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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. Anne X. Alpern of Pennsylvania is the first woman to hold office as the attorney-general of a state. [1]
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 .
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. In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and ...
Ellen F. Rosenblum (born January 6, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 17th Oregon Attorney General from June 2012 to December 2024. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history, and previously was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2005 to 2011.
In the general election, she faced Democratic nominee Dan Gelber, a former prosecutor who spent 10 years in the state legislature. [10] She ultimately comfortably defeated Gelber to become the state's first female attorney general. [11] [12] Bondi was re-elected in November 2014, receiving 55% of the vote.
Lisa Murray Madigan [1] (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019, being the first woman to hold that position.
When Josh Shapiro was elected attorney general in 2016, he tapped Henry to be first deputy attorney general. After Shapiro was elected governor in 2022, Henry replaced Shapiro when he was sworn in on January 17, 2023. [6] She was officially made attorney general by a unanimous confirmation vote in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 8.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has announced a new head of his office's civil division, which handles such issues as lead poisoning, police misconduct and antitrust regulation.