List of ambassadors of the United States to China
List of Ambassadors to the Republic of China
The Communists took the Nationalist capital of Nanjing in April 1949, but Stuart was not recalled from China until August 1949.

List of ambassadors of the United States to China

Section Title: List of Ambassadors to the Republic of China
Table Section Text: The Communists took the Nationalist capital of Nanjing in April 1949, but Stuart was not recalled from China until August 1949.

Name	Portrait	Home state	Presented credentials	Terminated

Nelson T. Johnson	-	Oklahoma	September 17, 1935	May 14, 1941

Clarence E. Gauss	-	Connecticut	May 26, 1941	November 14, 1944

Patrick J. Hurley	-	Oklahoma	January 8, 1945	September 22, 1945

John Leighton Stuart	-	Zhejiang Province	July 19, 1946	August 2, 1949

Sentence(s)

In July 1946, John Leighton Stuart was U.S. ambassador to China.

final_sentence: In July 1946, John Leighton Stuart was U.S. ambassador to China.