New Jersey Attorney General
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| Jurisdiction | New Jersey |
| Headquarters | Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market Street, Trenton, New Jersey |
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| Parent agency | State of New Jersey |
| Website | http://www.nj.gov/lps |
The Attorney General of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the Governor of New Jersey, confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, and term limited. Under the provisions of the New Jersey State Constitution, the Attorney General serves a concurrent four-year term to the governor.
The conventional wisdom is that the Attorney General cannot be removed from office except "for cause" by the Governor or by way of legislative impeachment.[1]
It is fifth in the line of succession after the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, President of the New Jersey Senate, and Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. The Attorney General cannot also serve as the Lieutenant Governor.
Contents
List of office holders
Holders of the office of Attorney General include:[2]
Colonial period
- 1704–1714: Alexander Griffith
- 1714–1719: Thomas Gordon
- 1719–1723: Jeremiah Basse
- 1723–1728: James Alexander
- 1728–1733: Lawrence Smyth
- 1733–1754: Joseph Warrell
- 1754–1776: Cortlandt Skinner
Post-independence
- 1776–1783: William Paterson[3]
- 1783–1792: Joseph Bloomfield
- 1792–1811: Aaron Woodruff[4]
- 1811: Andrew S. Hunter
- 1812–1817: Aaron Woodruff
- 1817–1829: Theodore Frelinghuysen[5]
- 1829–1833: Samuel L. Southard[6]
- 1833–1838: John Moore White
- 1838–1841: Richard Stockton Field[7]
- 1841–1844: George P. Mollesson
- 1844–1845: Richard P. Thompson
- 1845–1850: Abraham Browning
- 1850–1852: Lucius Elmer[8]
- 1852–1857: Richard P. Thompson
- 1857–1861: William L. Dayton[9]
- 1861–1867: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen[10]
- 1867–1870: George M. Robeson[11]
- 1870–1875: Robert Gilchrist, Jr.
- 1875: Joel Parker[12]
- 1875–1877: Jacob Vanatta
- 1877–1897: John P. Stockton[13]
- 1897–1902: Samuel H. Grey[14]
- 1902–1903: Thomas N. McCarter
- 1903–1908: Robert H. McCarter
- 1908–1914: Edmund Wilson
- 1914–1919: John W. Wescott
- 1919–1924: Thomas F. McCran
- 1924–1929: Edward L. Katzenbach
- 1929–1934: William A. Stevens
- 1934–1944: David T. Wilentz
- 1944–1948: Walter D. Van Riper
- 1948–1954: Theodore D. Parsons
- 1954–1958: Grover C. Richman, Jr.
- 1958–1962: David D. Furman
- 1962–1970: Arthur J. Sills
- 1970–1974: George F. Kugler, Jr.
- 1974–1978: William F. Hyland
- 1978–1981: John J. Degnan
- 1981–1982: James R. Zazzali
- 1982–1986: Irwin I. Kimmelman
- 1986–1989: W. Cary Edwards
- 1989–1990: Peter N. Perretti, Jr.
- 1990–1994: Robert Del Tufo
- 1994–1996: Deborah T. Poritz
- 1996–1999: Peter Verniero
- 1999–2002: John Farmer Jr.
- 2002–2003: David Samson
- 2003–2006: Peter C. Harvey was appointed as Acting Attorney General on February 15, 2003, and was confirmed by the Senate as Attorney General on June 16, 2003.
- 2006: Zulima Farber (resigned effective August 31, 2006)
- 2006–2007: Stuart Rabner (confirmed on September 25, 2006, served from September 26, 2006 – June 2007)
- 2007–2010: Anne Milgram (confirmed on 21 June 2007, sworn in 29 June 2007)[15]
- 2010–2011: Paula T. Dow (confirmed on February 22, 2010, sworn in on February 23, 2010)[16][17]
- 2012–2013: Jeffrey S. Chiesa (sworn in on January 10, 2012)[18] (Resigned to become United States Senator effective June 6, 2013).[19]
- 2013–present: John Jay Hoffman, acting AG[20]
- 2016–present: Robert Lougy, acting AG[21]
References
- ↑ Letter from OLS Deputy Counsel Danielle A. Brucchieri to Senate Republican Office, Office of Legislative Services, May 9, 2005. Accessed December 2, 2008.
- ↑ Past Attorneys General, New Jersey Attorney General. Accessed December 15, 2007.
- ↑ William Paterson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ Political Graveyard: Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, accessed August 27, 2006.
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Theodore Frelinghuysen, accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ Samuel Lewis Southard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ Richard Stockton Field, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007.
- ↑ Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
- ↑ William L. Dayton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2006.
- ↑ Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ George Maxwell Robeson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ New Jersey State Library biography for Joel Parker, New Jersey State Library. Acecssed July 11, 2007.
- ↑ John Potter Stockton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ New Jersey: State Attorneys General, The Political Graveyard. Accessed April 24, 2007.
- ↑ "Hello to a new day", The Star-Ledger, June 22, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007.
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- ↑ Official Biography. Accessed January 24, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.senate.gov/states/NJ/senators.htm
- ↑ http://blog.northjersey.com/thepoliticalstate/7543/john-hoffman-named-acting-attorney-general/
- ↑ http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/christie_names_replacement_for_outgoing_attorney_g.html
External links
- New Jersey Attorney General official website
- New Jersey Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- New Jersey Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- New Jersey Revised Statutes at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of New Jersey" at FindLaw
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- New Jersey Attorney General John Jay Hoffman profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at New Jersey Attorney General
