United States Attorney General

Table columns:
No.
Portrait
Name
State of Residence
Took office
Left office
President(s)
President(s).1

Table rows:
cells: 1
Edmund Randolph
Virginia
September 26, 1789
January 26, 1794
George Washington
cells: 2
William Bradford
Pennsylvania
January 27, 1794
August 23, 1795
cells: 3
Charles Lee
Virginia
December 10, 1795
February 19, 1801
cells: 3
John Adams
cells: 4
Levi Lincoln Sr.
Massachusetts
March 5, 1801
March 2, 1805
Thomas Jefferson
cells: 5
John Breckinridge
Kentucky
August 7, 1805
December 14, 1806
cells: 6
Caesar A. Rodney
Delaware
January 20, 1807
December 10, 1811
cells: 6
James Madison
cells: 7
William Pinkney
Maryland
December 11, 1811
February 9, 1814
cells: 8
Richard Rush
Pennsylvania
February 10, 1814
November 12, 1817
cells: 9
William Wirt
Virginia
November 13, 1817
March 4, 1829
James Monroe
cells: 9
John Quincy Adams
cells: 10
John M. Berrien
Georgia
March 9, 1829
July 19, 1831
Andrew Jackson
cells: 11
Roger B. Taney
Maryland
July 20, 1831
November 14, 1833
cells: 12
Benjamin Franklin Butler
New York
November 15, 1833
July 4, 1838
cells: 12
Martin Van Buren
cells: 13
Felix Grundy
Tennessee
July 5, 1838
January 10, 1840
cells: 14
Henry D. Gilpin
Pennsylvania
January 11, 1840
March 4, 1841
cells: 15
John J. Crittenden
Kentucky
March 5, 1841
September 12, 1841
William Henry Harrison
cells: 15
John Tyler
cells: 16
Hugh S. Legaré
South Carolina
September 13, 1841
June 20, 1843
cells: 17
John Nelson
Maryland
July 1, 1843
March 4, 1845
cells: 18
John Y. Mason
Virginia
March 5, 1845
October 16, 1846
James K. Polk
cells: 19
Nathan Clifford
Maine
October 17, 1846
March 17, 1848
cells: 20
Isaac Toucey
Connecticut
June 21, 1848
March 4, 1849
cells: 21
Reverdy Johnson
Maryland
March 8, 1849
July 21, 1850
Zachary Taylor
cells: 22
John J. Crittenden
Kentucky
July 22, 1850
March 4, 1853
Millard Fillmore
cells: 23
Caleb Cushing
Massachusetts
March 7, 1853
March 4, 1857
Franklin Pierce
cells: 24
Jeremiah S. Black
Pennsylvania
March 6, 1857
December 16, 1860
James Buchanan
cells: 25
Edwin M. Stanton
Pennsylvania
December 20, 1860
March 4, 1861
cells: 26
Edward Bates
Missouri
March 5, 1861
November 24, 1864
Abraham Lincoln
cells: 27
James Speed
Kentucky
December 2, 1864
July 22, 1866
cells: 27
Andrew Johnson
cells: 28
Henry Stanbery
Ohio
July 23, 1866
July 16, 1868
cells: 29
William M. Evarts
New York
July 17, 1868
March 4, 1869
cells: 30
Ebenezer R. Hoar
Massachusetts
March 5, 1869
November 22, 1870
Ulysses S. Grant
cells: 31
Amos T. Akerman
Georgia
November 23, 1870
December 13, 1871
cells: 32
George Henry Williams
Oregon
December 14, 1871
April 25, 1875
cells: 33
Edwards Pierrepont
New York
April 26, 1875
May 21, 1876
cells: 34
Alphonso Taft
Ohio (born in Vermont)
May 22, 1876
March 4, 1877
cells: 35
Charles Devens
Massachusetts
March 12, 1877
March 4, 1881
Rutherford B. Hayes
cells: 36
Wayne MacVeagh
Pennsylvania
March 5, 1881
December 15, 1881
James A. Garfield
cells: 36
Chester A. Arthur
cells: 37
Benjamin H. Brewster
Pennsylvania
December 16, 1881
March 4, 1885
cells: 38
Augustus H. Garland
Arkansas
March 6, 1885
March 4, 1889
Grover Cleveland
cells: 39
William H. H. Miller
Indiana
March 7, 1889
March 4, 1893
Benjamin Harrison
cells: 40
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
March 6, 1893
April 7, 1895
Grover Cleveland
cells: 41
Judson Harmon
Ohio
April 8, 1895
March 4, 1897
cells: 42
Joseph McKenna
California
March 5, 1897
January 25, 1898
William McKinley
cells: 43
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
January 25, 1898
March 29, 1901
cells: 44
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
April 5, 1901
June 30, 1904
cells: 44
Theodore Roosevelt
cells: 45
William H. Moody
Massachusetts
July 1, 1904
December 17, 1906
cells: 46
Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
December 17, 1906
March 4, 1909
cells: 47
George W. Wickersham
New York
March 4, 1909
March 4, 1913
William Howard Taft
cells: 48
James C. McReynolds
Tennessee
March 5, 1913
August 29, 1914
Woodrow Wilson
cells: 49
Thomas Watt Gregory
Texas
August 29, 1914
March 4, 1919
cells: 50
Alexander Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
March 5, 1919
March 4, 1921
cells: 51
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
March 4, 1921
April 6, 1924
Warren G. Harding
cells: 51
Calvin Coolidge
cells: 52
Harlan F. Stone
New York
April 7, 1924
March 1, 1925
cells: 53
John G. Sargent
Vermont
March 7, 1925
March 4, 1929
cells: 54
William D. Mitchell
Minnesota
March 4, 1929
March 4, 1933
Herbert Hoover
cells: 55
Homer Stille Cummings
Connecticut
March 4, 1933
January 1, 1939
Franklin D. Roosevelt
cells: 56
Frank Murphy
Michigan
January 2, 1939
January 18, 1940
cells: 57
Robert H. Jackson
New York
January 18, 1940
August 25, 1941
cells: 58
Francis Biddle
Pennsylvania
August 26, 1941
June 26, 1945
cells: 58
Harry S. Truman
cells: 59
Tom C. Clark
Texas
June 27, 1945
July 26, 1949
cells: 60
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
July 27, 1949
April 3, 1952
cells: 61
James P. McGranery
Pennsylvania
April 4, 1952
January 20, 1953
cells: 62
Herbert Brownell Jr.
New York
January 21, 1953
October 23, 1957
Dwight D. Eisenhower
cells: 63
William P. Rogers
Maryland
October 23, 1957
January 20, 1961
cells: 64
Robert F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
January 20, 1961
September 3, 1964
John F. Kennedy
cells: 64
Lyndon B. Johnson
cells: 65
Nicholas Katzenbach
Illinois
September 4, 1964[1]
January 28, 1965
cells: 65
January 28, 1965
November 28, 1966
cells: 66
Ramsey Clark
Texas
November 28, 1966[1]
March 10, 1967
cells: 66
March 10, 1967
January 20, 1969
cells: 67
John N. Mitchell
New York
January 20, 1969
February 15, 1972
Richard Nixon
cells: 68
Richard Kleindienst
Arizona
February 15, 1972
May 25, 1973
cells: 69
Elliot Richardson
Massachusetts
May 25, 1973
October 20, 1973
cells: –
Robert Bork[3] Acting
Pennsylvania
October 20, 1973
January 4, 1974
cells: 70
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
January 4, 1974
January 14, 1975
cells: 70
Gerald Ford
cells: 71
Edward H. Levi
Illinois
January 14, 1975
January 20, 1977
cells: –
Dick Thornburgh[2] Acting
Pennsylvania
January 20, 1977
January 26, 1977
Jimmy Carter
cells: 72
Griffin Bell
Georgia
January 26, 1977
August 16, 1979
cells: 73
Benjamin Civiletti
Maryland
August 16, 1979
January 19, 1981
cells: 74
William French Smith
California
January 23, 1981
February 25, 1985
Ronald Reagan
cells: 75
Edwin Meese
California
February 25, 1985
August 12, 1988
cells: 76
Dick Thornburgh
Pennsylvania
August 12, 1988
August 15, 1991
cells: 76
George H. W. Bush
cells: 77
William P. Barr
New York
August 16, 1991[1]
November 26, 1991
cells: 77
November 26, 1991
January 20, 1993
cells: –
Stuart M. Gerson[4] Acting
Washington, D.C.
January 20, 1993
March 12, 1993
Bill Clinton
cells: 78
Janet Reno
Florida
March 12, 1993
January 20, 2001
cells: –
Eric Holder[2] Acting
Washington, D.C.
January 20, 2001
February 2, 2001
George W. Bush
cells: 79
John Ashcroft
Missouri
February 2, 2001
February 3, 2005
cells: 80
Alberto Gonzales
Texas
February 3, 2005
September 17, 2007
cells: –
Paul Clement[5] Acting
Washington, D.C.
September 17, 2007
September 18, 2007
cells: –
Peter Keisler[5] Acting
Washington, D.C.
September 18, 2007
November 9, 2007
cells: 81
Michael Mukasey
New York
November 9, 2007
January 20, 2009
cells: –
Mark Filip[6] Acting
Illinois
January 20, 2009
February 3, 2009
Barack Obama
cells: 82
Eric Holder
Washington, D.C.
February 3, 2009
April 27, 2015
cells: 83
Loretta Lynch
New York
April 27, 2015
January 20, 2017
cells: –
Sally Yates Acting
Georgia
January 20, 2017
January 30, 2017
Donald Trump
cells: –
Dana Boente Acting
Virginia
January 30, 2017
February 9, 2017
cells: 84
Jeff Sessions
Alabama
February 9, 2017
Incumbent

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the us attorney general right now
answer: answerTexts: Jeff Sessions