 1974Left post, July 8, 1977
William B. Jones[14] Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 3, 1977August 12, 1977Left post, July 12, 1980
Henry L. KimelmanNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 27, 1980October 16, 1980Left post, February 18, 1981
Ernest H. PreegForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 20, 1981July 28, 1981Left post, August 20, 1983
Clayton E. McManaway, Jr.[15] Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 18, 1983January 10, 1984Left post, August 18, 1986
Brunson McKinleyForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 12, 1986October 9, 1986Left post, November 13, 1989
Alvin P. Adams, Jr.Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 1989December 8, 1989Recalled, August 1, 1992
Leslie M. AlexanderChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 1, 1992July 1993
Vicki J. HuddlestonChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 1993October 13, 1993
William Lacy SwingForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 8, 1993October 13, 1993Left post, January 5, 1998
Timothy Michael CarneyForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 12, 1997January 14, 1998Left post, December 11, 1999
Brian Dean CurranForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 28, 2000January 12, 2001Left post, May 16, 2003
James B. FoleyForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 27, 2003September 18, 2003Left post, August 14, 2005
Janet Ann SandersonForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 21, 2006March 17, 2006March 15, 2008[16]
Kenneth H. MertenForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 4, 2009August 24, 2009July 20, 2012[17]
Pamela WhiteForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 2, 2012August 3, 2012October 6, 2015
Peter MulreanForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 19, 2015October 6, 2015February 27, 2017[18]
Brian W. ShukanDeputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy Port-au-PrinceChargé d'Affaires ad interimFebruary 27, 2017August 25, 2017
Robin DialloMinister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, IraqChargé d'Affaires ad interimAugust 25, 2017February 21, 2018
Michele J. SisonForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 2, 2017February 21, 2018October 9, 2021
Kenneth H. MertenForeign Service officerChargé d'Affaires ad interimOctober 12, 2021October 28, 2021April 16, 2022
Gregory T. KendrickForeign Service officerChargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 20, 2022April 21, 2022July 1, 2022[19]
Eric StromayerForeign Service officerChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 3, 2022March 26, 2024
Dennis B. HankinsForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 14, 2024May 3, 2024Incumbent

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Notes and References

  1. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 22, 1866.
  2. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 11, 1867.
  3. Also accredited to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic); resident at Port-au-Prince.
  4. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on October 23, 1877.
  5. Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.
  6. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned afterconfirmation on January 13, 1886.
  7. Encyclopedia: Sandefur . Timothy . Ronald . Hamowy . Ronald Hamowy . The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism . Douglas, Frederick (1818–895) . 2008 . SAGE. Thousand Oaks, CA . 10.4135/9781412965811.n80 . 978-1-4129-6580-4 . 750831024. 2008009151 . 126–28 .
  8. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned afterconfirmation on December 16, 1889.
  9. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 23, 1891.
  10. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 13, 1905.
  11. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Armour left post March 4, 1933; he returned March 8, and presented a copy of his letter of credence under his new appointment, March 23, 1933.
  12. https://history.state.gov/countries/haiti.
  13. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 30, 1962. On June 14, 1963 the Government of Haiti requested Thurston's recall, and he did not return to post.
  14. Web site: 24 June 2010 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR WILLIAM B. JONES . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627031817/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Jones-William-B.2010.toc_3.pdf . 27 June 2024 . 22 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  15. Web site: 29 June 1993 . The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR CLAYTON E. MCMANAWAY, JR. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240629021623/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/McManaway,%20Clayton%20E.%20Jr.toc.pdf . 29 June 2024 . 29 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  16. Web site: Janet Ann Sanderson - People - Department History - Office of the Historian .
  17. Web site: Embassy of the United States Port Au Prince Haiti - Kenneth H. Merten, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, arrives in Port-au-Prince (August 24, 2009) . 2010-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718020118/http://haiti.usembassy.gov/press_releases/kenneth-h.-merten-u.s.-ambassador-to-haiti-arrives-in-port-au-prince-august-24-2009 . 2011-07-18 . dead .
  18. Web site: Low-key U.S. ambassador to Haiti steps down and is leaving country. Charles. Jacqueline. Miami Herald. February 27, 2017. March 10, 2017.
  19. Web site: Surprise in Haiti over State Dept. appointment of Kenneth Merten as chargé d'affaires . Michael . Wilner . 2021-10-12 . McClatcy DC Bureau . 2021-12-21.

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