
The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with ''legal affairs'' and is the chief law enforcement officer of the government of the United States. The current Attorney General is Alberto Gonzales. The office of Attorney General was established by United States Congress in 1789. The original duties of this officer were "to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court of the United States in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments." (Judiciary Act of 1789, section 35.) Only in 1870 was the Department of Justice established to support the Attorney General in the discharge of his responsibilities. The members of the Department of Justice represent the United States in legal matters generally and offer advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. The Attorney General appears in person to represent the Government before the Supreme Court in cases of exceptional importance. Under most circumstances the United States Solicitor General argues before the Supreme Court on the government's behalf. The Attorney General is a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet, the only member who is not given the title Secretary. {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" |+United States Attorneys General |- ! Name ! Term of Office ! President of the United States of America served under |- | Edmund Randolph | 1789 – 1794 | George Washington |- | William Bradford (1755-1795) | 1794 – 1795 | George Washington |- | Charles Lee (Attorney General) | 1795 – 1801 | George Washington, John Adams |- | Levi Lincoln | 1801 – 1805 | Thomas Jefferson |- | Robert Smith (U.S. politician) | 1805 | Thomas Jefferson |- | John Breckinridge | 1805 – 1806 | Thomas Jefferson |- | Caesar A. Rodney | 1807 – 1811 | Thomas Jefferson, James Madison |- | William Pinkney | 1811 – 1814 | James Madison |- | Richard Rush | 1814 – 1817 | James Madison |- | William Wirt | 1817 – 1829 | James Monroe, John Quincy Adams |- | John M. Berrien | 1829 – 1831 | Andrew Jackson |- | Roger Taney | 1831 – 1833 | Andrew Jackson |- | Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) | 1833 – 1838 | Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren |- | Felix Grundy | 1838 – 1839 | Martin Van Buren |- | Henry Gilpin | 1840 – 1841 | Martin Van Buren |- | John J. Crittenden | 1841 – 1841 | William Henry Harrison, John Tyler |- | Hugh S. Legaré | 1841 – 1843 | John Tyler |- | John Nelson (lawyer) | 1843 – 1845 | John Tyler |- | John Y. Mason | 1845 – 1846 | James Knox Polk |- | Nathan Clifford | 1846 – 1848 | James Knox Polk |- | Isaac Toucey | 1848 – 1849 | James Knox Polk |- | Reverdy Johnson | 1849 – 1850 | Zachary Taylor |- | John J. Crittenden | 1850 – 1853 | Millard Fillmore |- | Caleb Cushing | 1853 – 1857 | Franklin Pierce |- | Jeremiah S. Black | 1857 – 1860 | James Buchanan |- | Edwin M. Stanton | 1860 – 1861 | James Buchanan |- | Edward Bates | 1861 – 1864 | Abraham Lincoln |- | James Speed | 1864 – 1866 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson |- | Henry Stanberry | 1866 – 1868 | Andrew Johnson |- | William M. Evarts | 1868 – 1869 | Andrew Johnson |- | Ebenezer R. Hoar | 1869 – 1870 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Amos T. Akerman | 1870 – 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | George H. Williams | 1871 – 1875 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Edwards Pierrepont | 1875 – 1876 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Alphonso Taft | 1876 – 1877 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Charles Devens | 1877 – 1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes |- | Wayne MacVeagh | 1881 – 1881 | James Garfield |- | Benjamin H. Brewster | 1881 – 1885 | Chester A. Arthur |- | Augustus Hill Garland | 1885 – 1889 | Grover Cleveland |- | William H.H. Miller | 1889 – 1893 | Benjamin Harrison |- | Richard Olney | 1893 – 1895 | Grover Cleveland |- | Judson Harmon | 1895 – 1897 | Grover Cleveland |- | Joseph McKenna | 1897 – 1898 | William McKinley |- | John W. Griggs | 1898 – 1901 | William McKinley |- | Philander C. Knox | 1901 – 1904 | William McKinley |- | William H. Moody | 1904 – 1906 | Theodore Roosevelt |- | Charles Joseph Bonaparte | 1906 – 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt |- | George W. Wickersham | 1909 – 1913 | William Howard Taft |- | James C. McReynolds | 1913 – 1914 | Woodrow Wilson |- | Thomas Watt Gregory | 1914 – 1919 | Woodrow Wilson |- | A. Mitchell Palmer | 1919 – 1921 | Woodrow Wilson |- | Harry M. Daugherty | 1921 – 1924 | Warren G. Harding |- | Harlan Fiske Stone | 1924 – 1925 | Calvin Coolidge |- | John G. Sargent | 1925 – 1929 | Calvin Coolidge |- | William D. Mitchell | 1929 – 1933 | Herbert Hoover |- | Homer S. Cummings | 1933 – 1939 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Frank Murphy | 1939 – 1940 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Robert H. Jackson | 1940 – 1941 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Francis Biddle | 1941 – 1945 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Tom C. Clark | 1945 – 1949 | Harry S. Truman |- | J. Howard McGrath | 1949 – 1952 | Harry S. Truman |- | James P. McGranery | 1952 – 1953 | Harry S. Truman |- | Herbert Brownell, Jr. | 1953 – 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |- | William P. Rogers | 1957 – 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |- | Robert Kennedy | 1961 – 1964 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson |- | Nicholas Katzenbach | 1965 – 1966 | Lyndon Johnson |- | Ramsey Clark | 1967 – 1969 | Lyndon Johnson |- | John N. Mitchell | 1969 – 1972 | Richard Nixon |- | Richard Kleindienst | 1972 – 1973 | Richard Nixon |- | Elliot Richardson | 1973 – 1973 | Richard Nixon |- | William B. Saxbe | 1974 – 1975 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford |- | Edward Levi | 1975 – 1977 | Gerald Ford |- | Griffin Bell | 1977 – 1979 | Jimmy Carter |- | Benjamin Civiletti | 1979 – 1981 | Jimmy Carter |- | William French Smith | 1981 – 1985 | Ronald Reagan |- | Edwin Meese | 1985 – 1988 | Ronald Reagan |- | Dick Thornburgh | 1988 – 1991 | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush |- | William Barr | 1991 – 1993 | George H. W. Bush |- | Janet Reno | 1993 – 2001 | Bill Clinton |- | John Ashcroft | 2001 – 2005 | George W. Bush |- | Alberto Gonzales | 2005 – present | George W. Bush |} == Reference == === External link === * [http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm Biographies of the Attorneys General] U.S. Executive Cabinet U.S. Attorneys General United States Department of Justice
== External Link == Perhaps restore the external link to its original target (from Revision as of 22:55, 27 Jul 2004) ? == Form of address == I have heard senators refer to "General Ashcroft." I presume that this is an error, and that, despite not having "secretary" in his official title, "Secretary Ashcroft" would be the proper way to address him? User:Doops 04:00, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Definitely not. While I don't know about whether "General Ashcroft" is good form, I do know that he should not be referred to as "Secretary Ashcroft", as he is not a Secretary (even though he is a member of the cabinet). Articles on forms of address such as [http://neds.daps.dla.mil/Directives/1710/e.pdf this] treat the Attorney General separately from the other department heads (see page 9 in the example) with a salutation of "Dear Mr. Attorney General" instead of "Dear Mr. Secretary". (Note that in example I picked is apparently from the U.S. Navy, which one would hope would be somewhat authoritative.) I don't know if the shortening of "Attorney General Ashcroft" to "General Ashcroft" is proper, but I have heard the newsies refer to Surgeons General as "General ''Whoever''", so at least they're consistent. — User:DLJessup 05:33, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
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The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with ''legal affairs'' and is the chief law enforcement officer of the government of the United States. The current Attorney General is Alberto Gonzales. The office of Attorney General was established by United States Congress in 1789. The original duties of this officer were "to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court of the United States in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments." (Judiciary Act of 1789, section 35.) Only in 1870 was the Department of Justice established to support the Attorney General in the discharge of his responsibilities. The members of the Department of Justice represent the United States in legal matters generally and offer advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. The Attorney General appears in person to represent the Government before the Supreme Court in cases of exceptional importance. Under most circumstances the United States Solicitor General argues before the Supreme Court on the government's behalf. The Attorney General is a member of the President of the United States United States Cabinet, the only member who is not given the title Secretary. {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" |+United States Attorneys General |- ! Name ! Term of Office ! President of the United States of America served under |- | Edmund Randolph | 1789 – 1794 | George Washington |- | William Bradford (1755-1795) | 1794 – 1795 | George Washington |- | Charles Lee (Attorney General) | 1795 – 1801 | George Washington, John Adams |- | Levi Lincoln | 1801 – 1805 | Thomas Jefferson |- | Robert Smith (U.S. politician) | 1805 | Thomas Jefferson |- | John Breckinridge | 1805 – 1806 | Thomas Jefferson |- | Caesar A. Rodney | 1807 – 1811 | Thomas Jefferson, James Madison |- | William Pinkney | 1811 – 1814 | James Madison |- | Richard Rush | 1814 – 1817 | James Madison |- | William Wirt | 1817 – 1829 | James Monroe, John Quincy Adams |- | John M. Berrien | 1829 – 1831 | Andrew Jackson |- | Roger Taney | 1831 – 1833 | Andrew Jackson |- | Benjamin Franklin Butler (lawyer) | 1833 – 1838 | Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren |- | Felix Grundy | 1838 – 1839 | Martin Van Buren |- | Henry Gilpin | 1840 – 1841 | Martin Van Buren |- | John J. Crittenden | 1841 – 1841 | William Henry Harrison, John Tyler |- | Hugh S. Legaré | 1841 – 1843 | John Tyler |- | John Nelson (lawyer) | 1843 – 1845 | John Tyler |- | John Y. Mason | 1845 – 1846 | James Knox Polk |- | Nathan Clifford | 1846 – 1848 | James Knox Polk |- | Isaac Toucey | 1848 – 1849 | James Knox Polk |- | Reverdy Johnson | 1849 – 1850 | Zachary Taylor |- | John J. Crittenden | 1850 – 1853 | Millard Fillmore |- | Caleb Cushing | 1853 – 1857 | Franklin Pierce |- | Jeremiah S. Black | 1857 – 1860 | James Buchanan |- | Edwin M. Stanton | 1860 – 1861 | James Buchanan |- | Edward Bates | 1861 – 1864 | Abraham Lincoln |- | James Speed | 1864 – 1866 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson |- | Henry Stanberry | 1866 – 1868 | Andrew Johnson |- | William M. Evarts | 1868 – 1869 | Andrew Johnson |- | Ebenezer R. Hoar | 1869 – 1870 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Amos T. Akerman | 1870 – 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | George H. Williams | 1871 – 1875 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Edwards Pierrepont | 1875 – 1876 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Alphonso Taft | 1876 – 1877 | Ulysses S. Grant |- | Charles Devens | 1877 – 1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes |- | Wayne MacVeagh | 1881 – 1881 | James Garfield |- | Benjamin H. Brewster | 1881 – 1885 | Chester A. Arthur |- | Augustus Hill Garland | 1885 – 1889 | Grover Cleveland |- | William H.H. Miller | 1889 – 1893 | Benjamin Harrison |- | Richard Olney | 1893 – 1895 | Grover Cleveland |- | Judson Harmon | 1895 – 1897 | Grover Cleveland |- | Joseph McKenna | 1897 – 1898 | William McKinley |- | John W. Griggs | 1898 – 1901 | William McKinley |- | Philander C. Knox | 1901 – 1904 | William McKinley |- | William H. Moody | 1904 – 1906 | Theodore Roosevelt |- | Charles Joseph Bonaparte | 1906 – 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt |- | George W. Wickersham | 1909 – 1913 | William Howard Taft |- | James C. McReynolds | 1913 – 1914 | Woodrow Wilson |- | Thomas Watt Gregory | 1914 – 1919 | Woodrow Wilson |- | A. Mitchell Palmer | 1919 – 1921 | Woodrow Wilson |- | Harry M. Daugherty | 1921 – 1924 | Warren G. Harding |- | Harlan Fiske Stone | 1924 – 1925 | Calvin Coolidge |- | John G. Sargent | 1925 – 1929 | Calvin Coolidge |- | William D. Mitchell | 1929 – 1933 | Herbert Hoover |- | Homer S. Cummings | 1933 – 1939 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Frank Murphy | 1939 – 1940 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Robert H. Jackson | 1940 – 1941 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Francis Biddle | 1941 – 1945 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |- | Tom C. Clark | 1945 – 1949 | Harry S. Truman |- | J. Howard McGrath | 1949 – 1952 | Harry S. Truman |- | James P. McGranery | 1952 – 1953 | Harry S. Truman |- | Herbert Brownell, Jr. | 1953 – 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |- | William P. Rogers | 1957 – 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |- | Robert Kennedy | 1961 – 1964 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson |- | Nicholas Katzenbach | 1965 – 1966 | Lyndon Johnson |- | Ramsey Clark | 1967 – 1969 | Lyndon Johnson |- | John N. Mitchell | 1969 – 1972 | Richard Nixon |- | Richard Kleindienst | 1972 – 1973 | Richard Nixon |- | Elliot Richardson | 1973 – 1973 | Richard Nixon |- | William B. Saxbe | 1974 – 1975 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford |- | Edward Levi | 1975 – 1977 | Gerald Ford |- | Griffin Bell | 1977 – 1979 | Jimmy Carter |- | Benjamin Civiletti | 1979 – 1981 | Jimmy Carter |- | William French Smith | 1981 – 1985 | Ronald Reagan |- | Edwin Meese | 1985 – 1988 | Ronald Reagan |- | Dick Thornburgh | 1988 – 1991 | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush |- | William Barr | 1991 – 1993 | George H. W. Bush |- | Janet Reno | 1993 – 2001 | Bill Clinton |- | John Ashcroft | 2001 – 2005 | George W. Bush |- | Alberto Gonzales | 2005 – present | George W. Bush |} == Reference == === External link === * [http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm Biographies of the Attorneys General] U.S. Executive Cabinet U.S. Attorneys General United States Department of Justice
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== External Link == Perhaps restore the external link to its original target (from Revision as of 22:55, 27 Jul 2004) ? == Form of address == I have heard senators refer to "General Ashcroft." I presume that this is an error, and that, despite not having "secretary" in his official title, "Secretary Ashcroft" would be the proper way to address him? User:Doops 04:00, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Definitely not. While I don't know about whether "General Ashcroft" is good form, I do know that he should not be referred to as "Secretary Ashcroft", as he is not a Secretary (even though he is a member of the cabinet). Articles on forms of address such as [http://neds.daps.dla.mil/Directives/1710/e.pdf this] treat the Attorney General separately from the other department heads (see page 9 in the example) with a salutation of "Dear Mr. Attorney General" instead of "Dear Mr. Secretary". (Note that in example I picked is apparently from the U.S. Navy, which one would hope would be somewhat authoritative.) I don't know if the shortening of "Attorney General Ashcroft" to "General Ashcroft" is proper, but I have heard the newsies refer to Surgeons General as "General ''Whoever''", so at least they're consistent. — User:DLJessup 05:33, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)
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