Ellis O. Briggs

Ellis O. Briggs
US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
In office
April 17, 1943  April 22, 1944
Preceded byAvra M. Warren
Succeeded byJoseph F. McGurk
US Ambassador to Uruguay
In office
August 21, 1947  August 6, 1949
Preceded byJoseph F. McGurk
Succeeded byChristian M. Ravndal
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office
October 8, 1952  October 30, 1953
Preceded byJoseph E. Jacobs
Succeeded byGeorge Wadsworth
US Ambassador to South Korea
In office
August 25, 1952  April 12, 1955
Preceded byJohn J. Muccio
Succeeded byWilliam S. B. Lacy
US Ambassador to Peru
In office
March 24, 1952  June 5, 1956
Preceded byHarold H. Tittmann Jr.
Succeeded byTheodore C. Achilles
US Ambassador to Brazil
In office
July 24, 1956  April 29, 1959
Preceded byJames Clement Dunn
Succeeded byJohn M. Cabot
US Ambassador to Greece
In office
April 8, 1959  February 1, 1962
Preceded byJames Williams Riddleberger
Succeeded byHenry Richardson Labouisse, Jr.

Ellis Ormsbee Briggs (December 1, 1899 – February 21, 1976) was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to seven countries over the course of his career.