The attorney general of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the Governor of New Jersey, confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, and term limited. Under the provisions of the New Jersey State Constitution, the Attorney General serves a concurrent four-year term to the governor. Gurbir Grewal was nominated as Attorney General by Governor Phil Murphy. Grewal is the first Sikh attorney general in the United States.
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.
It is fifth in the line of succession after the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, President of the New Jersey Senate, and Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. The Attorney General cannot also serve as the Lieutenant Governor.
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List of office holders
Holders of the office of Attorney General include:
Colonial period
Post-independence
- 1776-1783: William Paterson
- 1783-1792: Joseph Bloomfield
- 1792-1811: Aaron Woodruff
- 1811: Andrew S. Hunter
- 1812-1817: Aaron Woodruff
- 1817-1829: Theodore Frelinghuysen
- 1829-1833: Samuel Lewis Southard
- 1833-1838: John Moore White
- 1838-1841: Richard Stockton Field
- 1841-1844: George P. Mollesson
- 1844-1845: Richard P. Thompson
- 1845-1850: Abraham Browning
- 1850-1852: Lucius Elmer
- 1852-1857: Richard P. Thompson
- 1857-1861: William L. Dayton
- 1861-1867: Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
- 1867-1870: George M. Robeson
- 1870-1875: Robert Gilchrist, Jr.
- 1875: Joel Parker
- 1875-1877: Jacob Vanatta
- 1877-1897: John P. Stockton
- 1897-1902: Samuel H. Grey
- 1902-1903: Thomas Nesbitt McCarter
- 1903-1908: Robert H. McCarter
- 1908-1914: Edmund Wilson
- 1914-1919: John Wesley Wescott
- 1919-1924: Thomas F. McCran
- 1924-1929: Edward L. Katzenbach
- 1929-1934: William A. Stevens
- 1934-1944: David T. Wilentz
- 1944-1948: Walter D. Van Riper
- 1948-1954: Theodore D. Parsons
- 1954-1958: Grover C. Richman, Jr.
- 1958-1962: David D. Furman
- 1962-1970: Arthur J. Sills
- 1970-1974: George Francis 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)
- 2007-2010: Anne Milgram (confirmed on 21 June 2007, sworn in 29 June 2007)
- 2010-2011: Paula T. Dow (confirmed on February 22, 2010, sworn in on February 23, 2010)
- 2012-2013: Jeffrey S. Chiesa (sworn in on January 10, 2012) (Resigned to become United States Senator effective June 6, 2013).
- 2013-2016: John Jay Hoffman, acting AG
- 2016-: Robert Lougy, acting AG
- 2016-2018 Christopher Porrino
- 2018-present Gurbir Grewal
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References
External links
- New Jersey Attorney General official website
- New Jersey Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- New Jersey Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- New Jersey Revised Statutes at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of New Jersey" at FindLaw
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- New Jersey Attorney General John Jay Hoffman profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at New Jersey Attorney General
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