List of ambassadors of the United States to India
U.S. Ambassadors to the Republic of India (1950-present)
Table:
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. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.

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[2]

August 11, 2009

Left post June 30, 2011

Albert Peter Burleigh

California

Foreign Service officer[3]

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.[4]

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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