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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, and cannot be removed from office, except for cause or by impeachment during a term.
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.

Contents

List of office holders

References

List of office holders

★ 1776-1783: William Paterson.^[1]

★ 1783-1792: Joseph Bloomfield

★ 1793-1811: Aaron Woodruff.^[2]

★ 1811-1812:

★ 1812-1817: Aaron Woodruff

★ 1817-1829: Theodore Frelinghuysen.^[3]

★ 1829-1833: Samuel L. Southard.^[4]
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★ 1838-1841: Richard Stockton Field.^[5]
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★ 1850-1852: Lucius Elmer.^[6]
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★ 1857-1861: William L. Dayton.^[7]

★ 1861-1866: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen.^[8]

★ 1867-1869: George M. Robeson.^[9]
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★ 1875-1875: Joel Parker.^[10]
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★ 1877-1897: John P. Stockton.^[11]
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★ 1899: Samuel H. Grey.New Jersey: State Attorneys General, The Political Graveyard. Accessed April 24, 2007.
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★ 1931: William A. Stevens.
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★ 1949-1954: Theodore D. Parsons

★ 1954-1958: Grover C. Richman, Jr.

★ 1958-1962: David D. Furman

★ 1962-1970: Arthur J. Sills

★ 1970-1974: George F. Kugler, Jr.

★ 1974-1978: William F. Hyland

★ 1978-1981: John J. Degnan

★ 1981-1982: James R. Zazzali

★ 1982-1986: Irwin I. Kimmelman

★ 1986-1989: W. Cary Edwards

★ 1989-1990: Peter N. Perretti, Jr.

★ 1990-1994: Robert Del Tufo

★ 1994-1996: Deborah T. Poritz

★ 1996-1999: Peter Verniero

★ 1999-2002: John Farmer Jr.

★ 2002-2003: David Samson

★ 2003-2006: Peter C. Harvey was appointed as Acting Attorney General on February 15, 2003, and was confirmed by the Senate as Attorney General on June 16, 2003.

★ 2006: Zulima Farber (resigned effective August 31, 2006)

★ 2006-2007: Stuart Rabner (confirmed on September 25, 2006, served from September 26, 2006 - June 2007)

★ 2007- : Anne Milgram (confirmed on 21 June 2007, sworn in 29 June 2007)^[12][13] Milgram also served as Attorney General on an interim basis from 01 September, 2006 - 26 September, 2006 after Zulima Farber resigned.^[14]

References

1. William Paterson, ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed December 1, 2006.
2. Political Graveyard: Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, accessed August 27, 2006.
3. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Theodore Frelinghuysen, accessed December 1, 2006.
4. Samuel Lewis Southard, ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed December 1, 2006.
5. Richard Stockton Field, ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed August 25, 2007.
6. Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer], ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed August 20, 2007.
7. William L. Dayton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2006.
8. Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
9. George Maxwell Robeson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
10. New Jersey State Library biography for Joel Parker, New Jersey State Library. Acecssed July 11, 2007.
11. John Potter Stockton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
12. "Hello to a new day", ''The Star-Ledger'', June 22, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007.
13. 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."
14. New York Times; Z. Farber resigns