List of ambassadors of the United States to Spain
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.
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
Denotes Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
Name
Image
Type of Appointee
Title
Appointment
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
President(s)
William Carmichael
Chargé d'Affaires
Apr 20, 1790
No 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, 1794
George Washington (Unaffiliated)
William Short
Minister Resident
May 28, 1794
Sep 7, 1794
Left post, Nov 1, 1795
David Humphreys
Minister Plenipotentiary
May 20, 1796
Sep 10, 1797
Probably presented recall soon after December 28, 1801
John Adams (Federalist)
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Charles Pinckney
Minister Plenipotentiary
Jun 6, 1801[1]
January–March 1802
Presented recall, Oct 25, 1804
George W. Erving
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
Oct 1805
Feb 1810
James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Minister Plenipotentiary
Aug 10, 1814[2]
Aug 24, 1816
Left post, May 15, 1819
James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
John Forsyth
Minister Plenipotentiary
Feb 16, 1819
May 18, 1819
Had farewell audience, Mar 2, 1823
Hugh Nelson
Minister Plenipotentiary
Jan 15, 1823
Dec 4, 1823
Presented recall Jul 10, 1825
John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)
Alexander Hill Everett
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Mar 9, 1825
Sep 4, 1825
Left post Aug 1, 1829
Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
Cornelius P. Van Ness
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jun 1, 1829[3]
Dec 9, 1829
Presented recall, Dec 21, 1836
John H. Eaton
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Mar 16, 1836
No report has been found of Eaton’s presentation of credentials, which probably took place about February 1, 1837
Left post, May 1, 1840
Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
Aaron Vail
Chargé d'Affaires
May 20, 1840
Nov 5, 1840
Superseded, Aug 1, 1842
William Henry Harrison (Whig)
John Tyler (Whig/Unaffiliated)
Washington Irving
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Feb 10, 1842
Aug 1, 1842
Presented recall, Jul 29, 1846
James K. Polk (Democratic)
Romulus M. Saunders
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Feb 25, 1846
Jul 31, 1846
Presented recall, Sep 24, 1849
Zachary Taylor (Whig)
Daniel M. Barringer
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jun 18, 1849[4]
October 24, 1849
Presented recall Sep 4, 1853
Millard Fillmore (Whig)
Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
Pierre Soule
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Apr 7, 1853
Oct 24, 1853
Presented recall, Feb 1, 1855
Angus C. Dodge
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Feb 9, 1855
Jun 17, 1855
Presented recall, Mar 12, 1859
James Buchanan (Democratic)
William Preston
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Dec 15, 1858
Mar 12, 1859
Presented recall, May 24, 1861
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Carl Schurz
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Mar 28, 1861
Jul 13, 1861
Left post, Dec 18, 1861
Gustavus Koerner
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jun 14, 1862
Nov 4, 1862
Left post, Jul 20, 1864
John P. Hale
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Mar 10, 1865
Sep 30, 1865
Presented recall, Jul 29, 1869
Andrew Johnson (National Union/Democratic)
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Daniel E. Sickles
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
May 15, 1869[5]
July 29, 1869
Presented new credentials on Feb 2, 1871, after change of government; transmitted recall by note Jan 31, 1874
Caleb Cushing
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jan 6, 1874
May 30, 1874
Presented 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 Plenipotentiary
Jun 11, 1877[6]
Aug 18, 1877
Presented recall, Mar 2, 1880
Lucius Fairchild
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jan 26, 1880
Mar 31, 1880
Presented recall, Dec 20, 1881
James A. Garfield (Republican)
Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
Hannibal Hamlin
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jun 30, 1881[7]
Dec 20, 1881
Left post, Oct 17, 1882
John W. Foster
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Feb 27, 1883
Jun 16, 1883
Presented recall, Aug 28, 1885
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Jabez L.M. Curry
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Oct 7, 1885[8]
Dec 22, 1885
Left post, Jul 5, 1888
Perry Belmont
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Nov 17, 1888[9]
Feb 13, 1889
Left post, May 1, 1889
Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Thomas W. Palmer
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Mar 12, 1889
Jun 17, 1889
Left post, Apr 19, 1890
E. Burd Grubb
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Sep 27, 1890
Dec 23, 1890
Left post, May 26, 1892
A. Loudon Snowden
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jul 22, 1892
Oct 6, 1892
Presented recall, Jun 3, 1893
Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Hannis Taylor
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Apr 8, 1893
Jul 1, 1893
Presented recall, Sep 13, 1897
William McKinley (Republican)
Stewart L. Woodford
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jun 19, 1897
Sep 13, 1897
Spain severed diplomatic relations with the U.S., Apr 21, 1898[10]
Bellamy Storer
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Apr 12, 1899[11]
Jun 16, 1899
Presented recall, Dec 10, 1902
Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Arthur S. Hardy
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Sep 26, 1902[12]
Mar 2, 1903
Presented recall, May 1, 1905
William Miller Collier
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Mar 8, 1905
May 15, 1905
Superseded, Jun 9, 1909
William Howard Taft (Republican)
Henry Clay Ide
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Apr 1, 1909
Jun 9, 1909
Left post, Jul 8, 1913
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Joseph E. Willard
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Sep 10, 1913
Oct 31, 1913
Left post, Jul 7, 1921
Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Cyrus E. Woods
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Jun 24, 1921
Oct 14, 1921
Left post, Apr 18, 1923
Alexander P. Moore
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Mar 3, 1923
May 16, 1923
Left post, Dec 20, 1925
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Ogden H. Hammond
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Dec 21, 1925
Mar 26, 1926
Left post, Oct 13, 1929
Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Irwin B. Laughlin
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Oct 16, 1929
Dec 24, 1929
Left post, Apr 12, 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Claude G. Bowers
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Apr 6, 1933
Jun 1, 1933
Had final interview, Feb 2, 1939[13]
H. Freeman Matthews
Career Foreign Service Officer
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
Apr 13, 1939
Alexander W. Weddell
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
May 3, 1939
Jun 15, 1939
Left post, Feb 7, 1942
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
May 2, 1942
Jun 9, 1942
Left Spain, Jan 18, 1945
Norman Armour
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Dec 15, 1944
Mar 24, 1945
Left post, Dec 1, 1945
Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Philip W. Bonsal
Career Foreign Service Officer
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
Mar 1946
Jun 1947
Paul T. Culbertson
Career Foreign Service Officer
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
Jun 1947
Dec 1950
Stanton Griffis
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Feb 1, 1951
Mar 1, 1951
Relinquished charge, Jan 28, 1952
Lincoln MacVeagh
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Feb 21, 1952
Mar 27, 1952
Left post, Mar 4, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
James Clement Dunn
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Feb 27, 1953
Apr 9, 1953
Left post, Feb 9, 1955
John Lodge
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Jan 22, 1955
Mar 24, 1955
Left post, Apr 13, 1961
John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Mar 29, 1961
May 25, 1961
Left Spain, Oct 12, 1961
Robert F. Woodward
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Apr 7, 1962
May 10, 1962
Left post, Feb 1, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Angier Biddle Duke
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Mar 11, 1965
Apr 1, 1965
Left post Mar 30, 1968
Robert F. Wagner
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Jun 24, 1968
Jul 4, 1968
Left post, Mar 7, 1969
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Robert C. Hill
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
May 1, 1969
Jun 12, 1969
Left post, Jun 12, 1972
Horacio Rivero Jr.
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Sep 11, 1972
Oct 11, 1972
Left post, Nov 26, 1974
Gerald Ford (Republican)
Wells Stabler
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Feb 20, 1975
Mar 13, 1975
Left post, May 4, 1978
Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Terence A. Todman
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
May 25, 1978
Jul 20, 1978
Left post, Aug 8, 1983
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Thomas Ostrom Enders
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Aug 5, 1983
Sep 15, 1983
Left post Jul 6, 1986
Reginald Bartholomew
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Aug 18, 1986
Sep 17, 1986
Left post, Mar 12, 1989
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Joseph Zappala
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Oct 10, 1989
Oct 16, 1989
Left post, Jun 4, 1992
Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr.
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Jun 15, 1992
Jul 8, 1992
Left post, Feb 17, 1993
Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Richard N. Gardner
Non-career officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Sep 16, 1993
Nov 4, 1993
Left post, Jul 12, 1997
Edward L. Romero
Non-career officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Apr 2, 1998
Jun 30, 1998
Left post, May 1, 2001
George W. Bush (Republican)
George L. Argyros
Non-career officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]
Nov 21, 2001
Dec 13, 2001
Left post, Nov 21, 2004
Eduardo Aguirre
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]
Jun 21, 2005
Jun 29, 2005
Jan 20, 2009
Alan D. Solomont
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]
Dec 29, 2009
Jan 27, 2010
Left post Jun 28, 2013
Barack Obama (Democratic)
James Costos
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]
Aug 19, 2013
Sep 24, 2013
Left post Jan 18, 2017
Richard Duke Buchan III
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]
Nov 20, 2017
Apr 3, 2018
Left post Jan 20, 2021
Donald Trump (Republican)
Conrad Tribble[15]
Foreign Service officer
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
Jan 20, 2021
Feb 2, 2022
Joe Biden (Democratic)
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]
Jan 7, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
Incumbent
Other Nominees
Name
Portrait
Type of Appointee
Title
Appointment
Note
John Jay
Minister Plenipotentiary
Sep 29, 1779
Proceeded to post, but was not formally received at court; left post about May 20, 1782
James Bowdoin
Minister Plenipotentiary
Nov 22, 1804
Did not proceed to post
William T. Barry
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Apr 10, 1853
Took oath of office but died en route to post. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate
John C. Breckinridge
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jan 16, 1855
Declined appointment
Cassius M. Clay
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Apr 14, 1861
Declined appointment
William S. Rosecrans
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate
Henry S. Sanford
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Not commissioned; nominated tabled by the Senate
Joseph E. Willard
Non-career appointee
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Jul 28, 1913
Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post under this appointment
Ellis O. Briggs
Foreign Service officer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Frank E. McKinney
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
May 11, 1968
Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post under this appointment
Peter M. Flanigan
Non-career appointee
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Not commissioned; nomination of Sep 17, 1974 was not acted upon the Senate
Notes
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on January 26, 1802.
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate . Nominated confirmed by the Senate, Oct 3, 1814; commission following confirmation not of record
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 10, 1830
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Sep 28, 1850
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 16, 1870
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after conformation on Oct 30, 1877
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Oct 13, 1881
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 13, 1886
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 13, 1888
^ 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
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 14, 1899
^ Commissioned during a recess of the Senate ; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902
^ 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
^ a b c d e f Also credited to Andorra; resident at Madrid.
^ "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 .
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