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General</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>US GOVERNMENT OFFICE</b></font><p> <p>America's highest law enforcement officer. <p> <p> <table border=1 class="bordered"><tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1789</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1794</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/099/000049949/">Edmund Randolph</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/107/000024035/">George Washington</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Jan-1794</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Aug-1795</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Bradford</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/107/000024035/">George Washington</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1795</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Feb-1801</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles Lee</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/107/000024035/">George Washington</a> and <a href="/people/222/000044090/">John Adams</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1801</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Mar-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Levi Lincoln</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/909/000031816/">Thomas Jefferson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Mar-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/603/000168099/">Robert Smith</a></nobr></td> <td>(acting, under <a href="/people/909/000031816/">Thomas Jefferson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1806</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Breckinridge</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/909/000031816/">Thomas Jefferson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1807</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1811</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Caesar A. Rodney</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/909/000031816/">Thomas Jefferson</a> and <a href="/people/766/000024694/">James Madison</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Dec-1811</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Feb-1814</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Pinkney</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/766/000024694/">James Madison</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1814</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Nov-1817</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/601/000114259/">Richard Rush</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/766/000024694/">James Madison</a> and <a href="/people/026/000043894/">James Monroe</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Nov-1817</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/112/000050959/">William Wirt</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/026/000043894/">James Monroe</a> and <a href="/people/370/000026292/">John Quincy Adams</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Jul-1831</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John M. Berrien</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/654/000026576/">Andrew Jackson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1831</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/424/000098130/">Roger Brooke Taney</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/654/000026576/">Andrew Jackson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jul-1838</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Benjamin F. Butler</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/654/000026576/">Andrew Jackson</a> and <a href="/people/821/000024749/">Martin Van Buren</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1838</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1840</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Felix Grundy</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/821/000024749/">Martin Van Buren</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1840</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1841</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Gilpin</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/821/000024749/">Martin Van Buren</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1841</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1841</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John J. Crittenden</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/886/000031793/">William Henry Harrison</a> and <a href="/people/851/000049704/">John Tyler</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Sep-1841</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1843</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Hugh S. Legaré</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/851/000049704/">John Tyler</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jul-1843</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1845</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Nelson</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/851/000049704/">John Tyler</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1845</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1846</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Y. Mason</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/843/000049696/">James Knox Polk</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1846</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1848</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/908/000180368/">Nathan Clifford</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/843/000049696/">James Knox Polk</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1848</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Isaac Toucey</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/843/000049696/">James Knox Polk</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Mar-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-Jul-1850</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/247/000050097/">Reverdy Johnson</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/841/000031748/">Zachary Taylor</a> and <a href="/people/579/000026501/">Millard Fillmore</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1850</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1853</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John J. Crittenden</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/579/000026501/">Millard Fillmore</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Mar-1853</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/549/000050399/">Caleb Cushing</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/940/000049793/">Franklin Pierce</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/588/000168084/">Jeremiah S. Black</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/080/000031984/">James Buchanan</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Dec-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/271/000050121/">Edwin M. Stanton</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/080/000031984/">James Buchanan</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>24-Nov-1864</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edward Bates</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/332/000024260/">Abraham Lincoln</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1864</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Speed</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/332/000024260/">Abraham Lincoln</a> and <a href="/people/244/000050094/">Andrew Johnson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Jul-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Stanberry</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/244/000050094/">Andrew Johnson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1868</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/507/000050357/">William M. Evarts</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/244/000050094/">Andrew Johnson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1870</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Ebenezer R. Hoar</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/966/000023897/">Ulysses S. Grant</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Nov-1870</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Dec-1871</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Amos T. Akerman</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/966/000023897/">Ulysses S. Grant</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1871</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Apr-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>George H. Williams</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/966/000023897/">Ulysses S. Grant</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-May-1876</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edwards Pierrepont</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/966/000023897/">Ulysses S. Grant</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>22-May-1876</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/385/000098091/">Alphonso Taft</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/966/000023897/">Ulysses S. Grant</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles Devens</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/005/000029915/">Rutherford B. Hayes</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Dec-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/394/000167890/">Wayne MacVeagh</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/434/000026356/">James Garfield</a> and <a href="/people/565/000024493/">Chester A. Arthur</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Benjamin H. Brewster</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/565/000024493/">Chester A. Arthur</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Augustus Hill Garland</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/433/000026355/">Grover Cleveland</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Mar-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William H. H. Miller</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/583/000044451/">Benjamin Harrison</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/070/000102761/">Richard Olney</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/433/000026355/">Grover Cleveland</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Judson Harmon</nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/433/000026355/">Grover Cleveland</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/880/000180340/">Joseph McKenna</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/431/000026353/">William McKinley</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Mar-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/387/000167883/">John W. Griggs</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/431/000026353/">William McKinley</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/107/000059927/">Philander Knox</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/431/000026353/">William McKinley</a> and <a href="/people/430/000026352/">Theodore Roosevelt</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jul-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Dec-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/386/000167882/">William H. Moody</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/430/000026352/">Theodore Roosevelt</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Dec-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/385/000167881/">Charles J. Bonaparte</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/430/000026352/">Theodore Roosevelt</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/384/000167880/">George W. Wickersham</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/288/000026210/">William Howard Taft</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/382/000167878/">James C. McReynolds</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/333/000024261/">Woodrow Wilson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/381/000167877/">Thomas Watt Gregory</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/333/000024261/">Woodrow Wilson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/233/000166732/">A. Mitchell Palmer</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/333/000024261/">Woodrow Wilson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Apr-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/364/000167860/">Harry M. Daugherty</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/330/000024258/">Warren G. Harding</a> and <a href="/people/331/000024259/">Calvin Coolidge</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/788/000055623/">Harlan Fiske Stone</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/331/000024259/">Calvin Coolidge</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Mar-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/363/000167859/">John G. Sargent</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/331/000024259/">Calvin Coolidge</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/362/000167858/">William D. Mitchell</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/429/000026351/">Herbert Hoover</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/361/000167857/">Homer S. Cummings</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/115/000024043/">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Jan-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/360/000167856/">Frank Murphy</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/115/000024043/">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Jan-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/524/000052368/">Robert H. Jackson</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/115/000024043/">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Jun-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/110/000054945/">Francis Biddle</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/115/000024043/">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and <a href="/people/114/000024042/">Harry S. Truman</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Jun-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Jul-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/337/000167833/">Tom C. Clark</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/114/000024042/">Harry S. Truman</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Jul-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Apr-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/339/000167835/">J. Howard McGrath</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/114/000024042/">Harry S. Truman</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/344/000167840/">James P. McGranery</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/114/000024042/">Harry S. Truman</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-Jan-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/725/000167224/">Herbert Brownell, Jr.</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/111/000024039/">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/312/000059135/">William P. Rogers</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/111/000024039/">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Sep-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/220/000022154/">Robert F. Kennedy</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/113/000024041/">John F. Kennedy</a> and <a href="/people/062/000023990/">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Sep-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/724/000167223/">Nicholas Katzenbach</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/062/000023990/">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/155/000104840/">Ramsey Clark</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/062/000023990/">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/574/000055409/">John Mitchell</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/110/000024038/">Richard M. Nixon</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/723/000167222/">Richard G. Kleindienst</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/110/000024038/">Richard M. Nixon</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/063/000057889/">Elliot Richardson</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/110/000024038/">Richard M. Nixon</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/201/000023132/">Robert Bork</a></nobr></td> <td>(acting, under <a href="/people/110/000024038/">Richard M. Nixon</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/126/000127742/">William B. Saxbe</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/110/000024038/">Richard M. Nixon</a> and <a href="/people/400/000022334/">Gerald Ford</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/718/000167217/">Edward H. Levi</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/400/000022334/">Gerald Ford</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Jan-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/888/000122522/">Griffin Bell</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/386/000022320/">Jimmy Carter</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Jan-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/720/000167219/">Benjamin R. Civiletti</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/386/000022320/">Jimmy Carter</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Jan-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/746/000054584/">William French Smith</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/359/000022293/">Ronald Reagan</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/462/000023393/">Ed Meese</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/359/000022293/">Ronald Reagan</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/636/000023567/">Dick Thornburgh</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/359/000022293/">Ronald Reagan</a> and <a href="/people/362/000022296/">George H.W. Bush</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/542/000104230/">William Barr</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/362/000022296/">George H.W. Bush</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Stuart M. Gerson</nobr></td> <td>(acting, under <a href="/people/427/000026349/">Bill Clinton</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/042/000023970/">Janet Reno</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/427/000026349/">Bill Clinton</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Feb-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Feb-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/352/000022286/">John Ashcroft</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/427/000026349/">Bill Clinton</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Feb-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Sep-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/332/000050182/">Alberto Gonzales</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/360/000022294/">George W. Bush</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Sep-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Sep-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/790/000118436/">Paul Clement</a></nobr></td> <td>(acting, under <a href="/people/360/000022294/">George W. Bush</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Sep-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Nov-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/983/000162497/">Peter D. Keisler</a></nobr></td> <td>(acting, under <a href="/people/360/000022294/">George W. Bush</a>) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Nov-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jan-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/859/000162373/">Michael Mukasey</a></nobr></td> <td>(under <a href="/people/360/000022294/">George W. 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