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id name post start_date end_date tenure_in_days presidents_served_under reason_tenure_ended source source_link
3 Jeff Sessions attorney general February 9, 2017 November 7, 2018 637 Donald Trump In a letter delivered to the White House, Sessions wrote that he was submitting his resignation at the request of the president, who has been highly critical of his attorney general since he recused himself last year from overseeing the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election and whether the president himself obstructed justice in the matter. Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-sessions-resigns-20181107-story.html
34 Loretta E. Lynch attorney general April 27, 2015 January 20, 2017 635 Barack Obama
82 Eric H. Holder Jr. attorney general February 3, 2009 April 27, 2015 2275 Barack Obama
19 Michael B. Mukasey attorney general November 9, 2007 January 20, 2009 439 George W. Bush
48 Alberto R. Gonzales attorney general February 3, 2005 September 17, 2007 957 George W. Bush
72 John David Ashcroft attorney general February 2, 2001 February 3, 2005 1463 George W. Bush
83 Janet Reno attorney general March 11, 1993 January 20, 2001 2873 Bill Clinton
18 William Pelham Barr attorney general November 26, 1991 January 20, 1993 422 George H. W. Bush
50 Richard Lewis Thornburgh attorney general August 15, 1988 August 15, 1991 1096 Ronald Reagan
57 Edwin III Meese attorney general February 25, 1985 July 5, 1988 1227 Ronald Reagan
74 William French Smith attorney general January 23, 1981 February 25, 1985 1495 Ronald Reagan
23 Benjamin Richard Civiletti attorney general August 16, 1979 January 19, 1981 523 Jimmy Carter
46 Griffin Boyette Bell attorney general January 26, 1977 August 16, 1979 933 Jimmy Carter
36 Edward Hirsch Levi attorney general February 2, 1975 January 20, 1977 719 Gerald Ford
16 William Bart Saxbe attorney general January 4, 1974 February 2, 1975 395 Gerald Ford
2 Elliot Richardson attorney general May 24, 1973 October 20, 1973 150 Richard Nixon Richardson, who replaced Richard Kleindienst who resigned in the midst of the Watergate scandal, resigned to avoid executing Nixon’s order to fire Archibald Cox, the Watergate Special Prosecutor. Smart Politics http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2017/03/02/10-us-attorneys-general-who-served-less-than-1-year/
10 Richard Kleindienst attorney general June 12, 1972 April 30, 1973 323 Richard Nixon
52 John Newton Mitchell attorney general January 21, 1969 March 10, 1972 1145 Lyndon B. Johnson
39 William Ramsey Clark attorney general November 28, 1966 January 20, 1969 785 Lyndon B. Johnson
30 Nicholas Katzenbach attorney general February 11, 1965 October 2, 1966 599 Lyndon B. Johnson
59 Robert Francis Kennedy attorney general January 20, 1961 September 3, 1964 1323 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
56 William Pierce Rogers attorney general October 23, 1957 January 20, 1961 1186 Dwight D. Eisenhower
78 Herbert Jr. Brownell attorney general January 21, 1953 October 23, 1957 1737 Dwight D. Eisenhower
6 James Patrick McGranery attorney general May 27, 1952 January 20, 1953 239 Harry Truman McGranery served until the end of Truman’s term.
47 James Howard McGrath attorney general August 23, 1949 April 3, 1952 955 Harry Truman
73 Thomas Campbell Clark attorney general June 27, 1945 July 26, 1949 1491 Harry Truman
63 Francis Beverly Biddle attorney general August 26, 1941 June 26, 1945 1401 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman
27 Robert Houghwout Jackson attorney general January 18, 1940 August 25, 1941 586 Franklin D. Roosevelt
13 Frank Murphy attorney general January 2, 1939 January 18, 1940 382 Franklin D. Roosevelt
81 Homer Stillé Cummings attorney general March 4, 1933 January 2, 1939 2131 Franklin D. Roosevelt
71 William Dewitt Mitchell attorney general March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 1462 Herbert Hoover
66 John Garibaldi Sargent attorney general March 7, 1925 March 4, 1929 1459 Calvin Coolidge
12 Harlan Fiske Stone attorney general April 9, 1924 March 2, 1925 328 Calvin Coolidge Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court after the retirement of Justice Joseph McKenna, himself a former attorney general.
51 Harry Micajah Daugherty attorney general March 4, 1921 April 6, 1924 1130 Warren G. Harding Resigned due to Teapot Dome Scandal.
38 Alexander Mitchell Palmer attorney general March 5, 1919 March 4, 1921 731 Woodrow Wilson
76 Thomas Watt Gregory attorney general August 29, 1914 March 4, 1919 1649 Woodrow Wilson
25 James Clark McReynolds attorney general March 15, 1913 August 29, 1914 533 Woodrow Wilson
70 George Woodward Wickersham attorney general March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 1462 William Howard Taft
41 Charles Joseph Bonaparte attorney general December 17, 1906 March 4, 1909 809 Theodore Roosevelt
45 William Henry Moody attorney general July 1, 1904 December 12, 1906 895 Theodore Roosevelt
55 Philander Chase Knox attorney general April 5, 1901 June 30, 1904 1183 William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
53 John William Griggs attorney general January 25, 1898 March 29, 1901 1159 William McKinley
11 Joseph McKenna attorney general March 7, 1897 January 25, 1898 325 William McKinley Appointed to Supreme Court by William McKinley
33 Judson Harmon attorney general June 11, 1895 March 4, 1897 633 Grover Cleveland
42 Richard Olney attorney general March 6, 1893 June 10, 1895 827 Grover Cleveland
67 William Henry Harrison Miller attorney general March 7, 1889 March 4, 1893 1459 Benjamin Harrison
68 Augustus Hill Garland attorney general March 6, 1885 March 4, 1889 1460 Grover Cleveland
54 Benjamin Harris Brewster attorney general December 16, 1881 March 4, 1885 1175 Chester A. Arthur
9 Isaac Wayne MacVeagh attorney general March 5, 1881 December 15, 1881 286 James Garfield After Garfield’s assassination, MacVeagh served for one month under Chester Arthur before tendering his resignation.
64 Charles Devens attorney general March 12, 1877 March 4, 1881 1454 Rutherford B. Hayes
8 Alphonso Taft attorney general June 1, 1876 March 11, 1877 284 Ulysses S. Grant Remained in that post until the end of Grant’s term
15 Edwards Pierrepont attorney general April 26, 1875 May 21, 1876 392 Ulysses S. Grant
58 George Henry Williams attorney general December 14, 1871 April 25, 1875 1229 Ulysses S. Grant
14 Amos Tappan Akerman attorney general November 23, 1870 December 13, 1871 386 Ulysses S. Grant
32 Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar attorney general March 5, 1869 November 22, 1870 628 Ulysses S. Grant
5 William Maxwell Evarts attorney general July 20, 1868 March 4, 1869 228 Andrew Johnson Evarts served as Attorney General until the end of the Johnson administration in March 1869.
37 Henry Stanbery attorney general July 23, 1866 July 16, 1868 725 Andrew Johnson
29 James Speed attorney general December 2, 1864 July 22, 1866 598 Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
60 Edward Bates attorney general March 5, 1861 November 24, 1864 1361 Abraham Lincoln
1 Edwin McMasters Stanton attorney general December 20, 1860 March 4, 1861 75 Democrat James Buchanan Was not re-appointed by Abraham Lincoln. Smart Politics http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2017/03/02/10-us-attorneys-general-who-served-less-than-1-year/
62 Jeremiah Sullivan Black attorney general March 6, 1857 December 16, 1860 1382 Democrat James Buchanan
65 Caleb Cushing attorney general March 7, 1853 March 4, 1857 1459 Franklin Pierce
49 John Jordan Crittenden attorney general July 22, 1850 March 4, 1853 957 Millard Fillmore
21 Reverdy Johnson attorney general March 8, 1849 July 21, 1850 501 Zachary Taylor
7 Isaac Toucey attorney general June 29, 1848 March 4, 1849 249 James Polk Toucey served until the end of Polk’s term
22 Nathan Clifford attorney general October 17, 1846 March 17, 1848 518 James Polk
28 John Young Mason attorney general March 5, 1845 October 16, 1846 591 James Polk
31 John Nelson attorney general July 1, 1843 March 4, 1845 613 John Tyler
35 Hugh Swinton Legaré attorney general September 13, 1841 June 20, 1843 646 John Tyler
4 John Jordan Crittenden attorney general March 5, 1841 September 12, 1841 192 William Harrison, John Tyler Crittenden resigned five months into John Tyler’s administration.
17 Henry Dilworth Gilpin attorney general January 11, 1840 March 4, 1841 419 Martin Van Buren
24 Felix Grundy attorney general July 5, 1838 December 14, 1839 528 Martin Van Buren
77 Benjamin Franklin Butler attorney general November 15, 1833 July 4, 1838 1693 Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
44 Roger Brooke Taney attorney general July 20, 1831 November 14, 1833 849 Andrew Jackson
43 John MacPherson Berrien attorney general March 9, 1829 June 22, 1831 836 Andrew Jackson
84 William Wirt attorney general November 13, 1817 March 4, 1829 4130 James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
61 Richard Rush attorney general February 10, 1814 November 12, 1817 1372 James Madison
40 William Pinkney attorney general December 11, 1811 February 9, 1814 792 James Madison
79 Caesar Augustus Rodney attorney general January 20, 1807 December 5, 1811 1781 Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
20 John Breckinridge attorney general August 7, 1805 December 14, 1806 495 Thomas Jefferson
69 Levi Lincoln attorney general March 5, 1801 March 3, 1805 1460 Thomas Jefferson
80 Charles Lee attorney general December 10, 1795 February 19, 1801 1898 John Adams
26 William Bradford attorney general January 27, 1794 August 23, 1795 574 George Washington
75 Edmund Jennings Randolph attorney general September 26, 1789 January 26, 1794 1584 George Washington
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