# List of ambassadors of the United States to Venezuela

The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Venezuela. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The ambassadors are posted at the Embassy of the United States, Caracas.

## Ambassadors

| Representative | Title | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission | Appointed by |
| B.Irvine | Chargé d'Affaires | February 14, 1819 | June 29, 1835 | Martin Van Buren |
| John G. A. Williamson | Chargé d'Affaires | June 30, 1835 | August 7, 1840 | Andrew Jackson |
| A. A. Hall | Chargé d'Affaires | September 22, 1841 | November 29, 1844 | John Tyler |
| Vespasian Ellis | Chargé d'Affaires | November 29, 1844 | August 1, 1845 | John Tyler |
| Benjamin G. Shields | Chargé d'Affaires | August 1, 1845 | January 2, 1850 | James K. Polk |
| I. Nevitt Steele | Chargé d'Affaires | January 7, 1850 | October 18, 1853 | Zachary Taylor |
| Charles Eames | Chargé d'Affaires | May 23, 1854 | September 2, 1854 | Franklin Pierce |
| Charles Eames | Minister Resident | September 2, 1854 | September 14, 1858 | Franklin Pierce |
| Edward A. Turpin | Minister Resident | September 21, 1858 | November 16, 1861 | James Buchanan |
| Henry T. Blow | Minister Resident | June 8, 1861 | February 22, 1862 | Abraham Lincoln |
| Erastus D. Culver | Minister Resident | October 7, 1862 | May 17, 1866 | Abraham Lincoln |
| James Wilson | Minister Resident | October 10, 1866 | August 8, 1867 | Andrew Johnson |
| Thomas N. Stilwell | Minister Resident | December 16, 1867 | June 7, 1868 | Andrew Johnson |
| James R. Partridge | Minister Resident | July 8, 1869 | May 9, 1870 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| William A. Pile | Minister Resident | October 9, 1871 | January 9, 1874 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Thomas Russell | Minister Resident | July 4, 1874 | January 29, 1877 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Jehu Baker | Minister Resident | March 18, 1878 | September 5, 1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| George W. Carter | Minister Resident | September 1881 | May 16, 1882 | Chester A. Arthur |
| Jehu Baker | Minister Resident | May 16, 1882 | July 7, 1884 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Jehu Baker | Minister Resident/Consul General | July 7, 1884 | June 20, 1885 | Chester A. Arthur |
| Charles L. Scott | Minister Resident/Consul General | June 24, 1885 | September 18, 1888 | Grover Cleveland |
| Charles L. Scott | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | September 18, 1888 | January 18, 1889 | Grover Cleveland |
| William L. Scruggs | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 30, 1889 | December 15, 1892 | Benjamin Harrison |
| Frank C. Partridge | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 4, 1893 | January 9, 1894 | Grover Cleveland |
| Seneca Haselton | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 14, 1894 | May 1, 1895 | Grover Cleveland |
| Allen Thomas | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | July 22, 1895 | June 30, 1897 | Grover Cleveland |
| Francis B. Loomis | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 6, 1897 | March 25, 1901 | William McKinley |
| Herbert W. Bowen | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 24, 1901 | May 1, 1905 | William McKinley |
| William W. Russell | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | August 22, 1905 | March 8, 1908 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Jacob Sleeper | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | March 8, 1908 | March 15, 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| William W. Russell | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 15, 1909 | March 24, 1910 | William H. Taft |
| John W. Garrett | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | March 30, 1911 | October 21, 1911 | William H. Taft |
| Elliott Northcott | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 14, 1912 | June 3, 1913 | William H. Taft |
| Preston Buford McGoodwin | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | October 22, 1913 | October 5, 1921 | Woodrow Wilson |
| Willis C. Cook | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 1, 1922 | May 7, 1929 | Warren G. Harding |
| George T. Summerlin | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | February 21, 1930 | January 15, 1935 | Herbert Hoover |
| Meredith Nicholson | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | April 22, 1935 | April 14, 1938 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Antonio C. Gonzalez | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | May 18, 1938 | February 8, 1939 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Frank P. Corrigan | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 14, 1939 | September 5, 1947 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Walter J. Donnelly | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 1, 1947 | September 2, 1950 | Harry S. Truman |
| Norman Armour | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | December 7, 1950 | October 2, 1951 | Harry S. Truman |
| Fletcher Warren | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 21, 1951 | March 24, 1956 | Harry S. Truman |
| Dempster McIntosh | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | April 26, 1956 | December 27, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Edward J. Sparks | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 19, 1958 | April 15, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Teodoro Moscoso | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 23, 1961 | November 21, 1961 | John F. Kennedy |
| C. Allan Stewart | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 14, 1962 | November 28, 1964 | John F. Kennedy |
| Maurice M. Bernbaum | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 4, 1965 | July 9, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Robert M. McClintock | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 7, 1970 | March 14, 1975 | Richard Nixon |
| Harry W. Shlaudeman | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | May 9, 1975 | May 14, 1976 | Gerald Ford |
| Viron P. Vaky | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 26, 1976 | June 24, 1978 | Gerald Ford |
| William H. Luers | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 9, 1978 | June 28, 1982 | Jimmy Carter |
| George W. Landau | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 25, 1982 | June 4, 1985 | Ronald Reagan |
| Otto J. Reich | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | June 6, 1986 | July 17, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
| Kenneth N. Skoug, Jr. | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 17, 1989 | September 1990 | George H. W. Bush |
| Robert C. Felder | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | September 1990 | November 19, 1990 | George H. W. Bush |
| Michael Martin Skol | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 19, 1990 | August 23, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| Jeffrey Davidow | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 1, 1993 | May 16, 1996 | Bill Clinton |
| John F. Keane | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | May 1996 | March 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| John Francis Maisto | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 21, 1997 | August 7, 2000 | Bill Clinton |
| Donna Jean Hrinak | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | August 25, 2000 | January 23, 2002 | Bill Clinton |
| Charles S. Shapiro | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 19, 2002 | August 31, 2004 | George W. Bush |
| William Brownfield | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 15, 2004 | July 2007 | George W. Bush |
| Patrick Duddy | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 29, 2007 | September 6, 2008 | George W. Bush |
| John Caulfield | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | September 6, 2008 | July 1, 2009 | George W. Bush |
| Patrick Duddy | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 1, 2009 | July 16, 2010 | Barack Obama |
| Phil Laidlaw | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 16, 2010 | July 9, 2014 | |
| M. Lee McClenny | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | July 9, 2014 | December 15, 2017 | |
| Larry Leon Palmer | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Not commissioned | — | Barack Obama |
| Todd D. Robinson | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | December 18, 2017 | May 22, 2018 | Donald Trump |
| James B. Story | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 2018 | May 19, 2023 | Donald Trump |
| Francisco Palmieri | Chief of Mission | May 19, 2023 | January 20, 2025 | Joe Biden |
| Michael A. Barkin | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | January 20, 2025 | February 1, 2025 | Donald Trump |
| John McNamara | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | February 1, 2025 | Incumbent | Donald Trump |