This is a list of United States ambassadors to the Gambia, the first of who was appointed on May 18, 1965, exactly three months after it attained independence from the United Kingdom.
Mercer Cook - Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 18, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: August 9, 1965
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar July 1, 1966
William R. Rivkin - Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 13, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: January 16, 1967
Termination of Mission: Died at Dakar March 19, 1967
L. Dean Brown - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 18, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: January 18, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar August 15, 1970
G. Edward Clark - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 12, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: November 24, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar October 16, 1973
O. Rudolph Aggrey - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: November 23, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: January 17, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar July 10, 1977
Herman J. Cohen - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: June 24, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: March 29, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar July 21, 1980
Larry Gordon Piper - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: June 30, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: August 21, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post August 23, 1982
Note: Between August 1982 and June 1984, the following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Owen W. Roberts. August 1982-June 1983; P. Wesley Kriebel, July-November 1983; Alan Logan, November 1983-April 1984; and Edward Brynn, May-June 1984.
Sharon Erdkamp Ahmad - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: September 30, 1982
Robert Thomas Hennemeyer - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 11, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: June 20, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post June 27, 1986
Herbert E. Horowitz - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: September 12, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: October 24, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post November 4, 1989
Ruth V. Washington - Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: November 21, 1989
Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: Jimmie Stone (Nov 1989-Jan 1990) and A. Donald Bramante (Jan-Dec 1990).
Arlene Render - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 22, 1990
Presentation of Credentials: December 31, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post August 8, 1993
Andrew J. Winter - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: July 11, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: October 29, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post May 31, 1995
Gerald W. Scott - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: December 28, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: February 16 1996
Termination of Mission: Left post June 27, 1998
George Williford Boyce Haley - Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: June 29, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: October 15, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post July 14, 2001
Jackson McDonald - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 1, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 26, 2004
Joseph D. Stafford III - Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: July 2, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: September 15, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, June 5, 2007
Barry L. Wells - Political appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: October 29, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Unknown
Termination of Mission: Prior to November 2010
Pamela White – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: November 17, 2010
Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 2010
Termination of Mission: January 2012
Edward M. Alford – Career FSO
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: March 1, 2013
Presentation of Credentials: Unknown
Termination of Mission: Incumbent
