United States Deputy Attorney General
United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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United States Department of Justice | |
Style | Mr. Deputy Attorney General |
Reports to | United States Attorney General |
Seat | Department of Justice Headquarters, Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Formation | May 24, 1950 |
First holder | Peyton Ford |
Salary | Executive Schedule, Level II |
Website | www |
The United States Deputy Attorney General is the second highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department. The Deputy Attorney General acts as Attorney General during the absence of the Attorney General.
The Deputy Attorney General is a political appointee of the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate. The position was created in 1950.[1] Jeffrey A. Rosen has been serving as the Deputy Attorney General since May 22, 2019.
List of United States Deputy Attorneys General
# | Image | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President(s) served under |
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1 | Peyton Ford | 1950 | 1951[2] | Harry S. Truman | |
2 | A. Devitt Vanech | 1951 | 1952 | ||
3 | Ross L. Malone | 1952 | January 20, 1953 | ||
4 | William P. Rogers | January 20, 1953 | October 23, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
5 | Lawrence Walsh | December 29, 1957 | January 20, 1961 | ||
6 | Byron White | January 20, 1961 | April 16, 1962 | John F. Kennedy | |
7 | Nicholas Katzenbach | April 16, 1962 | January 28, 1965 | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||
8 | Ramsey Clark | January 28, 1965 | March 10, 1967 | ||
9 | Warren Christopher | March 10, 1967 | January 20, 1969 | ||
10 | Richard Kleindienst | January 20, 1969 | June 12, 1972 | Richard Nixon | |
11 | Ralph E. Erickson | 1972 | 1973 | ||
12 | Joseph Sneed | 1973 | 1973 | ||
13 | William Ruckelshaus | July 9, 1973 | October 20, 1973 | ||
14 | Laurence Silberman | 1974 | 1975 | Gerald Ford | |
15 | Harold R. Tyler, Jr. | April 6, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | ||
16 | Peter F. Flaherty | April 12, 1977 | 1978 | Jimmy Carter | |
17 | Benjamin Civiletti | 1978 | August 16, 1979 | ||
18 | Charles Byron Renfrew | 1980 | 1981 | ||
19 | Edward C. Schmults | 1981 | 1984 | Ronald Reagan | |
20 | Carol E. Dinkins | 1984 | 1985 | ||
21 | D. Lowell Jensen | 1985 | 1986 | ||
22 | Arnold Burns | 1986 | 1988 | ||
23 | Harold G. Christensen | 1988 | 1989 | ||
24 | Donald B. Ayer | 1989 | May 1990 | George H. W. Bush | |
25 | William P. Barr | May 1990 | November 26, 1991 | ||
26 | George Terwilliger | November 26, 1991 | January 20, 1993 | ||
27 | Philip Heymann | May 28, 1993 | March 17, 1994 | Bill Clinton | |
28 | Jamie Gorelick | March 17, 1994 | May 1997 | ||
29 | Eric Holder | June 13, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | ||
Acting | Robert Mueller | January 20, 2001 | May 10, 2001 | George W. Bush | |
30 | Larry Thompson | May 10, 2001 | August 31, 2003 | ||
31 | James Comey | December 9, 2003 | August 15, 2005 | ||
Acting | Robert McCallum, Jr. | August 15, 2005 | March 17, 2006 | ||
32 | Paul McNulty | March 17, 2006 | July 26, 2007 | ||
Acting | Craig S. Morford | July 26, 2007 | March 10, 2008 | ||
33 | Mark Filip | March 10, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | ||
34 | David W. Ogden | March 12, 2009 | February 5, 2010 | Barack Obama | |
Acting | Gary Grindler | February 5, 2010 | December 29, 2010 | ||
35 | James M. Cole | December 29, 2010 | January 8, 2015 | ||
36 | Sally Yates | January 10, 2015 | January 30, 2017 | ||
Donald Trump | |||||
Acting | Dana Boente | February 9, 2017 | April 25, 2017 | ||
37 | Rod Rosenstein | April 26, 2017 | May 11, 2019 | ||
Acting | Ed O'Callaghan | May 13, 2019 | May 22, 2019 | ||
38 | Jeffrey A. Rosen | May 22, 2019 | Incumbent |
References
- ^ "DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General". Retrieved January 25, 2009.
- ^ "The President's Day". Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. August 3, 1951. Retrieved February 23, 2016.