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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