State of
Attorneys
General *
Samuel Hitchcock.................................................... 1790-1793
Daniel Buck.............................................................. 1793-1795
Clarke C. Fitts.......................................................... 1904-1908
John G. Sargent....................................................... 1908-1912
Rufus E. Brown........................................................ 1912-1915
Herbert G. Barber................................................... 1915-1919
§Frank C. Archibald................................................. 1919-1925
J. Ward Carver........................................................ 1925-1931
Lawrence C. Jones................................................... 1931-1941
Alban J. Parker........................................................ 1941-1947
Clifton G. Parker...................................................... 1947-1953
F. Elliott Barber, Jr.................................................. 1953-1955
Robert T. Stafford.................................................... 1955-1957
+Frederick M. Reed................................................ 1957-1960
#Thomas M. Debevoise.......................................... 1960-1962
Charles J. Adams..................................................... 1962-1963
Charles E. Gibson, Jr............................................... 1963-1965
John P. Connarn....................................................... 1965-1967
James L. Oakes....................................................... 1967-1969
James M. Jeffords................................................... 1969-1973
Kimberly B. Cheney................................................ 1973-1975
M. Jerome Diamond................................................ 1975-1981
John J. Easton, Jr.................................................... 1981-1985
Jeffrey L. Amestoy.................................................. 1985-1997
William H. Sorrell............................................................ 1997-
*Office
established by Act passed October 28, 1790: that was repealed by Act passed November
10, 1797 (because of controversy surrounding continuance of the office, no
attorney general was chosen in 1795 or 1796): the office was re-established by
No. 57 of the Acts of 1904.
§ Resigned
May 21, 1925, and J. Ward Carver appointed May 25, 1925.
+ Resigned
Feb. 5, 1960, and Thomas M. Debevoise appointed Feb. 5, 1960.
# Resigned
Jan. 2, 1962, and Charles J. Adams appointed Jan. 2, 1962.