No.
|
Portrait
|
Name
|
Prior Experience
|
State of residence
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
President(s)
|
1
|
|
Edmund Randolph
|
Lawyer,
7th
Governor of Virginia
|
Virginia
|
September 26, 1789
|
September 12, 1813
|
|
George Washington
|
2
|
|
William Bradford
|
Lawyer, judge,
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
|
Pennsylvania
|
January 27, 1794
|
August 23, 1795
|
3
|
|
Charles Lee
|
Lawyer,
Acting
United States Secretary of State
|
Virginia
|
December 10, 1795
|
June 24, 1815
|
|
John Adams
|
4
|
|
Levi Lincoln Sr.
|
Lawyer,
Acting
United States Secretary of State
,
7th
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Massachusetts
's
4th
district
|
Massachusetts
|
March 5, 1801
|
April 14, 1820
|
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
5
|
|
John Breckinridge
|
Lawyer,
United States Senator
from
Kentucky
,
Speaker of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
,
Attorney General of Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
August 7, 1805
|
December 14, 1806
|
6
|
|
Caesar Augustus Rodney
|
Lawyer,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Delaware
's
at-large
district,
Member of
Delaware General Assembly
|
Delaware
|
January 20, 1807
|
December 10, 1811
|
|
James Madison
|
7
|
|
William Pinkney
|
Lawyer,
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
,
3rd
Attorney General of Maryland
,
Mayor of
Annapolis
,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Maryland
's
3rd
district
|
Maryland
|
December 11, 1811
|
February 9, 1814
|
8
|
|
Richard Rush
|
Lawyer,
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
|
Pennsylvania
|
February 10, 1814
|
November 12, 1817
|
9
|
|
William Wirt
|
Lawyer,
United States Attorney
for the
District of Virginia
,
Member of the
Virginia House of Delegates
from
Richmond City
6th Clerk of the
Virginia House of Delegates
|
Virginia
|
November 13, 1817
|
March 4, 1829
|
|
James Monroe
|
|
John Quincy Adams
|
10
|
|
John Macpherson Berrien
|
Lawyer,
Judge of the Eastern judicial circuit of Georgia,
United States Senator
from
Georgia
|
Georgia
|
March 9, 1829
|
July 19, 1831
|
|
Andrew Jackson
|
11
|
|
Roger B. Taney
|
Lawyer,
Acting
United States Secretary of War
,
Attorney General of Maryland
|
Maryland
|
July 20, 1831
|
November 14, 1833
|
12
|
|
Benjamin Franklin Butler
|
Lawyer,
Member of the
New York State Assembly
from
Albany County
,
District Attorney
of Albany County
|
New York
|
November 15, 1833
|
July 4, 1838
|
|
Martin Van Buren
|
13
|
|
Felix Grundy
|
Lawyer,
United States Senator
from
Tennessee
,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Tennessee
's
3rd
district and
5th
district,
Chief Justice of the
Kentucky Court of Appeals
|
Tennessee
|
July 5, 1838
|
January 10, 1840
|
14
|
|
Henry D. Gilpin
|
Lawyer,
Solicitor of the United States Treasury
,
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
|
Pennsylvania
|
January 11, 1840
|
March 4, 1841
|
15
|
|
John J. Crittenden
1st Term
|
Lawyer,
22nd
Secretary of State of Kentucky
,
United States Senator
from
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
March 5, 1841
|
September 12, 1841
|
|
William Henry Harrison
|
|
John Tyler
|
16
|
|
Hugh S. Legare
|
Lawyer,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
South Carolina
's
1st
district
Acting
United States Minister to Belgium
,
7th
Attorney General of South Carolina
|
South Carolina
|
September 13, 1841
|
June 20, 1843
|
17
|
|
John Nelson
|
Lawyer,
United States Charge d'Affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Maryland
's
4th
district
|
Maryland
|
July 1, 1843
|
March 4, 1845
|
18
|
|
John Y. Mason
|
Lawyer,
16th
United States Secretary of the Navy
Judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Virginia
's
2nd
district
|
Virginia
|
March 5, 1845
|
October 16, 1846
|
|
James K. Polk
|
19
|
|
Nathan Clifford
|
Lawyer,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Maine
's
1st
district,
Attorney General of Maine
,
Member of the
Maine House of Representatives
,
|
Maine
|
October 17, 1846
|
March 17, 1848
|
20
|
|
Isaac Toucey
|
Lawyer,
33rd
Governor of Connecticut
,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Connecticut
's
at-large
district and
1st
district
|
Connecticut
|
June 21, 1848
|
March 4, 1849
|
21
|
|
Reverdy Johnson
|
Lawyer,
United States Senator
from
Maryland
|
Maryland
|
March 8, 1849
|
July 21, 1850
|
|
Zachary Taylor
|
22
|
|
John J. Crittenden
2nd Term
|
Lawyer,
15th United States Attorney General
22nd
Secretary of State of Kentucky
,
United States Senator
from
Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
July 22, 1850
|
March 4, 1853
|
|
Millard Fillmore
|
23
|
|
Caleb Cushing
|
Lawyer,
United States Minister to China
,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Massachusetts
's
3rd
district
|
Massachusetts
|
March 7, 1853
|
March 4, 1857
|
|
Franklin Pierce
|
24
|
|
Jeremiah S. Black
|
Lawyer,
Justice of the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
|
Pennsylvania
|
March 6, 1857
|
December 16, 1860
|
|
James Buchanan
|
25
|
|
Edwin Stanton
|
Lawyer
|
Pennsylvania
|
December 20, 1860
|
March 4, 1861
|
26
|
|
Edward Bates
|
Lawyer,
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Missouri
's
at-large
district,
Attorney General of Missouri
|
Missouri
|
March 5, 1861
|
November 24, 1864
|
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
27
|
|
James Speed
|
Lawyer,
Member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
|
Kentucky
|
December 2, 1864
|
July 22, 1866
|
|
Andrew Johnson
|
28
|
|
Henry Stanbery
|
Lawyer,
Attorney General of Ohio
|
Ohio
|
July 23, 1866
|
July 16, 1868
|
29
|
|
William M. Evarts
|
Lawyer
|
New York
|
July 17, 1868
|
March 4, 1869
|
30
|
|
Ebenezer R. Hoar
|
Lawyer, judge
|
Massachusetts
|
March 5, 1869
|
November 22, 1870
|
|
Ulysses S. Grant
|
31
|
|
Amos T. Akerman
|
Lawyer, teacher
|
Georgia
|
November 23, 1870
|
December 13, 1871
|
32
|
|
George Henry Williams
|
|
Oregon
|
December 14, 1871
|
April 25, 1875
|
33
|
|
Edwards Pierrepont
|
|
New York
|
April 26, 1875
|
May 21, 1876
|
34
|
|
Alphonso Taft
|
|
Ohio
|
May 22, 1876
|
March 4, 1877
|
35
|
|
Charles Devens
|
|
Massachusetts
|
March 12, 1877
|
March 4, 1881
|
|
Rutherford B. Hayes
|
36
|
|
Wayne MacVeagh
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
March 5, 1881
|
December 15, 1881
|
|
James A. Garfield
|
|
Chester A. Arthur
|
37
|
|
Benjamin H. Brewster
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
December 16, 1881
|
March 4, 1885
|
38
|
|
Augustus Garland
|
|
Arkansas
|
March 6, 1885
|
March 4, 1889
|
|
Grover Cleveland
|
39
|
|
William H. H. Miller
|
|
Indiana
|
March 7, 1889
|
March 4, 1893
|
|
Benjamin Harrison
|
40
|
|
Richard Olney
|
|
Massachusetts
|
March 6, 1893
|
April 7, 1895
|
|
Grover Cleveland
|
41
|
|
Judson Harmon
|
|
Ohio
|
April 8, 1895
|
March 4, 1897
|
42
|
|
Joseph McKenna
|
|
California
|
March 5, 1897
|
January 25, 1898
|
|
William McKinley
|
43
|
|
John W. Griggs
|
|
New Jersey
|
January 25, 1898
|
March 29, 1901
|
44
|
|
Philander C. Knox
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
April 5, 1901
|
June 30, 1904
|
|
|
Theodore Roosevelt
|
45
|
|
William Henry Moody
|
|
Massachusetts
|
July 1, 1904
|
December 17, 1906
|
46
|
|
Charles Bonaparte
|
|
Maryland
|
December 17, 1906
|
March 4, 1909
|
47
|
|
George W. Wickersham
|
|
New York
|
March 4, 1909
|
March 4, 1913
|
|
William Howard Taft
|
48
|
|
James C. McReynolds
|
|
Tennessee
|
March 5, 1913
|
August 29, 1914
|
|
Woodrow Wilson
|
49
|
|
Thomas Watt Gregory
|
|
Texas
|
August 29, 1914
|
March 4, 1919
|
50
|
|
A. Mitchell Palmer
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
March 5, 1919
|
March 4, 1921
|
51
|
|
Harry M. Daugherty
|
|
Ohio
|
March 4, 1921
|
April 6, 1924
|
|
Warren G. Harding
|
|
|
Calvin Coolidge
|
52
|
|
Harlan F. Stone
|
|
New York
|
April 7, 1924
|
March 1, 1925
|
53
|
|
John G. Sargent
|
|
Vermont
|
March 7, 1925
|
March 4, 1929
|
54
|
|
William D. Mitchell
|
|
Minnesota
|
March 4, 1929
|
March 4, 1933
|
|
Herbert Hoover
|
55
|
|
Homer Stille Cummings
|
|
Connecticut
|
March 4, 1933
|
January 1, 1939
|
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
56
|
|
Frank Murphy
|
|
Michigan
|
January 2, 1939
|
January 18, 1940
|
57
|
|
Robert H. Jackson
|
|
New York
|
January 18, 1940
|
August 25, 1941
|
58
|
|
Francis Biddle
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
August 26, 1941
|
June 26, 1945
|
|
|
Harry S. Truman
|
59
|
|
Tom C. Clark
|
|
Texas
|
June 27, 1945
|
July 26, 1949
|
60
|
|
J. Howard McGrath
|
|
Rhode Island
|
July 27, 1949
|
April 3, 1952
|
61
|
|
James P. McGranery
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
April 4, 1952
|
January 20, 1953
|
62
|
|
Herbert Brownell Jr.
|
|
New York
|
January 21, 1953
|
October 23, 1957
|
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
63
|
|
William P. Rogers
|
|
New York
|
October 23, 1957
|
January 20, 1961
|
64
|
|
Robert F. Kennedy
|
|
Massachusetts
|
January 20, 1961
|
September 3, 1964
|
|
John F. Kennedy
|
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
65
|
|
Nicholas Katzenbach
|
|
Illinois
|
September 4, 1964
[a]
|
January 28, 1965
|
|
January 28, 1965
|
November 28, 1966
|
66
|
|
Ramsey Clark
|
|
Texas
|
November 28, 1966
[a]
|
March 10, 1967
|
|
March 10, 1967
|
January 20, 1969
|
67
|
|
John N. Mitchell
|
|
New York
|
January 20, 1969
|
February 15, 1972
|
|
Richard Nixon
|
68
|
|
Richard Kleindienst
|
|
Arizona
|
February 15, 1972
|
April 30, 1973
[3]
|
69
|
|
Elliot Richardson
|
|
Massachusetts
|
April 30, 1973
[3]
|
October 20, 1973
|
?
|
|
Robert Bork
[b]
Acting
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
October 20, 1973
|
January 4, 1974
|
70
|
|
William B. Saxbe
|
|
Ohio
|
January 4, 1974
|
January 14, 1975
|
|
|
Gerald Ford
|
71
|
|
Edward H. Levi
|
|
Illinois
|
January 14, 1975
|
January 20, 1977
|
?
|
|
Dick Thornburgh
[c]
Acting
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
January 20, 1977
|
January 26, 1977
|
|
Jimmy Carter
|
72
|
|
Griffin Bell
|
|
Georgia
|
January 26, 1977
|
August 16, 1979
|
73
|
|
Benjamin Civiletti
|
|
Maryland
|
August 16, 1979
|
January 19, 1981
|
74
|
|
William French Smith
|
|
California
|
January 23, 1981
|
February 25, 1985
|
|
Ronald Reagan
|
75
|
|
Edwin Meese
|
|
California
|
February 25, 1985
|
August 12, 1988
|
76
|
|
Dick Thornburgh
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
August 12, 1988
|
August 15, 1991
|
|
|
George H. W. Bush
|
77
|
|
William Barr
1st Term
|
United States Deputy Attorney General
(1990-1991)
United States Assistant Attorney General
for the
Office of Legal Counsel
(1989-1990)
|
Virginia
|
August 16, 1991
[a]
|
November 26, 1991
|
November 26, 1991
|
January 20, 1993
|
?
|
|
Stuart M. Gerson
[d]
Acting
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
January 20, 1993
|
March 12, 1993
|
|
Bill Clinton
|
78
|
|
Janet Reno
|
|
Florida
|
March 12, 1993
|
January 20, 2001
|
?
|
|
Eric Holder
[e]
Acting
|
United States Deputy Attorney General
(1997-2001)
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
(1993-1997)
Judge of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(1998-1993)
|
Washington, D.C.
|
January 20, 2001
|
February 2, 2001
|
|
George W. Bush
|
79
|
|
John Ashcroft
|
|
Missouri
|
February 2, 2001
|
February 3, 2005
|
80
|
|
Alberto Gonzales
|
|
Texas
|
February 3, 2005
|
September 17, 2007
|
?
|
|
Paul Clement
[f]
Acting
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
September 17, 2007
|
September 18, 2007
|
?
|
|
Peter Keisler
[f]
Acting
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
September 18, 2007
|
November 9, 2007
|
81
|
|
Michael Mukasey
|
|
New York
|
November 9, 2007
|
January 20, 2009
|
?
|
|
Mark Filip
Acting
|
|
Illinois
|
January 20, 2009
|
February 3, 2009
|
|
Barack Obama
|
82
|
|
Eric Holder
|
Acting United States Attorney General (2001)
United States Deputy Attorney General
(1997-2001)
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
(1993-1997)
Judge of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(1998-1993)
|
Washington, D.C.
|
February 3, 2009
|
April 27, 2015
|
83
|
|
Loretta Lynch
|
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
(1999-2001, 2010-2015)
Member of the Board of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(2003-2005)
|
New York
|
April 27, 2015
|
January 20, 2017
|
?
|
|
Sally Yates
[g]
Acting
|
|
Georgia
|
January 20, 2017
|
January 30, 2017
|
|
Donald Trump
|
?
|
|
Dana Boente
Acting
|
|
Virginia
|
January 30, 2017
|
February 9, 2017
|
84
|
|
Jeff Sessions
|
United States Senator from Alabama
(1997-2017)
Attorney General of Alabama
(1995-1997)
United States Attorney
for the
Southern District of Alabama
(1981-1993)
|
Alabama
|
February 9, 2017
|
November 7, 2018
|
?
|
|
Matthew Whitaker
Acting
[h]
|
|
Iowa
|
November 7, 2018
|
February 14, 2019
|
85
|
|
William Barr
2nd Term
|
77th United States Attorney General (1991-1993)
United States Deputy Attorney General
(1990-1991)
United States Assistant Attorney General
for the
Office of Legal Counsel
(1989-1990)
|
Virginia
|
February 14, 2019
|
December 23, 2020
|
?
|
|
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Acting
|
|
Massachusetts
|
December 24, 2020
|
January 20, 2021
|
?
|
|
John Demers
[i]
Acting
|
|
Massachusetts
|
January 20, 2021
|
|
Joe Biden
|
?
|
|
Monty Wilkinson
Acting
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
January 20, 2021
|
March 11, 2021
|
86
|
|
Merrick Garland
|
Chief Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
(2013-2020)
Nominee
for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2016)
Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
(1997-2013)
|
Maryland
|
March 11, 2021
|
?
|