Hello Patsy67,
Thanks for the question, which allowed me to discover that the US
State Department, through its Office of the Historian in the
department's Bureau of Public Affairs, keeps excellent historical
records and makes them available online. Here is the start page for
its record of ambassadors since 1778!
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po
And here is the list you requested:
Name: John G. Winant
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 1, 1941
Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated, Apr 10, 1946
Country: United Kingdom
Name: W. Averell Harriman
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 2, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 30, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 1, 1946
Name: O. Max Gardner
State of Residency: North Carolina
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: [Dec 6, 1946]
Note: Took oath of office, but died in the United States before
proceeding to post. A commission signed by the President during a
recess of the Senate, which had not yet been dated and attested, was
returned to the President by the Acting Secretary on Dec 6, 1946,
Gardner having declined a recess appointment. Recommissioned Jan 13,
1947.
Name: Lewis W. Douglas
State of Residency: Arizona
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 6, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 25, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 16, 1950
Name: Walter S. Gifford
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 29, 1950
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Did not serve under
this appointment.
Name: Walter S. Gifford
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 12, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 21, 1950
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 23, 1953
Name: Winthrop W. Aldrich
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 2, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 20, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left England, Feb 1, 1957
Name: John Hay Whitney
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 28, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 14, 1961
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