On Jan. 7, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Max Sieben Baucus to be Ambassador of the U.S. to China. Ambassador Baucus formerly served as the senior U.S. Senator from Montana. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Ambassador Baucus was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974.