List of ambassadors of the United States to Mexico

The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett became the first U.S. envoy to Mexico in 1825. The rank of the U.S. chief of mission to Mexico was raised from Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1898.

Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico have been interrupted on four occasions: From December 28, 1836, to July 7, 1839 (following the secession of Texas) From March 28, 1845, to October 2, 1848 (during the Mexican–American War) From June 21, 1858, to April 6, 1859 (during the War of the Reform) From March 18, 1913, to March 3, 1917 (during the Mexican Revolution; the U.S. embassy was closed on April 22, 1914, following the U.S. occupation of Veracruz). Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson was recalled after being implicated in a plot (La decena trágica) to overthrow President Francisco I. Madero. Rather than immediately formally appoint a new ambassador, Woodrow Wilson dispatched ex-Minnesota Governor John Lind as his personal envoy to handle Mexican diplomatic affairs.

In addition, the U.S. legation in Mexico was headed by an interim chargé d'affaires from April 1864 to August 1867, during the final years of the French Intervention.

List of ambassadors The following is a list of Ambassadors the United States has sent to Mexico, and other representatives that have served a similar function. The exact title given by the United States State Department to this position currently is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary."

Mexico achieved independence from Spain in 1821; so the first three men on this list were sent by President Madison during the Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821). William Shaler participated in the 1812–13 Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition, which was a private military campaign to overthrow the Royalists and resulted in the roadside murder of two provincial governors and about a dozen other officials.

Image Representative Title From To Appointed byJohn H. RobinsonSpecial Diplomatic Agent18121814James MadisonJames WilkinsonU.S. Envoy18161825Joel Roberts PoinsettMinister18251829John Quincy AdamsAnthony ButlerSpecial Diplomatic Agent1829Chargé d'Affaires18291835Andrew JacksonWilliam A. SlacumSpecial Diplomatic Agent18351836Powhatan EllisChargé d'Affaires1836Robert GreenhowSpecial Diplomatic Agent1837Powhatan EllisMinister18391842Martin Van BurenHenry E. LawrenceSpecial Diplomatic Agent 1842John TylerWaddy Thompson Jr.Minister18421844Moses Yale BeachSpecial Diplomatic Agent1843Gilbert L. ThompsonSpecial Diplomatic Agent1844Wilson ShannonMinister18441845John SlidellMinister1845James K. PolkDavid ConnerSpecial Diplomatic Agent1846Nathan CliffordMinister18481849Robert P. LetcherMinister18491852Robert GreenhowSpecial Diplomatic Agent1850George G. GossSpecial Diplomatic Agent18501852George W. SlacumSpecial Diplomatic Agent1851Millard FillmoreEdward SmithSpecial Diplomatic Agent1852Alfred ConklingMinister18521853George E. CooperSpecial Diplomatic Agent1853Christopher L. WardSpecial Diplomatic Agent1853James GadsdenMinister18531856Richard S. SpoffordSpecial Diplomatic Agent1854Franklin PierceJohn Forsyth Jr.Minister18561858William M. ChurchwellSpecial Diplomatic Agent1858James BuchananAlfred MordecaiSpecial Diplomatic Agent1858Duff GreenSpecial Diplomatic Agent1859David R. PorterSpecial Diplomatic Agent1859Robert Milligan McLaneMinister18591860Henry Roy de la ReintrieSpecial Diplomatic Agent1860John B. WellerMinister18601861Thomas CorwinMinister18611864Robert W. ShufeltSpecial Diplomatic Agent1862Abraham LincolnLewis D. CampbellMinister18661867Andrew JohnsonMarcus OtterbourgMinister1867William S. RosecransMinister18681869Thomas H. NelsonMinister18691873John W. FosterMinister18731880Ulysses S. GrantPhilip Hicky MorganMinister18801885Rutherford B. HayesHenry R. JacksonMinister18851886Thomas Courtland ManningMinister18861887Grover ClevelandEdward S. BraggMinister18881889Thomas RyanMinister18891893Isaac P. GrayMinister18931895Matt Whitaker RansomMinister18951897Grover ClevelandPowell ClaytonMinister18971898 Image Ambassador Presentation Termination Appointed byIncumbent

See also Ambassador of Mexico to the United States Ambassadors of the United States Embassy of the United States, Mexico City Foreign relations of Mexico Mexico–United States relations

References

United States Department of State: Background notes on Mexico

External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Mexico United States Department of State: Mexico United States Embassy in Mexico City