List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada




































Ambassador of the United States to Canada

Ambassadeur des États-Unis au Canada

U.S. Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State


Kelly Knight Craft - 2018 (25766214208) (cropped).jpg

Incumbent
Kelly Knight Craft

since October 23, 2017
Residence Lornado
Nominator The President of the United States
Appointer The President
with Senate advice and consent
Term length No Fixed Term
Inaugural holder
William Phillips
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation June 1, 1927
Website ca.usembassy.gov

This is a list of ambassadors from the United States to Canada.[1] The ambassador is the head of the Embassy of the United States in Ottawa.


Prior to 1943, the head of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Canada bore the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The U.S. mission to Canada was upgraded from legation to embassy status in June 1943, and Ray Atherton was the first chief of mission to hold ambassadorial rank.




























































































































































































































































# Ambassador Picture Took office Left office President(s)
1

William Phillips

Latest photo, just received from Holland, of W. Phillips, American Minister to Holland.jpg
June 1, 1927
December 14, 1929

Calvin Coolidge,
Herbert Hoover
2

Hanford MacNider

Hanford MacNider.jpg
August 29, 1930
August 15, 1932
Herbert Hoover
3

Warren Delano Robbins

Warren Delano Robbins, 1922 March 3.jpg
May 16, 1933
March 28, 1935

Franklin D. Roosevelt
4

Norman Armour

Norman Armour.jpg
August 7, 1935
January 15, 1939
5

Daniel Calhoun Roper

Daniel Calhoun Roper pers0178.jpg
May 19, 1939
August 20, 1939
6

James H. R. Cromwell

James H. R. Cromwell2.jpg
January 24, 1940
May 16, 1940
7

Jay Pierrepont Moffat

Jay Pierrepont Moffat.jpg
June 13, 1940
January 24, 1943
8

Ray Atherton

Ray Atherton.jpg
August 3, 1943
August 30, 1948
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
9

Laurence Steinhardt

Laurence Steinhardt.jpg
November 1, 1949
March 28, 1950
Harry S. Truman
10

Stanley Woodward

Stanley Woodward.png
June 22, 1950
January 14, 1953
11

R. Douglas Stuart

July 15, 1953
May 4, 1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower
12

Livingston T. Merchant

Livingston T. Merchant.jpg
May 23, 1956
November 6, 1958
13

Richard B. Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth, Richard Bowditch.jpg
December 15, 1958
October 19, 1960
14

Livingston T. Merchant

Livingston T. Merchant.jpg
March 15, 1961
May 26, 1962

John F. Kennedy
15

William Walton Butterworth

Portrait of W. Walton Butterworth.jpg
December 11, 1962
September 10, 1968
John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson
16

Harold F. Linder

September 10, 1968
July 9, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson,
Richard M. Nixon
17

Adolph W. Schmidt

Adolph Schmidt.jpg
September 11, 1969
January 29, 1974
Richard M. Nixon
18

William J. Porter

WilliamJPorter.jpg
March 13, 1974
December 16, 1975
Richard M. Nixon,
Gerald R. Ford
19

Thomas O. Enders

ThomasOEnders.jpg
February 17, 1976
December 14, 1979
Gerald R. Ford,
Jimmy Carter
20

Kenneth M. Curtis

October 5, 1979
January 20, 1981
Jimmy Carter
21

Paul H. Robinson, Jr.

Paul H. Robinson, Jr. 1985.jpg
July 15, 1981
September 9, 1985

Ronald Reagan
22

Thomas M. T. Niles

Thomas Niles.jpg
September 10, 1985
June 28, 1989
Ronald Reagan,
George H. W. Bush
23

Edward N. Ney

June 30, 1989
June 20, 1992
George H. W. Bush
24

Peter Teeley

Peter Teeley head 1981.jpg
July 3, 1992
February 28, 1993
George H. W. Bush,
Bill Clinton
25

James Blanchard

Jim Blanchard.jpg
August 19, 1993
March 15, 1996
Bill Clinton
26

Gordon Giffin



DF-SD-01-08378 US Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin (center) with US Air Force General Myers (left) and USAF Lieutenant General George Macdonald.JPEG



September 17, 1997
April 10, 2001
Bill Clinton,
George W. Bush
27

Paul Cellucci

Cellucci paul.jpg
April 17, 2001
March 18, 2005
George W. Bush
28

David Wilkins

Ambassador David Wilkins.jpg
June 29, 2005
January 20, 2009
George W. Bush
29

David Jacobson

David Jacobson.jpg
October 2, 2009
July 15, 2013

Barack Obama
30

Bruce Heyman

Bruce Heyman official portrait.jpg
March 26, 2014
January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
31

Kelly Knight Craft

Kelly Knight Craft - 2018 (25766214208) (cropped).jpg
October 23, 2017
Incumbent

Donald Trump



See also



  • Embassy of the United States, Ottawa

  • Canada – United States relations

  • Foreign relations of Canada

  • Ambassadors of the United States



References





  1. ^ U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Canada Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine.




  • United States Department of State: Background notes on Canada


  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State website http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm (U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets).



External links



  • United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Canada

  • United States Department of State: Canada

  • United States Embassy in Ottawa









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