New Jersey Attorney General - wikipedia New Jersey Attorney General State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Agency overview Jurisdiction New Jersey Headquarters Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market Street, Trenton, New Jersey Agency executive Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General Parent agency State of New Jersey Website http://www.nj.gov/oag The attorney general of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the Governor of New Jersey, confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, and term limited. Under the provisions of the New Jersey State Constitution, the Attorney General serves a concurrent four - year term to the governor. Gurbir Grewal was nominated as Attorney General by Governor Phil Murphy. Grewal is the first Sikh attorney general in the United States. The conventional wisdom is that the Attorney General can not be removed from office except `` for cause '' by the Governor or by way of legislative impeachment. It is fifth in the line of succession after the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, President of the New Jersey Senate, and Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. The Attorney General can not also serve as the Lieutenant Governor. Contents 1 List of office holders 1.1 Colonial period 1.2 Post-independence 2 References 3 External links List of office holders Holders of the office of Attorney General include : Colonial period Term of office Attorney General Notes and references 1704 -- 1714 Alexander Griffith Alexander Griffith was the first Colonial New Jersey Attorney General. 1714 -- 1719 Thomas Burnett Gordon ( 17 April 1652 -- April 28, 1722 ) was a Scottish emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies who became Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Attorney General for the Province of New Jersey. 1719 -- 1723 Jeremiah Basse ( died 1725 ) was a governor of both West Jersey and East Jersey. He became governor of West Jersey in 1697, and became governor of East Jersey in 1697. 1723 -- 1728 James Alexander ( May 27, 1691 -- April 2, 1756 ) was a lawyer and statesman in colonial New York. He served in the Colonial Assembly and as attorney general of the colony in 1721 -- 23. His son William was later a major general in the Continental Army during the American revolution. Alexandria Township, New Jersey was named after James Alexander. 1728 -- 1733 Lawrence Smyth 1733 -- 1754 Joseph Warrell 1754 -- 1776 Cortlandt Skinner ( December 16, 1727 -- March 15, 1799 ) was the last Colonial Attorney General of New Jersey and a brigadier general in the British Loyalist force, the New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolutionary War. Post-independence 1776 -- 1783 : William Paterson 1783 -- 1792 : Joseph Bloomfield 1792 -- 1811 : Aaron Woodruff 1811 : Andrew S. Hunter 1812 -- 1817 : Aaron Woodruff 1817 -- 1829 : Theodore Frelinghuysen 1829 -- 1833 : Samuel Lewis Southard 1833 -- 1838 : John Moore White 1838 -- 1841 : Richard Stockton Field 1841 -- 1844 : George P. Mollesson 1844 -- 1845 : Richard P. Thompson 1845 -- 1850 : Abraham Browning 1850 -- 1852 : Lucius Elmer 1852 -- 1857 : Richard P. Thompson 1857 -- 1861 : William L. Dayton 1861 -- 1867 : Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen 1867 -- 1870 : George M. Robeson 1870 -- 1875 : Robert Gilchrist, Jr. 1875 : Joel Parker 1875 -- 1877 : Jacob Vanatta 1877 -- 1897 : John P. Stockton 1897 -- 1902 : Samuel H. Grey 1902 -- 1903 : Thomas Nesbitt McCarter 1903 -- 1908 : Robert H. McCarter 1908 -- 1914 : Edmund Wilson 1914 -- 1919 : John Wesley Wescott 1919 -- 1924 : Thomas F. McCran 1924 -- 1929 : Edward L. Katzenbach 1929 -- 1934 : William A. Stevens 1934 -- 1944 : David T. Wilentz 1944 -- 1948 : Walter D. Van Riper 1948 -- 1954 : Theodore D. Parsons 1954 -- 1958 : Grover C. Richman, Jr. 1958 -- 1962 : David D. Furman 1962 -- 1970 : Arthur J. Sills 1970 -- 1974 : George Francis Kugler Jr. 1974 -- 1978 : William F. Hyland 1978 -- 1981 : John J. Degnan 1981 -- 1982 : James R. Zazzali 1982 -- 1986 : Irwin I. Kimmelman 1986 -- 1989 : W. Cary Edwards 1989 -- 1990 : Peter N. Perretti, Jr. 1990 -- 1994 : Robert Del Tufo 1994 -- 1996 : Deborah T. Poritz 1996 -- 1999 : Peter Verniero 1999 -- 2002 : John Farmer Jr. 2002 -- 2003 : David Samson 2003 -- 2006 : Peter C. Harvey was appointed as Acting Attorney General on February 15, 2003, and was confirmed by the Senate as Attorney General on June 16, 2003. 2006 : Zulima Farber ( resigned effective August 31, 2006 ) 2006 -- 2007 : Stuart Rabner ( confirmed on September 25, 2006, served from September 26, 2006 -- June 2007 ) 2007 -- 2010 : Anne Milgram ( confirmed on 21 June 2007, sworn in 29 June 2007 ) 2010 -- 2011 : Paula T. Dow ( confirmed on February 22, 2010, sworn in on February 23, 2010 ) 2012 -- 2013 : Jeffrey S. Chiesa ( sworn in on January 10, 2012 ) ( Resigned to become United States Senator effective June 6, 2013 ). 2013 -- 2016 : John Jay Hoffman, acting AG 2016 -- : Robert Lougy, acting AG 2016 - 2018 Christopher Porrino 2018 - present Gurbir Grewal References Jump up ^ Matt Arco ( December 13, 2017 ). `` Phil Murphy to appoint nation 's first Sikh attorney general ''. New Jersey On - Line LLC. Retrieved December 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Letter from OLS Deputy Counsel Danielle A. Brucchieri to Senate Republican Office, Office of Legislative Services, May 9, 2005. Accessed December 2, 2008. Jump up ^ Past Attorneys General, New Jersey Attorney General. Accessed December 15, 2007. Jump up ^ `` Thomas Gordon Attorney General 1714 - 1719 ''. Retrieved 20 October 2015. Jump up ^ `` Biographical Sketch of Brigadier General Cortland Skinner ''. www.royalprovincial.com. The On - Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies. Retrieved 28 August 2017. Jump up ^ Lamb, Martha Joanna ( 1877 ). Embracing the period prior to the Revolution, closing in 1774. A.S. Barnes and Company. Retrieved 28 August 2017. Jump up ^ William Paterson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006. Jump up ^ Political Graveyard : Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, accessed August 27, 2006. Jump up ^ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress : Theodore Frelinghuysen, accessed December 1, 2006. Jump up ^ Samuel Lewis Southard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006. Jump up ^ Richard Stockton Field, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007. Jump up ^ Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007. Jump up ^ William L. Dayton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2006. Jump up ^ Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006. Jump up ^ George Maxwell Robeson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006. Jump up ^ New Jersey State Library biography for Joel Parker, New Jersey State Library. Accessed July 11, 2007. Jump up ^ John Potter Stockton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006. Jump up ^ New Jersey : State Attorneys General, The Political Graveyard. Accessed April 24, 2007. Jump up ^ `` Hello to a new day '', The Star - Ledger, June 22, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007. Jump up ^ `` Senate confirms 5 NJ Cabinet picks ''. Asbury Park Press. 2010 - 02 - 22. Archived from the original on 2013 - 01 - 02. Retrieved 2010 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Paula Dow is sworn in as N.J. Attorney General ''. The Star - Ledger. 2010 - 02 - 23. Retrieved 2010 - 02 - 23. Jump up ^ Official Biography. Accessed January 24, 2012. Jump up ^ https://www.senate.gov/states/NJ/senators.htm Jump up ^ http://blog.northjersey.com/thepoliticalstate/7543/john-hoffman-named-acting-attorney-general/ Jump up ^ http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/christie_names_replacement_for_outgoing_attorney_g.html Jump up ^ `` Governor Christie Nominates Chris Porrino As Attorney General of the State of New Jersey '' ( PDF ) ( Press release ). June 16, 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/12/12/bergen-county-prosecutor-named-attorney-general/943847001/ External links New Jersey Attorney General official website New Jersey Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal New Jersey Attorney General articles at ABA Journal News and Commentary at FindLaw New Jersey Revised Statutes at Law.Justia.com U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - `` Cases with title containing : State of New Jersey '' at FindLaw New Jersey State Bar Association New Jersey Attorney General John Jay Hoffman profile at National Association of Attorneys General Press releases at New Jersey Attorney General Attorneys General of the United States United States Attorney General : Jeff Sessions ( R ) AL Steve Marshall ( R ) AK Jahna Lindemuth ( I ) AZ Mark Brnovich ( R ) AR Leslie Rutledge ( R ) CA Xavier Becerra ( D ) CO Cynthia Coffman ( R ) CT George Jepsen ( D ) DE Matthew Denn ( D ) FL Pam Bondi ( R ) GA Chris Carr ( R ) HI Russell Suzuki ( D ) ID Lawrence Wasden ( R ) IL Lisa Madigan ( D ) IN Curtis Hill ( R ) IA Tom Miller ( D ) KS Derek Schmidt ( R ) KY Andy Beshear ( D ) LA Jeff Landry ( R ) ME Janet Mills ( D ) MD Brian Frosh ( D ) MA Maura Healey ( D ) MI Bill Schuette ( R ) MN Lori Swanson ( D ) MS Jim Hood ( D ) MO Josh Hawley ( R ) MT Tim Fox ( R ) NE Doug Peterson ( R ) NV Adam Laxalt ( R ) NH Gordon MacDonald ( R ) NJ Gurbir Grewal ( D ) NM Hector Balderas ( D ) NY Barbara Underwood * ( D ) NC Josh Stein ( D ) ND Wayne Stenehjem ( R ) OH Mike DeWine ( R ) OK Mike Hunter ( R ) OR Ellen Rosenblum ( D ) PA Josh Shapiro ( D ) RI Peter Kilmartin ( D ) SC Alan Wilson ( R ) SD Marty Jackley ( R ) TN Herbert Slatery ( R ) TX Ken Paxton ( R ) UT Sean Reyes ( R ) VT T.J. Donovan ( D ) VA Mark Herring ( D ) WA Bob Ferguson ( D ) WV Patrick Morrisey ( R ) WI Brad Schimel ( R ) WY Peter Michael ( R ) DC Karl Racine ( D ) Territories : AS Talauega Ale ( D ) GU Elizabeth Barrett - Anderson ( R ) MP Edward Manibusan ( D ) PR Wanda Vázquez Garced ( D ) VI Claude Walker ( I ) Political party affiliations : 28 Republicans 26 Democrats 2 Independents * Acting Attorney General Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Jersey_Attorney_General&oldid=831637591 '' Categories : New Jersey Attorneys General State constitutional officers of New Jersey 1704 establishments in New Jersey Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 March 2018, at 15 : 02. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who is the attorney general for the state of new jersey
Answer: Gurbir Grewal