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Contents 1 External link 2 Form of address 3 Knox under Roosevelt? 4 How many 5 States 6 Alberto Gonzales end date. 7 RFK 8 Geoffrey Fieger 9 Acting AG's

[edit] External link

Perhaps restore the external link to its original target (from Revision as of 22:55, 27 Jul 2004) ?

[edit] Form of address

I have heard senators refer to "General Ashcroft." I presume that this is an error, and that, despite not having "secretary" in his official title, "Secretary Ashcroft" would be the proper way to address him? Doops 04:00, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Definitely not. While I don't know about whether "General Ashcroft" is good form, I do know that he should not be referred to as "Secretary Ashcroft", as he is not a Secretary (even though he is a member of the cabinet). Articles on forms of address such as this treat the Attorney General separately from the other department heads (see page 9 in the example) with a salutation of "Dear Mr. Attorney General" instead of "Dear Mr. Secretary". (Note that in example I picked is apparently from the U.S. Navy, which one would hope would be somewhat authoritative.) I don't know if the shortening of "Attorney General Ashcroft" to "General Ashcroft" is proper, but I have heard the newsies refer to Surgeons General as "General Whoever", so at least they're consistent. — DLJessup 05:33, 2004 Dec 15 (UTC)

[edit] Knox under Roosevelt?

Why isnt Philander C. Knox under Roosevelt since it says he was AG from 1901-1904 and TR became president on 9-14-1901

Human error, most likely. In any case, I've added T.R. to Knox's presidents. — DLJessup 12:24, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How many

The US DOJ lists Gonzales as the 80th AG. The table contained within the article does not agree. So, how amny AGs have there been? ZueJay (talk) 20:05, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] States

Officials appointed in the United States for Senate confirmation are appointed in a manner which lists their state of residence at the time of appointment. This is what the state of residence column means. Presumably a fair number of them actually move fully to DC, Maryland, or Virginia during their tenure in office, but we don't list that, because that's not what's significant, and because it's more or less impossible to determine. The state they were appointed from is a matter of public law and record, recorded in their confirmation information. The same is not the case for any state they may move into during their time in office. Assuming Kennedy was appointed from Massachusetts, this should be the only state listed for him. That state of residence is legally significant for other things is irrelevant here - it has nothing to do with the person's appointment to government office, whereas their state of residence at the time of their appointment is actually a part of the nomination process. john k 04:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alberto Gonzales end date.

There seems to be a minor edit war between people choosing August 27, 2007 (the day on which his resignation was announced), September 17, 2007 (the day on which his resignation takes effect), and "Present". Can we establish a consensus about this?

I'm personally in favor of September 17th. "Present" will become inaccurate in about three weeks; "August 27th" ignores the fact that his resignation hasn't taken effect yet. Any thoughts? vogon 16:54, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The date is under "ended service," which is the date it takes effect, Sept. 17th. If it was prose saying when his resignation was announced, that would be different. But maybe a citation would help clarify any confusion there may be. bobanny 17:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC) I just noticed that both dates are in the intro text and cited. It should definitely say Sept 17 in the table. bobanny 17:18, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFK

The Robert Kennedy begin date is off -- it should be 1961. Can't change this because page is locked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.64.10.29 (talk) 20:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Geoffrey Fieger

It has recently been stated the Geoffrey Fieger will take the position. No one else has heard this? That's why I made the change earlier. Until next time!--Mexicomida 21:49, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

"On August 21, 2007 the grand jury returned a 30-page, 10-count indictment against Fieger" Yeah, I somehow doubt this man will be attorney general. Stop vandalizing please. --Golbez 22:38, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

There's also the minor matter that he's a Democrat. Jhobson1 13:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

These points are trivial. At best.Mexicomida 00:32, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Acting AG's

Hello all,

I have listed Stuart M. Gerson and Eric H. Holder, Jr. as acting Attorney General. They both served as acting Attorney General in the first months of the Clinton and GW Bush administrations because both Clinton and GW Bush both had problems finding an AG (in Clinton's case it was because both of his first two choices - Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood - had problems with the immigration status of their domestic staff and in GW Bush's case, the Ashcroft nomination was so controversial). They were added because the office of AG was vacant during this time. Mr. Holder's bio at his law firm points this out [1] and there are four references to Mr. Gerson's service: [2], [3], [4], [5]. As this is the day Alberto Gonzales has resigned, i've added Paul D. Clement as acting AG for the same reasons listed above. I hope this is helpful.- Thanks, Hoshie 16:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)