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Richard Crane – Political appointee • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: April 23, 1919 •
Presented credentials: June 11, 1919 • Terminated mission: December 5, 1921 •
Lewis Einstein – Political appointee • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: October 8, 1921 • Presented credentials: December 20, 1921 • Terminated mission: Left post, February 1, 1930 •
Abraham C. Ratshesky – Political appointee • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: January 25, 1930 • Presented credentials: May 2, 1930 • Terminated mission: Left post, May 13, 1932 •
Henry Frank Holthusen – Political appointee • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: • Presented credentials: • Terminated mission: •
Francis White – Career FSO • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: June 13, 1933 • Presented credentials: September 7, 1933 • Terminated mission: Relinquished charge on November 30, 1933 •
J. Butler Wright – Career FSO • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: March 9, 1934 • Presented credentials: October 25, 1934 • Terminated mission: Left post, June 1, 1937 •
Wilbur J. Carr – Political appointee • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: July 13, 1937 • Presented credentials: September 16, 1937 • Terminated mission: April 6, 1939 •
Note: The embassy in Prague was closed on March 21, 1939, following the occupation of Prague by German forces on March 15. The U.S. opened an embassy in London and maintained diplomatic relations with the
government-in-exile of Czechoslovakia during the war. •
Anthony J. Biddle, Jr. – Political appointee • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary • Appointed: September 17, 1941 • Presented credentials: October 28, 1941 • Terminated mission: June 4, 1943 •
Note: The title of the commission was changed to
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1943. This required a new commission for the ambassador. •
Anthony J. Biddle, Jr. – Political appointee • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: October 15, 1948 • Presented credentials: January 5, 1949 • Terminated mission: Left post, October 12, 1949 •
Ellis O. Briggs – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: September 1, 1949 • Presented credentials: November 8, 1949 • Terminated mission: Left post, August 27, 1952 •
George Wadsworth – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: October 8, 1952 • Presented credentials: December 29, 1952 • Terminated mission: Left post, October 30, 1953 •
U. Alexis Johnson – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: November 10, 1953 • Presented credentials: December 31, 1953 • Terminated mission: Left post, December 29, 1957 •
John M. Allison – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: March 12, 1958 • Presented credentials: April 24, 1958 • Terminated mission: Relinquished charge on May 4, 1960 •
Christian M. Ravndal – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: July 21, 1960 • Presented credentials: September 16, 1960 • Terminated mission: Left post, May 6, 1961 •
Note: After 1961 the succeeding ambassadors were commissioned to the
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. •
Edward T. Wailes – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: July 14, 1961 • Presented credentials: July 28, 1961 • Terminated mission: Left post, October 22, 1962 •
Outerbridge Horsey – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: November 14, 1962 • Presented credentials: January 3, 1963 • Terminated mission: Relinquished charge on August 1, 1966 •
Jacob D. Beam – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: May 27, 1966 • Presented credentials: August 31, 1966 • Terminated mission: Left post, March 5, 1969 •
Malcolm Toon – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: May 13, 1969 • Presented credentials: July 31, 1969 • Terminated mission: Left post, October 11, 1971 •
Albert W. Sherer, Jr. – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: February 15, 1972 • Presented credentials: March 15, 1972 • Terminated mission: Left post, July 29, 1975 •
Thomas Ryan Byrne – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: May 1, 1976 • Presented credentials: June 23, 1976 • Terminated mission: Left post, November 15, 1978 •
Francis J. Meehan – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: March 23, 1979 • Presented credentials: May 30, 1979 • Terminated mission: Left post, October 20, 1980 •
Jack F. Matlock, Jr. – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: September 28, 1981 • Presented credentials: November 11, 1981 • Terminated mission: September 20, 1983 •
William H. Luers – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: November 14, 1983 • Presented credentials: December 29, 1983 • Terminated mission: Left post, March 11, 1986 •
Julian Niemczyk – Political appointee • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: August 18, 1986 • Presented credentials: October 2, 1986 • Terminated mission: Left post, July 7, 1989 •
Shirley Temple Black – Political appointee • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: August 3, 1989 • Presented credentials: August 23, 1989 • Terminated mission: Left post, July 12, 1992 •
Adrian A. Basora – Career FSO • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary • Appointed: June 15, 1992 • Presented credentials: July 20, 1992 • Terminated mission: December 31, 1992 •
Note: The Czech and Slovak Federal Republic ceased to exist on December 31, 1992. For later ambassadors, see
United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic and
United States Ambassador to Slovakia. ==See also==