Ambassadors
| President | Position | President served under | Year(s) served | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams | Minister to Britain | Continental Congress | 1785–1788 | |
| Thomas Jefferson | Minister Plenipotentiary to France | Continental Congress | 1785–1789 | |
| James Monroe | Minister Plenipotentiary to France | George Washington | 1794–1796 | |
| Minister to Britain | Thomas Jefferson | 1803–1807 | Served under Secretary of State James Madison | |
| John Quincy Adams | Minister to the Netherlands | George Washington John Adams |
1794–1797 | |
| Minister to Germany | John Adams | 1797–1801 | ||
| Minister to Russia | James Madison | 1809–1814 | Served under Secretary of State James Monroe | |
| Minister to Britain | James Madison | 1815–1817 | ||
| Martin Van Buren | Minister to Britain | Andrew Jackson | 1831–1832 | |
| William Henry Harrison | Minister to Gran Colombia | John Quincy Adams | 1828–1829 | |
| James Buchanan | Minister to Britain | Franklin Pierce | 1853–1856 | |
| George H. W. Bush | Ambassador to the United Nations | Richard Nixon | 1971–1973 | |
| Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing | Gerald R. Ford | 1974-1975 | Ambassador in all but name |
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