Attorneys-General Of The United States
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Attorneys-General Of The United States
The Attorney-General of the United States is chief law officer of the Government and as such is considered a member of the Cabinet. He is the .constitutional legal adviser and defender of the Government.
Name | From State of | In whose Cabinet | Appointed |
Edmund Randolph | Virginia | George Washington | 1789 |
William Bradford | Pennsylvania | George Washington | 1794 |
Charles Lee | Virginia | George Washington | 1795 |
Charles Lee | Virginia | John Adams | 1797 |
Theophilus Parson | Massachusetts | John Adams | 1801 |
Levi Lincoln | Massachusetts | Thomas Jefferson | 1801 |
Robert Smith | Maryland | Thomas Jefferson | 1805 |
John Breckenridge | Kentucky | Thomas Jefferson | 1805 |
Caesar A. Rodney | Delaware | Thomas Jefferson | 1807 |
Caesar A. Rodney | Delaware | James Madison | 1809 |
William Pinkney | Maryland | James Madison | 1811 |
Richard Rush | Pennsylvania | James Madison | 1814 |
William Wirt | Maryland | James Monroe | 1817 |
William Wirt | Maryland | John Q. Adams | 1825 |
John McP. Berrien | Georgia | Andrew Jackson | 1829 |
Roger B. Taney | Maryland | Andrew Jackson | 1831 |
B. F. Butler | New York | Andrew Jackson | 1833 |
B. F. Butler | New York | Martin Van Buren | 1837 |
Felix Grundy | Tennessee | Martin Van Buren | 1838 |
Henry D. Gulpin | Pennsylvania | Martin Van Buren | 1840 |
John J. Crittenden | Kentucky | William H. Harrison | 1841 |
Hugh S. Legare | South Carolina | John Tyler | 1841 |
John Nelson | Maryland | John Tyler | 1843 |
John Y. Mason | Virginia | James K. Polk | 1845 |
Nathan Clifford | Maine | James K. Polk | 1846 |
Isaac Toucey | Connecticut | James K. Polk | 1848 |
Reverdy Johnson | Maryland | Zachary Taylor | 1849 |
John J. Crittenden | Kentucky | Millard Fillmore | 1850 |
Caleb Gushing | Massachusetts | Franklin Pierce | 1853 |
Jeremiah S. Black | Pennsylvania | James Buchanan | 1857 |
Edwin M. Stanton | Pennsylvania | James Buchanan | 18G0 |
Edward Bates | Missouri | Abraham Lincoln | 18G1 |
T. J. Coffee (ad int.) | Abraham Lincoln | 1803 | |
James Speed | Kentucky | Abraham Lincoln | 1864 |
Henry Stanbery | Kentucky | Andrew Johnson | 1866 |
0. Browning (ad int.) | Illinois | Andrew Johnson | 1868 |
Name | From State of | In whose Cabinet | Appointed |
William M. Evarts | New York | Andrew Johnson | 1868 |
Ebenezer R. Hoar | Massachusetts | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 |
Amos T. Akerman | Georgia | Ulysses S. Grant | 1870 |
George H. Williams | Oregon | Ulysses S. Grant | 1871 |
Edwards Pierrepont | New York | Ulysses S. Grant | 1875 |
Alphonso Taft | Ohio | Ulysses S. Grant | 1876 |
Charles Devens | Massachusetts | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1877 |
Wayne MacVeagh | Pennsylvania | James A. Garfield | 1881 |
B. H. Brewster | Pennsylvania | Chester A. Arthur | 1881 |
A. H. Garland | Arkansas | Grover Clevelar d | 1885 |
W. H. II. Miller | Indiana | Benjamin Harrison | 1889 |
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