governor predecessor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title name alma_mater
howard dean jim douglas peter shumlin jeffrey amestoy burlington , vermont , u.s. democratic 25th attorney general of vermont 9 march 1947 may 1 , 1997 william sorrell
 william sorrell university of notre dame cornell university
william sorrell

a native and resident of burlington , vermont , william h. sorrell -lrb- born march 9 , 1947 -rrb- is the current and the longest-serving attorney general in the history of the u.s. state of vermont .
originally appointed by governor howard dean in 1997 , he has been reelected nine times since then in 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , and 2014 .
