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Richard Olney (September 15, 1835 – April 8, 1917) was an American attorney, statesman, and Democratic Party politician who served as a member of the second cabinet of President Grover Cleveland as the 40th United States Attorney General from 1893 to 1895 and 34th Secretary of State from 1895 to 1897.
For example, upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch left her position, so then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who had also tendered her resignation, was asked to stay on to serve as the acting attorney general until the confirmation of the new attorney general Jeff Sessions ...
Edward R O'Malley and Daughter Eileen in front of their home at 55 Brantford Place, Buffalo, NY. New-York Tribune, November 1, 1908. He was born on March 13, 1863, in Medina, Orleans County, New York, the son of Michael O'Malley and Bridget (Whalen) O'Malley. He worked on the family farm and attended the union school in Medina.
Michael Bernard Mukasey [1] (/ m juː ˈ k eɪ z i /; born July 28, 1941) [2] is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 2006.
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (pl.: attorneys general) [1] or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen [2]) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enforcement , prosecutions or even responsibility for legal affairs generally.
Tong won the first contested Democratic convention for attorney general on May 20, 2018, [7] with 63.3% of the vote, defeating three other candidates. He went on to win the first contested Democratic primary for attorney general on August 14, [8] beating two other candidates with 57.3% of the vote. [citation needed]
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) quit, citing the group's move to the left. [7] Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) resigned from the group. [8] Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R), Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) resigned from the group in 2022.
Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Florida since 2025. She previously served as the 38th attorney general of Florida from 2019 to 2025 and before that as an assistant U.S. attorney and a circuit court judge in Hillsborough County.