Name |
Status |
Title |
Appointment |
Credentials presented |
Termination of mission |
Notes |
Loy W. Henderson |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
|
February 24, 1950 |
September 21, 1951 |
Reaccredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials Feb 24, 1950; left post Sep 21, 1951; commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
Chester Bowles |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
October 10, 1951 |
November 1, 1951 |
Left post, Mar 23, 1953 |
Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
George V. Allen |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
March 11, 1953 |
May 4, 1953 |
Left post, November 30, 1954 |
Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
John Sherman Cooper |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
February 4, 1955 |
April 9, 1955 |
Left post, April 23, 1956 |
Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. |
Ellsworth Bunker |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
November 28, 1956 |
March 4, 1957 |
Left India, March 23, 1961 |
Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 25, 1957. |
John Kenneth Galbraith |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
March 29, 1961 |
April 18, 1961 |
Left post, Jul 12, 1963 |
|
Chester Bowles |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
May 3, 1963 |
July 19, 1963 |
Left post, April 21, 1969 |
|
Kenneth B. Keating |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
May 1, 1969 |
July 2, 1969 |
Left post, July 26, 1972 |
|
Daniel P. Moynihan |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
February 8, 1973 |
February 28, 1973 |
Left post, January 7, 1975 |
|
William B. Saxbe |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
February 3, 1975 |
March 8, 1975 |
Left post, November 20, 1976 |
|
Robert F. Goheen |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
April 26, 1977 |
May 26, 1977 |
Left post, December 10, 1980 |
|
Harry G. Barnes Jr. |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
October 1, 1981 |
November 17, 1981 |
Left post, June 27, 1985 |
|
John Gunther Dean |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
August 2, 1985 |
September 6, 1985 |
Left post November 7, 1988 |
|
John R. Hubbard |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
November 22, 1988 |
December 27, 1988 |
Left post November 15, 1989 |
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. |
William Clark Jr. |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
October 10, 1989 |
December 22, 1989 |
Left post, July 2, 1992 |
|
Thomas R. Pickering |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
April 6, 1992 |
August 14, 1992 |
Left post, March 23, 1993 |
Kenneth Brill served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim, March 1993 – August 1994. |
Frank G. Wisner |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
June 9, 1994 |
August 2, 1994 |
Left post, July 12, 1997 |
|
Richard Frank Celeste |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
November 10, 1997 |
November 28, 1997 |
Left post April 25, 2001 |
|
Robert Blackwill |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
July 12, 2001 |
September 14, 2001 |
Left post July 31, 2003 |
|
David Campbell Mulford |
Non-career officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
December 12, 2003 |
February 23, 2004 |
Left post January 15, 2009[4] |
|
Peter Burleigh |
Foreign Service officer[5] |
Chargé d'affaires |
January 15, 2009 |
|
August 11, 2009 |
|
Timothy J. Roemer |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
July 23, 2009[6] |
August 11, 2009 |
Left post June 30, 2011 |
|
Peter Burleigh |
Foreign Service officer[5] |
Chargé d'affaires |
July 1, 2011 |
|
April 19, 2012 |
|
Nancy Jo Powell |
Foreign Service officer |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
February 7, 2012 |
April 19, 2012 |
May 21, 2014 |
|
Kathleen Stephens |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
May 22, 2014 |
June 6, 2014[7] |
January 16, 2015 |
Assumed position after resignation of Nancy Jo Powell. |
Richard Verma |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
December 12, 2014 |
January 16, 2015 |
January 20, 2017 |
First U.S. Ambassador to India of Indian origin.[8] |
MaryKay Carlson |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
January 20, 2017 |
|
November 15, 2017 |
Assumed office after Ambassador Richard Verma demitted office following President Trump's inauguration on January 20. |
Kenneth Juster |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
November 3, 2017 |
November 23, 2017 |
January 20, 2021 |
|
Donald Heflin |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
January 20, 2021 |
|
April 30, 2021 |
Minister-Counselor for Consular Affairs.[9] |
Daniel Bennett Smith |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
April 30, 2021 |
|
June 29, 2021 |
[10][11] |
Atul Keshap |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
June 29, 2021 |
|
September 9, 2021 |
[12] |
Patricia A. Lacina |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
September 9, 2021 |
|
October 24, 2022 |
[13] |
A. Elizabeth Jones |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
October 24, 2022 |
|
April 11, 2023 |
[14] |
Eric Garcetti |
Non-career appointee |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
March 15, 2023 |
May 11, 2023 |
January 20, 2025 |
In July 2021, Joe Biden nominated Garcetti. When the nomination expired in 2023, Biden once again nominated Garcetti. |
Jorgan K. Andrews |
Foreign Service officer (interim) |
Chargé d'affaires |
January 20, 2025 |
|
Incumbent |
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