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 US/Attorney General    | |
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 Flag of the US Attorney General | |
| Type | job |
| Start | September 26, 1789 |
| Leader of | US/DOJ |
| Deputy | United States Deputy Attorney General |
The US Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice. The deputy is the United States Deputy Attorney General.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrick Garland | 11 March 2021 | ||
| William Barr | 14 February 2019 | 23 December 2020 | |
| Jeff Sessions | 9 February 2017 | 7 November 2018 | |
| Dana Boente | 30 January 2017 | 9 February 2017 | Acting |
| Sally Yates | 20 January 2017 | 30 January 2017 | Acting |
| Loretta Lynch | 27 April 2015 | 20 January 2017 | |
| Eric Holder | 3 February 2009 | 27 April 2015 | |
| Mark Filip | 20 January 2009 | 3 February 2009 | Acting |
| Michael Mukasey | 9 November 2007 | 20 January 2009 | A pro-torture Attorney General |
| Paul Clement | 17 September 2007 | 18 September 2007 | Acting |
| Alberto Gonzales | 3 February 2005 | 17 September 2007 | "Woefully incompetent" |
| John Ashcroft | 2 February 2001 | 3 February 2005 | |
| Eric Holder | 20 January 2001 | 2 February 2001 | Acting |
| Janet Reno | 11 March 1993 | 20 January 2001 | |
| William Barr | 26 November 1991 | 20 January 1993 | |
| Richard Thornburgh | 15 August 1988 | 15 August 1991 | |
| Edwin Meese | 25 February 1985 | 5 July 1988 | |
| William French Smith | 23 January 1981 | 25 February 1985 | |
| Benjamin Civiletti | 16 August 1979 | 19 January 1981 | |
| Griffin Bell | 26 January 1977 | 16 August 1979 | |
| Edward H. Levi | 2 February 1975 | 20 January 1977 | |
| William Saxbe | 4 January 1974 | 2 February 1975 | |
| Robert Bork | 20 October 1973 | 17 December 1973 | Acting |
| Elliot Richardson | 25 May 1973 | 20 October 1973 | |
| Richard Kleindienst | 12 June 1972 | 30 April 1973 | |
| John Mitchell | 21 January 1969 | 1 March 1972 | |
| Ramsey Clark | 10 March 1967 | 20 January 1969 | |
| Nicholas Katzenbach | 11 February 1965 | 2 October 1966 | |
| RFK | 20 January 1961 | 3 September 1964 | |
| William P. Rogers | 23 October 1957 | 20 January 1961 | |
| Robert H. Jackson | 18 January 1940 | 25 August 1941 | |
| Frank Murphy | 2 January 1939 | 18 January 1940 | |
| Homer Stille Cummings | 4 March 1933 | 2 January 1939 | |
| William D. Mitchell | 4 March 1929 | 4 March 1933 | |
| Harlan Stone | 7 April 1924 | 1 March 1925 | |
| Charles Bonaparte | 17 December 1906 | 4 March 1909 | |
| Philander Knox | 5 April 1901 | 30 June 1904 | |
| Richard Olney | 6 March 1893 | 10 June 1895 | |
| Alphonso Taft | 22 May 1876 | 4 March 1877 | |
| Edwin Stanton | 20 December 1860 | 4 March 1861 |
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