On April 23, 2015, the Senate voted to confirm Loretta Lynch as United States Attorney General by a vote of 56-43. All 44 Democratic senators voted to confirm Lynch. Sessions voted with 42 other Republican senators against Lynch's confirmation.
Sessions was an early supporter of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign; he was nominated by Trump for the post of U.S. Attorney General. He was confirmed and sworn in as Attorney General in February 2017.
Mary Blackshear SessionsJeff Sessions / Wife (m. 1969)
Richard Shelby (Republican Party)Tommy Tuberville (Republican Party)Alabama/Senators
5′ 5″Jeff Sessions / Height
In August 2012, Sessions married Karen Diebel, a 2010 congressional candidate in Florida and a Trump Administration appointee to the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Pete Sessions is not related to former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
William BarrPresidentGeorge H. W. BushPreceded byDonald B. AyerSucceeded byGeorge J. Terwilliger IIIUnited States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel30 more rows
Class II. Senators in Class II were elected to office in the November 2020 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Their terms run from the beginning of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021 to the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027.
John Boozman (Republican Party)Tom Cotton (Republican Party)Arkansas/Senators
How often do senators up for reelection? A Senate term is six years long, so senators may choose to run for reelection every six years unless they are appointed or elected in a special election to serve the remainder of a term.
the president of the United StatesThe attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, the officeholder is nominated by the president of the United States, then appointed with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.