United States Attorneys General

Levi Lincoln Sr. (May 15, 1749 – April 14, 1820) was an American revolutionary, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts.

Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851 – June 28, 1921) was an American lawyer and political activist for progressive and liberal causes.

Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864.

William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence.

Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General.

Edward Bates (/beɪtɛs/ BAY-ts; September 4, 1793 – March 25, 1869) was a U.

Janet Wood Reno (born July 21, 1938) served as the Attorney General of the United States, from 1993 to 2001.

Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War.

Michael Bernard Mukasey(/mjuːˈkeɪzi/;born July 28, 1941)is a lawyer and former judge who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States.

Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 – May 21, 1891) was a jurist, diplomat, Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S.

Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853 – October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician who served as United States Attorney General (1901–1904), a Senator from Pennsylvania (1904–1909, 1917–1921) and Secretary of State (1909–1913).

Richard Olney (September 15, 1835 – April 8, 1917) was an American statesman.

William Bart "Bill" Saxbe (/ˈsæks.biː/; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.

William Pinkney (March 17, 1764 – February 25, 1822) was an American statesman and diplomat, and was appointed the seventh U.

Homer Stille Cummings (April 30, 1870 – September 10, 1956) was a U.

Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American diplomat who served as a U.

William Pierce Rogers (June 23, 1913 – January 2, 2001) was an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer.

William Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927) is an American lawyer, activist and former federal government official.

William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.

Charles Lee (1758 – June 24, 1815) was an American lawyer from Virginia.

Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) was the 80th United States Attorney General, appointed in February 2005 by President George W.

Charles Devens Jr.

Elliot Lee Richardson (July 20, 1920 – December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Edwards Pierrepont (March 4, 1817 – March 6, 1892) was a popular American attorney, reformer, jurist, traveler, New York U.

Richard Rush (August 29, 1780 – July 30, 1859) was United States Attorney General under James Madison and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President John Quincy Adams as well as John Quincy Adams' running mate when he ran for re-election on the National Republican ticket in 1828.

John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 79th U.

Eric Himpton Holder Jr.

Loretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is the 83rd and current Attorney General of the United States, having previously served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

Judson Harmon (February 3, 1846 – February 22, 1927) was a Democratic politician from Ohio.

John Young Mason (April 18, 1799 – October 3, 1859) was an American politician, diplomat, and United States federal judge.

James Patrick McGranery (July 8, 1895 – December 23, 1962) was an American lawyer and politician.

William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as the 77th Attorney General of the United States.

Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (April 19, 1833 – January 11, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat.

Thomas Campbell Clark (September 23, 1899 – June 13, 1977) (who preferred "Tom C. Clark") was a Texas lawyer who served in the United States Department of Justice beginning in 1937, as United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949, and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967.

James Howard McGrath (November 28, 1903 – September 2, 1966) was an American politician and attorney from the U.

James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862 – August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 – January 26, 1899) was an Arkansas lawyer and politician.

James Speed (March 11, 1812 – June 25, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and professor.

Caesar Augustus Rodney (January 4, 1772 – June 10, 1824) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware.

John Nelson (June 1, 1791 – January 18, 1860) was Attorney General of the United States from 1843 to 1845 under John Tyler.

Reverdy Johnson (May 21, 1796 – February 10, 1876) was a statesman and jurist from Maryland.

Hugh Swinton Legaré (local /lᵻˈɡriː/ LA-gree; January 2, 1797 – June 20, 1843) was an American lawyer and politician.

Felix Grundy (September 11, 1775 – December 19, 1840) was a congressman and senator from Tennessee and served as the 13th Attorney General of the United States.

Mark Filip (born June 1, 1966) was Deputy Attorney General of the United States, and in that capacity served as Acting Attorney General from January 20 to February 3, 2009.

Richard Gordon Kleindienst (August 5, 1923 – February 3, 2000) was an American lawyer, politician, and a U.

William Bradford (September 14, 1755 – August 23, 1795) was a lawyer and judge from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the second United States Attorney General in 1794–1795.

Edwin "Ed" Meese, III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980) and the Reagan White House (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States (1985–1988), a position from which he resigned while under investigation from a special prosecutor.

Nathan Clifford (August 18, 1803 – July 25, 1881) was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist, whose career culminated in a lengthy period of service as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an American politician, lawyer, and justice from Massachusetts.

Henry Stanbery (February 20, 1803 – June 26, 1881) was an American lawyer and United States Attorney General.

Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 – November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.

George Henry Williams (March 26, 1823 – April 4, 1910) was an American judge and politician.

William Henry Harrison Miller (September 6, 1840 – May 25, 1917) was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States.

William French Smith (August 26, 1917 – October 29, 1990) was an American lawyer.

Benjamin Richard Civiletti (born July 17, 1935) served as the United States Attorney General during the last year and a half of the Carter administration, from 1979 to 1981.

Herbert Brownell Jr.

George Woodward Wickersham (September 19, 1858 – January 25, 1936) was an American lawyer and Presidential Cabinet Secretary.

William DeWitt Mitchell (September 9, 1874 – August 24, 1955) was appointed to the position of U.

Harry Micajah Daugherty (/ˈdoʊ.ərti/; January 26, 1860 – October 21, 1941) was an American politician.

Thomas Watt Gregory (November 6, 1861 – February 26, 1933) was a political progressive and American attorney who served as United States Attorney General from 1914 to 1919, during President Woodrow Wilson's administration.

John Garibaldi Sargent (October 13, 1860 – March 5, 1939) was an American lawyer and government official.

Amos Tappan Akerman (February 23, 1821 – December 21, 1880) served as United States Attorney General under President Ulysses S.

Benjamin Harris Brewster (October 13, 1816 – April 4, 1888) was an attorney and politician from New Jersey, who served as United States Attorney General from 1881 to 1885.

John William Griggs (July 10, 1849 – November 28, 1927) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 29th Governor of New Jersey, from 1896 to 1898, stepping down to assume the position as the United States Attorney General from 1898 to 1901.

Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American political figure, lawyer, and jurist.

John Breckinridge (December 2, 1760 – December 14, 1806) was a lawyer and politician from the U.

Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 17, 1795 – November 8, 1858) was a prominent lawyer from the state of New York.

John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was a politician from the U.

Isaac Toucey (November 15, 1792 – July 30, 1869) was an American politician who served as a U.

Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh (born July 16, 1932) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.

Henry Dilworth Gilpin (April 14, 1801 – January 29, 1860) was an American lawyer and statesman of Quaker extraction who served as Attorney General of the United States under President Martin Van Buren.

John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the Attorney General of the United States (1969–72) under President Richard Nixon.

Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), best known as A.