Warren Austin resigned from his Vermont Senate seat to take this position.
Warren Austin resigned from his Vermont Senate seat to take this position. Arthur Goldberg resigned from the Supreme Court to take this position in hopes of settling an end to the Vietnam War.  Edward Stettinius resigned as Secretary of State to serve as the first one. Daniel Patrick Moynihan prevented action being taken against Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor in his time in this office, which was held by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. from 1953 to 1960.  Currently occupied by Alejandro Wolff, and previously held by Andrew Young, Adlai Stevenson, and John Negroponte, FTP, name this diplomatic position recently held by John Bolton, an envoy to an international body located in New York City.
Warren Austin resigned from his Vermont Senate seat to take this position.
Ambassador to the United Nations (or the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations)