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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 ...
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 .
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in the U.S. state of Washington. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
First female to act as an attorney: Margaret Brent in 1648 [1] First female without a formal legal education admitted to state bar: Arabella Mansfield (1869) [2] [3] First African American female: Charlotte E. Ray (1872) [4] First Russian female: Alice Serber (1899) [5] First Native American female: Lyda Conley (1902) [4]
Ellen F. Rosenblum (born January 6, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Oregon Attorney General since 2012. 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.
State attorneys general in the United States by state (51 C) Attorneys general for the District of Columbia (1 C, 14 P) Attorneys general of American Samoa (10 P)