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Robert Bork is a prominent figure in American law. He held positions as U.S. Solicitor General and Acting Attorney General before becoming a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His nomination to the Supreme Court in 1987 sparked significant controversy due to his...
Robert F. Kennedy was a prominent American lawyer and politician. He notably served as U.S. Attorney General, focusing intensely on combating organized crime during his brother’s administration. His legal background and dedication to law enforcement make him relevant for historians studying the mid-...
Eric Holder is an American attorney who made history as the first African American to serve as U.S. Attorney General, holding the office from 2009 to 2015.
Loretta Lynch is an American lawyer who served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama.
Nicholas Katzenbach served as U.S. Attorney General from 1965 to 1966 and played a key role in enforcing civil rights legislation during the Johnson administration.
William Wirt was an American lawyer who served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1817 to 1829 under Presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, notable for expanding the office.
Janet Reno served as U.S. Attorney General from 1993 to 2001, becoming the first woman to hold that office and the longest-serving AG in the twentieth century.
Sally Yates served as Acting U.S. Attorney General in January 2017 until President Trump fired her for directing DOJ not to defend his travel ban executive order.
Griffin Bell served as U.S. Attorney General under President Carter from 1977 to 1979 and was a prominent federal appellate judge on the Fifth Circuit.
Homer Cummings was an American lawyer who served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1933 to 1939 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, playing a key role in New Deal legal policies.
Merrick Garland served as Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit, was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Obama in 2016 but blocked, then became Attorney General in 2021.
Jeremiah Sullivan Black was an American lawyer who served as the U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State under President James Buchanan in the years leading up to the Civil War.
Francis Biddle served as U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941 to 1945 and was the chief American judge at the Nuremberg trials.
Tom C. Clark served as U.S. Attorney General under President Truman and then as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967.
Edwin Meese served as U.S. Attorney General under President Reagan from 1985 to 1988 and remains a prominent figure of conservative originalist legal philosophy.
William Barr served as U.S. Attorney General twice, under President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and under President Trump from 2019 to 2020.
Jeff Sessions, a U.S. Senator from Alabama for twenty years, served as U.S. Attorney General from 2017 to 2018 before resigning at President Trump's request.
