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The United States has had diplomatic relations with the nation of Germany and its principal predecessor nation, the Kingdom of Prussia , since 1835. These relations were broken twice (1917 to 1921, and 1941 to 1955) while Germany and the United States were at war and for a continuation interval afterwards.
Prior to 1835, the United States and Prussia recognized one another but did not exchange representatives, except for a brief period when John Quincy Adams was accredited to the Prussian court from 1797 to 1801.
President Joe Biden nominated then University of Pennsylvania president and political philosopher Amy Gutmann for the position on July 2, 2021; by a vote of 54-42, she was confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 2022.[1] She presented her credentials to the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on February 17, 2022.
List of United States ambassadors to Germany [ edit ]
This is a list of the chief U.S. diplomatic agents to Prussia, Germany, and West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany ), their diplomatic rank , and the effective start and end of their service in Germany.
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
John Quincy Adams , Minister
December 5, 1797
May 5, 1801
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Berlin (1835–1848) [ edit ]
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Frankfurt (1848–1849) [ edit ]
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Andrew Jackson Donelson , Envoy
September 13, 1848
November 2, 1849
Heads of the U.S. Legation at Berlin (1849–1893) [ edit ]
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Edward A. Hannegan , Envoy
June 30, 1849
January 13, 1850
Daniel D. Barnard , Envoy
December 10, 1850
September 21, 1853
Peter D. Vroom , Envoy
November 4, 1853
August 10, 1857
Joseph A. Wright , Envoy
September 3, 1857
July 1, 1861
Norman B. Judd , Envoy
July 1, 1861
September 3, 1865
Joseph A. Wright , Envoy
September 3, 1865
May 11, 1867
George Bancroft , Envoy
August 28, 1867
June 30, 1874
J. C. Bancroft Davis , Envoy
August 28, 1874
September 26, 1877
Bayard Taylor , Envoy
May 7, 1878
December 19, 1878
Andrew D. White , Envoy
June 19, 1879
August 15, 1881
Aaron A. Sargent , Envoy
May 18, 1882
June 6, 1884
John A. Kasson , Envoy
September 10, 1884
June 21, 1885
George H. Pendleton , Envoy
June 21, 1885
April 25, 1889
William Walter Phelps , Envoy
September 26, 1889
June 4, 1893
Theodore Runyon , Envoy
June 4, 1893
October 26, 1893
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1893–1917) [ edit ]
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Theodore Runyon , Ambassador
October 26, 1893
January 27, 1896
Edwin F. Uhl , Ambassador
May 3, 1896
June 8, 1897
Andrew D. White , Ambassador
June 12, 1897
November 27, 1902
Charlemagne Tower , Ambassador
December 19, 1902
June 8, 1908
David Jayne Hill , Ambassador
June 14, 1908
September 2, 1911
John G. A. Leishman , Ambassador
October 24, 1911
October 4, 1913
James W. Gerard , Ambassador
October 29, 1913
February 5, 1917
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1921–1941) [ edit ]
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
Ellis Loring Dresel , Chargé d'Affaires
December 10, 1921
April 18, 1922
Alanson B. Houghton , Ambassador
April 22, 1922
February 21, 1925
Jacob Gould Schurman , Ambassador
June 29, 1925
January 21, 1930
Frederic M. Sackett , Ambassador
February 12, 1930
March 24, 1933
William E. Dodd , Ambassador
August 30, 1933
December 29, 1937
Hugh R. Wilson , Ambassador
March 3, 1938
November 16, 1938
Alexander C. Kirk , Chargé d'Affaires
May 1939
October 1940
Leland B. Morris , Chargé d'Affaires
October 1940
December 11, 1941
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Bonn (1955–1999) [ edit ]
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
James B. Conant , Ambassador
May 14, 1955
February 19, 1957
David K. E. Bruce , Ambassador
April 17, 1957
October 29, 1959
Walter C. Dowling , Ambassador
December 3, 1959
April 21, 1963
George C. McGhee , Ambassador
May 18, 1963
May 21, 1968
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. , Ambassador
May 27, 1968
January 14, 1969
Kenneth Rush , Ambassador
July 22, 1969
February 20, 1972
Martin J. Hillenbrand , Ambassador
June 27, 1972
October 18, 1976
Walter J. Stoessel Jr. , Ambassador
October 27, 1976
January 5, 1981
Arthur F. Burns , Ambassador
June 30, 1981
May 16, 1985
Richard R. Burt , Ambassador
September 16, 1985
February 17, 1989
Vernon A. Walters , Ambassador
April 24, 1989
August 18, 1991
Robert Michael Kimmitt , Ambassador
September 5, 1991
August 28, 1993
Richard Holbrooke , Ambassador
October 19, 1993
September 12, 1994
Charles E. Redman , Ambassador
October 31, 1994
June 17, 1996
James D. Bindenagel , Chargé d'Affaires
June 17, 1996
September 10, 1997
John C. Kornblum , Ambassador
September 10, 1997
July 7, 1999
Heads of the U.S. Embassy at Berlin (1999–present) [ edit ]
Name and title
Portrait
Presentation of credentials
Termination of mission
John C. Kornblum , Ambassador
July 7, 1999
January 16, 2001
Daniel R. Coats , Ambassador
September 12, 2001
February 25, 2005
William R. Timken , Ambassador
September 2, 2005
December 5, 2008
John M. Koenig , Chargé d'Affaires
December 6, 2008
September 2, 2009
Philip D. Murphy , Ambassador
September 3, 2009
August 26, 2013
John B. Emerson , Ambassador
August 26, 2013
January 20, 2017
Kent Logsdon , Chargé d'Affaires
January 20, 2017
May 8, 2018
Richard Grenell , Ambassador
May 8, 2018
June 1, 2020
Robin Quinville , Chargé d'Affaires
June 1, 2020
July 1, 2021
Woodward Clark Price, Chargé d'Affaires
July 1, 2021
February 17, 2022
Amy Gutmann , Ambassador
February 17, 2022
Incumbent
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