Denotes acting Attorney General
# | Picture | Name | Home State | Began Service | Ended Service | President(s) served under |
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1 | Judah P. Benjamin | Louisiana | February 25, 1861 | September 17, 1861 | Jefferson Davis | |
Wade Keyes | Alabama | September 17, 1861 | November 21, 1861 | Jefferson Davis | ||
2 | Thomas Bragg | North Carolina | November 21, 1861 | March 18, 1862 | Jefferson Davis | |
3 | Thomas H. Watts | Alabama | March 18, 1862 | October 1, 1863 | Jefferson Davis | |
Wade Keyes | Alabama | October 1, 1863 | January 4, 1864 | Jefferson Davis | ||
4 | George Davis | North Carolina | January 4, 1864 | February 21, 1868 | Jefferson Davis | |
5 | John W. Stevenson | Kentucky | February 22, 1868 | February 21, 1874 | John C. Breckinridge | |
6 | George G. Vest | Missouri | February 22, 1874 | October 1, 1878 | John H. Reagan | |
7 | David M. Key | Tennessee | October 1, 1878 | February 21, 1880 | John H. Reagan | |
8 | Augustus H. Garland | Arkansas | February 22, 1880 | February 21, 1886 | Jabez Curry | |
9 | William H. Hunt | Louisiana | February 22, 1886 | February 21, 1892 | James Longstreet | |
10 | Holmes Conrad | Virginia | February 22, 1892 | February 21, 1898 | Fitzhugh Lee | |
11 | Jim Hogg | Texas | February 22, 1898 | February 21, 1904 | Clifton R. Breckinridge | |
12 | Joseph R. Lamar | Georgia | February 22, 1904 | February 21, 1910 | Furnifold Simmons | |
13 | Thomas W. Gregory | Texas | February 22, 1910 | February 21, 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | |
14 | Alexander C. King | Tennessee | February 22, 1916 | November 18, 1919 | Champ Clark | |
15 | Walter F. George | Georgia | November 18, 1919 | June 15, 1922 | Champ Clark Carter Glass | |
16 | William L. Frierson | Tennessee | June 15, 1922 | February 21, 1928 | Carter Glass | |
17 | James F. Byrnes | South Carolina | February 22, 1928 | May 1, 1930 | Joseph T. Robinson | |
18 | Hugo Black | Alabama | May 1, 1930 | February 21, 1934 | Joseph T. Robinson | |
19 | Tom Stewart | Tennessee | February 22, 1934 | August 31, 1938 | John N. Garner | |
20 | Dan Moody | Texas | August 31, 1938 | February 21, 1940 | John N. Garner | |
21 | James Crawford Biggs | North Carolina | February 22, 1940 | February 21, 1946 | James F. Byrnes | |
22 | Tom C. Clark | Texas | February 22, 1946 | February 21, 1952 | Harry S. Truman | |
23 | Ross Barnett | Mississippi | February 22, 1952 | February 21, 1958 | Strom Thurmond | |
24 | Sid McMath | Arkansas | February 22, 1958 | February 21, 1964 | Dwight Eisenhower | |
25 | Ramsey Clark | Texas | February 22, 1964 | February 21, 1970 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
26 | Albert P. Brewer | Alabama | February 22, 1970 | February 21, 1976 | George C. Wallace | |
27 | Griffin Bell | Georgia | February 22, 1976 | February 21, 1982 | Jimmy Carter | |
28 | Waggoner Carr | Texas | February 22, 1982 | February 21, 1988 | John B. Connally | |
29 | Fred Thompson | Tennessee | February 22, 1988 | March 9, 1993 | Howard H. Baker, Jr. | |
30 | Frank Keating | Oklahoma | March 9, 1993 | February 21, 1994 | Howard H. Baker, Jr. | |
31 | Janet Reno | Florida | February 22, 1994 | February 21, 2000 | Bill Clinton | |
32 | Lindsey Graham | South Carolina | February 22, 2000 | May 10, 2002 | John McCain | |
33 | Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr. | Virginia | May 10, 2002 | February 21, 2006 | John McCain | |
34 | Artur Davis | Alabama | February 22, 2006 | Incumbent | John Edwards |