Elbert George Mathews (November 24, 1910 – October 31, 1977) was an American diplomat.

[1] Mathews was the United States Vice Consul to Vancouver from 1935 to 1936.

[1] Mathews was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the position of United States Ambassador to Liberia on August 12, 1959.

Mathews was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the position of United States Ambassador to Nigeria on March 10, 1964.

[2] Mathews married Naomi Pearl Meffert on August 20, 1934.