- New Jersey Attorney General
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State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General 
Agency overview Jurisdiction New Jersey Headquarters Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market Street, Trenton, New Jersey Agency executive Paula T. Dow, 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 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 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 will also be ineligible to replace a vacated Lieutenant Governor.
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List of office holders
Holders of the office of Attorney General include:[3]
Colonial period
- 1704-1714: Alexander Griffith
- 1714-1719: Thomas Gordon
- 1719-1723: Jeremiah Basse
- 1723-1728: James Alexander
- 1728-1733: Lawrence Smyth
- 1733-1754: Joseph Warrell
- 1754-1776: Cortlandt Skinner
Post-independence
- 1776-1783: William Paterson[4]
- 1783-1792: Joseph Bloomfield
- 1792-1811: Aaron Woodruff[5]
- 1811: Andrew S. Hunter
- 1812-1817: Aaron Woodruff
- 1817-1829: Theodore Frelinghuysen[6]
- 1829-1833: Samuel L. Southard[7]
- 1833-1838: John Moore White
- 1838-1841: Richard Stockton Field[8]
- 1841-1844: George P. Mollesson
- 1844-1845: Richard P. Thompson
- 1845-1850: Abraham Browning
- 1850-1852: Lucius Elmer[9]
- 1852-1857: Richard P. Thompson
- 1857-1861: William L. Dayton[10]
- 1861-1867: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen[11]
- 1867-1870: George M. Robeson[12]
- 1870-1875: Robert Gilchrist, Jr.
- 1875-1875: Joel Parker[13]
- 1875-1877: Jacob Vanatta
- 1877-1897: John P. Stockton[14]
- 1897-1902: Samuel H. Grey[15]
- 1902-1903: Thomas N. McCarter
- 1903-1908: Robert H. McCarter
- 1908-1914: Edmund Wilson
- 1914-1919: John W. 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 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)
- 2007-2010 : Anne Milgram (confirmed on 21 June 2007, sworn in 29 June 2007)[16]
- 2010-present: Paula T. Dow (confirmed on February 22, 2010, sworn in on February 23, 2010)[17][18]
References
- ^ Letter from OLS Deputy Counsel Danielle A. Brucchieri to Senate Republican Office, Office of Legislative Services, May 9, 2005. Accessed December 2, 2008.
- ^ 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
- ^ Past Attorneys General, New Jersey Attorney General. Accessed December 15, 2007.
- ^ William Paterson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ Political Graveyard: Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, accessed August 27, 2006.
- ^ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Theodore Frelinghuysen, accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ Samuel Lewis Southard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ Richard Stockton Field, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007.
- ^ Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
- ^ William L. Dayton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2006.
- ^ Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ George Maxwell Robeson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ New Jersey State Library biography for Joel Parker, New Jersey State Library. Acecssed July 11, 2007.
- ^ John Potter Stockton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ New Jersey: State Attorneys General, The Political Graveyard. Accessed April 24, 2007.
- ^ "Hello to a new day", The Star-Ledger, June 22, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007.
- ^ "Senate confirms 5 NJ Cabinet picks". Asbury Park Press. 2010-02-22. http://www.app.com/article/20100222/NEWS03/100222089/Senate-confirms-5-NJ-Cabinet-picks. Retrieved 2010-02-22.[dead link]
- ^ "Paula Dow is sworn in as N.J. Attorney General". The Star-Ledger. 2010-02-23. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/paul_dow_is_sworn_in_as_nj_att.html. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
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