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South Korea
U.S. diplomatic chiefs of mission to South Korea
John J. Muccio (Ambassador 1949-52) Ellis O. Briggs (Ambassador 1952-55) William S. B. Lacy (Ambassador 1955) Walter C. Dowling (Ambassador 1956-59) Walter P. McConaughy, Jr. (Ambassador 1959-61) Samuel D. Berger (Ambassador 1961-64) Winthrop G. Brown (Ambassador 1964-67) William J. Porter (Ambassador 1967-71) Philip C. Habib (Ambassador 1971-74) Richard L. Sneider (Ambassador 1974-78) William H. Gleysteen, Jr. (Ambassador 1978-81) Richard L. Walker (Ambassador 1981-86) James R. Lilley (Ambassador 1986-89) Donald Phinney Gregg (Ambassador 1989-93) James T. Laney (Ambassador 1993-96) Stephen W. Bosworth (Ambassador 1997-2001) Thomas C. Hubbard (Ambassador 2001-04) Alexander Vershbow (Ambassador 2005-) |
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a
political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872 |
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Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License. | ||
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Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDLmi.com. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. |