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Attorney General of New York

Seal of the Attorney General of New York.jpg
Seal of the Attorney General


Letitia James 2013 (cropped).jpg

Incumbent
Letitia James
since January 1, 2019
Department of Law
Style The Honorable
Term length Four years
No limit
Constituting instrument
New York Constitution, Executive Law
Formation 1626
First holder Egbert Benson
Succession Election by joint session of New York State Legislature
Website ag.ny.gov

The Attorney General of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government.[1] The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of New York.


Democrat Letitia James currently serves as Attorney General, in office since January 1, 2019.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Functions


  • 2 Organization


    • 2.1 Chief Deputy Attorney General


    • 2.2 Solicitor General




  • 3 Terms of office


  • 4 List of New York State Attorneys General


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Functions


The Attorney General advises the executive branch of state government and defends actions and proceedings on behalf of the state. The Attorney General acts independently of the Governor of New York. The department's regulations are compiled in title 13 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR).



Organization


The legal functions of the Department of Law are divided primarily into five major divisions: Appeals and Opinions, State Counsel, Criminal Justice, Economic Justice and Social Justice.



Chief Deputy Attorney General


  • Harlan Levy[3] (2011–2015)


Solicitor General




  • Shirley Adelson Siegel (1979–1982)


  • O. Peter Sherwood (1986–1991)[4]


  • Jerry Boone (1991–1994)[5]


  • Victoria A. Graffeo (1995–1996)


  • Barbara Gott Billet (1996–1998)[6]


  • Preeta D. Bansal (1999–2001)


  • Caitlin Halligan (2001–2007)


  • Barbara D. Underwood (2007–present)



Terms of office



  • From 1684 to 1777, when New York was under the British colonial government, the Attorney General was appointed by the British crown, or the colonial governor on its behalf. In 1693, the Attorney General earned a salary of 50 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 New York State Attorneys General































































































































































































































































































































































































































New York State Attorneys General, 1777–present
Attorney General
 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
Dem.-Rep.
 Third Vice President of the United States

Morgan Lewis
 November 8, 1791 – December 24, 1792
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
Dem.-Rep.

John Woodworth
 February 3, 1804 – March 18, 1808
Dem.-Rep.

Matthias B. Hildreth
 March 18, 1808 – February 2, 1810
Dem.-Rep.

Abraham Van Vechten
 February 2, 1810 – February 1, 1811
Federalist

Matthias B. Hildreth
 February 1, 1811 – July 11, 1812
Dem.-Rep.
 Died in office

Thomas Addis Emmet
 August 12, 1812 – February 13, 1813
Dem.-Rep.

Abraham Van Vechten
 February 13, 1813 – February 17, 1815
Federalist

Martin Van Buren
 February 17, 1815 – July 8, 1819
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
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
Democrat
 Elected a justice of the State Supreme Court during his third term

Samuel Beardsley
 January 12, 1836 – February 4, 1839
Democrat

Willis Hall
 February 4, 1839 – February 7, 1842
Whig

George P. Barker
 February 7, 1842 – February 3, 1845
Democrat

John Van Buren
 February 3, 1845 – January 1, 1848
Democrat
 Legislated out of office by the Constitution of 1846

Ambrose L. Jordan
 January 1, 1848 – December 31, 1849
Whig
 First Attorney General elected by general ballot

Levi S. Chatfield
 January 1, 1850 – November 23, 1853
Democrat
 Resigned shortly before the end of his second term

Gardner Stow
 December 8, 1853 – December 31, 1853
Democrat
 Appointed to fill the unexpired term

Ogden Hoffman
 January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1855
Whig

Stephen B. Cushing
 January 1, 1856 – December 31, 1857
American

Lyman Tremain
 January 1, 1858 – December 31, 1859
Democrat

Charles G. Myers
 January 1, 1860 – December 31, 1861
Republican

Daniel S. Dickinson
 January 1, 1862 – December 31, 1863
Union

John Cochrane
 January 1, 1864 – December 31, 1865
Union

John H. Martindale
 January 1, 1866 – December 31, 1867
Republican

Marshall B. Champlain
 January 1, 1868 – December 31, 1871
Democrat
 Two terms

Francis C. Barlow
 January 1, 1872 – December 31, 1873
Republican

Daniel Pratt
 January 1, 1874 – December 31, 1875
Democrat

Charles S. Fairchild
 January 1, 1876 – December 31, 1877
Democrat

Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr.
 January 1, 1878 – December 31, 1879
Democrat

Hamilton Ward, Sr.
 January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1881
Republican

Leslie W. Russell
 January 1, 1882 – December 31, 1883
Republican

Denis O'Brien
 January 1, 1884 – December 31, 1887
Democrat
 Two terms

Charles F. Tabor
 January 1, 1888 – December 31, 1891
Democrat
 Two terms

Simon W. Rosendale
 January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1893
Democrat

Theodore E. Hancock
 January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1898
Republican
 Two terms (1894–1895; 1896–1898)

John C. Davies
 January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1902
Republican
 Two terms

John Cunneen
 January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1904
Democrat

Julius M. Mayer
 January 1, 1905 – December 31, 1906
Republican

William S. Jackson
 January 1, 1907 – December 31, 1908
Democrat

Edward R. O'Malley
 January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1910
Republican

Thomas Carmody
 January 1, 1911 – September 2, 1914
Democrat
 Resigned shortly before the end of his second term

James A. Parsons
 September 2, 1914 – December 31, 1914
Democrat
 Appointed to fill the unexpired term

Egburt E. Woodbury
 January 1, 1915 – April 19, 1917
Republican
 Resigned during his second term

Merton E. Lewis
 April 19, 1917 – December 31, 1918
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
 Two terms

Carl Sherman
 January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924
Democrat
 Defeated for reelection in 1924

Albert Ottinger
 January 1, 1925 – December 31, 1928
Republican
 Two terms; unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1928

Hamilton Ward, Jr.
 January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1930
Republican
 Son of Hamilton Ward, Sr. (AG from 1880 to 1881)

John J. Bennett, Jr.
 January 1, 1931 – December 31, 1942
Democrat
 Five terms

Nathaniel L. Goldstein
 January 1, 1943 – December 31, 1954
Republican
 Three terms

Jacob K. Javits
 January 1, 1955 – January 9, 1957
Republican
 Resigned having been elected U.S. Senator

Louis J. Lefkowitz
 January 9, 1957 – December 31, 1978
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
Democrat
 Resigned a year before the end of his fourth term

G. Oliver Koppell
 January 1, 1994 – December 31, 1994
Democrat
 Elected by the State Legislature to fill unexpired term

Dennis Vacco
 January 1, 1995 – December 31, 1998
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
Democrat
 Two terms, then elected Governor

Andrew Cuomo
 January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010
Democrat
 One term, then elected Governor

Eric Schneiderman
 January 1, 2011 – May 8, 2018
Democrat
 Resigned during his second term

Barbara D. Underwood
 May 8, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Democrat
 Served as Acting Attorney General from May 8 to May 22, when she was confirmed by the New York State Legislature.

Letitia "Tish" James
 January 1, 2019 – present
Democrat


See also


  • New York Attorney General elections


References





  1. ^ 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."


  2. ^ Westerman, Ashley (January 1, 2019). "N.Y. Swears In New Attorney General After A Tumultuous Year For The Office". NPR. Retrieved January 1, 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Schneiderman Fills Six Top Posts, NY Law Journal.com, 23 December 2010, Stashenko, J., Retrieved 1 November 2013.


  4. ^ New York State Unified Court System: Judges of the Trial Courts: Hon. O. Peter Sherwood, NYCourts.gov, Retrieved 1 November 2013.


  5. ^ Jerry Boone Named Harrah's Entertainment Senior Vice President of Human Resources, TheFreeLibrary.com, Retrieved 1 November 2013.


  6. ^ New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Barbara G. Billet, FreedomSpeaks.com, Retrieved 1 November 2013.




External links




  • New York Attorney General official website


  • Department of Law in the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations


  • New York Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal


  • New York Attorney General articles at ABA Journal


  • News and Commentary at FindLaw


  • New York Consolidated Laws at Law.Justia.com


  • U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of New York" at FindLaw

  • New York State Bar Association


  • Press releases at New York Attorney General













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