New Zealand - U.S. Relations

Former Ambassadors

Charles J. Swindells

Charles J. Swindells

State of Residency: Oregon Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 17, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: October 12, 2001
Termination of Mission: August 21, 2005
Note: Also accredited to Samoa; resident at Wellington.
 

Note: FSO Philip Wall served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim, March - October 2001

 

 

Carol Moseley Braun

Carol Moseley Braun

State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: November 10, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: December 15, 1999
Termination of Mission: March 1, 2001
Note: Also accredited to Samoa; resident at Wellington.
   

 

 

Josiah Horton Beeman

Josiah Horton Beeman

State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: May 10, 1994
Termination of Mission: December 1999
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa and the Cook Islands; resident at Wellington.

  

 

Robert F. Goodwin

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State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1992
Note: Accredited to Western Samoa; did not serve under this appointment.
 

Note: The following officers served as Charg 'Affaires ad interim: David Walker (Dec 1992-Aug 1993) and Sylvia Stanfield (Aug 1993-May 1994). 

 

 

Della M. Newman

Della M. Newman

State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 25, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Dec 21, 1992

Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

  

 

 

Paul M. Cleveland

Paul Matthews Cleveland

State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
ppointment: Dec 6, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 10, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 28, 1989
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington. 

 

 

 

H. Monroe Browne

H. Monroe Browne

State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 11, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 1, 1985
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

  

 

Anne Clark Martindell

Anne Clark Martindell

State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 3, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 7, 1981
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

 

 

 

A. I. Selden, Jr.

Armistead I. Selden, Jr.

State of Residency: Alabama
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 1, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 22, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 23, 1979
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

  

 

Joseph S. Farland

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State of Residency: West Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Also nominated to Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa on Oct 11, 1973; Nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
 

 

 

Kenneth Franzheim II

Kenneth Franzheim II

State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 4, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 7, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Nov 1, 1972
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

Chalmers B. Wood served as Charg 'Affaires ad interim, Nov 1972-Apr 1974.

  

 

John F. Henning

John F. Henning

State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 26, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 5, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Sep 9, 1969
  

 

 

Herbert B. Powell

Herbert B. Powell

State of Residency: Oregon
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 10, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 23, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Feb 28, 1967

 

 

 

Anthony B. Akers

Anthony B. Akers

State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 12, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 18, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Aug 25, 1963.
 

 

 

Francis H. Russell

Francis H. Russell

State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 5, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Nov 28, 1960
 

 

 

 

Robert C. Hendrickson

Robert C. Hendrickson

State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 22, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 16, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Nov 20, 1956
 

 

 

 

Robert M. Scotten

Robert M. Scotten

State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 1, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 22, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 1, 1955
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.

  

Robert M. Scotten

State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 18, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 7, 1948
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

 

  

Avra M. Warren

Avra M. Warren

State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 27, 1945
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 15, 1947
 

 

 

 

Kenneth S. Patton

Kenneth S. Patton

State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 15, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Oct 22, 1945

 

 

 

 

William C. Burdett

William C. Burdett

State of Residency: Tennessee
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 1943
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jan 14, 1944

 

 

Patrick J. Hurley

Patrick J. Hurley

State of Residency: Oklahoma
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 14, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 24, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 12, 1942

Note: The Legation in Wellington had been established April 1, 1942, with Minister Hurley in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.

  

 

David J. Winton

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State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.