United States Ambassador to Spain Totally Explained

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This is a list of United States Ambassadors to Spain from 1779 to the present day.

Ambassadors

John Jay
- Appointed: September 29, 1779
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission: ~May 20, 1782
William Carmichael
- Appointed: April 20, 1790
- Title: Chargé d’Affaires
- Presented credentials: February 20, 1783
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 5, 1794
William Short
- Appointed: May 28, 1794
- Title: Minister Resident
- Presented credentials: September 7, 1794
- Terminated mission: Left post November 1, 1795
David Humphreys
- Appointed: May 20, 1796
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 10, 1797
- Terminated mission: Probably presented recall soon after December 28, 1801
Charles Pinckney
- Appointed: June 6, 1801
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: January–March 1802
- Terminated mission: Presented recall October 25, 1804
James Bowdoin III
- Appointed: November 22, 1804
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
George W. Irving
- Appointed:
- Title: Chargé d’Affaires
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
George W. Irving
- Appointed: August 10, 1814
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: August 24, 1816
- Terminated mission: Left post May 15, 1819
John Forsyth
- Appointed: February 16, 1819
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 18, 1819
- Terminated mission: Had farewell audience, March 2, 1823
Hugh Nelson
- Appointed: January 15, 1823
- Title: Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 4, 1823
- Terminated mission: Presented recall July 10, 1825 Note: In 1825 the ministry was upgraded to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Alexander Hill Everett
- Appointed: March 9, 1825
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 4, 1825
- Terminated mission: Left post August 1, 1829
Cornelius P. Van Ness
- Appointed: June 1, 1829
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 9, 1829
- Terminated mission: Presented recall December 21, 1836
William T. Barry
- Appointed: April 10, 1835
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
John H. Eaton
- Appointed: March 16, 1836
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1840
Aaron Vail
- Appointed: May 20, 1840
- Title: Chargé d’Affaires
- Presented credentials: November 5, 1840
- Terminated mission: Vail was superseded by Ambassador Irving, August 1, 1842.
Washington Irving
- Appointed: February 10, 1842
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: August 1, 1842
- Terminated mission: July 29, 1846
Romulus M. Saunders
- Appointed: February 25, 1846
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 31, 1846
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 24, 1849
Daniel M. Barringer
- Appointed: June 18, 1849
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 24, 1849
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 4, 1853
Pierre Soulé
- Appointed: April 7, 1853
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 24, 1853
- Terminated mission: Presented recall February 1, 1855
John C. Breckinridge
- Appointed: January 16, 1855
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Augustus C. Dodge
- Appointed: February 9, 1855
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 17, 1855
- Terminated mission: Presented recall March 12, 1859
William Preston
- Appointed: December 15, 1858
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 12, 1859
- Terminated mission: Presented recall May 24, 1861
Cassius M. Clay
- Appointed: April 14, 1861
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Carl Schurz
- Appointed: March 28, 1861
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 13, 1861
- Terminated mission: Left post December 18, 1861
Gustavus Koerner
- Appointed: June 14, 1862
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: November 4, 1862
- Terminated mission: Left post July 20, 1864
John P. Hale
- Appointed: March 10, 1865
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 30, 1865
- Terminated mission: Presented recall July 29, 1869
William S. Rosecrans
- Appointed:
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Henry S. Sandford
- Appointed:
- Title:
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
Daniel E. Sickles
- Appointed: May 15, 1869
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 29, 1869
- Terminated mission: Transmitted recall by note January 31, 1874
Caleb Cushing
- Appointed: January 6, 1874
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 30, 1874
- Terminated mission: Left post April 9, 1877
James Russell Lowell
- Appointed: June 11, 1877
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: August 18, 1877
- Terminated mission: Presented recall March 2, 1880
Lucius Fairchild
- Appointed: January 26, 1880
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 31, 1880
- Terminated mission: Presented recall December 20, 1881
Hannibal Hamlin
- Appointed: June 30, 1881
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 20, 1881
- Terminated mission: Left post October 17, 1882
John W. Foster
- Appointed: February 27, 1883
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 16, 1883
- Terminated mission: Presented recall August 28, 1885
Jabez L.M. Curry
- Appointed: October 7, 1885
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 22, 1885
- Terminated mission: Left post July 5, 1888
Perry Belmont
- Appointed: November 17, 1888
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: February 13, 1889
- Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1889
Thomas W. Palmer
- Appointed: March 12, 1889
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 17, 1889
- Terminated mission: Left post April 19, 1890
E. Burd Grubb
- Appointed: September 27, 1890
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: December 23, 1890
- Terminated mission: Left post May 26, 1892
A. Loudon Snowden
- Appointed: July 22, 1892
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: October 6, 1892
- Terminated mission: Presented recall June 3, 1893
Hannis Taylor
- Appointed: April 8, 1893
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: July 1, 1893
- Terminated mission: Presented recall September 13, 1897
Stewart L. Woodford
- Appointed: June 19, 1897
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: September 13, 1897
- Terminated mission: Left post April 21, 1898
Bellamy Storer
- Appointed: April 12, 1899
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 16, 1899
- Terminated mission: Presented recall December 10, 1902
Arthur S. Hardy
- Appointed: September 26, 1902
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: March 2, 1903
- Terminated mission: Presented recall May 1, 1905
William Miller Collier
- Appointed: March 8, 1905
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: May 15, 1905
- Terminated mission: Superseded by Ambassador Ide on June 9, 1909
Henry Clay Ide
- Appointed: April 1, 1909
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials: June 9, 1909
- Terminated mission: Left post July 8, 1913
Joseph Edward Willard
- Appointed: July 28, 1913
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Presented credentials:
- Terminated mission:
  Note: In August 1913, the title of the office was changed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. This required a new commission.
Joseph Edward Willard
Appointed: September 10, 1913
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: October 31, 1913
Terminated mission: Left post July 7, 1921
Cyrus E. Woods
Appointed: June 24, 1921
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: October 14, 1921
Terminated mission: Left post April 18, 1923
Alexander P. Moore
Appointed: March 3, 1923
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: May 16, 1923
Terminated mission: Left post December 20, 1925
Ogden H. Hammond
Appointed: December 21, 1925
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: March 26, 1926
Terminated mission: Left post October 13, 1929
Irwin B. Laughlin
Appointed: October 16, 1929
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: December 24, 1929
Terminated mission: Left post April 12, 1933
Claude G. Bowers
Appointed: April 6, 1933
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: June 1, 1933
Terminated mission: Had final interview, February 2, 1939
Alexander W. Weddell
Appointed: May 3, 1939
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: June 15, 1939
Terminated mission: Left post February 7, 1942
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Appointed: May 2, 1942
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: June 9, 1942
Terminated mission: Left Spain, January 18, 1945
Norman Armour
Appointed: December 15, 1944
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: March 24, 1945
Terminated mission: Left post December 1, 1945
Philip W. Bonsal
Appointed:
Title: Chargé d’Affaires
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Paul T. Culbertson
Appointed:
Title: Chargé d’Affaires
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Stanton Griffis
Appointed: February 1, 1951
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: March 1, 1951
Terminated mission: Relinquished charge January 28, 1952
Lincoln MacVeagh
Appointed: February 21, 1952
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: March 27, 1952
Terminated mission: Left post March 4, 1953
James Clement Dunn
Appointed: February 27, 1953
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: April 9, 1953
Terminated mission: Left post February 9, 1955
John Davis Lodge
Appointed: January 22, 1955
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: March 24, 1955
Terminated mission: Left post April 13, 1961
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
Appointed: March 29, 1961
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: May 25, 1961
Terminated mission: Left Spain, October 12, 1961
Ellis O. Briggs
Appointed:
Title:
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Robert F. Woodward
Appointed: April 7, 1962
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: May 10, 1962
Terminated mission: Left post February 1, 1965
Angier Biddle Duke
Appointed: March 11, 1965
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: April 1, 1965
Terminated mission: Left post March 30, 1968
Frank E. McKinney
Appointed: May 11, 1968
Title:
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Appointed: June 24, 1968
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: July 4, 1968
Terminated mission: Left post March 7, 1969
Robert C. Hill
Appointed: May 1, 1969
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: June 12, 1969
Terminated mission: Left post January 12, 1972
Horacio Rivero
Appointed: September 11, 1972
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: October 11, 1972
Terminated mission: Left post November 26, 1974
Peter M. Flanigan
Appointed:
Title:
Presented credentials:
Terminated mission:
Wells Stabler
Appointed: February 20, 1975
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: March 13, 1975
Terminated mission: Left post May 4, 1978
Terence A. Todman
Appointed: May 25, 1978
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: July 20, 1978
Terminated mission: Left post August 8, 1983
Thomas Ostrom Enders
Appointed: August 5, 1983
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: September 15, 1983
Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 1986
Reginald Bartholomew
Appointed: August 18, 1986
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: September 17, 1986
Terminated mission: Left post March 12, 1989
Joseph Zappala
Appointed: October 10, 1989
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: October 16, 1989
Terminated mission: Left post June 4, 1992
Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr.
Appointed: June 15, 1992
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: July 8, 1992
Terminated mission: Left post February 17, 1993
Richard N. Gardner
Appointed: September 16, 1993
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: November 4, 1993
Terminated mission: Left post July 12, 1997 Note: Beginning in 1998, The ambassador to Spain was also accredited to Andorra.
Edward L. Romero
Appointed: June 29, 1998
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: June 30, 1998
Terminated mission: Left post June 1, 2001
George L. Argyros, Sr.
Appointed: November 20, 2001
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: December 13, 2001
Terminated mission: Left post November 21, 2004
Eduardo Aguirre
Appointed: June 21, 2005
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: June 29, 2005
Terminated mission: —

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