Name |
State |
Status |
Title |
Appointment |
Credentials
Presented |
Termination
of Mission |
Notes |
Henry F. Grady |
California |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Apr 10, 1947 |
Jul 1, 1947 |
Left post, Jun 22, 1948 |
Accredited also to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
Loy W. Henderson |
Colorado |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Jul 14, 1948 |
Nov 19, 1948 |
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 |
Oct 10, 1951 |
Nov 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 |
Mar 11, 1953 |
May 4, 1953 |
Left post, Nov 30, 1954 |
Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
John Sherman Cooper |
Kentucky |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Feb 4, 1955 |
Apr 9, 1955 |
Left post, Apr 23, 1956 |
Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
Ellsworth Bunker |
Vermont |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Nov 28, 1956 |
Mar 4, 1957 |
Left India, Mar 23, 1961 |
Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 25, 1957. |
John Kenneth Galbraith |
Massachusetts |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Mar 29, 1961 |
Apr 18, 1961 |
Left post, Jul 12, 1963 |
|
Chester Bowles |
Connecticut |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
May 3, 1963 |
Jul 19, 1963 |
Left post, Apr 21, 1969 |
|
Kenneth B. Keating |
New York |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
May 1, 1969 |
Jul 2, 1969 |
Left post, Jul 26, 1972 |
|
Daniel P. Moynihan |
New York |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Feb 8, 1973 |
Feb 28, 1973 |
Left post, Jan 7, 1975 |
|
William B. Saxbe |
Ohio |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Feb 3, 1975 |
Mar 8, 1975 |
Left post, Nov 20, 1976 |
|
Robert F. Goheen |
New Jersey |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Apr 26, 1977 |
May 26, 1977 |
Left post, Dec 10, 1980 |
|
Harry G. Barnes, Jr. |
Maryland |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Oct 1, 1981 |
Nov 17, 1981 |
Left post, Jun 27, 1985 |
|
John Gunther Dean |
New York |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Aug 2, 1985 |
Sep 6, 1985 |
Left post Nov 7, 1988 |
|
John R. Hubbard |
California |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Nov 22, 1988 |
Dec 27, 1988 |
Left post Nov 15, 1989 |
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. |
William Clark, Jr. |
District of Columbia |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Oct 10, 1989 |
Dec 22, 1989 |
Left post, Jul 2, 1992 |
|
Thomas R. Pickering |
New Jersey |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Apr 6, 1992 |
Aug 14, 1992 |
Left post, Mar 23, 1993 |
Kenneth Brill served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Mar 1993-Aug 1994. |
Frank G. Wisner |
District of Columbia |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Jun 9, 1994 |
Aug 2, 1994 |
Left post, July 12, 1997 |
|
Richard Frank Celeste |
Ohio |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Nov 10, 1997 |
Nov 28, 1997 |
Left post Apr 25, 2001 |
|
Robert Blackwill |
Kansas |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Jul 12, 2001 |
Sep 14, 2001 |
Left post Jul 31, 2003 |
|
David Campbell Mulford |
Illinois |
Non-career officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Dec 12, 2003 |
Feb 23, 2004 |
Left post February 2009 |
Timothy J. Roemer |
Indiana |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Jul 23, 2009[1] |
Aug 11, 2009 |
Left post June 30, 2011 |
|
Albert Peter Burleigh |
California |
Foreign Service officer[2] |
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 |
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