Federal Government
Attorneys General
The chief lawyer in the United States is the Attorney General. He or she is appointed by the president, with the approval of the Senate, and serves in the Cabinet. The Attorney General heads the Department of Justice and represents the government in legal matters. He or she is responsible for enforcing federal laws, especially criminal statutes.
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Term of Service
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Attorney General
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Home State
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Administration
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1789 - 1794
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Edmund Randolph |
Virginia |
Washington |
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1794 - 1795
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William Bradford |
Pennsylvania |
Washington |
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1795 - 1797
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Charles Lee |
Virginia |
Washington |
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1797 - 1801
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Charles Lee |
Virginia |
John Adams |
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1801 - 1805
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Levi Lincoln |
Massachusetts |
Jefferson |
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1805 - 1807
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John Breckenridge |
Kentucky |
Jefferson |
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1807 - 1809
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Caesar A. Rodney |
Delaware |
Jefferson |
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1809 - 1811
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Caesar A. Rodney |
Delaware |
Madison |
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1811 - 1814
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William Pinkney |
Maryland |
Madison |
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1814 - 1817
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Richard Rush |
Pennsylvania |
Madison |
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1817
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Richard Rush |
Pennsylvania |
Monroe |
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1817 - 1825
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William Wirt |
Virginia |
Monroe |
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1825 - 1829
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William Wirt |
Virginia |
J. Q. Adams |
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1829 - 1831
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John M. Berrien |
Georgia |
Jackson |
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1831 - 1833
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Roger B. Taney |
Maryland |
Jackson |
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1833 - 1837
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Benjamin F. Butler |
New York |
Jackson |
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1837 - 1838
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Benjamin F. Butler |
New York |
Van Buren |
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1838 - 1840
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Felix Grundy |
Tennessee |
Van Buren |
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1840 - 1841
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Henry D. Gilpin |
Pennsylvania |
Van Buren |
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1841
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John J. Crittenden |
Kentucky |
W. H. Harrison |
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1841
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John J. Crittenden |
Kentucky |
Tyler |
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1841 - 1843
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Hugh S. Legare |
South Carolina |
Tyler |
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1843 - 1845
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John Nelson |
Maryland |
Tyler |
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1845 - 1846
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John Y. Mason |
Virginia |
Polk |
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1846 - 1848
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Nathan Clifford |
Maine |
Polk |
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1848 - 1850
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Isaac Toucey |
Connecticut |
Polk |
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1850 - 1853
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John J. Crittenden |
Kentucky |
Fillmore |
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1853 - 1857
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Caleb Cushing |
Massachusetts |
Pierce |
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1857 - 1860
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Jeremiah S. Black |
Pennsylvania |
Buchanan |
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1860 - 1861
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Edwin M. Stanton |
Pennsylvania |
Buchanan |
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1861 - 1864
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Edward Bates |
Missouri |
Lincoln |
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1864 - 1865
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James Speed |
Kentucky |
Lincoln |
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1865 - 1866
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James Speed |
Kentucky |
A. Johnson |
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1866 - 1868
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Henry Stanberry |
Ohio |
A. Johnson |
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1868 - 1869
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William M. Evarts |
New York |
A. Johnson |
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1869 - 1870
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Ebenezer R. Hoar |
Massachusetts |
Grant |
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1870 - 1871
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Amos T. Akerman |
Georgia |
Grant |
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1871 - 1875
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George H. Williams |
Oregon |
Grant |
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1875 - 1876
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Edwards Pierrepont |
New York |
Grant |
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1876 - 1877
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Alphonso Taft |
Ohio |
Grant |
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1877 - 1881
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Charles Devens |
Massachusetts |
Hayes |
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1881
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Wayne MacVeagh |
Pennsylvania |
Garfield |
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1881 - 1885
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Benjamin H. Brewster |
Pennsylvania |
Arthur |
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1885 - 1889
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Augustus Garland |
Arkansas |
Cleveland |
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1889 - 1893
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William H. H. Miller |
Indiana |
B. Harrison |
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1893 - 1895
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Richard Olney |
Massachusetts |
Cleveland |
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1895 - 1897
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Judson Harmon |
Ohio |
Cleveland |
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1897 - 1898
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Joseph McKenna |
California |
McKinley |
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1898 - 1901
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John W. Griggs |
New Jersey |
McKinley |
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1901
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Philander C. Knox |
Pennsylvania |
McKinley |
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1901 - 1904
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Philander C. Knox |
Pennsylvania |
T. Roosevelt |
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1904 - 1906
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William H. Moody |
Massachusetts |
T. Roosevelt |
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1906 - 1909
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Charles J. Bonaparte |
Maryland |
T. Roosevelt |
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1909 - 1913
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George W. Wickersham |
New York |
Taft |
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1913 - 1914
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J. C. McReynolds |
Tennessee |
Wilson |
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1914 - 1919
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Thomas W. Gregory |
Texas |
Wilson |
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1919 - 1921
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A. Mitchell Palmer |
Pennsylvania |
Wilson |
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1921 - 1923
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Harry M. Daugherty |
Ohio |
Harding |
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1923 - 1924
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Harry M. Daugherty |
Ohio |
Coolidge |
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1924 - 1925
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Harlan M. Stone |
New York |
Coolidge |
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1925 - 1929
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John G. Sargent |
Vermont |
Coolidge |
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1929 - 1933
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William D. Mitchell |
Minnesota |
Hoover |
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1933 - 1939
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Homer S. Cummings |
Connecticut |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1939 - 1940
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Frank Murphy |
Michigan |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1940 - 1941
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Robert H. Jackson |
New York |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1941 - 1945
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Francis Biddle |
Pennsylvania |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1945 - 1949
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Thomas C. Clark |
Texas |
Truman |
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1949 - 1952
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J. Howard McGrath |
Rhode Island |
Truman |
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1952 - 1953
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J. P. McGranery |
Pennsylvania |
Truman |
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1953 - 1957
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Herbert Brownell Jr. |
New York |
Eisenhower |
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1957 - 1961
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William P. Rogers |
Maryland |
Eisenhower |
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1961 - 1963
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Robert F. Kennedy |
Massachusetts |
Kennedy |
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1963 - 1964
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Robert F. Kennedy |
Massachusetts |
L.B. Johnson |
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1964 - 1967
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Nicholas deB. Katzenbach |
Illinois |
L.B. Johnson |
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1967 - 1969
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Ramsey Clark |
Texas |
L.B. Johnson |
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1969 - 1972
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John N. Mitchell |
New York |
Nixon |
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1972 - 1973
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Richard G. Kleindienst |
Arizona |
Nixon |
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1973 - 1974
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Elliot L. Richardson |
Massachusetts |
Nixon |
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1974
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William B. Saxbe |
Ohio |
Nixon |
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1974 - 1975
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William B. Saxbe |
Ohio |
Ford |
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1975 - 1977
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Edward H. Levi |
Illinois |
Ford |
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1977 - 1979
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Griffin B. Bell |
Georgia |
Carter |
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1979 - 1981
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Benjamin R. Civiletti |
Maryland |
Carter |
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1981 - 1985
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William French Smith |
California |
Reagan |
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1985 - 1988
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Edwin Meese III |
California |
Reagan |
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1988 - 1989
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Richard Thornburgh |
Pennsylvania |
Reagan |
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1989 - 1991
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Richard Thornburgh |
Pennsylvania |
G.H.W. Bush |
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1991 - 1993
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William P. Barr |
New York |
G.H.W.Bush |
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1993 - 2001
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Janet Reno |
Florida |
Clinton |
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2001 - 2004
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John D. Ashcroft |
Missouri |
G.W. Bush |
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2005 -
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Alberto Gonzales |
Texas |
G.W. Bush |
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