These are the Attorney Generals from 1960 to 1980. Bell served as attorney general (President Carter) from Jan. 26, 1977 to Aug. 16, 1979. He was born in Americus, GA (Oct. 31, 1918) and attended Georgia Southwestern College and Mercer Univerity Law School. He was a major in the US Army in WWII.
The attorney general is supported by the Office of the Attorney General, which includes executive staff and several deputies. Merrick Garland has been the United States attorney general since March 11, 2021.
Griffin Boyette Bell, 72nd Attorney General. He was born in Americus, GA (31 Oct 1918) and attended Georgia Southwestern College and Mercer Univerity Law School. He was a major in the US Army in WWII. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Bell to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Katzenbach served as attorney general (President Johnson) from Jan. 28, 1965 to Sep. 30, 1966. He was born in Philadelphia, PA (Jan. 17, 1922) and attended Princeton University and Yale University. From 1947 to 1949 he was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford.
Eric Himpton Holder Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States from 2009 to 2015. Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, was the first African American to hold the position of U.S. attorney general.
Mark FilipList of United States deputy attorneys general#NameTerm beganActingCraig S. MorfordJuly 26, 200733Mark FilipMarch 10, 200834David W. OgdenMarch 12, 2009ActingGary GrindlerFebruary 5, 201045 more rows
List of Florida attorneys general#NameTerm of Service35Charlie Crist2003–200736Bill McCollum2007–201137Pam Bondi2011–201938Ashley Moody2019–present34 more rows
Like the Constitution, the office has evolved to serve changing state needs....1850 until Present.NamesDates of OfficeRob BontaApr. 2021 - PresentXavier BecerraJan. 2017 - Mar. 2021Kamala D. HarrisJan. 2011 - Jan. 2017Edmund G. Brown Jr.Jan. 2007 - Jan. 201130 more rows
Paul J. McNulty was confirmed as Deputy Attorney General on March 17, 2006. Mr. McNulty has spent nearly his entire career in public service, with more than 23 years of experience in federal and state government.
United States Attorney GeneralIncumbent Merrick Garland since March 11, 2021United States Department of JusticeStyleMr. Attorney General (informal) The Honorable (formal)Member ofCabinet National Security Council13 more rows
In 2019, after her final term as Florida attorney general, Bondi was hired by Ballard Partners, a firm with close ties to Trump, and she began working as a registered lobbyist for Qatar.
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56 years (November 17, 1965)Pam Bondi / Age
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General in the George W. Bush Administration, Senator from Missouri, and Governor of Missouri.
List of U.S. attorneys generalAttorney GeneralYears of serviceMerrick Garland2021-PresentEric Holder2009-2015Michael B. Mukasey2007-2009Alberto R. Gonzales2005-200782 more rows
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In 1997, President Clinton named Mr. Holder as Deputy Attorney General, making him the first African American to hold that post. Prior to becoming Attorney General, Mr. Holder was a litigation partner at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington.
President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Mr. Holder on December 1, 2008, and he was sworn in as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States on February 3, 2009 by Vice-President Joe Biden. He resigned after serving more than six years as attorney general.
In 1993 Pres. Bill Clinton nominated Holder to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Confirmed by the Senate later that year, he became the first African American to head the country’s largest U.S. attorney’s office. Holder made community outreach a priority, establishing a domestic violence task force and forging partnerships ...
attorney general Eric Holder issued a new set of guidelines for federal prosecutors in states where the medical use of marijuana was legalized. The policy shift mandated that federal resources were to be focused primarily on prosecuting illegal use and trafficking of marijuana, thereby rendering cases of….
Full Article. Eric Holder, in full Eric Himpton Holder, Jr., (born January 21, 1951, New York, New York, U.S.), American lawyer who was the first African American to serve as U.S. attorney general (2009–15). Holder grew up in Queens, New York, and attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School before enrolling at Columbia University.
In 2017 he became chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Michael Ray.
Michael Ray oversees coverage of European history and military affairs for Britannica . He earned a B.A. in history from Michigan State University in 1995. He was a teacher in the Chicago suburbs and Seoul,...