Former Assistant Attorneys General
Assistant Attorney General | Term | President | Attorney General |
---|---|---|---|
Charles B. Rugg | 1930-33 | Hoover | Mitchell |
George C. Sweeney | 1933-35 | Roosevelt | Cummings |
Angus D. MacLean | 1935 | Roosevelt | Cummings |
James W. Morris | 1935-37 | Roosevelt | Cummings |
Sam E. Whitaker | 1937-39 | Roosevelt | Cummings |
Francis M. Shea | 1939-45 | Roosevelt | Murphy |
John F. Sonnett | 1945-47 | Truman | Clark |
Peyton Ford | 1947 | Truman | Clark |
H. Graham Morison | 1949-51 | Truman | McGrath |
Holmes Baldridge | 1951-53 | Truman | McGrath |
Warren E. Burger | 1953-56 | Eisenhower | Brownell |
George Cochran Doub | 1956-60 | Eisenhower | Rogers |
William H. Orrick, Jr. | 1961-63 | Kennedy | Kennedy |
John W. Douglas | 1963-66 | Kennedy | Kennedy |
Harold Barefoot Sanders, Jr. | 1966-67 | Johnson | Katzenbach |
Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. | 1967-69 | Johnson | Clark |
William D. Ruckelshaus | 1969-70 | Nixon | Mitchell |
L. Patrick Gray, III | 1970-72 | Nixon | Mitchell |
Harlington Wood, Jr. | 1972-73 | Nixon | Kleindienst |
Carla A. Hills | 1974-75 | Nixon | Saxbe |
Rex E. Lee | 1975-77 | Ford | Levi |
Barbara Allen Babcock | 1977-79 | Carter | Bell |
Alice Daniel | 1979-81 | Carter | Civiletti |
Paul J. McGrath | 1981-85 | Reagan | French Smith |
Richard K. Willard | 1985-88 | Reagan | Meese |
John R. Bolton | 1988-89 | Reagan | Meese |
Stuart M. Gerson | 1989-93 | G. H.W. Bush | Thornburgh |
Frank W. Hunger | 1993-99 | Clinton | Reno |
David W. Ogden | 1999-01 | Clinton | Reno |
Robert D. McCallum, Jr. | 2001-03 | G. W. Bush | Ashcroft |
Peter D. Keisler | 2003-07 | G. W. Bush | Ashcroft |
Gregory G. Katsas | 2008-09 | G. W. Bush | Mukasey |
Tony West | 2009-12 | Obama | Holder |
Stuart F. Delery | 2012-14 | Obama | Holder |
Joseph H. (Jody) Hunt | 2018-20 | Trump | Sessions & Barr |
Note: On February 13, 1953, Attorney General Brownell changed the name of the Claims Division to the Civil Division.
Updated April 28, 2025