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Ambassador of the United States to Brazil
Embaixadora dos Estados Unidos da América no Brasil
Seal of the United States Department of State
since February 3, 2023
StyleMadam Ambassador
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderCondy Raguet
as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationOctober 29, 1825
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Brazil

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

List

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Representative Title Presentation
of credentials 		Termination
of mission 		Appointed by
Condy Raguet Chargé d'Affaires October 29, 1825 April 16, 1827 John Quincy Adams
William Tudor June 25, 1828 March 9, 1830[1]
Ethan A. Brown February 18, 1831 April 11, 1834 Andrew Jackson
William Hunter January 7, 1835 January 1, 1842
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary January 1, 1842 December 9, 1843 John Tyler
George H. Proffit December 11, 1843 August 10, 1844[2]
Henry A. Wise August 10, 1844 August 28, 1847
David Tod August 28, 1847 August 9, 1851 James K. Polk
Robert C. Schenck August 9, 1851 October 8, 1853 Millard Fillmore
William Trousdale October 8, 1853 December 5, 1857 Franklin Pierce
Richard K. Meade December 5, 1857 July 9, 1861 James Buchanan
James Watson Webb October 21, 1861 May 26, 1869 Abraham Lincoln
James Monroe[3][4] Chargé d'Affaires ad interim 1869 1869 Ulysses S. Grant
Henry T. Blow Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 28, 1869 November 6, 1870
James R. Partridge July 31, 1871 June 11, 1877
Henry W. Hilliard October 23, 1877 June 15, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
Thomas A. Osborn December 17, 1881 July 11, 1885 James Garfield
Thomas J. Jarvis July 11, 1885 November 19, 1888 Grover Cleveland
Robert Adams, Jr. July 20, 1889 March 1, 1890 Benjamin Harrison
Edwin H. Conger December 19, 1890 September 9, 1893
Thomas L. Thompson September 9, 1893 July 17, 1897 Grover Cleveland
Edwin H. Conger August 9, 1897 February 6, 1898 William McKinley
Charles Page Bryan April 11, 1898 December 3, 1902
David E. Thompson April 1, 1903 March 16, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 16, 1905 November 3, 1905
Lloyd C. Griscom June 6, 1906 January 2, 1907
Irving Bedell Dudley April 1, 1907 September 16, 1911
Edwin V. Morgan June 4, 1912 August 23, 1933 William H. Taft
Hugh S. Gibson August 23, 1933 December 3, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jefferson Caffery August 17, 1937 September 17, 1944
Adolf A. Berle, Jr. January 30, 1945 February 27, 1946
William D. Pawley June 13, 1946 March 26, 1948 Harry S. Truman
Herschel Vespasian Johnson July 22, 1948 May 27, 1953
James S. Kemper August 18, 1953 January 26, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Clement Dunn March 11, 1955 July 4, 1956
Ellis O. Briggs July 24, 1956 April 29, 1959
John M. Cabot July 22, 1959 August 17, 1961
Lincoln Gordon October 19, 1961 February 25, 1966 John F. Kennedy
John W. Tuthill June 30, 1966 January 9, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Burke Elbrick July 14, 1969 May 7, 1970 Richard Nixon
William M. Rountree November 16, 1970 May 30, 1973
John Hugh Crimmins August 13, 1973 February 25, 1978
Robert M. Sayre June 8, 1978 September 19, 1981 Jimmy Carter
Langhorne A. Motley October 6, 1981 July 6, 1983 Ronald Reagan
Diego C. Asencio December 20, 1983 February 28, 1986
Harry W. Shlaudeman August 5, 1986 May 14, 1989
Richard Huntington Melton December 12, 1989 December 16, 1993 George H. W. Bush
Melvyn Levitsky June 1, 1994 June 17, 1998 Bill Clinton
Anthony Stephen Harrington February 8, 2000 February 28, 2001
Cristobal R. Orozco Chargé d'Affaires ad interim February 28, 2001 April 23, 2002 George W. Bush
Donna J. Hrinak Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary April 23, 2002 June 26, 2004
John J. Danilovich September 2, 2004 November 7, 2005
Philip T. Chicola Chargé d'Affaires ad interim November 7, 2005 August 2, 2006
Clifford M. Sobel Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary November 7, 2006 August 7, 2009[5]
Tom Shannon February 4, 2010 September 6, 2013 Barack Obama
Liliana Ayalde October 31, 2013 January 3, 2017
P. Michael McKinley January 20, 2017 November 5, 2018 Donald Trump
William W. Popp Chargé d'Affaires ad interim November 5, 2018 March 30, 2020
Todd C. Chapman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary March 30, 2020 July 23, 2021
Douglas Koneff Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 28, 2021 February 2, 2023 Joe Biden
Elizabeth Bagley Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary February 3, 2023 Incumbent Joe Biden

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Died at post.
  2. ^ Proffit was a recess appointment; the Senate declined to confirm him and he was recalled.
  3. ^ "James Monroe (1821-1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  4. ^ "RG 30/22 - James Monroe (1821-1898) - Biography". Oberlin College Archives. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  5. ^ "Clifford M. Sobel - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
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