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#	Picture	Name	State of Residence	Term of Office		President(s) served under
1		Edmund Randolph Edmund Randolph Edmund Jenings Randolph was an United States lawyer, Governor of Virginia, United States Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General....	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	September 26, 1789	January 26, 1794	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
2		William Bradford William Bradford (1755-1795) William Bradford was a lawyer and judge from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the second United States Attorney General in 1794-1795.He was the son of the printer William Bradford and was born in Philadelphia....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	January 27, 1794	August 23, 1795
3		Charles Lee Charles Lee (Attorney General) Charles Lee was an United States lawyer from Virginia. He served as United States Attorney General from 1795 until 1801.Charles was born to Henry_Lee_II and Lucy Lee on his father's plantation of Leesylvania in Prince William County, Virginia....	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	December 10, 1795	February 19, 1801	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas .... , John Adams John Adams John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....
4		Levi Lincoln, Sr. Levi Lincoln, Sr. Levi Lincoln, Sr. was an United States revolutionary and statesman who served as a Minutemen at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, a state legislator in Massachusetts, a participant in Massachusetts' state constitutional convention, Governor of Massachusetts, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, a United States House of Repres...	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	March 5, 1801	March 2, 1805	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
5		John Breckinridge John Breckinridge (1760-1806) John Breckinridge was a United States Senator and United States Attorney General. He was the progenitor of the Breckinridge_family....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	August 7, 1805	December 14, 1806
6		Caesar A. Rodney Caesar A. Rodney Caesar Augustus Rodney was an United States lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party , who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as well as a United States House of Representatives from Delaware, United States Senate from Delaware, United...	Delaware Delaware Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....	January 20, 1807	December 10, 1811	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.... , James Madison James Madison James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
7		William Pinkney William Pinkney William Pinkney was an United States statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General.Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786....	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	December 11, 1811	February 9, 1814	James Madison James Madison James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
8		Richard Rush Richard Rush Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia Rush....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	February 10, 1814	November 12, 1817
9		William Wirt William Wirt (Attorney General) William Wirt was an United States author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence....	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	November 13, 1817	March 4, 1829	James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S.... , John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
10		John M. Berrien John M. Berrien John MacPherson Berrien of Georgia was a United States Senate and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General of the United States.Born at Rocky Hill, New Jersey, New Jersey, to a family of Huguenot ancestry, Berrien moved with his parents to Savannah, Georgia, in 1782; was graduated from Princeton College in 1796; studied law in Savannah; was adm...	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....	March 9, 1829	July 19, 1831	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
11		Roger B. Taney Roger B. Taney Roger Brooke Taney was the twelfth United States Attorney General. He also was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864, and was the first Roman Catholic to hold that office....	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	July 20, 1831	November 14, 1833
12		Benjamin Franklin Butler Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) Benjamin Franklin Butler was a lawyer, legislator and Attorney General of the United States....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	November 15, 1833	July 4, 1838	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy.... , Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
13		Felix Grundy Felix Grundy Felix Grundy was a United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Tennessee who also served as the 13th Attorney General of the United States....	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....	July 5, 1838	January 10, 1840	Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
14		Henry D. Gilpin Henry D. Gilpin Henry Dilworth Gilpin was an United States lawyer and statesman of Quaker extraction who served as Attorney General of the United States.He was the son of Joshua Gilpin and Mary Dilworth, and was born in Lancaster, England, England, just before his parents returned to America....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	January 11, 1840	March 4, 1841
15		John J. Crittenden John J. Crittenden John Jordan Crittenden was an United States statesman from Kentucky. He twice served as United States Attorney General. He represented Kentucky in both houses of United States Congress and served as the state's seventeenth governor....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	March 5, 1841	September 12, 1841	William Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office.... , John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
16		Hugh Swinton Legaré	South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....	September 13, 1841	June 30, 1843	John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
17		John Nelson John Nelson (lawyer) John Nelson was Attorney General of the United States from 1843 to 1845 under John Tyler.Nelson was born in Frederick, Maryland, the son of politician Roger Nelson....	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	July 1, 1843	March 4, 1845
18		John Y. Mason John Y. Mason John Young Mason was an United States politician and diplomat.He was born in Greensville County, Virginia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1816, and then studied law in Connecticut....	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	March 5, 1845	October 16, 1846	James Polk
19		Nathan Clifford Nathan Clifford Nathan Clifford was an United States statesman, diplomat and jurist.Clifford was born of old Yankee stock in Rumney, New Hampshire, to farmers, the only son of seven children He attended the public schools of that town, then the Haverhill Academy in New Hampshire, and finally the New Hampton Literary Institute ....	Maine Maine The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....	October 17, 1846	March 17, 1848
20		Isaac Toucey Isaac Toucey Isaac Toucey was an United States statesman who served as a United States Senate, United States Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General of the United States and Governor of Connecticut....	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	June 21, 1848	March 4, 1849
21		Reverdy Johnson Reverdy Johnson Reverdy Johnson was a statesman and jurist from Maryland....	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	March 8, 1849	July 21, 1850	Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was an Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.Known as "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor had a 40-year military career in the United States Army, serving in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Seminole Wars before achieving fame leading U.S....
22		John J. Crittenden John J. Crittenden John Jordan Crittenden was an United States statesman from Kentucky. He twice served as United States Attorney General. He represented Kentucky in both houses of United States Congress and served as the state's seventeenth governor....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	July 22, 1850	March 4, 1853	Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office....
23		Caleb Cushing Caleb Cushing Caleb Cushing was an United States statesman and diplomat who served as a United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and Attorney General of the United States under President of the United States Franklin Pierce....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	March 7, 1853	March 4, 1857	Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857, an Politics of the United States and lawyer....
24		Jeremiah S. Black Jeremiah S. Black Jeremiah Sullivan Black was an United States statesman and lawyer. He was the son of United States House of Representatives Henry Black , and the father of writer and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Chauncey Forward Black....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 6, 1857	December 16, 1860	James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....
25		Edwin M. Stanton Edwin M. Stanton Edwin McMasters Stanton was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in 1860-61 and United States Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era of the United States era....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	December 20, 1860	March 4, 1861
26		Edward Bates Edward Bates Edward Bates was a United States lawyer and statesman. He served as United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864. He was also the brother of both Frederick Bates and James Woodson Bates....	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....	March 5, 1861	November 24, 1864	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
27		James Speed James Speed James Speed was an United States lawyer, politician and professor.James Speed was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, to Judge John Speed and his second wife Lucy Gilmer Fry....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	December 2, 1864	July 22, 1866	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.... , Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
28		Henry Stanberry Henry Stanberry Henry Stanbery was an United States lawyer and United States Cabinet member.Born in New York, he moved to Ohio in 1814. He graduated from Washington College ...	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	July 23, 1866	July 16, 1868	Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
29		William M. Evarts William M. Evarts William Maxwell Evarts was an United States lawyer and statesman who served as US Secretary of State, US Attorney General and US Senator from New York....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	July 17, 1868	March 4, 1869
30		Ebenezer R. Hoar Ebenezer R. Hoar Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar was an influential United States politician and lawyer from Massachusetts....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	March 5, 1869	November 22, 1870	Ulysses Grant
31		Amos T. Akerman Amos T. Akerman Amos Tappan Akerman served as United States Attorney General under President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant from 1870 to 1871. Akerman was born on February 23, 1821 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire as the ninth of Benjamin Akerman?s twelve children....	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....	November 23, 1870	December 13, 1871
32		George H. Williams George H. Williams George H. Williams may refer to:*George H. Williams II , aviation history collector*George Henry Williams , US Attorney General and US Senator from Oregon...	Oregon Oregon Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....	December 14, 1871	April 25, 1875
33		Edwards Pierrepont Edwards Pierrepont Edwards Pierrepont was an United States statesman, jurist and lawyer.Born in North Haven, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale University and Yale_Law_School#History, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced law in Columbus, Ohio, from 1840 to 1845....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	April 26, 1875	May 21, 1876
34		Alphonso Taft Alphonso Taft Alphonso Taft was the United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of War under President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and the founder of an American Taft family....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	May 22, 1876	March 4, 1877
35		Charles Devens Charles Devens Charles Devens was an United States lawyer, jurist and statesman. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	March 12, 1877	March 4, 1881	Rutherford Hayes
36		Wayne MacVeagh Wayne MacVeagh Isaac Wayne MacVeagh was an United States politician and diplomat.Born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, he attended Yale University and graduated 10th in his class in 1853....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 5, 1881	December 15, 1881	James Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. James A. Garfield assassination, two months after being shot and six months after his inauguration, made his tenure the second shortest in United States history.... , Chester Arthur
37		Benjamin H. Brewster Benjamin H. Brewster Benjamin Harris Brewster was an attorney and politician from New Jersey, who served as United States Attorney General from 1881 - 1885....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	December 16, 1881	March 4, 1885	Chester Arthur
38		Augustus H. Garland	Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....	March 6, 1885	March 4, 1889	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....
39		William Miller	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	March 7, 1889	March 4, 1893	Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he became a prominent state politician....
40		Richard Olney Richard Olney Richard Olney, the "Mick Hucknall of Milton Keynes" was an United States statesman. He served as both United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of State under President of the United States Grover Cleveland....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	March 6, 1893	April 7, 1895	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....
41		Judson Harmon Judson Harmon Judson Harmon was a United States Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served as United States Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland and later served as the 46th List of Governors of Ohio....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	April 8, 1895	March 4, 1897
42		Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna was an United States politician who served in all three branches of the Government of the United States, as a member of the U.S....	California California California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....	March 5, 1897	January 25, 1898	William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected....
43		John W. Griggs John W. Griggs John William Griggs was an United States Republican Party politician, who served as the List of Governors of New Jersey Governor of New Jersey of New Jersey, from 1896 to 1898, stepping down to assume the position as the United States Attorney General from 1898 to 1901....	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....	January 25, 1898	March 29, 1901
44		Philander C. Knox Philander C. Knox Philander Chase Knox was an United States lawyer and politician who served as United States Attorney General and United States Senate and was United States Secretary of State from 1909-1913....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	April 5, 1901	June 30, 1904	William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected.... , Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
45		William H. Moody	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	July 1, 1904	December 17, 1906	Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
46		Charles J. Bonaparte	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	December 17, 1906	March 4, 1909
47		George W. Wickersham George W. Wickersham George Woodward Wickersham was an United States lawyer and Presidential Cabinet Secretary.Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	William Taft
48		James C. McReynolds	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 5, 1913	August 29, 1914	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. A devout Presbyterianism and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913....
49		Thomas Watt Gregory Thomas Watt Gregory Thomas Watt Gregory was an United States attorney and United States Cabinet Secretary.Born in Crawfordsville, Mississippi, he graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1883, and was a special student at the University of Virginia....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	August 29, 1914	March 4, 1919
50		Alexander Mitchell Palmer Alexander Mitchell Palmer Alexander Mitchell Palmer was the United States Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921. He was nicknamed The Fighting Religious Society of Friends and he directed the controversial Palmer Raids....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 5, 1919	March 4, 1921
51		Harry M. Daugherty Harry M. Daugherty Harry Micajah Daugherty was an United States politician. He is best known as a Republican Party boss, and member of the Ohio Gang, the name given to the group of advisors surrounding president Warren G....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	March 4, 1921	April 6, 1924	Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . A Republican Party lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state....
52		Harlan F. Stone	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	April 7, 1924	March 1, 1925	Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . A Republican Party lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state....
53		John G. Sargent John G. Sargent John Garibaldi Sargent was an United States lawyer and statesman.He graduated from Tufts College in 1887, and earned a master's degree from the same institution in 1912....	Vermont Vermont Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....	March 7, 1925	March 4, 1929
54		William D. Mitchell William D. Mitchell William DeWitt Mitchell was appointed to the position of U.S. Solicitor General by Calvin Coolidge in June 5, 1925, which he held until he was appointed to the position of U.S....	Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . Besides his political career, Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author....
55		Homer Stille Cummings Homer Stille Cummings Homer Stille Cummings was a United States of America political figure who most notably served as United States Attorney General from 1933 to 1939....	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	March 4, 1933	January 1, 1939	Franklin Roosevelt
56		Frank Murphy Frank Murphy William Francis Murphy was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He served asFirst Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District , Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit ....	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	January 2, 1939	January 18, 1940
57		Robert H. Jackson Robert H. Jackson Robert Houghwout Jackson was United States Attorney General and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of the Supreme Court of the United States ....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 18, 1940	August 25, 1941
58		Francis Biddle Francis Biddle Francis Beverley Biddle was an United States lawyer and judge who was United States Attorney General during World War II and who served as the primary American judge during the postwar Nuremberg trials....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	August 26, 1941	June 26, 1945	Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman
59		Tom C. Clark Tom C. Clark Thomas Elizabeth Clark was United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	June 27, 1945	July 26, 1949	Harry Truman
60		J. Howard McGrath J. Howard McGrath James Howard McGrath was an United States and Lawyer from the U.S. state of Rhode Island.McGrath, a United States Democratic Party, served as U.S....	Rhode Island Rhode Island Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....	July 27, 1949	April 3, 1952
61		James P. McGranery James P. McGranery James Patrick McGranery was an United States lawyer and politician....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	April 4, 1952	January 20, 1953
62		Herbert Brownell, Jr. Herbert Brownell, Jr. Herbert Brownell, Jr. was the United States Attorney General of the United States in President Dwight D. Eisenhower United States Cabinet from 1953 to 1957....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 21, 1953	October 23, 1957	Dwight Eisenhower
63		William P. Rogers William P. Rogers William Pierce Rogers was an United States politician, who served as a Cabinet officer in the administrations of two U.S. Presidents in the third quarter of the 20th century....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	October 23, 1957	January 20, 1961
64		Robert F. Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also called RFK, was an United States politician. He was United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a United States Senator from New York from 1965 until his Robert F....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north.... , New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 20, 1961	September 3, 1964	John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F.... , Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....
65		Nicholas Katzenbach Nicholas Katzenbach Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach is an United States lawyer who served as United States Attorney General during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration....	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	September 4, 1964	January 28, 1965	Lyndon Johnson
				January 28, 1965	November 28, 1966
66		Ramsey Clark Ramsey Clark William Ramsey Clark is a lawyer and former United States Attorney General. He worked for the United States Department of Justice, which included service as the 66th United States Attorney General under President Lyndon B....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	November 28, 1966	March 10, 1967
				March 10, 1967	January 20, 1969
67		John N. Mitchell John N. Mitchell John Newton Mitchell was the first United States Attorney General ever to be convicted of illegal activities and imprisoned. He also served as campaign director for the Committee to Re-elect the President, which engineered the Watergate burglaries and employed Watergate scandal burglar James W....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 20, 1969	February 15, 1972	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....
68		Richard Kleindienst Richard Kleindienst Richard Gordon Kleindienst was an United States lawyer and politician.Born in Winslow, Arizona, he served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946....	Arizona Arizona The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....	February 15, 1972	May 25, 1973
69		Elliot Richardson Elliot Richardson Elliot Lee Richardson was an United States lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. As United States Attorney General, he was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal, and was controversially Saturday Night Massacre after refusing the President's order to fire special prosecutor Ar...	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	May 25, 1973	October 20, 1973
-		Robert Bork Robert Bork Robert Heron Bork is a conservative United States legal scholar who advocates the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork formerly served as United States Solicitor General, acting United States Attorney General, and judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	October 20, 1973	December 17, 1973
70		William B. Saxbe William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe is an United States former politician of the United States Republican Party, who served as a United States Senate from Ohio and as United States Attorney General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	December 17, 1973	January 14, 1975	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office.... , Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
71		Edward H. Levi Edward H. Levi Edward Hirsch Levi was an American academic leader, scholar, and statesman who served as United States Attorney General....	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	January 14, 1975	January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
72		Griffin Bell Griffin Bell Griffin Boyette Bell was an American lawyer and former United States Attorney General. He served as the nation's 72nd Attorney General during the Jimmy Carter administration....	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....	January 26, 1977	August 16, 1979	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....
73		Benjamin Civiletti Benjamin Civiletti Benjamin Richard Civiletti served as the United States Attorney General during the last year and a half of the Jimmy Carter administration, from 1979 to 1981....	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	August 16, 1979	January 19, 1981
74		William French Smith William French Smith William French Smith was an American lawyer and the 74th Attorney General of the United States.Born in Wilton, New Hampshire, he received his A.B....	California California California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....	January 23, 1981	February 25, 1985	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
75		Edwin Meese Edwin Meese Edwin "Ed" Meese III served as the seventy-fifth United States Attorney General of the United States ....	California California California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....	February 25, 1985	August 12, 1988
76		Dick Thornburgh Dick Thornburgh Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh is a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician who served as the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	August 12, 1988	August 15, 1991	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric .... , George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....
77		William Barr William Barr (politician) William Pelham Barr is an American attorney who served as the 77th Attorney General of the United States.He received his bachelor's degree in government and a master's degree in government and Chinese studies, in 1971 and 1973 respectively, from Columbia University....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	August 16, 1991	November 26, 1991	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....
				November 26, 1991	January 20, 1993
-		Stuart M. Gerson Stuart M. Gerson Stuart M. Gerson was the acting United States Attorney General during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, serving in the in the early months of 1993....	?	January 20, 1993	March 12, 1993	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....
78		Janet Reno Janet Reno Janet Reno was the United States Attorney General of the United States . She was nominated by President of the United States Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11....	Florida Florida Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....	March 12, 1993	January 20, 2001
-		Eric Holder Eric Holder Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. is the 82nd and current United States Attorney General of the United States and List of African American United States Cabinet Secretaries to hold the position....	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....	January 20, 2001	February 2, 2001	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
79		John Ashcroft John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President of the United States George W....	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....	February 2, 2001	February 3, 2005
80		Alberto Gonzales Alberto Gonzales Alberto R. Gonzales was the 80th United States Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	February 3, 2005	September 17, 2007
-		Paul D. Clement	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....	September 17, 2007	September 18, 2007
-		Peter Keisler Peter Keisler Peter D. Keisler is an United States lawyer whose 2006 nomination by President of the United States George W. Bush to the United States court of appeals became embroiled in partisan controversy....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	September 18, 2007	November 9, 2007
81		Michael Mukasey	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	November 9, 2007	January 20, 2009
-		Mark Filip Mark Filip Mark Filip was the Deputy United States Attorney General of the United States, and in that capacity served as Acting Attorney General from January 20 to February 3, 2009....	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	January 20, 2009	February 3, 2009	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
82		Eric Holder Eric Holder Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. is the 82nd and current United States Attorney General of the United States and List of African American United States Cabinet Secretaries to hold the position....	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....	February 3, 2009	present

Living Former Attorneys General

• Nicholas Katzenbach
  Nicholas Katzenbach
  
  Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach is an United States lawyer who served as United States Attorney General during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration....
  
• Ramsey Clark
  Ramsey Clark
  
  William Ramsey Clark is a lawyer and former United States Attorney General. He worked for the United States Department of Justice, which included service as the 66th United States Attorney General under President Lyndon B....
  
• William B. Saxbe
  William B. Saxbe
  
  William Bart Saxbe is an United States former politician of the United States Republican Party, who served as a United States Senate from Ohio and as United States Attorney General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....
  
• Benjamin Civiletti
  Benjamin Civiletti
  
  Benjamin Richard Civiletti served as the United States Attorney General during the last year and a half of the Jimmy Carter administration, from 1979 to 1981....
  
• Edwin Meese
  Edwin Meese
  
  Edwin "Ed" Meese III served as the seventy-fifth United States Attorney General of the United States ....
  
• Dick Thornburgh
  Dick Thornburgh
  
  Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh is a lawyer and United States Republican Party politician who served as the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S....
  
• William Barr
  William Barr (politician)
  
  William Pelham Barr is an American attorney who served as the 77th Attorney General of the United States.He received his bachelor's degree in government and a master's degree in government and Chinese studies, in 1971 and 1973 respectively, from Columbia University....
  
• Janet Reno
  Janet Reno
  
  Janet Reno was the United States Attorney General of the United States . She was nominated by President of the United States Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11....
  
• John Ashcroft
  John Ashcroft
  
  John David Ashcroft is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President of the United States George W....
  
• Alberto Gonzales
  Alberto Gonzales
  
  Alberto R. Gonzales was the 80th United States Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W....
  
• Michael Mukasey

See also

• United States Deputy Attorney General
  United States Deputy Attorney General
  
  United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. In the United States federal government, the Deputy Attorney General oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department of Justice, and may act as United States Attorney General during the absence of the Attorney General...
  
• United States Solicitor General
  United States Solicitor General
  
  The United States Solicitor General is the person appointed to argue for the Government of the United States in front of the Supreme Court of the United States whenever the government is party to a case....
  
• United States Associate Attorney General
  United States Associate Attorney General
  
  The Associate Attorney General is the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. The Associate Attorney General advises and assists the United States Attorney General and the United States Deputy Attorney General in policies relating to civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters....
  
• United States Assistant Attorney General
  United States Assistant Attorney General
  
  Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General.The President of the United States appoints individuals to the position of Assistant Attorney General with the advice and consent of the United States Senate....
  
• subpoena duces tecum
  Subpoena duces tecum
  
  This article deals with the law of subpoena duces tecum as it exists in the United States. A subpoena duces tecum is specific form of a subpoena issued by a court ordering the parties named to appear and produce tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial....
  
• subpoena ad testificandum
  Subpoena ad testificandum
  
  A subpoena ad testificandum is a court summons to appear and give oral testimony for use at a hearing or trial. The subpoena developed as a creative writ, the "writ subpoena", from the Court of Chancery....
  
• Living former cabinet members

External links

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