New Jersey Attorney General

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State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
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Agency overview
Jurisdiction New Jersey
Headquarters Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market Street, Trenton, New Jersey
Agency executive Anne Milgram, Attorney General
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. The office is an appointed by the Governor of New Jersey and term limited. Under the provisions of the New Jersey State Constitution, the Attorney General serves a concurrent four-year term to the governor.

Although 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] a recent law review article argues that the Governor does not have the authority to remove the Attorney General "for cause,"[2] and this issue has not been tested.

It is fourth in the line of succession after the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate. When the first Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey takes office, it will become fifth in line. The Attorney General will also be ineligible to replace a vacated Lieutenant Governor.

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[edit] List of office holders

Holders of the office of Attorney General include:[3]

[edit] Colonial period

[edit] Post-independence

[edit] References

  1. ^ Letter from OLS Deputy Counsel Danielle A. Brucchieri to Senate Republican Office, Office of Legislative Services, May 9, 2005. Accessed December 2, 2008.
  2. ^ Eric R. Daleo, "The Scope and Limits of the New Jersey Governor's Authority to Remove the Attorney General and Others 'For Cause'", Rutgers Law Journal, Vol. 39, Issue 2, page 393, 2008. Accessed December 2, 2008.
  3. ^ Past Attorneys General, New Jersey Attorney General. Accessed December 15, 2007.
  4. ^ William Paterson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  5. ^ Political Graveyard: Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, accessed August 27, 2006.
  6. ^ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Theodore Frelinghuysen, accessed December 1, 2006.
  7. ^ Samuel Lewis Southard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  8. ^ Richard Stockton Field, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007.
  9. ^ Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
  10. ^ William L. Dayton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2006.
  11. ^ Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  12. ^ George Maxwell Robeson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  13. ^ New Jersey State Library biography for Joel Parker, New Jersey State Library. Acecssed July 11, 2007.
  14. ^ John Potter Stockton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  15. ^ New Jersey: State Attorneys General, The Political Graveyard. Accessed April 24, 2007.
  16. ^ "Hello to a new day", The Star-Ledger, June 22, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007.
  17. ^ Anne Milgram biography, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety. Accessed July 11, 2007. "Anne Milgram was sworn in as New Jersey’s 57th Attorney General on June 29, 2007 after she was nominated by Governor Jon S. Corzine and unanimously confirmed by the State Senate."
  18. ^ New York Times; Z. Farber resigns

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