List of ambassadors of the United States to Spain

The most recent ambassador was Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, she was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on January 7, 2022, and presented her credentials on February 2, 2022.

Ambassador of the United States of America to Spain
Embajadora de los Estados Unidos de America en España
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	John Jay as Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation	September 29, 1779
Website	U.S. Embassy - Madrid

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Spain from 1779 to the present day. The ambassador to Spain is also credentialed to Andorra.

Chiefs of mission

Denotes chargé d’affaires ad interim

#	Name	Image	Type of appointee	Title	Appointment	Presentation of credentials	Termination of mission	President(s)
-	William Carmichael			Chargé d'Affaires	Apr 20, 1790	No report has been found concerning Carmichael's presentation of credentials as Chargé d'Affaires en titre; he had already been received as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, May 20, 1782.	Presented recall Sep 5, 1794	George Washington (Unaffiliated)
1	William Short			Minister Resident	May 28, 1794	Sep 7, 1794	Left post, Nov 1, 1795
2	David Humphreys			Minister Plenipotentiary	May 20, 1796	Sep 10, 1797	Probably presented recall soon after December 28, 1801	John Adams (Federalist)
								Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
3	Charles Pinckney				Jun 6, 1801[1]	January–March 1802	Presented recall, Oct 25, 1804
-	George W. Erving			Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	Oct 1805		Feb 1810
								James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
4				Minister Plenipotentiary	Aug 10, 1814[2]	Aug 24, 1816	Left post, May 15, 1819
								James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
5	John Forsyth				Feb 16, 1819	May 18, 1819	Had farewell audience, Mar 2, 1823
6	Hugh Nelson				Jan 15, 1823	Dec 4, 1823	Presented recall Jul 10, 1825
								John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)
7	Alexander Hill Everett			Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Mar 9, 1825	Sep 4, 1825	Left post Aug 1, 1829
								Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
8	Cornelius P. Van Ness				Jun 1, 1829[3]	Dec 9, 1829	Presented recall, Dec 21, 1836
9	John H. Eaton				Mar 16, 1836	No report has been found of Eaton's presentation of credentials, which probably took place about February 1, 1837	Left post, May 1, 1840
								Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
-	Aaron Vail			Chargé d'Affaires	May 20, 1840	Nov 5, 1840	Superseded, Aug 1, 1842
								William Henry Harrison (Whig)
								John Tyler (Whig/Unaffiliated)
10	Washington Irving			Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Feb 10, 1842	Aug 1, 1842	Presented recall, Jul 29, 1846
								James K. Polk (Democratic)
11	Romulus M. Saunders				Feb 25, 1846	Jul 31, 1846	Presented recall, Sep 24, 1849
								Zachary Taylor (Whig)
12	Daniel M. Barringer				Jun 18, 1849[4]	October 24, 1849	Presented recall Sep 4, 1853
								Millard Fillmore (Whig)
								Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
13	Pierre Soule				Apr 7, 1853	Oct 24, 1853	Presented recall, Feb 1, 1855
14	Angus C. Dodge				Feb 9, 1855	Jun 17, 1855	Presented recall, Mar 12, 1859
								James Buchanan (Democratic)
15	William Preston				Dec 15, 1858	Mar 12, 1859	Presented recall, May 24, 1861
								Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
16	Carl Schurz				Mar 28, 1861	Jul 13, 1861	Left post, Dec 18, 1861
17	Gustavus Koerner				Jun 14, 1862	Nov 4, 1862	Left post, Jul 20, 1864
18	John P. Hale				Mar 10, 1865	Sep 30, 1865	Presented recall, Jul 29, 1869	Andrew Johnson (National Union/Democratic)
								Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
19	Daniel E. Sickles				May 15, 1869[5]	July 29, 1869	Presented new credentials on Feb 2, 1871, after change of government; transmitted recall by note Jan 31, 1874
20	Caleb Cushing				Jan 6, 1874	May 30, 1874	Presented new credentials on Mar 10, 1875, after restoration of monarchy; left post, Apr 9, 1877
								Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
21	James Russell Lowell				Jun 11, 1877[6]	Aug 18, 1877	Presented recall, Mar 2, 1880
22	Lucius Fairchild				Jan 26, 1880	Mar 31, 1880	Presented recall, Dec 20, 1881
								James A. Garfield (Republican)
								Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
23	Hannibal Hamlin				Jun 30, 1881[7]	Dec 20, 1881	Left post, Oct 17, 1882
24	John W. Foster				Feb 27, 1883	Jun 16, 1883	Presented recall, Aug 28, 1885
								Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
25	Jabez L.M. Curry				Oct 7, 1885[8]	Dec 22, 1885	Left post, Jul 5, 1888
26	Perry Belmont				Nov 17, 1888[9]	Feb 13, 1889	Left post, May 1, 1889
								Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
27	Thomas W. Palmer				Mar 12, 1889	Jun 17, 1889	Left post, Apr 19, 1890
28	E. Burd Grubb				Sep 27, 1890	Dec 23, 1890	Left post, May 26, 1892
29	A. Loudon Snowden				Jul 22, 1892	Oct 6, 1892	Presented recall, Jun 3, 1893
								Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
30	Hannis Taylor				Apr 8, 1893	Jul 1, 1893	Presented recall, Sep 13, 1897
								William McKinley (Republican)
31	Stewart L. Woodford				Jun 19, 1897	Sep 13, 1897	Spain severed diplomatic relations with the U.S., Apr 21, 1898[10]
32	Bellamy Storer				Apr 12, 1899[11]	Jun 16, 1899	Presented recall, Dec 10, 1902
								Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
33	Arthur S. Hardy				Sep 26, 1902[12]	Mar 2, 1903	Presented recall, May 1, 1905
34	William Miller Collier				Mar 8, 1905	May 15, 1905	Superseded, Jun 9, 1909
								William Howard Taft (Republican)
35	Henry Clay Ide				Apr 1, 1909	Jun 9, 1909	Left post, Jul 8, 1913
								Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
36	Joseph E. Willard		Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Sep 10, 1913	Oct 31, 1913	Left post, Jul 7, 1921
								Warren G. Harding (Republican)
37	Cyrus E. Woods				Jun 24, 1921	Oct 14, 1921	Left post, Apr 18, 1923
38	Alexander P. Moore				Mar 3, 1923	May 16, 1923	Left post, Dec 20, 1925
								Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
39	Ogden H. Hammond				Dec 21, 1925	Mar 26, 1926	Left post, Oct 13, 1929
								Herbert Hoover (Republican)
40	Irwin B. Laughlin		Foreign Service officer		Oct 16, 1929	Dec 24, 1929	Left post, Apr 12, 1933
								Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
41	Claude G. Bowers		Non-career appointee		Apr 6, 1933	Jun 1, 1933	Had final interview, Feb 2, 1939[13]
-	H. Freeman Matthews		Career Foreign Service Officer	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	Apr 13, 1939
42	Alexander W. Weddell		Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 3, 1939	Jun 15, 1939	Left post, Feb 7, 1942
43	Carlton J. H. Hayes		Non-career appointee		May 2, 1942	Jun 9, 1942	Left Spain, Jan 18, 1945
44	Norman Armour		Foreign Service officer		Dec 15, 1944	Mar 24, 1945	Left post, Dec 1, 1945
								Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
-	Philip W. Bonsal		Career Foreign Service Officer	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	Mar 1946		Jun 1947
-	Paul T. Culbertson				Jun 1947		Dec 1950
45	Stanton Griffis		Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Feb 1, 1951	Mar 1, 1951	Relinquished charge, Jan 28, 1952
46	Lincoln MacVeagh				Feb 21, 1952	Mar 27, 1952	Left post, Mar 4, 1953
								Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
47	James Clement Dunn		Foreign Service officer		Feb 27, 1953	Apr 9, 1953	Left post, Feb 9, 1955
48	John Lodge		Non-career appointee		Jan 22, 1955	Mar 24, 1955	Left post, Apr 13, 1961
								John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
49	Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.				Mar 29, 1961	May 25, 1961	Left Spain, Oct 12, 1961
50	Robert F. Woodward		Foreign Service officer		Apr 7, 1962	May 10, 1962	Left post, Feb 1, 1965
								Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
51	Angier Biddle Duke		Non-career appointee		Mar 11, 1965	Apr 1, 1965	Left post Mar 30, 1968
52	Robert F. Wagner				Jun 24, 1968	Jul 4, 1968	Left post, Mar 7, 1969
								Richard Nixon (Republican)
53	Robert C. Hill				May 1, 1969	Jun 12, 1969	Left post, Jun 12, 1972
54	Horacio Rivero Jr.				Sep 11, 1972	Oct 11, 1972	Left post, Nov 26, 1974
								Gerald Ford (Republican)
55	Wells Stabler		Foreign Service officer		Feb 20, 1975	Mar 13, 1975	Left post, May 4, 1978
								Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
56	Terence A. Todman				May 25, 1978	Jul 20, 1978	Left post, Aug 8, 1983
								Ronald Reagan (Republican)
57	Thomas Ostrom Enders				Aug 5, 1983	Sep 15, 1983	Left post Jul 6, 1986
58	Reginald Bartholomew				Aug 18, 1986	Sep 17, 1986	Left post, Mar 12, 1989
								George H. W. Bush (Republican)
59	Joseph Zappala		Non-career appointee		Oct 10, 1989	Oct 16, 1989	Left post, Jun 4, 1992
60	Richard Goodwin Capen, Jr.				Jun 15, 1992	Jul 8, 1992	Left post, Feb 17, 1993
								Bill Clinton (Democratic)
61	Richard N. Gardner				Sep 16, 1993	Nov 4, 1993	Left post, Jul 12, 1997
62	Edward L. Romero				Apr 2, 1998	Jun 30, 1998	Left post, May 1, 2001
								George W. Bush (Republican)
63	George L. Argyros			Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]	Nov 21, 2001	Dec 13, 2001	Left post, Nov 21, 2004
64	Eduardo Aguirre				Jun 21, 2005	Jun 29, 2005	Jan 20, 2009
65	Alan D. Solomont				Dec 29, 2009	Jan 27, 2010	Left post Jun 28, 2013	Barack Obama (Democratic)
66	James Costos				Aug 19, 2013	Sep 24, 2013	Left post Jan 18, 2017
67	Richard Duke Buchan III				Nov 20, 2017	Apr 3, 2018	Left post Jan 20, 2021	Donald Trump (Republican)
-	Conrad Tribble[15]		Foreign Service officer	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	Jan 20, 2021		Feb 2, 2022	Joe Biden (Democratic)
68	Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón		Non-career appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[14]	Jan 7, 2022	Feb 2, 2022	July 12, 2024
-	Rian Harker Harris[16]		Foreign Service officer	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	July 15, 2024		Incumbent

Other nominees

Name	Portrait	Type of appointee	Title	Appointment	Note
John Jay			Minister Plenipotentiary	Sep 29, 1779	Proceeded to post, but was not formally received at court; left post about May 20, 1782
James Bowdoin				Nov 22, 1804	Did not proceed to post
William T. Barry			Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Apr 10, 1853	Took oath of office but died en route to post. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate
John C. Breckinridge				Jan 16, 1855	Declined appointment
Cassius M. Clay				Apr 14, 1861
William S. Rosecrans					Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate
Henry S. Sanford
Joseph E. Willard		Non-career appointee		Jul 28, 1913	Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post under this appointment
Ellis O. Briggs		Foreign Service officer	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary		Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Frank E. McKinney		Non-career appointee		May 11, 1968	Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post under this appointment
Peter M. Flanigan					Not commissioned; nomination of Sep 17, 1974 was not acted upon the Senate