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List of Attorneys General of New York
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[[File:Letitia James 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Letitia James]], the current [[Attorney General of New York]].]]
The [[Attorney General of New York]] is the chief legal officer of the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] and head of the Department of Law of the [[government of New York (state)|state government]].<ref>[[Consolidated Laws of New York|Executive Law]] § 60. "There shall continue to be in the state government a department of law. The head of the department of law shall be the attorney-general."</ref> The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the [[New Netherland|Dutch]] colonial government of New York.
==Terms of office==
* From 1684 to 1777, when New York was under the British colonial government, the Attorney General was appointed by the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British crown]], or the colonial governor on its behalf. In 1693, the Attorney General earned a salary of 50 [[British pound|pounds]].
* From 1777 to 1822, the Attorney General was appointed by the [[Council of Appointment]].
* From 1823 to 1846, the Attorney General was elected by the [[New York State Legislature]] for a three-year term..
* Attorneys General have been elected by the voters since 1847.
==List of Attorneys General of New York==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|+ '''New York State Attorneys General, 1777–present'''
| width="20%" | Attorney General
| width="30%" | Tenure
| Party
| Remarks
|-
|[[Egbert Benson]]
|May 8, 1777 – May 14, 1788
|
|
|-
|[[Richard Varick]]
|May 14, 1788 – September 29, 1789
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Aaron Burr]]
|September 29, 1789 – November 8, 1791
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|Third Vice President of the United States
|-
|[[Morgan Lewis (governor)|Morgan Lewis]]
|November 8, 1791 – December 24, 1792
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Nathaniel Lawrence]]
|December 24, 1792 – November 13, 1795
|Dem.-Rep.
|
|-
|[[Josiah Ogden Hoffman]]
|November 13, 1795 – February 3, 1802
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Ambrose Spencer]]
|February 3, 1802 – February 3, 1804
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[John Woodworth (lawyer)|John Woodworth]]
|February 3, 1804 – March 18, 1808
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Matthias B. Hildreth]]
|March 18, 1808 – February 2, 1810
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Abraham Van Vechten]]
|February 2, 1810 – February 1, 1811
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Matthias B. Hildreth]]
|February 1, 1811 – July 11, 1812
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
| Died in office
|-
|[[Thomas Addis Emmet]]
|August 12, 1812 – February 13, 1813
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Abraham Van Vechten]]
|February 13, 1813 – February 17, 1815
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Martin Van Buren]]
|February 17, 1815 – July 8, 1819
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|Eighth President of the United States
|-
|[[Thomas Jackson Oakley]]
|July 8, 1819 – February 12, 1821
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Samuel A. Talcott]]
|February 12, 1821 – January 27, 1829
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|First appointed, in 1823 elected by State Legislature, resigned shortly before the end of his second term
|-
|[[Greene C. Bronson]]
|January 27, 1829 – January 12, 1836
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Elected a justice of the State Supreme Court during his third term
|-
|[[Samuel Beardsley]]
|January 12, 1836 – February 4, 1839
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Willis Hall (New York)|Willis Hall]]
|February 4, 1839 – February 7, 1842
|[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
|
|-
|[[George P. Barker]]
|February 7, 1842 – February 3, 1845
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[John Van Buren]]
|February 3, 1845 – January 1, 1848
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Legislated out of office by the Constitution of 1846
|-
|[[Ambrose L. Jordan]]
|January 1, 1848 – December 31, 1849
|[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
|First Attorney General elected by general ballot
|-
|[[Levi S. Chatfield]]
|January 1, 1850 – November 23, 1853
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned shortly before the end of his second term
|-
|[[Gardner Stow]]
|December 8, 1853 – December 31, 1853
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Appointed to fill the unexpired term
|-
|[[Ogden Hoffman]]
|January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1855
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|
|-
|[[Stephen B. Cushing]]
|January 1, 1856 – December 31, 1857
|[[Know Nothing|American]]
|
|-
|[[Lyman Tremain]]
|January 1, 1858 – December 31, 1859
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Charles G. Myers]]
|January 1, 1860 – December 31, 1861
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Daniel S. Dickinson]]
|January 1, 1862 – December 31, 1863
|[[National Union Party (United States)|Union]]
|
|-
|[[John Cochrane (politician)|John Cochrane]]
|January 1, 1864 – December 31, 1865
|[[National Union Party (United States)|Union]]
|
|-
|[[John H. Martindale]]
|January 1, 1866 – December 31, 1867
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Marshall B. Champlain]]
|January 1, 1868 – December 31, 1871
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Francis C. Barlow]]
|January 1, 1872 – December 31, 1873
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Daniel Pratt (New York)|Daniel Pratt]]
|January 1, 1874 – December 31, 1875
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Charles S. Fairchild]]
|January 1, 1876 – December 31, 1877
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr.]]
|January 1, 1878 – December 31, 1879
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Hamilton Ward, Sr.]]
|January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1881
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Leslie W. Russell]]
|January 1, 1882 – December 31, 1883
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Denis O'Brien (New York Politician)|Denis O'Brien]]
|January 1, 1884 – December 31, 1887
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Charles F. Tabor]]
|January 1, 1888 – December 31, 1891
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Simon W. Rosendale]]
|January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1893
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Theodore E. Hancock]]
|January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1898
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms (1894–1895; 1896–1898)
|-
|[[John C. Davies (lawyer)|John C. Davies]]
|January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1902
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[John Cunneen]]
|January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1904
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Julius M. Mayer]]
|January 1, 1905 – December 31, 1906
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[William Schuyler Jackson|William S. Jackson]]
|January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1908
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Edward R. O'Malley]]
|January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1910
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Thomas Carmody]]
|January 1, 1911 – September 2, 1914
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned shortly before the end of his second term
|-
|[[James A. Parsons]]
|September 2, 1914 – December 31, 1914
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Appointed to fill the unexpired term
|-
|[[Egburt E. Woodbury]]
|January 1, 1915 – April 19, 1917
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Resigned during his second term
|-
|[[Merton E. Lewis]]
|April 19, 1917 – December 31, 1918
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|As First Deputy AG acted until being elected by the State Legislature on April 25 to fill unexpired first half of term, then re-elected in special election (Nov. 1917) for the other half (1918)
|-
|[[Charles D. Newton]]
|January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1922
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Carl Sherman]]
|January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Defeated for reelection in 1924
|-
|[[Albert Ottinger]]
|January 1, 1925 – December 31, 1928
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms; unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1928
|-
|[[Hamilton Ward, Jr.]]
|January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1930
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Son of Hamilton Ward, Sr. (AG from 1880 to 1881)
|-
|[[John J. Bennett, Jr.]]
|January 1, 1931 – December 31, 1942
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Five terms
|-
|[[Nathaniel L. Goldstein]]
|January 1, 1943 – December 31, 1954
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Three terms
|-
|[[Jacob K. Javits]]
|January 1, 1955 – January 9, 1957
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Resigned having been elected U.S. Senator
|-
|[[Louis Lefkowitz|Louis J. Lefkowitz]]
|January 9, 1957 – December 31, 1978
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Re-elected by the State Legislature to fill the unexpired term, then re-elected to five more terms, longest-serving Attorney General (8 days short of 22 years)
|-
|[[Robert Abrams]]
|January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1993
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned a year before the end of his fourth term
|-
|[[G. Oliver Koppell]]
|January 1, 1994 – December 31, 1994
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Elected by the State Legislature to fill unexpired term
|-
|[[Dennis Vacco]]
|January 1, 1995 – December 31, 1998
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Defeated for reelection in 1998. Joined [[Waste Management, Inc.]] as vice president for New York government affairs. Became a partner in Buffalo law firm, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman.
|-
|[[Eliot Spitzer]]
|January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2006
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms, then elected Governor
|-
|[[Andrew Cuomo]]
|January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|One term, then elected Governor
|-
|[[Eric Schneiderman]]
|January 1, 2011 – May 8, 2018
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned during his second term
|-
|[[Barbara D. Underwood]]
|May 8, 2018 – December 31, 2018
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Served as Acting Attorney General from May 8 to May 22, when she was confirmed by the [[New York State Legislature]].
|-
|[[Letitia James|Letitia "Tish" James]]
|January 1, 2019 – present
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|}
==List of Attorneys General of the Province of New York==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!rowspan="2"|Attorney General<ref name=PNY></ref>
!colspan="2"|Tenure
!rowspan="2" width=50% |Notes
|-
!Took office
!Left office
|-
| [[Thomas Rudyard]]
| 1684
| December 1685
| Appointed by Gov. [[Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick|Thomas Dongan]]
|-
| [[James Graham (speaker)|James Graham]]
| 10 December 1685
| 1688
| afterwards Attorney General of [[Dominion of New England]], 1688.<ref name="Brodhead1853">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="Denton2009">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
| colspan= "4"|''Member of [[Dominion of New England]], May 1668 – April 1689''
|-
| [[Jacob Milborne]]
| 1690
| 1691
| Hanged for treason, 1691
|-
| [[Thomas Newton (lawyer)|Thomas Newton]]
| 1691
| April 1691
| Removed from office by Governor
|-
| [[George Farewell]]
| 1691
| 1692
| (Acting) Removed from office by Governor
|-
| [[James Graham (speaker)|James Graham]]
| June 1692
| 21 January 1701
| Died 27 January 1701
|-
| [[Sampson Shelton Broughton]]
| 5 April 1701
|
| Died February 1705
|-
| [[John Rayner (lawyer)|John Rayner]]
| 12 July 1708
|
| Absent in England. Died 1719.<ref name="Eisenstadt2005"/>
|-
| [[May Bickley]]
| 1708
| 1712
| Acting AG in Rayner's absence. Removed from office by Governor, 1712
|-
| [[David Jamison (politician)|David Jamison]]
| 10 June 1712
| 1721
| Acting AG in Rayner's absence, 1712–20
|-
| [[James Alexander (lawyer)|James Alexander]]
| 1721
| 1723
|
|-
| [[Richard Bradley (lawyer)|Richard Bradley]]
| 1723
| 28 August 1752
|
|-
| [[William Smith (judge)|William Smith the elder]]
| August 1752
|
|
|-
| [[William Kempe (lawyer)|William Kempe]]
| November 1752
| 19 July 1759
|
|-
| [[John Tabor Kempe]]
| 1759
|
| <ref name="Eisenstadt2005">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
| [[James Duane]]
| 1767
|
| Acting AG in Kempe's absence.
|}
==Solicitor General==
* [[Ruth Kessler Toch]]
* [[Shirley Adelson Siegel]] (1979–1982)
* [[Robert Hermann 1983-1986|Robert Hermann]] (1983-1986)
* [[O. Peter Sherwood]] (1986–1991)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2BVpVlZ New York State Unified Court System: Judges of the Trial Courts: Hon. O. Peter Sherwood], ''NYCourts.gov'', Retrieved 1 November 2013.</ref>
* [[Jerry Boone]] (1991–1994)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2N0UixF Jerry Boone Named Harrah's Entertainment Senior Vice President of Human Resources], ''TheFreeLibrary.com'', Retrieved 1 November 2013.</ref>
* [[Victoria A. Graffeo]] (1995–1996)
* [[Barbara Gott Billet]] (1996–1998)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2JBlG3h New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Barbara G. Billet] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2), ''FreedomSpeaks.com'', Retrieved 1 November 2013.</ref>
* [[Preeta D. Bansal]] (1999–2001)
* [[Caitlin Halligan]] (2001–2007)
* [[Barbara D. Underwood]] (2007–present)
==See also==
*[[Attorney General of New York]]
*[[New York Attorney General elections]]
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ag.ny.gov/ Office of the Attorney General of New York]
[[Category:New York State Attorneys General|List of attorneys general]]
[[Category:Lists of New York (state) politicians|Attorneys General]]
The [[Attorney General of New York]] is the chief legal officer of the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] and head of the Department of Law of the [[government of New York (state)|state government]].<ref>[[Consolidated Laws of New York|Executive Law]] § 60. "There shall continue to be in the state government a department of law. The head of the department of law shall be the attorney-general."</ref> The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the [[New Netherland|Dutch]] colonial government of New York.
==Terms of office==
* From 1684 to 1777, when New York was under the British colonial government, the Attorney General was appointed by the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British crown]], or the colonial governor on its behalf. In 1693, the Attorney General earned a salary of 50 [[British pound|pounds]].
* From 1777 to 1822, the Attorney General was appointed by the [[Council of Appointment]].
* From 1823 to 1846, the Attorney General was elected by the [[New York State Legislature]] for a three-year term..
* Attorneys General have been elected by the voters since 1847.
==List of Attorneys General of New York==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|+ '''New York State Attorneys General, 1777–present'''
| width="20%" | Attorney General
| width="30%" | Tenure
| Party
| Remarks
|-
|[[Egbert Benson]]
|May 8, 1777 – May 14, 1788
|
|
|-
|[[Richard Varick]]
|May 14, 1788 – September 29, 1789
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Aaron Burr]]
|September 29, 1789 – November 8, 1791
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|Third Vice President of the United States
|-
|[[Morgan Lewis (governor)|Morgan Lewis]]
|November 8, 1791 – December 24, 1792
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Nathaniel Lawrence]]
|December 24, 1792 – November 13, 1795
|Dem.-Rep.
|
|-
|[[Josiah Ogden Hoffman]]
|November 13, 1795 – February 3, 1802
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Ambrose Spencer]]
|February 3, 1802 – February 3, 1804
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[John Woodworth (lawyer)|John Woodworth]]
|February 3, 1804 – March 18, 1808
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Matthias B. Hildreth]]
|March 18, 1808 – February 2, 1810
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Abraham Van Vechten]]
|February 2, 1810 – February 1, 1811
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Matthias B. Hildreth]]
|February 1, 1811 – July 11, 1812
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
| Died in office
|-
|[[Thomas Addis Emmet]]
|August 12, 1812 – February 13, 1813
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|
|-
|[[Abraham Van Vechten]]
|February 13, 1813 – February 17, 1815
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Martin Van Buren]]
|February 17, 1815 – July 8, 1819
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|Eighth President of the United States
|-
|[[Thomas Jackson Oakley]]
|July 8, 1819 – February 12, 1821
|[[Federalist]]
|
|-
|[[Samuel A. Talcott]]
|February 12, 1821 – January 27, 1829
|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Dem.-Rep.]]
|First appointed, in 1823 elected by State Legislature, resigned shortly before the end of his second term
|-
|[[Greene C. Bronson]]
|January 27, 1829 – January 12, 1836
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Elected a justice of the State Supreme Court during his third term
|-
|[[Samuel Beardsley]]
|January 12, 1836 – February 4, 1839
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Willis Hall (New York)|Willis Hall]]
|February 4, 1839 – February 7, 1842
|[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
|
|-
|[[George P. Barker]]
|February 7, 1842 – February 3, 1845
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[John Van Buren]]
|February 3, 1845 – January 1, 1848
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Legislated out of office by the Constitution of 1846
|-
|[[Ambrose L. Jordan]]
|January 1, 1848 – December 31, 1849
|[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]
|First Attorney General elected by general ballot
|-
|[[Levi S. Chatfield]]
|January 1, 1850 – November 23, 1853
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned shortly before the end of his second term
|-
|[[Gardner Stow]]
|December 8, 1853 – December 31, 1853
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Appointed to fill the unexpired term
|-
|[[Ogden Hoffman]]
|January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1855
|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|
|-
|[[Stephen B. Cushing]]
|January 1, 1856 – December 31, 1857
|[[Know Nothing|American]]
|
|-
|[[Lyman Tremain]]
|January 1, 1858 – December 31, 1859
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Charles G. Myers]]
|January 1, 1860 – December 31, 1861
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Daniel S. Dickinson]]
|January 1, 1862 – December 31, 1863
|[[National Union Party (United States)|Union]]
|
|-
|[[John Cochrane (politician)|John Cochrane]]
|January 1, 1864 – December 31, 1865
|[[National Union Party (United States)|Union]]
|
|-
|[[John H. Martindale]]
|January 1, 1866 – December 31, 1867
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Marshall B. Champlain]]
|January 1, 1868 – December 31, 1871
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Francis C. Barlow]]
|January 1, 1872 – December 31, 1873
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Daniel Pratt (New York)|Daniel Pratt]]
|January 1, 1874 – December 31, 1875
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Charles S. Fairchild]]
|January 1, 1876 – December 31, 1877
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr.]]
|January 1, 1878 – December 31, 1879
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Hamilton Ward, Sr.]]
|January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1881
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Leslie W. Russell]]
|January 1, 1882 – December 31, 1883
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Denis O'Brien (New York Politician)|Denis O'Brien]]
|January 1, 1884 – December 31, 1887
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Charles F. Tabor]]
|January 1, 1888 – December 31, 1891
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Simon W. Rosendale]]
|January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1893
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Theodore E. Hancock]]
|January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1898
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms (1894–1895; 1896–1898)
|-
|[[John C. Davies (lawyer)|John C. Davies]]
|January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1902
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[John Cunneen]]
|January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1904
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Julius M. Mayer]]
|January 1, 1905 – December 31, 1906
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[William Schuyler Jackson|William S. Jackson]]
|January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1908
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|-
|[[Edward R. O'Malley]]
|January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1910
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|
|-
|[[Thomas Carmody]]
|January 1, 1911 – September 2, 1914
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned shortly before the end of his second term
|-
|[[James A. Parsons]]
|September 2, 1914 – December 31, 1914
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Appointed to fill the unexpired term
|-
|[[Egburt E. Woodbury]]
|January 1, 1915 – April 19, 1917
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Resigned during his second term
|-
|[[Merton E. Lewis]]
|April 19, 1917 – December 31, 1918
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|As First Deputy AG acted until being elected by the State Legislature on April 25 to fill unexpired first half of term, then re-elected in special election (Nov. 1917) for the other half (1918)
|-
|[[Charles D. Newton]]
|January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1922
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms
|-
|[[Carl Sherman]]
|January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Defeated for reelection in 1924
|-
|[[Albert Ottinger]]
|January 1, 1925 – December 31, 1928
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Two terms; unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1928
|-
|[[Hamilton Ward, Jr.]]
|January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1930
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Son of Hamilton Ward, Sr. (AG from 1880 to 1881)
|-
|[[John J. Bennett, Jr.]]
|January 1, 1931 – December 31, 1942
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Five terms
|-
|[[Nathaniel L. Goldstein]]
|January 1, 1943 – December 31, 1954
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Three terms
|-
|[[Jacob K. Javits]]
|January 1, 1955 – January 9, 1957
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Resigned having been elected U.S. Senator
|-
|[[Louis Lefkowitz|Louis J. Lefkowitz]]
|January 9, 1957 – December 31, 1978
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Re-elected by the State Legislature to fill the unexpired term, then re-elected to five more terms, longest-serving Attorney General (8 days short of 22 years)
|-
|[[Robert Abrams]]
|January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1993
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned a year before the end of his fourth term
|-
|[[G. Oliver Koppell]]
|January 1, 1994 – December 31, 1994
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Elected by the State Legislature to fill unexpired term
|-
|[[Dennis Vacco]]
|January 1, 1995 – December 31, 1998
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|Defeated for reelection in 1998. Joined [[Waste Management, Inc.]] as vice president for New York government affairs. Became a partner in Buffalo law firm, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman.
|-
|[[Eliot Spitzer]]
|January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2006
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Two terms, then elected Governor
|-
|[[Andrew Cuomo]]
|January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|One term, then elected Governor
|-
|[[Eric Schneiderman]]
|January 1, 2011 – May 8, 2018
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Resigned during his second term
|-
|[[Barbara D. Underwood]]
|May 8, 2018 – December 31, 2018
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|Served as Acting Attorney General from May 8 to May 22, when she was confirmed by the [[New York State Legislature]].
|-
|[[Letitia James|Letitia "Tish" James]]
|January 1, 2019 – present
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|
|}
==List of Attorneys General of the Province of New York==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!rowspan="2"|Attorney General<ref name=PNY></ref>
!colspan="2"|Tenure
!rowspan="2" width=50% |Notes
|-
!Took office
!Left office
|-
| [[Thomas Rudyard]]
| 1684
| December 1685
| Appointed by Gov. [[Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick|Thomas Dongan]]
|-
| [[James Graham (speaker)|James Graham]]
| 10 December 1685
| 1688
| afterwards Attorney General of [[Dominion of New England]], 1688.<ref name="Brodhead1853">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="Denton2009">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
| colspan= "4"|''Member of [[Dominion of New England]], May 1668 – April 1689''
|-
| [[Jacob Milborne]]
| 1690
| 1691
| Hanged for treason, 1691
|-
| [[Thomas Newton (lawyer)|Thomas Newton]]
| 1691
| April 1691
| Removed from office by Governor
|-
| [[George Farewell]]
| 1691
| 1692
| (Acting) Removed from office by Governor
|-
| [[James Graham (speaker)|James Graham]]
| June 1692
| 21 January 1701
| Died 27 January 1701
|-
| [[Sampson Shelton Broughton]]
| 5 April 1701
|
| Died February 1705
|-
| [[John Rayner (lawyer)|John Rayner]]
| 12 July 1708
|
| Absent in England. Died 1719.<ref name="Eisenstadt2005"/>
|-
| [[May Bickley]]
| 1708
| 1712
| Acting AG in Rayner's absence. Removed from office by Governor, 1712
|-
| [[David Jamison (politician)|David Jamison]]
| 10 June 1712
| 1721
| Acting AG in Rayner's absence, 1712–20
|-
| [[James Alexander (lawyer)|James Alexander]]
| 1721
| 1723
|
|-
| [[Richard Bradley (lawyer)|Richard Bradley]]
| 1723
| 28 August 1752
|
|-
| [[William Smith (judge)|William Smith the elder]]
| August 1752
|
|
|-
| [[William Kempe (lawyer)|William Kempe]]
| November 1752
| 19 July 1759
|
|-
| [[John Tabor Kempe]]
| 1759
|
| <ref name="Eisenstadt2005">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
| [[James Duane]]
| 1767
|
| Acting AG in Kempe's absence.
|}
==Solicitor General==
* [[Ruth Kessler Toch]]
* [[Shirley Adelson Siegel]] (1979–1982)
* [[Robert Hermann 1983-1986|Robert Hermann]] (1983-1986)
* [[O. Peter Sherwood]] (1986–1991)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2BVpVlZ New York State Unified Court System: Judges of the Trial Courts: Hon. O. Peter Sherwood], ''NYCourts.gov'', Retrieved 1 November 2013.</ref>
* [[Jerry Boone]] (1991–1994)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2N0UixF Jerry Boone Named Harrah's Entertainment Senior Vice President of Human Resources], ''TheFreeLibrary.com'', Retrieved 1 November 2013.</ref>
* [[Victoria A. Graffeo]] (1995–1996)
* [[Barbara Gott Billet]] (1996–1998)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2JBlG3h New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Barbara G. Billet] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2), ''FreedomSpeaks.com'', Retrieved 1 November 2013.</ref>
* [[Preeta D. Bansal]] (1999–2001)
* [[Caitlin Halligan]] (2001–2007)
* [[Barbara D. Underwood]] (2007–present)
==See also==
*[[Attorney General of New York]]
*[[New York Attorney General elections]]
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ag.ny.gov/ Office of the Attorney General of New York]
[[Category:New York State Attorneys General|List of attorneys general]]
[[Category:Lists of New York (state) politicians|Attorneys General]]
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