New York State Attorney General
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The New York State Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of New York. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of New York.
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.
The current holder of the office is Andrew Cuomo, who was elected on November 7, 2006, and took office on January 1, 2007.
[edit] List of New York State Attorneys General
| 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. | |
| Morgan Lewis | November 8, 1791 - December 24, 1792 | Dem.-Rep. | |
| Nathaniel Lawrence | December 24, 1792 - November 13, 1795 | ||
| 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. | |
| Thomas Jackson Oakley | July 8, 1819 - February 12, 1821 | Federalist | |
| Samuel A. Talcott | February 12, 1821 - February 27, 1829 | Dem.-Rep. | first appointed, in 1823 elected by State Legislature, resigned shortly before the end of his second term |
| Greene C. Bronson | February 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 - December 31, 1847 | Democrat | legislated out of office by 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 | appointed to fill 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 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 | |
| Albert Ottinger | January 1, 1925 - December 31, 1928 | Republican | two terms |
| Hamilton Ward, Jr. | January 1, 1929 - December 31, 1930 | Republican | son of Hamilton Ward, Sr. (AG 1880-1881) |
| 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 | elected by the State Legislature to fill 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 | |
| Eliot Spitzer | January 1, 1999 - December 31, 2006 | Democrat | two terms |
| Andrew Cuomo | January 1, 2007 - | Democrat |
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