Honduras

Name: John Slidell
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 29, 1853
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Commissioned to Central America; declined appointment.

Name: Solon Borland
State of Residency: Arkansas
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 18, 1853
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 9, 1854. Commissioned to Central America; did not present credentials in Honduras.

Name: Beverly L. Clarke
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jan 14, 1858
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 10, 1858
Termination of Mission: Died at Guatemala, Mar 17, 1860
Note: Accredited also to Guatemala; resident in Guatemala.

Name: William M. Churchwell
State of Residency: Tennessee
Title: Minister Resident
Note: Not commissioned; nomination to be Minister Resident in Guatemala and Honduras not confirmed by the Senate.

Name: Hezekiah G. Wells
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Aug 7, 1861
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Declined appointment.

Name: Jacob M. Howard
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Nov 7, 1861
Note: Declined appointment. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.

Name: James R. Partridge
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Feb 10, 1862
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 25, 1862
Termination of Mission: Left post shortly before Nov 14, 1862

Name: Thomas H. Clay
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 16, 1863
Presentation of Credentials: [Apr 5, 1864]
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Aug 10, 1866
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 18, 1864. Officially recognized on Apr 5, 1864.

Name: Richard H. Rousseau
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: May 14, 1866
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 10, 1866
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 10, 1869

Name: Henry Baxter
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 21, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 10, 1869
Termination of Mission: Probably presented recall about Jun 30, 1873

Name: George Williamson
State of Residency: Louisiana
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: May 17, 1873
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 19, 1874
Termination of Mission: Notified Govt. of Honduras by note, Jan 31, 1879, that he had resigned
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 10, 1873. Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala.

Name: Cornelius A. Logan
State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 2, 1879
Presentation of Credentials: [Oct 10, 1879]
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall by note from Guatemala on or soon after Apr 15, 1882
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala. Officially recognized on Oct 10, 1879.

Name: Henry C. Hall
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 17, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: [Apr 21, 1882]
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala. Officially recognized on Apr 21, 1882.

Name: Henry C. Hall
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 13, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: [Sep 26, 1882]
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall by note on or shortly before May 16, 1889
Note: Commissioned to the "Central American States" but accredited individually to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; resident at Guatemala. Officially recognized on Sep 26, 1882.

Name: Lansing B. Mizner
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 30, 1889
Note: Commissioned to "the Central American States"; did not present credentials in Honduras.

Name: Romualdo Pacheco
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1890
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 17, 1891
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned to Guatemala and Honduras only
Note: Commissioned first to "the Central American States"; recommissioned to Guatemala and Honduras only; resident at Guatemala.

Name: Romualdo Pacheco
State of Residency: California
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1891
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge in Guatemala, Jun 12, 1893
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 23, 1891.

Name: Pierce M.B. Young
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 4, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: [Nov 12, 1893]
Termination of Mission: Left Guatemala, May 23, 1896
Note: Accredited also to Guatemala; resident in Guatemala. Officially recognized on Nov 12, 1893.

Name: Macgrane Coxe
State of Residency: New York
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 27, 1896
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 17, 1896. Commissioned also to Guatemala; did not present credentials in Honduras.

Name: W. Godfrey Hunter
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 8, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: [Jan 19, 1899]
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge at Guatemala, Feb 2, 1903
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 18, 1897. Officially recognized on Jan 19, 1899. Also accredited to Guatemala; resident in Guatemala.

Name: Leslie Combs
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 12, 1902
Presentation of Credentials: [May 22, 1903]
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall by note on or shortly before Feb 27, 1907
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 8, 1902. Transmitted credentials by note on May 22, 1903; acknowledgement not found. Also accredited to Guatemala; resident in Guatemala.

Name: Joseph W. J. Lee
State of Residency: Maryland
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 10, 1907
Note: Also commissioned to Guatemala; did not present credentials in Honduras

Name: H. Percival Dodge
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1907
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 17, 1908
Termination of Mission: Left San Salvador, Feb 6, 1909
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 12, 1907. Also accredited to El Salvador, resident at San Salvador.

Name: William B. Sorsby
State of Residency: Mississippi
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 5, 1908
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post.

Name: Philip M. Brown
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 11, 1908
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 21, 1909
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Feb 26, 1910
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 10, 1908.

Name: Fenton R. McCreery
State of Residency: Michigan
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 21, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 10, 1910
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 2, 1911

Name: Charles Dunning White
State of Residency: New Jersey
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 6, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 9, 1911
Termination of Mission: Recall presented by Secretary of Legation, Nov 4, 1913

Name: John Ewing
State of Residency: Louisiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 10, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 26, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 18, 1918

Name: T. Sambola Jones
State of Residency: Louisiana
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 26, 1918
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 2, 1918
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 17, 1919
Note: Legation Tegucigalpa reported Jan 1, 1920, that Jones was no longer persona grata to the Government of Honduras, and he did not return to his post.

Name: Franklin E. Morales
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 24, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 18, 1922
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 2, 1925

Name: George T. Summerlin
State of Residency: Louisiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 12, 1925
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 21, 1925
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 17, 1929

Name: Julius G. Lay
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 16, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 17, 1935

Name: Leo J. Keena
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 22, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 1, 1937

Name: John D. Irwin
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 29, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 8, 1937
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Name: John D. Irwin
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 27, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 27, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 16, 1947

Name: Paul C. Daniels
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 10, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 23, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 30, 1947

Name: Herbert S. Bursley
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 18, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: May 15, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 12, 1950

Name: John D. Erwin
State of Residency: Tennessee
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 1, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 14, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left Honduras, Feb 28, 1954

Name: Whiting Willauer
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 5, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 5, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 24, 1958

Name: Robert Newbegin
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 26, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 31, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 3, 1960

Name: Charles R. Burrows
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 27, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 3, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 28, 1965

Name: Joseph J. Jova
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 7, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 12, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 21, 1969

Name: Hewson A. Ryan
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 9, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 5, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 30, 1973

Name: Phillip V. Sanchez
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 24, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 15, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 17, 1976

Name: Ralph E. Becker
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 13, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 27, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 1, 1977

Name: Mari-Luci Jarimillo
State of Residency: New Mexico
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 27, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 19, 1980

Name: Jack R. Binns
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 26, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 10, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 31, 1981

Name: John D. Negroponte
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 29, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 11, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 30, 1985

Name: John Arthur Ferch
State of Residency: Ohio
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 22, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 9, 1986

Name: Everett Ellis Briggs
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 4, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 15, 1989

Name: Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr.
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 14, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 29, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post, July 1, 1993

Name: William Thornton Pryce
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 28, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: July 21, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 15, 1996
Note: An earlier nomination of May 7, 1992, was not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: James F. Creagan
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1996
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 29, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 20, 1999

Name: Frank Almaguer
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 7, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 25, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 5, 2002

Name: Larry Leon Palmer
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 8, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 8, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 7, 2005

Name: Charles A. Ford
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 13, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 2005
Termination of Mission: