List of ambassadors of the United States to Austria

Ambassadors

• Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 8, 1838
• *Presented credentials: November 7, 1838
• *Terminated mission: Left post, September 18, 1840
• Daniel Jenifer
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 27, 1841
• *Presented credentials: March 30, 1842
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 28–July 7, 1845
• Note: From 1845 until 1854 there was no U.S. minister present. The U.S. was represented by a succession of chargés d’affaires.
• William H. Stiles
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: April 19, 1845
• *Presented credentials: August 5, 1845
• *Terminated mission: Left post, August 1, 1849
• James Watson Webb
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: November 1, 1849
• *Presented credentials: February 6, 1850
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 8, 1850
• Charles J. McCurdy
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: September 27, 1850
• *Presented credentials: March 14, 1851
• *Terminated mission: Had farewell audience, October 12, 1852
• Thomas M. Foote
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: September 16, 1852
• *Presented credentials: December 14, 1852
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 25, 1853
• Henry R. Jackson
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires
• *Appointed: May 24, 1853
• *Presented credentials: September 16, 1853
• *Terminated mission: Promoted to Minister Resident
• Henry R. Jackson
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: June 29, 1854
• *Presented credentials: September 28, 1854
• *Terminated mission: Left post on or after June 1, 1858
• J. Glancy Jones
• *Title: Minister Resident
• *Appointed: November 1, 1858
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• J. Glancy Jones
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 15, 1858
• *Presented credentials: February 14, 1859
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, November 14, 1861
• Anson Burlingame
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 22, 1861
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• J. Lothrop Motley
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 10, 1861
• *Presented credentials: November 14, 1861
• *Terminated mission: June 14, 1867
• Note: President Andrew Johnson nominated the following eight men to be ambassador to Austria, but the Senate rejected or declined to consider them, most likely because of the President's disputes with the Congress over other issues.
• *Edgar Cowan
• *Frank P. Blair, Jr.
• *James W. Nesmith
• *John P. Stockton
• *Henry J. Raymond
• *Horace Greeley
• *Samuel S. Cox
• *Henry A. Smythe
• Henry M. Watts
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 25, 1868
• *Presented credentials: September 25, 1868
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 1, 1869
• John Jay II
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: 1869
• *Presented credentials: June 1, 1869
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, March 31, 1875
• Note: Ambassadors after 1869 were commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
• Godlove S. Orth
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 9, 1875
• *Presented credentials: May 24, 1875
• *Terminated mission: Relinquished charge, March 10, 1876
• Edward F. Beale
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 1, 1876
• *Presented credentials: August 10, 1876
• *Terminated mission: Left post, April 20, 1877
• John A. Kasson
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: 11, 1877
• *Presented credentials: August 30, 1877
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, March 25, 1881
• William Walter Phelps
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 5, 1881
• *Presented credentials: June 20, 1881
• *Terminated mission: Superseded June 30, 1882
• Alphonso Taft
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 26, 1882
• *Presented credentials: June 30, 1882
• *Terminated mission: Left post, August 25, 1884
• John M. Francis
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 4, 1884
• *Presented credentials: September 11, 1884
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, August 3, 1885
• Anthony M. Keiley
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 29, 1885
• *Presented credentials: —
• *Terminated mission: —
• Alexander R. Lawton
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 15, 1887
• *Presented credentials: August 25, 1887
• *Terminated mission: May 15, 1889
• Frederick D. Grant
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 23, 1889
• *Presented credentials: May 15, 1889
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 8, 1893
• Bartlett Tripp
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 6, 1893
• *Presented credentials: June 8, 1893
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, June 18, 1897
• Charlemagne Tower
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 1, 1897
• *Presented credentials: June 18, 1897
• *Terminated mission: Had farewell audience, February 9, 1899
• Addison C. Harris
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 12, 1899
• *Presented credentials: April 13, 1899
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, April 29, 1901
• Robert S. McCormick
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 7, 1901
• *Presented credentials: April 29, 1901
• *Terminated mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• Note: From 1902 to 1917 ambassadors to Austria bore the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
• Robert S. McCormick
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 27, 1902
• *Presented credentials: June 26, 1902
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, December 29, 1902
• Bellamy Storer
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 26, 1902
• *Presented credentials: January 3, 1903
• *Terminated mission: Left post, February 8, 1906
• Charles Spencer Francis
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 22, 1906
• *Presented credentials: May 29, 1906
• *Terminated mission: Presented recall, April 1, 1910
• Richard C. Kerens
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 21, 1909
• *Presented credentials: April 12, 1910
• *Terminated mission: Left post, June 28, 1913
• Frederic Courtland Penfield – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 28, 1913
• *Presented credentials: September 26, 1913
• *Terminated mission: Left post, April 7, 1917
• Note: The United States declared war on Germany April 6, 1917. Ambassador Penfield departed Austria the following day, April 7. Austria-Hungary severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 9. Joseph C. Grew was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when Austria-Hungary severed relations. Although a date is not recorded, the embassy would have been closed almost immediately and all diplomatic personnel would have departed or been expelled. Normal diplomatic relations were resumed in 1921.
• Arthur Hugh Frazier – Career FSO
• *Title: Chargé d'Affaires pro tem
• *Appointed: Not commissioned
• *Presented credentials: November 25, 1921
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 21, 1922
• Note: After resumption of diplomatic relations, the embassy was downgraded to a legation and the title of the chief of mission was downgraded to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and remained as such until 1952.
• Albert Henry Washburn – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 10, 1922
• *Presented credentials: June 19, 1922
• *Terminated mission: Died at post, April 29, 1930
• Gilchrist Baker Stockton – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: January 22, 1930
• *Presented credentials: May 15, 1930
• *Terminated mission: Left post, September 21, 1933
• George H. Earle, 3rd – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 24, 1933
• *Presented credentials: September 27, 1933
• *Terminated mission: Left post, March 25, 1934
• George S. Messersmith – Career FSO
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 7, 1934
• *Presented credentials: May 23, 1934
• *Terminated mission: Left post, July 11, 1937
• Grenville T. Emmet – Political appointee
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 13, 1937
• *Presented credentials: September 14, 1937
• *Terminated mission: Died at post, September 26, 1937
• Note: John C. Wiley was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when Austria was annexed to Germany, March 13, 1938; he closed the legation in Vienna, April 30, 1938.
• Note: Diplomatic relations with Austria were broken during World War II but resumed in 1946.
• John G. Erhardt – Career FSO
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 3, 1946
• *Presented credentials: September 7, 1946
• *Terminated mission: Left post, June 27, 1950
• Walter J. Donnelly – Career FSO
• *Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 20, 1950
• *Presented credentials: October 25, 1950
• *Terminated mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• Note: In 1951 the legation in Vienna was upgraded to an embassy and the chief of mission gained the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
• Walter J. Donnelly – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 16, 1951
• *Presented credentials: November 28, 1951
• *Terminated mission: Left post, July 19, 1952
• Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr. – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 17, 1952
• *Presented credentials: September 4, 1952
• *Terminated mission: July 9, 1957
• H. Freeman Matthews – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 5, 1957
• *Presented credentials: September 4, 1957
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 25, 1962
• James Williams Riddleberger – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: October 23, 1962
• *Presented credentials: December 12, 1962
• *Terminated mission: Left post, May 10, 1967
• Douglas MacArthur II – Career FSO
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 5, 1967
• *Presented credentials: May 24, 1967
• *Terminated mission: Left post, September 16, 1969
• John P. Humes – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 26, 1969
• *Presented credentials: October 29, 1969
• *Terminated mission: Left post, March 6, 1975
• Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 25, 1975
• *Presented credentials: April 2, 1975
• *Terminated mission: Left post, March 31, 1977
• Milton A. Wolf – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 23, 1977
• *Presented credentials: September 5, 1977
• *Terminated mission: Left post, March 2, 1980
• Philip M. Kaiser – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: February 19, 1980
• *Presented credentials: March 25, 1980
• *Terminated mission: Left post, March 2, 1981
• Theodore E. Cummings – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: June 20, 1981
• *Presented credentials: September 2, 1981
• *Terminated mission: Died in Los Angeles, March 30, 1982
• Helene A. von Damm – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: May 10, 1983
• *Presented credentials: June 22, 1983
• *Terminated mission: Left post, January 15, 1986
• Ronald S. Lauder – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: April 16, 1986
• *Presented credentials: May 7, 1986
• *Terminated mission: Left post, October 27, 1987
• Henry Anatole Grunwald – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: December 23, 1987
• *Presented credentials: January 20, 1988
• *Terminated mission: Left post, January 1, 1990
• Roy M. Huffington – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 6, 1990
• *Presented credentials: September 11, 1990
• *Terminated mission: Left post, March 1, 1993
• Swanee Grace Hunt – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 4, 1993
• *Presented credentials: December 16, 1993
• *Terminated mission: Left post, October 18, 1997
• Kathryn Walt Hall – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 19, 1997
• *Presented credentials: December 11, 1997
• *Terminated mission: Left post July 10, 2001
• Lyons Brown, Jr. – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 5, 2001
• *Presented credentials: December 19, 2001
• *Terminated mission: Left post, October 5, 2005
• Susan Rasinski McCaw – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: November 2, 2005
• *Presented credentials: January 9, 2006
• *Terminated mission: November 25, 2007
• David F. Girard-diCarlo – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: July 1, 2008
• *Presented credentials: September 10, 2008
• *Terminated mission: January 20, 2009
• William Eacho – Political appointee
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: August 12, 2009
• *Presented credentials: September 14, 2009
• *Terminated mission: August 3, 2013
• Alexa L. Wesner
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: September 6, 2013
• *Presented credentials: October 22, 2013
• *Terminated mission: January 20, 2017
• Trevor Traina
• *Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• *Appointed: March 28, 2018
• *Presented credentials: May 24, 2018
• *Terminated mission: