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The following is a list of female attorneys general of states in the United States. Since 1959, there have been 34 states which have appointed or elected women as attorneys-general. Puerto Rico has had a record four women hold office as attorney general, the most of any U.S. state or territory.
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States Attorney General. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party, held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt.
During Trump's term, seven U.S. attorneys named were women, including acting attorneys, and one of his first 42 appointments was a woman. Seven individuals named to vacancies among the 93 positions were people of color. [1] In February 2021, the new Biden administration's DOJ asked 56 Trump-era attorneys to resign by the end of the month. [2]
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (1989–1990) United States Deputy Attorney General (1990–1991) Virginia: August 16, 1991 [b] November 26, 1991 November 26, 1991 January 20, 1993 – Stuart M. Gerson [e] Acting: United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division (1989–1993) Washington, D ...
President-elect Trump announced his first post-election Cabinet nominee, Jeff Sessions for the role of United States Attorney General, on November 18, 2016. (Trump had earlier announced Mike Pence as his pick for vice-presidential running mate in July 2016, which was shortly thereafter confirmed by the delegates to the Republican National ...
United States Trade Representative June 8, 2006: January 20, 2009 [63] 13 Lisa P. Jackson: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency January 23, 2009: February 19, 2013: Democratic Obama [64] 14 Susan Rice: United States Ambassador to the United Nations January 26, 2009: June 30, 2013 [65] 15 Christina Romer: Chair of the Council of ...
On March 10, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions requested the resignations of 46 United States Attorneys. [33] Trump declined to accept the resignations of Dana Boente, who was serving as Acting Deputy Attorney General, and Rod Rosenstein, whom Trump had selected to become Deputy Attorney General.
Margaret Brent: first woman to act as an attorney in the United States (1648) Arabella Mansfield: first woman admitted to practice law in the United States (1869) Charlotte E. Ray: First African American female lawyer in the United States and Washington, D.C. (1872) Lyda Conley: First Native American female lawyer in the United States (1902)