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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.
Acting United States Attorney General (1977) Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987) Pennsylvania: August 12, 1988 August 15, 1991 George H. W. Bush: 77: William Barr 1st term: 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 ...
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 ...
This is a list of United States attorneys appointed by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump. President Trump nominated 86 people to be U.S. attorneys, and 84 of them were confirmed. There are a total of 93 U.S. attorneys in the Department of Justice.
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 ...
The most prevalent method of selecting a state's attorney general is by popular election. 43 states have an elected attorney general. [1] Elected attorneys general serve a four-year term, except in Vermont, where the term is two years. [2] Seven states do not popularly elect an attorney general.
Kamala Harris was elected the attorney general of California in 2010, becoming the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to hold the office in the state's history. She took office on January 3, 2011, and would be re-elected in 2014 to serve until she resigned on January 3, 2017, to take her seat in the United States Senate.