List of ambassadors of the United States to India
U.S. Ambassadors to the Republic of India (1950-present)

List of ambassadors of the United States to India

Section Title: U.S. Ambassadors to the Republic of India (1950-present)
Table Section Text: None

Name	State	Status	Title	Appointment	Credentials Presented	Termination of Mission	Notes

Loy W. Henderson	Colorado	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 24, 1950	September 21, 1951	Reaccredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials Feb 24, 1950; left post Sep 21, 1951; commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.

Chester Bowles	Connecticut	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 10, 1951	November 1, 1951	Left post, Mar 23, 1953	Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.

George V. Allen	North Carolina	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 11, 1953	May 4, 1953	Left post, November 30, 1954	Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.

John Sherman Cooper	Kentucky	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 4, 1955	April 9, 1955	Left post, April 23, 1956	Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.

Ellsworth Bunker	Vermont	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 28, 1956	March 4, 1957	Left India, March 23, 1961	Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 25, 1957.

John Kenneth Galbraith	Massachusetts	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	March 29, 1961	April 18, 1961	Left post, Jul 12, 1963

Chester Bowles	Connecticut	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 3, 1963	July 19, 1963	Left post, April 21, 1969

Kenneth B. Keating	New York	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 1, 1969	July 2, 1969	Left post, July 26, 1972

Daniel P. Moynihan	New York	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 8, 1973	February 28, 1973	Left post, January 7, 1975

William B. Saxbe	Ohio	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 3, 1975	March 8, 1975	Left post, November 20, 1976

Robert F. Goheen	New Jersey	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 26, 1977	May 26, 1977	Left post, December 10, 1980

Harry G. Barnes, Jr.	Maryland	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 1, 1981	November 17, 1981	Left post, June 27, 1985

John Gunther Dean	New York	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 2, 1985	September 6, 1985	Left post November 7, 1988

John R. Hubbard	California	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 22, 1988	December 27, 1988	Left post November 15, 1989	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.

William Clark, Jr.	District of Columbia	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	October 10, 1989	December 22, 1989	Left post, July 2, 1992

Thomas R. Pickering	New Jersey	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 6, 1992	August 14, 1992	Left post, March 23, 1993	Kenneth Brill served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, March 1993-August 1994.

Frank G. Wisner	District of Columbia	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 9, 1994	August 2, 1994	Left post, July 12, 1997

Richard Frank Celeste	Ohio	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 10, 1997	November 28, 1997	Left post April 25, 2001

Robert Blackwill	Kansas	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 12, 2001	September 14, 2001	Left post July 31, 2003

David Campbell Mulford	Illinois	Non-career officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 12, 2003	February 23, 2004	Left post February 2009

Timothy J. Roemer	Indiana	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 23, 2009	August 11, 2009	Left post June 30, 2011

Albert Peter Burleigh	California	Foreign Service officer	Chargé d'affaires	June 2011	Left post 2012

Nancy Jo Powell	Iowa	Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 7, 2012	April 19, 2012	March 31, 2014

Kathleen Stephens	Arizona	Foreign Service officer (interim)	Chargé d'affaires	May 22, 2014	Assumed position after resignation of Nancy Jo Powell.

Richard Verma	Pennsylvania	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 19, 2014	January 20, 2017	First US Ambassador to India of Indian origin.

MaryKay Carlson	Tennessee	Foreign Service officer (interim)	Chargé d'affaires	January 21, 2017	November 15, 2017	Assumed office after Ambassador Richard Verma demitted office following President Trump’s inauguration on January 20

Kenneth Juster	New York	Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 23, 2017

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Galbraith was appointed United States Ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963.

final_sentence: Galbraith was appointed United States Ambassador to India from 1961 to 1963.