J. Richard Blankenship

Richard Blankenship
Ambassador Blankenship
United States Ambassador to the Bahamas
In office
December 3, 2001  July 18, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byArthur Louis Schechter
Succeeded byRobert M. Witajewski
Personal details
Born1959 (age 6566)
Troy, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionDiplomat

James Richard Blankenship (born 1959) is an American former politician that served as United States Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2001 to 2003; he was nominated by President George W. Bush in the spring of 2001.