# List of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic.

## List of ambassadors

| Name | Title | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission | Notes |
| John M. Langston | Chargé d'Affaires | March 26, 1884 | Transmitted recall by mail, June 23, 1885 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. |
| John E. W. Thompson | Chargé d'Affaires | March 1, 1885 | Relinquished charge at Port-au-Prince about October 17, 1889 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. |
| Frederick Douglass | Chargé d'Affaires | January 25, 1890 | Left Port-au-Prince, July 1891 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. |
| John S. Durham | Chargé d'Affaires | January 14, 1892 | Presented recall, November 18, 1893 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. |
| Henry M. Smythe | Chargé d'Affaires | November 18, 1893 | Left Santo Domingo, March 20, 1897 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. Credentials presented on November 18, 1893, by his predecessor; Smythe was officially received in person at Santo Domingo, October 28, 1895. |
| William F. Powell | Chargé d'Affaires | February 18, 1898 | Superseded, July 23, 1904 | Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. Officially received on February 18, 1898; had transmitted credentials by mail in November 1897. |
| Thomas C. Dawson | Minister Resident/Consul General | July 23, 1904 | Left post, May 5, 1907 | Accredited to Santo Domingo. |
| Fenton R. McCreery | Minister Resident/Consul General | May 18, 1907 | Left post, October 7, 1909 | Accredited to Santo Domingo. |
| Horace G. Knowles | Minister Resident/Consul General | March 7, 1910 | Presented recall, August 2, 1910 | |
| William W. Russell | Minister Resident/Consul General | November 3, 1910 | Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |
| William W. Russell | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 5, 1911 | Left post, March 2, 1913 | |
| James Mark Sullivan | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 23, 1913 | Left post, June 20, 1915 | |
| William W. Russell | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 7, 1915 | Left post, September 12, 1925 | |
| Evan E. Young | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 28, 1925 | Left post, December 31, 1929 | |
| Charles B. Curtis | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | January 28, 1930 | Left post, August 11, 1931 | |
| H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 9, 1931 | Left post, April 27, 1937 | |
| R. Henry Norweb | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 7, 1937 | Presented recall, February 13-February 19, 1940 | |
| Robert M. Scotten | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | June 21, 1940 | Left post, March 14, 1942 | |
| Avra M. Warren | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 4, 1942 | Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |
| Avra M. Warren | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 17, 1943 | Left post, April 22, 1944 | |
| Ellis O. Briggs | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 3, 1944 | Left post, January 14, 1945 | |
| Joseph F. McGurk | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 17, 1945 | Left post, November 16, 1945 | |
| George Howland Butler | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 19, 1946 | Left post, February 5, 1948 | |
| Ralph H. Ackerman | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 27, 1948 | Left post, June 11, 1952 | |
| Phelps Phelps | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 29, 1952 | Left post, May 30, 1953 | |
| William T. Pheiffer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 29, 1953 | Left post, June 2, 1957 | |
| Joseph S. Farland | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 7, 1957 | Left post, May 28, 1960 | |
| Henry Dearborn | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | Unknown | Diplomatic ties severed, August 26, 1960 | U.S. severed diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic on August 26, 1960. |
| John Calvin Hill | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 6, 1962 | Unknown | U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo was reestablished January 6, 1962 |
| Vinton Chapin | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 23, 1960 | Unknown | Appointed on June 23, 1960, and took oath of office, but did not proceed to post. |
| John Bartlow Martin | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 9, 1962 | Left post, September 28, 1963 | Normal relations interrupted, September 25, 1963; new Government of the Dominican Republic still unrecognized by the U.S. when Martin left post. |
| W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 23, 1964 | Left post, April 13, 1966 | |
| John Hugh Crimmins | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 29, 1966 | Left post, April 16, 1969 | |
| Francis E. Meloy, Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 16, 1969 | Left post, August 6, 1973 | |
| Robert A. Hurwitch | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 5, 1973 | Left post, April 5, 1978 | |
| Robert L. Yost | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 15, 1978 | Left post, June 7, 1982 | |
| Robert Anderson | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 22, 1982 | Left post, August 3, 1985 | |
| Lowell C. Kilday | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 11, 1985 | Left post, August 8, 1988 | |
| Paul D. Taylor | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 18, 1988 | Left post January 9, 1992 | |
| Robert S. Pastorino | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | February 6, 1992 | Left post June 28, 1994 | |
| Donna Jean Hrinak | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 22, 1994 | Left post December 8, 1997 | |
| Mari Carmen Aponte | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Unknown | Unknown | Nomination of April 28 withdrawn on October 5, 1998 |
| Charles Taylor Manatt | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 17, 1999 | Left post March 1, 2001 | |
| Hans H. Hertell | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 29, 2001 | Left post May 1, 2007 | |
| P. Robert Fannin | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 13, 2007 | Left post January 20, 2009 | |
| Christopher Lambert | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | August 2009 | November 17, 2010 | |
| Raúl H. Yzaguirre | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 17, 2010 | Left post May 29, 2013 | |
| James "Wally" Brewster Jr. | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 9, 2013 | Left post January 20, 2017 | |
| Robin S. Bernstein | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 3, 2018 | Left post January 20, 2021 | |
| Robert W. Thomas | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2021 | February 22, 2023 | |
| Alexander Titolo | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 23, 2023 | May 25, 2023 | |
| Isiah Parnell | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | May 25, 2023 | September 28, 2023 | |
| Patricia Aguilera | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | September 28, 2023 | Incumbent | |