List of ambassadors of the United States to Uruguay explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Uruguay
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Heide B. Fulton
Incumbentsince:March 22, 2023
Nominator:The President of the United States
Inaugural:Alexander Asboth
as Minister Resident
Formation:October 2, 1867
Website:U.S. Embassy - Montevideo

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 Asboth[1] Minister ResidentOctober 2, 1867January 21, 1868[2] Andrew Johnson
Henry G. WorthingtonMinister ResidentOctober 24, 1868July 10, 1869
Robert C. KirkMinister ResidentJuly 24, 1869July 6, 1870Ulysses S. Grant
John L. Stevens[3] Minister ResidentJuly 6, 1870May 19, 1873
John C. CaldwellMinister ResidentSeptember 7, 1874October 6, 1876
Chargé d'AffairesOctober 6, 1876July 10, 1882
William WilliamsChargé d'AffairesJuly 10, 1882July 21, 1885Chester A. Arthur
John E. BaconChargé d'AffairesJuly 21, 1885October 8, 1888Grover Cleveland
Minister ResidentOctober 8, 1888December 26, 1888
George ManeyMinister ResidentNovember 8, 1889November 28, 1890Benjamin Harrison
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1890June 30, 1894
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, 1915
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, 1934
Julius Gareché LayEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 20, 1935August 31, 1937Franklin D. Roosevelt
William DawsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 10, 1938June 6, 1939
Edwin C. WilsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 27, 1939March 5, 1941
William DawsonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 1941August 6, 1946
Joseph F. McGurkAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1946April 15, 1947Harry S. Truman
Ellis O. BriggsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 21, 1947August 6, 1949
Christian M. RavndalAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 9, 1949October 8, 1951
Edward L. RoddenAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 27, 1951October 12, 1953
Dempster McIntoshAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 12, 1953April 3, 1956Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jefferson PattersonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 2, 1956March 18, 1958
Robert F. WoodwardAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 21, 1958March 29, 1961
Edward J. SparksAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 24, 1961May 15, 1962John F. Kennedy
Wymberley DeRenne CoerrAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 27, 1962January 22, 1965
Henry A. HoytAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 14, 1965December 16, 1967Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert M. SayreAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 27, 1968October 19, 1969
Charles W. Adair, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 13, 1969September 28, 1972Richard Nixon
Ernest V. SiracusaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 25, 1973April 22, 1977
Lawrence PezzuloAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1977May 29, 1979Jimmy Carter
Lyle Franklin LaneAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 17, 1979July 22, 1980
N. Shaw SmithChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 22, 1980November 5, 1981
Thomas Aranda, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 5, 1981November 14, 1985Ronald Reagan
Malcolm Richard WilkeyAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1985May 10, 1990
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 Plenipotentiary November 26, 1997March 1, 2001
Martin J. SilversteinAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 17, 2001July 6, 2005George W. Bush
Frank E. BaxterAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 13, 2006January 20, 2009
David D. Nelson[4] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 24, 2009May 23, 2011Barack Obama
Thomas H. Lloyd[5] Chargé d'Affaires a.i.May 23, 2011May 10, 2012
Julissa Reynoso[6] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 10, 2012December 10, 2014
Brad Freden[7] Chargé d'Affaires a.i.December 10, 2014June 23, 2016
Kelly Keiderling[8] Ambassador 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, 2023
Heide B. FultonAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 22, 2023Incumbent

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Notes and References

  1. Also accredited to Argentina; resident at Buenos Aires.
  2. Died at post.
  3. Also accredited to Paraguay; resident at Montevideo.
  4. Web site: Former Ambassadors. United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Montevideo. 2011-07-04.
  5. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires. United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Montevideo. 2011-07-04.
  6. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires. United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Montevideo. 2012-05-10.
  7. Web site: Chargé d'Affaires. United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Montevideo. 2015-07-18.
  8. https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/1054 PN1054 — Kelly Keiderling-Franz — Department of State

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