The Senate confirmed the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) as our nation’s attorney general on the evening of February 8, by a near-party-line vote of 52 to 47. by Warren Mass
Sessions was elected Attorney General of Alabama in 1994. In 1996, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, and was re-elected in 2002, 2008 and 2014. During his Senate tenure, Sessions was considered one of the most conservative Senators.
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.
Mary Blackshear SessionsJeff Sessions / Wife (m. 1969)
5′ 5″Jeff Sessions / Height
Representative (R-TX 17th District) since 2021Pete Sessions / Office
Texas's 17th congressional districtTexas's 17th congressional district – since January 3, 2013.RepresentativePete Sessions R–WacoDistribution75.28% urban 24.72% ruralPopulation (2019)786,0233 more rows
William BarrPresidentGeorge H. W. BushPreceded byDonald B. AyerSucceeded byGeorge J. Terwilliger IIIUnited States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel30 more rows
Richard Shelby (Republican Party)Tommy Tuberville (Republican Party)Alabama/Senators
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.