| No. | Image | Ambassador | Time served | Classification | OECD Secretary-General | U.S.
President |
|---|
| 1 | | John W. Tuthill | October 4, 1961 – October 22, 1962 | Career FSO | Thorkil Kristensen | John F. Kennedy |
| 2 | | John M.
Leddy | October 3, 1962 – June 15, 1965 | Political appointee |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 3 | | Philip H.
Trezise | October 26, 1965 – July 7, 1969 | Career FSO |
| Richard Nixon |
| 4 | | Joseph A.
Greenwald | July 22, 1969 – October 12, 1972 | Career FSO |
| Emiel van Lennep |
| 5 | | William C.
Turner | May 23, 1974 – May 1, 1977 | Political appointee |
| Gerald Ford |
| Jimmy Carter |
| 6 | | Herbert Salzman | June 8, 1977 – March 30, 1981 | Political appointee |
| Ronald Reagan |
| 7 | | Abraham Katz | July 30, 1981 – May 24, 1984 | Career FSO |
| 8 | | Edward Streator | August 13, 1984 – June 15, 1987 | Career FSO |
| Jean-Claude Paye |
| 9 | | Denis Lamb | June 15,
|