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List of ambassadors of the United States to Denmark
The first representative from the United States to Denmark was appointed in 1827 as a chargé d'affaires. There followed a series of chargés and ministers until 1890 when the first full ambassador (envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary) was appointed. The title was changed to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1946. The ambassador's offices are housed within the Embassy of the United States, Copenhagen.
| Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Denmark | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Department of State Embassy of the United States, Copenhagen | |
| Style | The Honorable (formal) Mr. Ambassador (informal) |
| Reports to | U.S. Secretary of State |
| Residence | Rydhave |
| Seat | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nominator | The President |
| Appointer | The President with the advice and consent of the Senate |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Henry Wheaton as Chargé d’Affaires |
| Formation | March 3, 1827 |
| Website | dk |
List of ambassadors edit
Chargé d'Affaires (1827–1854) edit
| Name | Portrait | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Wheaton | March 3, 1827 | September 20, 1827 | Presented recall on or shortly before May 29, 1835 | |
| Jonathan F. Woodside | March 3, 1835 | September 1, 1835 | Paid farewell calls on June 29, 1841 | |
| Isaac Rand Jackson | May 20, 1841[1] | October 12, 1841 | July 27, 1842 † | |
| William W. Irwin | March 3, 1843 | June 19, 1847 | Presented recall on June 12, 1847 | |
| Robert P. Flenniken | January 11, 1847 | June 12, 1847 | Presented recall on September 15, 1849 | |
| Walter Forward | October 8, 1850[2] | June 15, 1850 | Recalled on September 10, 1851[3] | |
| Andrew J. Ogle | January 22, 1852[4] | |||
| Miller Grieve | August 30, 1852 | December 15, 1852 | Left post on or after June 23, 1853 | |
| Henry Bedinger | May 24, 1853[5] | October 13, 1853 | Promoted to Minister Resident on September 23, 1854 |
Minister Resident (1854–1876) edit
| Name | Portrait | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Bedinger | May 29, 1854[6] | September 23, 1854 | Presented recall on August 10, 1858 | |
| James M.Buchanan | May 11, 1858 | August 10, 1858 | Presented recall on May 10, 1861 | |
| Bradford R. Wood | March 22, 1861 | August 18, 1861 | Presented recall on November 15, 1865 | |
| Samuel J. Kirkwood | March 11, 1863[7] | |||
| George H. Yeaman | August 25, 1865[8] | November 20, 1865 | Presented recall on November 7, 1870 | |
| Christopher Columbus Andrews | April 16, 1869[9] | |||
| Michael J. Cramer | September 9, 1870[10] | November 7, 1870 | Presented recall on October 2, 1876 |
Chargé d'Affaires (1876–1882) edit
| Name | Portrait | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J. Cramer | August 15, 1876 | October 2, 1876 | Presented recall on August 12, 1881 | |
| Adam Badeau | N/A[11] | |||
| Charles Payson | July 30, 1881[12] | August 12, 1881 | Left post on January 23, 1882 | |
| J. P. Wickersham | May 1, 1882 | June 13, 1882 | Promoted to Minister Resident/Consul General August 21, 1882 |
Minister Resident/Consul General (1882–1890) edit
| Name | Portrait | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Wickersham | July 13, 1882 | August 21, 1882 | Notified the Government of Denmark from in Paris September 8, 1882 | |
| Wickham Hoffman | February 27, 1883 | May 4, 1883 | Presented recall on June 1, 1885 | |
| Rasmus B. Anderson | April 2, 1885 | May 1, 1885 | Presented recall on August 28, 1889 | |
| John A. Enander | March 13, 1889[13] | |||
| Clark E. Carr | May 16, 1889[14] | August 28, 1889 | Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on July 30, 1890 |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1890–1947) edit
| Name | Portrait | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark E. Carr | July 30, 1890 | September 22, 1890 | Presented recall on July 14, 1893 | |
| John E. Risley | March 27, 1893 | July 14, 1890 | Presented recall on December 11, 1897 | |
| Laurits S. Swenson | October 4, 1897[15] | December 11, 1897 | Presented recall on May 27, 1905 | |
| Thomas J. O'Brien | March 6, 1905 | May 27, 1905 | Left post on June 5, 1907 | |
| Maurice Francis Egan Political appointee | June 10, 1907[16] | September 6, 1907 | Left post on December 16, 1917 | |
| Norman Hapgood Political appointee | April 16, 1919[17] | June 17, 1919 | Left post on December 9, 1919 | |
| Joseph C. Grew Career FSO | April 7, 1920 | June 9, 1920 | Left post on October 14, 1921 | |
| John Dyneley Prince Political appointee | August 24, 1921 | November 23, 1921 | Presented recall on March 30, 1926 | |
| Henry Percival Dodge Career FSO | February 23, 1926 | August 24, 1926 | Left post on March 1, 1930 | |
| Ralph H. Booth Political appointee | January 22, 1930 | June 13, 1930 | Relinquished charge on May 11, 1931 | |
| Frederick W. B. Coleman Political appointee | September 23, 1931[18] | February 10, 1932 | Appointment terminated on May 1, 1933 | |
| Ruth Bryan Owen Political appointee | April 13, 1933[19] | May 29, 1933 | Left post on June 27, 1936 | |
| Alvin Mansfield Owsley Political appointee | May 28, 1937 | June 16, 1937 | Left post on May 15, 1939 | |
| Ray Atherton Career FSO | August 7, 1939 | September 8, 1939 | Left post on June 5, 1940[20][21] | |
| Monnett B. Davis Career FSO | June 8, 1945 | June 21, 1945[22] | Left post on January 10, 1946 | |
| Josiah Marvel Jr. Political appointee | March 13, 1946 | April 23, 1946 | Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on February 27, 1947 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1947–) edit
| Name | Portrait | Appointed | Presented credentials | Terminated mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josiah Marvel Jr. Political appointee | February 27, 1947 | March 18, 1947 | Left post on March 4, 1949 | |
| Eugenie Anderson Political appointee | October 20, 1949 | December 22, 1949 | Left post on January 19, 1953 | |
| Robert D. Coe Career FSO | July 29, 1953 | September 25, 1953 | Relinquished charge on June 1, 1957 | |
| Val Peterson Political appointee | June 26, 1957 | August 22, 1957 | Left post on February 21, 1961 | |
| William McCormick Blair, Jr. Political appointee | March 29, 1961 | May 9, 1961 | Left post on May 17, 1964 | |
| Katharine Elkus White Political appointee | April 8, 1964 | June 2, 1964 | Left post on September 9, 1968 | |
| Angier Biddle Duke Political appointee | September 26, 1968 | October 3, 1968 | Left post on May 1, 1969 | |
| Guilford Dudley Jr. Political appointee | May 13, 1969 | June 18, 1969 | Left post on November 2, 1971 | |
| Fred J. Russell Political appointee | November 5, 1971 | December 9, 1971 | Left post on November 4, 1972 | |
| Philip K. Crowe Political appointee | July 16, 1973 | September 13, 1973 | Left post on September 27, 1975 | |
| John Gunther Dean Career FSO | October 23, 1975 | November 6, 1975 | Left post on July 18, 1978 | |
| Warren Demian Manshel Political appointee | June 22, 1978 | July 31, 1978 | Left post on March 6, 1981 | |
| John Langeloth Loeb, Jr. Political appointee | July 30, 1981 | October 13, 1981 | Left post on September 13, 1983 | |
| Terence A. Todman Career FSO | October 3, 1983 | November 17, 1983 | Left post on January 8, 1989 | |
| Keith Lapham Brown Political appointee | November 2, 1988[23] | January 8, 1989 | Left post on January 16, 1992 | |
| Richard B. Stone Political appointee | November 21, 1991 | February 10, 1992 | Left post on October 14, 1993 | |
| Edward Elliot Elson Political appointee | November 22, 1993 | January 18, 1994 | Left post on June 25, 1998 | |
| Richard Swett Political appointee | June 29, 1998 | September 8, 1998 | Left post on July 6, 2001 | |
| Stuart A. Bernstein Political appointee | August 3, 2001 | September 3, 2001 | Left post on January 16, 2005 | |
| James Cain Political appointee | August 2, 2005 | September 9, 2005 | Left post on January 23, 2009 | |
| Laurie S. Fulton Political appointee | July 15, 2009 | August 3, 2009 | Left post on February 15, 2013 | |
| Rufus Gifford Political appointee | July 15, 2013 | August 13, 2013 | Left post on January 20, 2017 | |
| Carla Sands Political appointee | November 2, 2017 | December 15, 2017 | Left post on January 20, 2021 | |
| Alan Leventhal Political appointee | June 15, 2022 | July 1, 2022 | Incumbent |
Notes edit
- ^ Jackson was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on June 29, 1841.
- ^ Forward was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on February 19, 1850.
- ^ No record has been found of presentation of letter of recall or departure from post.
- ^ Ogle did not proceed to his post. (Presumably due to illness. He died later in the year.)
- ^ Bedinger was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on February 8, 1854.
- ^ Bedinger was nominated on February 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary but the nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- ^ Kirkwood declined the appointment.
- ^ Yeaman was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 22, 1866.
- ^ Andrews took the oath of office, but did not proceed to his post.
- ^ Camer was commissioned during a recess of the Senateand recommissioned after confirmation on February 4, 1871.
- ^ Badeau's nomination was withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- ^ Payson was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after Senate confirmation on October 29, 1881.
- ^ Enander took the oath of office but did not proceed to his post.
- ^ Carr was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 9, 1890.
- ^ Swenson was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation by the Senate on December 18, 1897.
- ^ Egan was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 12, 1907.
- ^ Hapgood was commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
- ^ Coleman was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 17, 1931.
- ^ A commission of the same date as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Denmark and Iceland was canceled.
- ^ German forces occupied Copenhagen, April 9, 1940
- ^ Atherton was still holding office as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Denmark when he was recommissioned as such on July 8, 1943, in connection with additional appointments as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Canada and Luxembourg, resident at Ottawa. R. Borden Reams was serving as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim when the legation in Copenhagen was closed, December 20, 1941.
- ^ The mission at Copenhagen was reopened as a legation June 16, 1945, with Minister Davis in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.
- ^ Brown was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on August 3, 1989.
See also edit
References edit
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Denmark
- This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.
External links edit
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Denmark
- United States Department of State: Denmark
- United States Embassy in Copenhagen