List of ambassadors of the United States to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
List of ambassadors

List of ambassadors of the United States to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Section Title: List of ambassadors
Table Section Text: None

Name	State of residency	Background	Title	Appointment	Presentation of credentials	Termination of mission

Theodore Sedgwick Fay	Massachusetts	Minister Resident	Mar 16, 1853	Jun 29, 1853	Presented recall, Jul 1, 1861

George G. Fogg	New Hampshire	Minister Resident	Mar 28, 1861	Jul 1, 1861	Presented recall, Oct 16, 1865

George Harrington	Georgia	Minister Resident	Jul 7, 1865	Oct 16, 1865	Presented recall, Jul 20, 1869

Horace Rublee	Wisconsin	Minister Resident	Apr 20, 1869	Jul 20, 1869	Presented recall, Sep 7, 1876

Horace Rublee	Wisconsin	Chargé d'affaires	Aug 15, 1876	Sep 7, 1876	Left post Oct 1, 1876

George Schneider	Illinois	Chargé d'affaires	May 1, 1877

Nicholas Fish II	New York	Chargé d'affaires	Jun 20, 1877	Aug 7, 1877	Presented recall, Aug 24, 1881

Michael J. Cramer	Kentucky	Chargé d'affaires	May 11, 1881	Aug 25, 1881	Promoted to Minister Resident/Consul General

Michael J. Cramer	Kentucky	Minister Resident/Consul General	Jul 13, 1882	Aug 14, 1882	Presented recall, Jul 9, 1885

Boyd Winchester	Kentucky	Minister Resident/Consul General	May 7, 1885	Jul 9, 1885	Presented recall, May 24, 1889

John D. Washburn	Massachusetts	Minister Resident/Consul General	Mar 12, 1889	May 24, 1889	Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

John D. Washburn	Massachusetts	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Jul 30, 1890	Dec 13, 1890	Left post Aug 10, 1892

Person Colby Cheney	New Hampshire	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Dec 13, 1892	Jan 26, 1893	Presented recall, Jan 29, 1893

James Broadhead	Missouri	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Apr 7, 1893	Jul 5, 1893	Appointment terminated, Nov 1, 1895

John L. Peak	Missouri	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Nov 18, 1895	Feb 15, 1896	Presented recall, Aug 9, 1897

John George Alexander Leishman	Pennsylvania	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Jun 9, 1897	Aug 9, 1897	Presented recall, Feb 20, 1901

Arthur Sherburne Hardy	New Hampshire	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Dec 20, 1900	Apr 3, 1901	Presented recall, Jan 29, 1903

Charles Page Bryan	Illinois	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Sep 26, 1902

Charles Page Bryan	Illinois	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Dec 8, 1902

David Jayne Hill	New York	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Jan 7, 1903	Feb 24, 1903	Presented recall, Jul 1, 1905

Brutus J. Clay II	Kentucky	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Mar 8, 1905	Jul 1, 1905	Superseded, Mar 1, 1910

Laurits S. Swenson	Minnesota	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Dec 21, 1909	Mar 1, 1910	Presented recall, May 15, 1911

Henry Sherman Boutell	Illinois	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Apr 24, 1911	May 23, 1911	Presented recall, Jul 31, 1913

Pleasant A. Stovall	Georgia	Non-career appointee	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Jun 21, 1913	Aug 23, 1913	Left post Dec 14, 1919

Hampson Gary	Texas	Non-career appointee	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Apr 7, 1920	Jun 3, 1920	Left post about Mar 4, 1921

Joseph Grew	Massachusetts	Foreign Service Officer	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Sep 24, 1921	Nov 1, 1921	Left post Mar 22, 1924

Hugh S. Gibson	California	Foreign Service officer	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Mar 18, 1924	May 19, 1924	Presented recall, Apr 29, 1927

Hugh R. Wilson	Illinois	Foreign Service officer	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Feb 26, 1927	Jun 11, 1927	Left post Jul 8, 1937

Leland B. Harrison	Illinois	Foreign Service officer	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Jul 13, 1937	Sep 10, 1937	Left post Oct 14, 1947

John Carter Vincent	Georgia	Foreign Service officer	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Jul 24, 1947	Oct 21, 1947	Left post Jun 9, 1951

Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr.	New York	Non-career appointee	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Mar 22, 1951	Jun 27, 1951	Left post Apr 14, 1953

Frances E. Willis	California	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Jul 20, 1953	Oct 9, 1953	Left post May 5, 1957

Henry J. Taylor	Virginia	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 9, 1957	May 31, 1957	Left post Feb 28, 1961

Robert M. McKinney	New Mexico	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Jun 22, 1961	Jul 25, 1961	Left post Sep 8, 1963

W. True Davis, Jr.	Missouri	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Oct 2, 1963	Nov 29, 1963	Left post Sep 3, 1965

John S. Hayes	Maryland	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Sep 19, 1966	Nov 18, 1966	Left post May 20, 1969

Shelby Cullom Davis	New York	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 13, 1969	Jul 17, 1969	Left post Apr 10, 1975

Peter H. Dominick	Colorado	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Feb 20, 1975	Apr 25, 1975	Left post Jul 10, 1975

Nathaniel Davis	New Jersey	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Nov 20, 1975	Jan 9, 1976	Left post Jul 31, 1977

Marvin L. Warner	Ohio	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Jul 11, 1977	Sep 13, 1977	Left post Jul 10, 1979

Richard David Vine	California	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Sep 20, 1979	Oct 19, 1979	Left post Sep 1, 1981

Faith Whittlesey	Pennsylvania	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Sep 28, 1981	Oct 23, 1981	Left post Feb 28, 1983

John Davis Lodge	Connecticut	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Mar 18, 1983	May 19, 1983	Left post Apr 30, 1985

Faith Whittlesey	Pennsylvania	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Apr 4, 1985	May 31, 1985	Left post Jun 14, 1988

Philip D. Winn	Colorado	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Jul 11, 1988	Aug 19, 1988	Left post Aug 5, 1989

Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn	District of Columbia	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Aug 3, 1989	Aug 23, 1989	Left post Mar 1, 1993

The following officers served as Chargés d'affaires ad interim (1993–94): John E. Hall (Mar–Aug 1993), Brian M.

M. Larry Lawrence	California	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Feb 9, 1994	Mar 21, 1994	Died at post Jan 9, 1996

Madeleine M. Kunin	Vermont	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Aug 8, 1996	Aug 19, 1996	Left post Aug 16, 1999

J. Richard Fredericks	California	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Oct 29, 1999	Dec 2, 1999	Left post Jul 6, 2001

Mercer Reynolds	Ohio	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Aug 3, 2001	Sep 11, 2001	Left post Mar 29, 2003

Pamela Willeford	Texas	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Oct 7, 2003	Nov 25, 2003	Left post May 6, 2006

Peter R. Coneway	Texas	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Sept 6, 2006	Oct 19, 2006	Dec 7, 2008

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Virginia	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 5, 2009	August 15, 2009	May 29, 2013

Suzan G. LeVine	Washington	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 2, 2014	July 1, 2014	January 20, 2017

Ed McMullen	South Carolina	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 2, 2017	November 21, 2017

Sentence(s)

From 2009 to 2013, Beyer served as United States ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

final_sentence: From 2009 to 2013, Beyer served as United States ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.