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Attorneys General of the United States 1789 - Present
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Edmund Jennings Randolph
1789-1794
William Bradford
1794-1795
Charles Lee
1795-1801
Levi Lincoln
1801-1805
John Breckinridge
1805-1806
Caesar Augustus Rodney
1807-1811
William Pinkney
1811-1814
Richard Rush
1814-1817
William Wirt
1817-1829
John MacPherson Berrien
1829-1831
Roger Brooke Taney
1831-1833
Benjamin Franklin Butler
1833-1838
Felix Grundy
1838-1839
Henry Dilworth Gilpin
1840-1841
John Jordan Crittenden
1841
Hugh Swinton Legaré
1841-1843
John Nelson
1843-1845
John Young Mason
1845-1846
Nathan Clifford
1846-1848
Isaac Toucey
1848-1849
Reverdy Johnson
1849-1850
John Jordan Crittenden
1850-1853
Caleb Cushing
1853-1857
Jeremiah Sullivan Black
1857-1860
Edwin McMasters Stanton
1860-1861
Edward Bates
1861-1864
James Speed
1864-1866
Henry Stanbery
1866-1868
William Maxwell Evarts
1868-1869
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
1869-1870
Amos Tappan Akerman
1870-1871
George Henry Williams
1871-1875
Edwards Pierrepont
1875-1876
Alphonso Taft
1876-1877
Charles Devens
1877-1881
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh
1881
Benjamin Harris Brewster
1881-1885
Augustus Hill Garland
1885-1889
William Henry Harrison Miller
1889-1893
Richard Olney
1893-1895
Judson Harmon
1895-1897
Joseph McKenna
1897-1898
John William Griggs
1898-1901
Philander Chase Knox
1901-1904
William Henry Moody
1904-1906
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
1906-1909
George Woodward Wichersham
1909-1913
James Clark McReynolds
1913-1914
Thomas Watt Gregory
1914-1919
Alexander Mitchell Palmer
1919-1921
Harry Micajah Daugherty
1921-1924
Harlan Fiske Stone
1924-1925
John Garibaldi Sargent
1925-1929
William Dewitt Mitchell
1929-1933
Homer Stillé Cummings
1933-1939
Speeches
Frank Murphy
1939-1940
Speeches
Robert Houghwout Jackson
1940-1941
Speeches
Francis Beverly Biddle
1941-1945
Speeches
Thomas Campbell Clark
1945-1949
Speeches
James Howard McGrath
1949-1952
Speeches
James Patrick McGranery
1952-1953
Speeches
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
1953-1957
Speeches
William Pierce Rogers
1957-1961
Speeches
Robert Francis Kennedy
1961-1964
Speeches
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
1965-1966
Speeches
William Ramsey Clark
1967-1969
Speeches
John Newton Mitchell
1969-1972
Speeches
Richard Gordon Kleindienst
1972-1973
Speeches
Elliot Lee Richardson
1973
Speeches
William Bart Saxbe
1974-1975
Speeches
Edward Hirsch Levi
1975-1977
Speeches
Griffin Boyette Bell
1977-1979
Speeches
Benjamin Richard Civiletti
1979-1981
Speeches
William French Smith
1981-1985
Speeches
Edwin Meese, III
1985-1988
Speeches
Richard Lewis Thornburgh
1988-1991
Speeches
William Pelham Barr
1991-1993
Speeches
Janet Reno
1993-2001
John David Ashcroft
2001-2005
Speeches
Alberto R. Gonzales
2005-2007
Speeches
Michael B. Mukasey
2007-2009
Speeches
Eric Holder
2009-Present