List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia
Russian Empire (1780–1917)

List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia

Section Title: Russian Empire (1780–1917)
Table Section Text: None

Name	State	Appointment	Presentation	Termination	Notes

Francis Dana	Massachusetts	December 19, 1780	September 1783	Proceeded to post, but was not officially received at court.

William Short	Virginia	September 8, 1808	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Did not proceed to post, his nomination having been rejected by the Senate while he was en route.

John Quincy Adams	Massachusetts	June 27, 1809	November 5, 1809	April 28, 1814	Nomination of March 6, 1809 rejected by the Senate; nomination of June 26, 1809 confirmed.

James A. Bayard	Delaware	February 28, 1815	Did not proceed to post.

William Pinkney	Maryland	March 7, 1816	January 13, 1817	February 14, 1818

George Washington Campbell	Tennessee	April 16, 1818	February 7, 1819	July 8, 1820

Henry Middleton	South Carolina	April 6, 1820	June 17, 1821	August 3, 1830

John Randolph	Virginia	May 26, 1830	September 19, 1830	Proceeded to post, but did not present credentials.

James Buchanan	Pennsylvania	January 4, 1832	June 11, 1832	August 5, 1833

Mahlon Dickerson	New Jersey	May 28, 1834	Declined appointment.

William Wilkins	Pennsylvania	June 30, 1834	December 14, 1834	December 24, 1835

John Randolph Clay	Pennsylvania	June 29, 1836	September 2, 1836	August 5, 1837

George M. Dallas	Pennsylvania	March 7, 1837	August 6, 1837	July 29, 1839

Churchill C. Cambreleng	New York	May 25, 1840	September 21, 1840	July 13, 1841	Commissioned not of record; letter of credence issued on May 25, 1840.

Charles Stewart Todd	Kentucky	August 27, 1841	November 28, 1841	January 27, 1846

Ralph I. Ingersoll	Connecticut	August 8, 1846	May 30, 1847	July 1, 1848

Arthur P. Bagby	Alabama	June 15, 1848	January 14, 1849	May 14, 1849

Neill S. Brown	Tennessee	May 2, 1850	August 13, 1850	June 23, 1853

Thomas H. Seymour	Connecticut	May 24, 1853	April 2, 1854	July 17, 1858	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 6, 1853.

Francis W. Pickens	South Carolina	January 11, 1858	July 18, 1858	September 9, 1860

John Appleton	Maine	June 8, 1860	September 9, 1860	June 8, 1861

Cassius Marcellus Clay	Kentucky	March 28, 1861	July 14, 1861	June 25, 1862

Simon Cameron	Pennsylvania	January 17, 1862	June 25, 1862	September 18, 1862

Cassius Marcellus Clay	Kentucky	March 11, 1863	May 7, 1863	October 1, 1869

John L. Dawson	Pennsylvania	Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.

Henry A. Smythe	New York	Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.

Andrew G. Curtin	Pennsylvania	April 16, 1869	October 28, 1869	July 1, 1872

James Lawrence Orr	South Carolina	December 12, 1872	March 18, 1873	May 6, 1873

Marshall Jewell	Connecticut	May 29, 1873	December 9, 1873	July 19, 1874	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 10, 1873.

George H. Boker	Pennsylvania	January 13, 1875	July 24, 1875	January 14, 1878

Edwin W. Stoughton	New York	October 30, 1877	January 14, 1878	March 2, 1879

John W. Foster	Indiana	January 26, 1880	June 11, 1880	August 1, 1881

William H. Hunt	Louisiana	April 12, 1882	August 23, 1882	February 27, 1884	Died at post.

Aaron Augustus Sargent	California	Not commissioned although nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

Alphonso Taft	Ohio	July 4, 1884	September 3, 1884	July 31, 1885

Alexander R. Lawton	Georgia	Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.

George V. N. Lothrop	Michigan	May 7, 1885	July 31, 1885	August 1, 1888	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 13, 1886.

Lambert Tree	Illinois	September 25, 1888	January 4, 1889	February 2, 1889

C. Allen Thorndike Rice	New York	March 30, 1889	Took oath of office, but died in the United States before proceeding to post.

Charles Emory Smith	Pennsylvania	February 14, 1890	May 14, 1890	April 17, 1892

Andrew D. White	New York	July 22, 1892	November 7, 1892	October 1, 1894

Clifton R. Breckinridge	Arkansas	July 20, 1894	November 1, 1894	December 10, 1897	Officially recognized on November 1, 1894.

Ethan A. Hitchcock	Missouri	August 16, 1897	December 16, 1897	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 18, 1897.

Ethan A. Hitchcock	Missouri	February 11, 1898	March 21, 1898	January 28, 1899	Position upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Charlemagne Tower, Jr.	Pennsylvania	January 12, 1899	March 19, 1899	November 19, 1902

Robert S. McCormick	Illinois	September 26, 1902	January 12, 1903	March 27, 1905	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on December 8, 1902.

George von Lengerke Meyer	Massachusetts	March 8, 1905	April 12, 1905	January 26, 1907

John W. Riddle	Minnesota	December 19, 1906	February 8, 1907	September 8, 1909

William Woodville Rockhill	District of Columbia	May 17, 1909	January 11, 1910	June 17, 1911

Curtis Guild	Massachusetts	April 24, 1911	August 17, 1911	April 24, 1913

Henry M. Pindell	Illinois	January 27, 1914	Declined appointment.

George T. Marye	California	July 9, 1914	October 30, 1914	March 29, 1916	Resigned due to poor health.

David R. Francis	Missouri	March 6, 1916	May 5, 1916	November 7, 1917	Normal relations interrupted, November 7, 1917; new Government of Russia still unrecognized by the United States when Francis left Russia on November 7, 1918.

Sentence(s)

Lothrup served as U.S. Minister to Russia from 1885 to 1888.

final_sentence: Lothrup served as U.S. Minister to Russia from 1885 to 1888.