US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

America's highest law enforcement officer.

26-Sep-1789	26-Jan-1794	Edmund Randolph	(under George Washington)
27-Jan-1794	23-Aug-1795	William Bradford	(under George Washington)
10-Dec-1795	19-Feb-1801	Charles Lee	(under George Washington and John Adams)
5-Mar-1801	2-Mar-1805	Levi Lincoln	(under Thomas Jefferson)
2-Mar-1805	7-Aug-1805	Robert Smith	(acting, under Thomas Jefferson)
7-Aug-1805	14-Dec-1806	John Breckinridge	(under Thomas Jefferson)
20-Jan-1807	10-Dec-1811	Caesar A. Rodney	(under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison)
11-Dec-1811	9-Feb-1814	William Pinkney	(under James Madison)
10-Feb-1814	12-Nov-1817	Richard Rush	(under James Madison and James Monroe)
13-Nov-1817	4-Mar-1829	William Wirt	(under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams)
9-Mar-1829	19-Jul-1831	John M. Berrien	(under Andrew Jackson)
20-Jul-1831	14-Nov-1833	Roger Brooke Taney	(under Andrew Jackson)
15-Nov-1833	4-Jul-1838	Benjamin F. Butler	(under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren)
5-Jul-1838	10-Jan-1840	Felix Grundy	(under Martin Van Buren)
11-Jan-1840	4-Mar-1841	Henry Gilpin	(under Martin Van Buren)
5-Mar-1841	12-Sep-1841	John J. Crittenden	(under William Henry Harrison and John Tyler)
13-Sep-1841	30-Jun-1843	Hugh S. Legaré	(under John Tyler)
1-Jul-1843	4-Mar-1845	John Nelson	(under John Tyler)
5-Mar-1845	16-Oct-1846	John Y. Mason	(under James Knox Polk)
17-Oct-1846	17-Mar-1848	Nathan Clifford	(under James Knox Polk)
21-Jun-1848	4-Mar-1849	Isaac Toucey	(under James Knox Polk)
8-Mar-1849	21-Jul-1850	Reverdy Johnson	(under Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore)
22-Jul-1850	4-Mar-1853	John J. Crittenden	(under Millard Fillmore)
7-Mar-1853	4-Mar-1857	Caleb Cushing	(under Franklin Pierce)
6-Mar-1857	16-Dec-1860	Jeremiah S. Black	(under James Buchanan)
20-Dec-1860	4-Mar-1861	Edwin M. Stanton	(under James Buchanan)
5-Mar-1861	24-Nov-1864	Edward Bates	(under Abraham Lincoln)
2-Dec-1864	22-Jul-1866	James Speed	(under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson)
23-Jul-1866	16-Jul-1868	Henry Stanberry	(under Andrew Johnson)
17-Jul-1868	4-Mar-1869	William M. Evarts	(under Andrew Johnson)
5-Mar-1869	22-Nov-1870	Ebenezer R. Hoar	(under Ulysses S. Grant)
23-Nov-1870	13-Dec-1871	Amos T. Akerman	(under Ulysses S. Grant)
14-Dec-1871	25-Apr-1875	George H. Williams	(under Ulysses S. Grant)
26-Apr-1875	21-May-1876	Edwards Pierrepont	(under Ulysses S. Grant)
22-May-1876	4-Mar-1877	Alphonso Taft	(under Ulysses S. Grant)
12-Mar-1877	4-Mar-1881	Charles Devens	(under Rutherford B. Hayes)
5-Mar-1881	15-Dec-1881	Wayne MacVeagh	(under James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur)
16-Dec-1881	4-Mar-1885	Benjamin H. Brewster	(under Chester A. Arthur)
6-Mar-1885	4-Mar-1889	Augustus Hill Garland	(under Grover Cleveland)
7-Mar-1889	4-Mar-1893	William H. H. Miller	(under Benjamin Harrison)
6-Mar-1893	7-Apr-1895	Richard Olney	(under Grover Cleveland)
8-Apr-1895	4-Mar-1897	Judson Harmon	(under Grover Cleveland)
5-Mar-1897	25-Jan-1898	Joseph McKenna	(under William McKinley)
25-Jan-1898	29-Mar-1901	John W. Griggs	(under William McKinley)
5-Apr-1901	30-Jun-1904	Philander Knox	(under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt)
1-Jul-1904	17-Dec-1906	William H. Moody	(under Theodore Roosevelt)
17-Dec-1906	4-Mar-1909	Charles J. Bonaparte	(under Theodore Roosevelt)
4-Mar-1909	4-Mar-1913	George W. Wickersham	(under William Howard Taft)
5-Mar-1913	29-Aug-1914	James C. McReynolds	(under Woodrow Wilson)
29-Aug-1914	4-Mar-1919	Thomas Watt Gregory	(under Woodrow Wilson)
5-Mar-1919	4-Mar-1921	A. Mitchell Palmer	(under Woodrow Wilson)
4-Mar-1921	6-Apr-1924	Harry M. Daugherty	(under Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge)
7-Apr-1924	1-Mar-1925	Harlan Fiske Stone	(under Calvin Coolidge)
7-Mar-1925	4-Mar-1929	John G. Sargent	(under Calvin Coolidge)
4-Mar-1929	4-Mar-1933	William D. Mitchell	(under Herbert Hoover)
4-Mar-1933	1-Jan-1939	Homer S. Cummings	(under Franklin D. Roosevelt)
2-Jan-1939	18-Jan-1940	Frank Murphy	(under Franklin D. Roosevelt)
18-Jan-1940	25-Jan-1941	Robert H. Jackson	(under Franklin D. Roosevelt)
26-Jan-1941	26-Jun-1945	Francis Biddle	(under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman)
27-Jun-1945	26-Jul-1949	Tom C. Clark	(under Harry S. Truman)
27-Jul-1949	3-Apr-1952	J. Howard McGrath	(under Harry S. Truman)
4-Apr-1952	20-Jan-1953	James P. McGranery	(under Harry S. Truman)
21-Jan-1953	23-Oct-1957	Herbert Brownell, Jr.	(under Dwight D. Eisenhower)
23-Oct-1957	20-Jan-1961	William P. Rogers	(under Dwight D. Eisenhower)
20-Jan-1961	3-Sep-1964	Robert F. Kennedy	(under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson)
4-Sep-1964	28-Nov-1966	Nicholas Katzenbach	(under Lyndon B. Johnson)
28-Nov-1966	20-Jan-1969	Ramsey Clark	(under Lyndon B. Johnson)
20-Jan-1969	15-Feb-1972	John Mitchell	(under Richard M. Nixon)
15-Feb-1972	25-May-1973	Richard G. Kleindienst	(under Richard M. Nixon)
25-May-1973	20-Oct-1973	Elliot Richardson	(under Richard M. Nixon)
20-Oct-1973	4-Jan-1974	Robert Bork	(acting, under Richard M. Nixon)
4-Jan-1974	14-Jan-1975	William B. Saxbe	(under Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford)
14-Jan-1975	20-Jan-1977	Edward H. Levi	(under Gerald Ford)
26-Jan-1977	16-Aug-1979	Griffin Bell	(under Jimmy Carter)
16-Aug-1979	19-Jan-1981	Benjamin R. Civiletti	(under Jimmy Carter)
23-Jan-1981	25-Feb-1985	William French Smith	(under Ronald Reagan)
25-Feb-1985	12-Aug-1988	Ed Meese	(under Ronald Reagan)
12-Aug-1988	15-Aug-1991	Dick Thornburgh	(under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush)
16-Aug-1991	20-Jan-1993	William Barr	(under George H.W. Bush)
20-Jan-1991	12-Mar-1993	Stuart M. Gerson	(acting, under Bill Clinton)
12-Mar-1993	20-Jan-2001	Janet Reno	(under Bill Clinton)
2-Feb-2001	3-Feb-2005	John Ashcroft	(under Bill Clinton)
3-Feb-2005	17-Sep-2007	Alberto Gonzales	(under George W. Bush)
17-Sep-2007	18-Sep-2007	Paul Clement	(acting, under George W. Bush)
18-Sep-2007	9-Nov-2007	Peter D. Keisler	(acting, under George W. Bush)
9-Nov-2007	20-Jan-2009	Michael Mukasey	(under George W. Bush)
3-Feb-2009	27-Apr-2015	Eric H. Holder, Jr.	(under Barack Obama)
27-Apr-2015	--	Loretta E. Lynch	(under Barack Obama)

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