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Listing Of Past And Current United States Attorneys

District of Tennessee

1.

Andrew Jackson*

1790-1797

2.

Thomas Gray

1797-1798

3.

William P. Anderson

1798-1802

4.

Thomas Stuart

1802-1803

Western District of Tennessee

5.

Thomas Stuart

1803-1810

6.

John E. Beck

1810-1818

7.

Henry Crabb

1818-1827

8.

Thomas H. Fletcher

1827-1829

9.

James Collingsworth

1829-1835

10.

William T. Brown

1835-1836

11.

James P. Grundy

1836-1838

12.

Joseph H. Talbot

1838-1838

13.

Henry W. McCorry

1838-1850

14.

Charles N. Gibbs

1850-1853

15.

Richard J. Hays

1853-1856

16.

Alexander W. McCampbell

1856-1861

17.

John M. McCarmack

1861-1877

18.

W.W. Murray

1877-1882

19.

William F. Poston

1882-1885

20.

Henry W. McCorry

1885-1889

21.

Samuel W. Hawkins

1889-1894

22.

Julius A. Taylor

1894-1895

23.

Charles B. Simonton

1895-1898

24.

George Randolph

1898-1910

25.

Casey Todd

1910-1914

26.

Hubert F. Fisher

1914-1917

27.

William D. Kyser

1917-1921

28.

S.E. Murray

1921-1926

29.

Tilmon A. Lancaster

1926-1926

30.

Nugent Dodds

1926-1926

31.

Lindsay B. Phillips

1926-1931

32.

Nelson H. Carver

1931-1932

33.

Dwayne D. Maddox

1932-1933

34.

William McClanahan

1933-1948

35.

John Brown

1948-1953

36.

Milsaps Fitzhugh

1953-1960

37.

Warner Hodges

1960-1961

38.

Thomas L. Robinson

1961-1969

39.

Thomas F. Turley, Jr.

1969-1977

40.

W.J. Michael Cody

1977-1981

41.

W. Hickman Ewing, Jr.

1981-1991

42.

Edward G. Bryant

1991-1993

43.

Daniel A. Clancy

1993-1993

44.

Veronica F. Coleman

1993-2001

45.

Lawrence J. Laurenzi

2001-2001

45.

Terrell L. Harris

2001-2005

45.

Lawrence J. Laurenzi

2005-2006

46.

David Kustoff

2006-2008

47.

Lawrence J. Laurenzi

2008-2010
48.

Edward L. Stanton III

2010-2017

49.

Lawrence J. LaurenziLawrence J. Laurenzi 2017-2017
50. D. Michael Dunavant

2017-2021

51.

Joseph C. Murphy

2021-2022
52.

Kevin G. Ritz

2022-
  *This list includes officials without the “United States Attorney” title, who nevertheless served under federal appointment to enforce the laws of the United States in federal territories prior to statehood and the creation of a federal judicial district.  
Updated May 30, 2023