List of ambassadors of the United States to Argentina

The United States ambassador to Argentina is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Argentina.

Ambassador of the United States to Argentina
Embajador de los Estados Unidos en Argentina
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Marc Stanley
since January 24, 2022
ResidenceBosch Palace
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
No fixed term
Inaugural holderCaesar A. Rodney
as Minister Plenipotentiary
FormationDecember 27, 1823
WebsiteU.S. Embassy in Argentina

Argentina had declared its independence from Spain in 1816 and there followed a series of revolutionary wars until 1861 when the nation was united. The United States recognized the government of Buenos Aires, the predecessor to Argentina, on January 27, 1823. Caesar Augustus Rodney was appointed as American Minister Plenipotentiary to Buenos Aires. Between 1854 and 1866, U.S. ambassadors were commissioned to the Argentine Confederation. Since 1867, ambassadors have been commissioned to the Argentine Republic.[1]

Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Argentina were interrupted but not severed in June 1944 when the U.S. government recalled its ambassador in a dispute with the newly appointed dictator Edelmiro Julián Farrell. The U.S. government believed that Farrell was not committed to the defense of the Western Hemisphere against the Axis powers. Normal relations were resumed with the appointment of a new ambassador in April 1945 when Argentina declared war against Germany.[1]

The official residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Buenos Aires is the Bosch Palace, listed on the State Department's Register of Culturally Significant Property.[2]

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission
Bosch Palace, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador
Name Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Caesar A. Rodney[3] January 27, 1823 December 27, 1823 Died at post, June 10, 1824
John Murray Forbes[3] March 9, 1825 August 20, 1825 Died at post June 14, 1831 Chargé d'affaires
Francis Baylies[3] January 3, 1832 June 15, 1832 September 26, 1832 Chargé d'affaires
William Brent, Jr.[3] June 14, 1844 November 15, 1844 Presented recall July 7, 1846 Chargé d'affaires
William A. Harris[4] February 19, 1846 July 7, 1846 Probably presented recall before September 12, 1851 Chargé d'affaires
John S. Pendleton[4] February 27, 1851 September 12, 1851 or soon thereafter Relinquished charge from Montevideo, Uruguay March 31, 1854 Chargé d'affaires
James A. Peden[4] June 29, 1854 December 1, 1854 Presented recall December 1, 1858 Office upgraded to Minister Resident. U.S. Legation moved to Paraná.
Benjamin C. Yancey[4] June 14, 1858 December 1, 1858 Transmitted recall by note from Montevideo, Uruguay, September 30, 1859
John F. Cushman[4] July 18, 1859 December 22, 1859 Relinquished charge February 17, 1861 U.S. Legation moved back from Paraná to Buenos Aires in 1862.
Robert M. Palmer[4] March 28, 1861 October 5, 1861 about April 12, 1862
Robert C. Kirk[4] March 4, 1862 June 21, 1862 July 26, 1866
Alexander Asboth[5][6] March 12, 1866 October 20, 1866 Died at post January 21, 1868
Henry G. Worthington[6] June 5, 1868 September 11, 1868 Presented recall July 8, 1869
Robert C. Kirk[6] April 16, 1869 July 8, 1869 Presented recall November 4, 1871
Julius White[7] December 12, 1872 May 6, 1873 November 14, 1873
Thomas O. Osborn[8] February 10, 1874 May 21, 1874 Probably presented recall on or before October 15, 1885 Title/office upgraded to Minister Resident/Consul General
Bayless W. Hanna[9] June 17, 1885 October 15, 1885 July 8, 1889 Title/office upgraded to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in 1887.
John R. G. Pitkin[10] July 26, 1889 October 31, 1889 August 15, 1893
William I. Buchanan January 26, 1894 May 19, 1894 July 11, 1899
William Paine Lord[11] October 16, 1899 February 14, 1900 March 27, 1903
John Barrett[12] July 2, 1903 December 21, 1903 April 27, 1904
Arthur M. Beaupre March 17, 1904 June 17, 1904 May 2, 1908
Spencer F. Eddy April 2, 1908 August 27, 1908 January 2, 1909
Charles Hitchcock Sherrill April 1, 1909 June 30, 1909 September 16, 1910
Charles Hitchcock Sherrill April 1, 1909 June 30, 1909 September 16, 1910
John W. Garrett – Career FSO December 14, 1911 February 29, 1912 November 22, 1913
Frederic Jesup Stimson – Political appointee October 1, 1914 January 8, 1915 April 21, 1921 In 1914 the office of Envoy was upgraded to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
John W. Riddle – Career FSO November 18, 1921 March 8, 1922 May 28, 1925
Peter Augustus Jay – Career FSO March 18, 1925 September 24, 1925 December 30, 1926
Robert Woods Bliss – Career FSO February 17, 1927 September 9, 1927 April 29, 1933
Alexander W. Weddell – Career FSO June 3, 1933 September 18, 1933 October 29, 1938
Norman Armour – Career FSO May 18, 1939 June 19, 1939 Recalled June 27, 1944; left post June 29, 1944 Normal diplomatic relations interrupted from February 1944 to April 1945
Spruille Braden – Political appointee May 8, 1945 May 21, 1945 September 23, 1945
George S. Messersmith – Career FSO April 12, 1946 May 23, 1946 June 12, 1947
James Cabell Bruce – Political appointee July 12, 1947 August 21, 1947 August 20, 1949
Stanton Griffis – Political appointee September 22, 1949 November 17, 1949 September 23, 1950
Ellsworth Bunker – Political appointee March 13, 1951 May 8, 1951 March 12, 1952
Albert F. Nufer – Career FSO May 29, 1952 August 14, 1952 May 12, 1956
Willard L. Beaulac – Career FSO[13] May 10, 1956 June 1, 1956 August 2, 1960
Roy R. Rubottom, Jr. – Career FSO[14] August 27, 1960 October 20, 1960 October 19, 1961
Robert M. McClintock – Career FSO February 6, 1962 February 14, 1962 May 10, 1964
Edwin M. Martin – Career FSO January 29, 1964 June 11, 1964 January 5, 1968
Carter L. Burgess – Political appointee July 24, 1968 August 21, 1968 March 14, 1969
John Davis Lodge – Political appointee May 27, 1969 July 23, 1969 November 10, 1973
Robert C. Hill – Political appointee December 19, 1973 February 15, 1974 May 10, 1977
Raul Hector Castro – Political appointee September 15, 1977 November 16, 1977 July 30, 1980
Harry W. Shlaudeman – Career FSO October 2, 1980 November 4, 1980 August 26, 1983
Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. – Career FSO November 18, 1983 November 29, 1983 August 29, 1986
Theodore E. Gildred – Political appointee October 16, 1986 November 6, 1986 May 31, 1989
Terence A. Todman – Career FSO April 20, 1989 June 13, 1989 June 28, 1993
James Richard Cheek – Career FSO May 28, 1993 July 19, 1993 December 18, 1996
Ronald D. Godard – Career FSO — December 18, 1996 October 1997 Chargé d'affaires
Manuel Rocha – Career FSO — October 1997 July 3, 2000 Chargé d'affaires
James Donald Walsh – Career FSO June 14, 2000 July 3, 2000 May 21, 2003
Lino Gutierrez – Career FSO April 16, 2003 October 15, 2003 April 8, 2006
Earl Anthony Wayne – Career FSO August 1, 2006 January 19, 2007 April 6, 2009
Vilma Socorro Martínez – Political appointee July 24, 2009 September 18, 2009 July 6, 2013
Noah Mamet – political appointee December 2, 2014 January 21, 2015 January 20, 2017
Edward C. Prado – political appointee March 22, 2018 May 15, 2018[15] January 20, 2021
MaryKay Carlson – Career FSO[16] January 20, 2021 January 24, 2022 Chargé d'affaires
Marc Stanley – political appointee December 18, 2021 January 24, 2022

Notes
  1. "Argentina". United States Department of State. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  2. "Register of Culturally Significant Property" (PDF). United States Department of State. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  3. Commissioned to the Republic of Buenos Aires.
  4. Commissioned to the Argentine Confederation.
  5. Beginning with Ambassador Asboth in 1866, all U.S. ambassadors were commissioned to the Argentine Republic.
  6. Between 1867 and 1870, the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina was concurrently commissioned to Uruguay, while resident in Buenos Aires.
  7. White was commissioned during a recess of the Senate but declined reappointment during the next Congress.
  8. Osborn was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on July 7, 1884.
  9. Hanna was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 15, 1881.
  10. Pitkin was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 9, 1890.
  11. Lord was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on December 14, 1899.
  12. Barrett was commissioned during a recess of the Senateand recommissioned after confirmation November 16, 1903.
  13. President Eisenhower nominated Beaulac July 17, 1953 to be Ambassador to Argentina, but the nomination was withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Beaulac was instead given a recess appointment as Ambassador to Chile. He was again nominated for the ambassadorship to Argentina in 1956.
  14. Rubottom was commissioned during a recess of the Senate on July 29, 1960 but he declined the appointment.
  15. "Ambassador Prado submits credentials to President Macri - U.S. Embassy in Argentina". May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  16. "Chargé d'affaires MaryKay Carlson - U.S. Embassy in Argentina". November 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

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