New Jersey Attorney General

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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.

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[edit] List of office holders

Holders of the office of Attorney General include:[1]

[edit] Colonial period

[edit] Post-independence

[edit] References

  1. ^ Past Attorneys General, New Jersey Attorney General. Accessed December 15, 2007.
  2. ^ William Paterson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  3. ^ Political Graveyard: Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, accessed August 27, 2006.
  4. ^ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Theodore Frelinghuysen, accessed December 1, 2006.
  5. ^ Samuel Lewis Southard, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  6. ^ Richard Stockton Field, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007.
  7. ^ Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
  8. ^ William L. Dayton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2006.
  9. ^ Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  10. ^ George Maxwell Robeson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  11. ^ New Jersey State Library biography for Joel Parker, New Jersey State Library. Acecssed July 11, 2007.
  12. ^ John Potter Stockton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 1, 2006.
  13. ^ New Jersey: State Attorneys General, The Political Graveyard. Accessed April 24, 2007.
  14. ^ "Hello to a new day", The Star-Ledger, June 22, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007.
  15. ^ 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."
  16. ^ New York Times; Z. Farber resigns
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State Attorneys General in the United States
   

AS: Afa Ripley, Jr.
GU: Alicia Limtiaco
NMI: Matt Gregory
PR: Roberto Sánchez
VI: Vincent Frazer
DC: Linda Singer
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