List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan
List of chiefs of mission
The following is a list of chiefs of mission. Resident Ministers Townsend Harris (Presented credentials, November 5, 1859–Presented recall, April 26, 1862) Robert H.

List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan

Section Title: List of chiefs of mission
Table Section Text: The following is a list of chiefs of mission. Resident Ministers Townsend Harris (Presented credentials, November 5, 1859–Presented recall, April 26, 1862) Robert H.

Name	Presented credentials	End of term	End of date

Charles E. DeLong	June 9, 1872	Farewell address	October 7, 1873

John Bingham	October 7, 1873	Presented recall	July 2, 1885

Richard B. Hubbard	July 2, 1885	Presented recall	May 15, 1889

John Franklin Swift	May 15, 1889	Died at post	March 10, 1891

Frank Coombs	June 13, 1892	Presented recall	July 14, 1893

Edwin Dun	July 14, 1893	Presented recall	July 2, 1897

Alfred Buck	June 3, 1898	Died at post	December 4, 1902

Lloyd Carpenter Griscom	June 22, 1903	Left Japan	November 19, 1905

Sentence(s)

Charles DeLong served as the United States Envoy to Japan.

final_sentence: Charles DeLong served as the United States Envoy to Japan.