- History of the U.S. and France
- Chiefs of Missions for France
- European Heritage Days
- U.S.- France Relations
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1779–May 17, 1785
- Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, May 17, 1785–September 26, 1789
- William Short (1759–1849)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, June 14, 1790–May 15, 1792
- Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, June 3, 1792–April 9, 1794
- James Monroe (1758–1831)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, August 15, 1794–December 9, 1796
- Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, December 6, 1801–November 18, 1804
- John Armstrong (1755–1843)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, November 18, 1804–September 14, 1810
- Jonathan Russell (1771–1832)
- Chargé d’Affaires, November 5, 1810–November 17, 1811
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, November 17, 1811–December 26, 1812
- William Harris Crawford (1772–1834)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, December 14, 1813–April 30, 1815
- Albert Gallatin (1761–1849)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 16, 1816–May 16, 1823
- James Brown (1766–1835)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 13, 1824–June 28, 1829
- William Cabell Rives (1792–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, October 25, 1829–September 27, 1832
- Levett Harris (?–?)
- Chargé d’Affaires, April 20, 1833–September 30, 1833
- Edward Livingston (1764–1836)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 30, 1833–April 29, 1835
- Thomas Pennant Barton (1803–1869)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –November 8, 1835
- Lewis Cass (1782–1866)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 1, 1836–November 12, 1842
- William Rufus de Vane King (1786–1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 1, 1844–September 15, 1846
- Richard Rush (1780–1859)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1847–October 8, 1849
- William Cabell Rives (1792–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, November 8, 1849–May 12, 1853
- John Young Mason (1799–1859)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 22, 1854–October 3, 1859
- Charles James Faulkner (1806–1884)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 4, 1860–May 12, 1861
- William Lewis Dayton (1807–1864)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 19, 1861–December 1, 1864
- John Bigelow (1817–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, April 23, 1865–December 23, 1866
- John Adams Dix (1798–1879)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 23, 1866–May 23, 1869
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1816–1887)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1869–September 5, 1877
- Edward Follansbee Noyes (1832–1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 5, 1877–August 5, 1881
- Levi Parsons Morton (1824–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 5, 1881–May 14, 1885
- Robert Milligan McLane (1815–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 14, 1885–May 20, 1889
- Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 21, 1889–March 25, 1892
- Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 10, 1892–May 4, 1893
- James Biddle Eustis (1834–1899)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 6, 1893–May 24, 1897
- Horace Porter (1837–1921)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 26, 1897–May 2, 1905
- Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 2, 1905–March 2, 1907
- Henry White (1850–1927)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1907–November 3, 1909
- Robert Bacon (1860–1919)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 31, 1909–April 19, 1912
- Myron Timothy Herrick (1854–1929)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1912–November 28, 1914
- William Graves Sharp (1859–1922)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 4, 1914–April 14, 1919
- Hugh Campbell Wallace (1863–1931)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 22, 1919–July 5, 1921
- Myron Timothy Herrick (1854–1929)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 15, 1921–March 31, 1929
- Walter Evans Edge (1873–1956)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 18, 1929–April 13, 1933
- Jesse Isidor Straus (1872–1936)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 1933–August 5, 1936
- William Christian Bullitt (1891–1967)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 13, 1936–July 11, 1940
- William Daniel Leahy (1875–1959)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 8, 1941–May 1, 1942
- Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. (1891–1967)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, –November 8, 1942
- Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 30, 1944–May 13, 1949
- David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 17, 1949–March 10, 1952
- James Clement Dunn (1890–1979)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 27, 1952–March 2, 1953
- Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 13, 1953–January 28, 1957
- Amory Houghton (1899–1981)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 17, 1957–January 19, 1961
- James Maurice Gavin (1907–1990)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 21, 1961–September 26, 1962
- Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 27, 1962–February 9, 1968
- Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (1915–2011)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 25, 1968–March 25, 1970
- Arthur Kittredge Watson (1919–1974)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 6, 1970–October 30, 1972
- John Nichol Irwin II (1913–2000)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 23, 1973–October 20, 1974
- Kenneth Rush (1910–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1974–March 14, 1977
- Arthur Adair Hartman (1926–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 7, 1977–October 14, 1981
- Evan Griffith Galbraith (1928–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 2, 1981–July 15, 1985
- Joe M. Rodgers (1933–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 20, 1985–January 8, 1989
- Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Jr. (1922–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 6, 1989–February 11, 1993
- Pamela C. Harriman (1920–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 30, 1993–February 5, 1997
- Felix Rohatyn (1929–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 11, 1997–December 7, 2000
- Howard H. Leach (1930–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 2001–April 16, 2005
- Craig Roberts Stapleton (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 25, 2005–January 29, 2009
- Charles Hammerman Rivkin (1962–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 2, 2009–November 20, 2013
- Jane Dorothy Hartley (1947–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 2014– January 19, 2017
