List of ambassadors of the United States to Mexico

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox Political post 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 by
	Josh Zellers	Special Diplomatic Agent	1810	1812	James Madison
	John H. Robinson	Special Diplomatic Agent	1812	1814
File:James Wilkinson by John Wesley Jarvis.jpg	James Wilkinson	U.S. Envoy	1816	1825
File:Jrpoinsett.jpg	Joel Roberts Poinsett	Minister	1825	1829	John Quincy Adams
	Anthony Butler	Special Diplomatic Agent	1829
		Chargé d'Affaires	1829	1835	Andrew Jackson
	William A. Slacum	Special Diplomatic Agent	1835	1836
File:Powhatan Ellis.jpg	Powhatan Ellis	Chargé d'Affaires	1836
	Robert Greenhow	Special Diplomatic Agent	1837
File:Powhatan Ellis.jpg	Powhatan Ellis	Minister	1839	1842	Martin Van Buren
	Henry E. Lawrence	Special Diplomatic Agent	1842		John Tyler
File:Waddy Thompson Jr.svg	Waddy Thompson Jr.	Minister	1842	1844
File:Moses Yale Beach, late portrait, restored.jpg	Moses Yale Beach	Special Diplomatic Agent	1843
	Gilbert L. Thompson	Special Diplomatic Agent	1844
File:WShannon.jpg	Wilson Shannon	Minister	1844	1845
File:John Slidell LA 1859.jpg	John Slidell	Minister	1845		James K. Polk
File:David Conner (naval officer).jpg	David Conner	Special Diplomatic Agent	1846
File:Nathan clifford drawing.jpg	Nathan Clifford	Minister	1848	1849
File:Robert-P.-Letcher.jpg	Robert P. Letcher	Minister	1849	1852
	Robert Greenhow	Special Diplomatic Agent	1850
	George G. Goss	Special Diplomatic Agent	1850	1852
	George W. Slacum	Special Diplomatic Agent	1851		Millard Fillmore
	Edward Smith	Special Diplomatic Agent	1852
File:Alfred Conkling crop.jpg	Alfred Conkling	Minister	1852	1853
	George E. Cooper	Special Diplomatic Agent	1853
	Christopher L. Ward	Special Diplomatic Agent	1853
File:James Gadsden by Charles Fraser, circa 1831.jpg	James Gadsden	Minister	1853	1856
	Richard S. Spofford	Special Diplomatic Agent	1854		Franklin Pierce
File:John Forsyth Jr., newspaperman and politician (cropped).jpg	John Forsyth Jr.	Minister	1856	1858
File:William M. Churchwell - 34th TN.jpg	William M. Churchwell	Special Diplomatic Agent	1858		James Buchanan
File:Maj. Alfred Mordecai.jpg	Alfred Mordecai	Special Diplomatic Agent	1858
File:Face detail, Duff Green - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg	Duff Green	Special Diplomatic Agent	1859
File:DavidRittenhousePorter.jpg	David R. Porter	Special Diplomatic Agent	1859
File:Robert Milligan McLane engraving, 1883.jpg	Robert Milligan McLane	Minister	1859	1860
	Henry Roy de la Reintrie	Special Diplomatic Agent	1860
File:John Weller High Res (cropped).jpg	John B. Weller	Minister	1860	1861
File:Thomas Corwin.png	Thomas Corwin	Minister	1861	1864
	Robert W. Shufelt	Special Diplomatic Agent	1862		Abraham Lincoln
File:The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio (1892) (14591472530).jpg	Lewis D. Campbell	Minister	1866	1867	Andrew Johnson
	Marcus Otterbourg	Minister	1867
File:William Starke Rosecrans, 6 Sep 1819 - 11 Mar 1898.jpg	William S. Rosecrans	Minister	1868	1869
File:Thomas H Nelson.jpg	Thomas H. Nelson	Minister	1869	1873
File:John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State (cropped).jpg	John W. Foster	Minister	1873	1880	Ulysses S. Grant
File:Philip Hickey Morgan.jpg	Philip Hicky Morgan	Minister	1880	1885	Rutherford B. Hayes
File:HenryRootesJackson.jpg	Henry R. Jackson	Minister	1885	1886
File:Portrait of Thomas Courtland Manning, by Paul E. Poincy.jpg	Thomas Courtland Manning	Minister	1886	1887	Grover Cleveland
File:GenESBragg.jpg	Edward S. Bragg	Minister	1888	1889
File:TRyan.jpg	Thomas Ryan	Minister	1889	1893
File:Isaacpuseygrayindiana.jpg	Isaac P. Gray	Minister	1893	1895
File:Matt Whitaker Ransom - Brady-Handy.jpg	Matt Whitaker Ransom	Minister	1895	1897	Grover Cleveland
File:Powell Clayton (a).jpg	Powell Clayton	Minister	1897	1898

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File:Carlos Pascual.jpg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Sortname
File:Earl A Wayne - Ambassador.jpg	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
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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
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External links

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