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US ATTORNEY GENERAL list
The US Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the nation.
The attorney general of the United States serves in a Executive Branch position and is set to represent the government in litigation and to advise government agencies and officials in legal matters.
The list below begins with the most recent US Attorney General:
NAME ----- TERM ----- PRESIDENT
Eric Holder - (2009 - ) Barack Obama Michael B. Mukasey - (2007-2009) - George W. Bush Alberto R. Gonzales - (2005-2007) - George W. Bush John Ashcroft - (2001-2005) - George W. Bush Janet Reno - 1993-2001 - Bill Clinton William Barr - 1991-1993 - George H. Bush Richard Thornburgh - 1988-1991 - Ronald Reagan & George H. Bush Edwin Meese III - 1985-1988 - Ronald Reagan William French Smith - 1981-1985 - Ronald Reagan Benjamin R. Civiletti - 1979-1981 - Jimmy Carter Griffin B. Bell - 1977-1979 - Jimmy Carter Edward H. Levi - 1975-1977 - Gerald Ford William B. Saxbe - 1974-1975 - Richard Nixon Elliot L. Richardson - 1973 - Richard Nixon Richard G. Kleindienst - 1972-1973 - Richard Nixon John N. Mitchell - 1969-1972 - Richard Nixon Ramsey Clark - 1967-1969 - Lyndon B. Johnson Nicholas de B. Katzenbach - 1965-1966 - Lyndon B. Johnson Robert F. Kennedy - 1961-1964 - John F. Kennedy William P. Rogers - (1957-1961) - Dwight D. Eisenhower Herbert Brownell Jr. - (1953-1957) - Dwight D. Eisenhower James P. McGranery - (1952-1953) - Harry S. Truman J. Howard McGrath - (1949-1952) - Harry S. Truman Tom C. Clark - (1945-1949) - Harry S. Truman Francis Biddle - (1941-1945) - Franklin D. Roosevelt Robert H. Jackson - (1940-1941) - Franklin D. Roosevelt Frank Murphy - (1939-1940) - Franklin D. Roosevelt Homer S. Cummings - (1933-1939) - Franklin D. Roosevelt William D. Mitchell - (1929-1933) - Herbert Hoover John G. Sargent - (1925-1929) - Calvin Coolidge Harlan Fiske Stone - (1924-1925) - Calvin Coolidge Harry M. Daugherty - (1921-1924) - Warren G. Harding A. Mitchell Palmer - (1919-1921) - Woodrow Wilson Thomas Watt Gregory - (1914-1919) - Woodrow Wilson James C. McReynolds - (1913-1914) - Woodrow Wilson George W. Wickersham - (1909-1913) - William Howard Taft Charles J. Bonaparte - (1906-1909) - Theodore Roosevelt William H. Moody - (1904-1906) - Theodore Roosevelt Philander C. Knox - (1901-1904) - William McKinley John W. Griggs - (1898-1901) - William McKinley Joseph McKenna - (1897-1898) - William McKinley Judson Harmon - (1895-1897) - Grover Cleveland Richard Olney - (1893-1895) - Grover Cleveland William H.H. Miller - (1889-1893) - Benjamin Harrison Augustus H. Garland - (1885-1889) - Grover Cleveland Benjamin H. Brewster - (1881-1885) - Chester A. Arthur Wayne MacVeagh - (1881) - James A. Garfield Charles Devens - (1877-1881) - Rutherford B. Hayes Alphonso Taft - (1876-1877) - Ulysses S. Grant Edwards Pierrepont - (1875-1876) - Ulysses S. Grant George H. Williams - (1871-1875) - Ulysses S. Grant Amos T. Akerman - (1870-1872) - Ulysses S. Grant Ebenezer R. Hoar - (1869-1870) - Ulysses S. Grant William M. Evarts - (1868-1869) - Andrew Johnson Henry Stanberry - (1866-1868) - Andrew Johnson James Speed - (1864-1866) - Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson Edward Bates - (1861-1864) - Abraham Lincoln Edwin M. Stanton - (1860-1861) - James Buchanan Jeremiah S. Black - (1857-1860) - James Buchanan Caleb Cushing - (1853-1857) - Franklin Pierce John J. Crittenden - (1850-1853) - Millard Fillmore Reverdy Johnson - (1849-1850) - Zachary Taylor Issac Toucey - (1848-1849) - James K. Polk Nathan Clifford - (1846-1848) - James K. Polk John Y. Mason - (1845-1846) - James K. Polk John Nelson - (1843-1845) - John Tyler Hugh S. Legare - (1841-1843) - John Tyler John J. Crittenden - (1841) - William Henry Harrison & John Tyler Henry D. Gilpin - (1840-1841) - Martin Van Buren Felix Grundy - (1838-1839) - Martin Van Buren Benjamin F. Butler - (1833-1838) - Andrew Jackson & Martin Van Buren Roger B. Taney - (1831-1833) - Andrew Jackson John M. Berrien - (1829-1831) - Andrew Jackson William Wirt - (1817-1829) - James Monroe & John Q. Adams Richard Rush - (1814-1817) - James Madison William Pinkney - (1811-1814) - James Madison Caesar A. Rodney - (1807-1811) - Thomas Jefferson & Madison John Breckenridge - (1805-1806) - Thomas Jefferson Levi Lincoln - (1801-1805) - Thomas Jefferson Charles Lee - (1795-1801) - George Washington & John Adams William Bradford - (1794-1795) - George Washington Edmund Randolph - (1789-1794) - George Washington
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