| #
|
Picture
|
Attorney General
|
Term in office
|
Party affiliation
|
Appointed by
|
| 1
|
|
William Paterson[6](1745–1806)
|
1776
–
1783
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 2
|
|
Joseph Bloomfield
(1753–1823)
|
1783
–
1792
|
|
Anti-Administration
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 3
|
|
Aaron Woodruff[7] |
1792
–
1811
|
|
Federalist
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 4
|
|
Andrew S. Hunter
|
1811
|
|
Democratic-Republican
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 5
|
|
Aaron Woodruff[7] |
1812
–
June 26, 1817
|
|
Federalist
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 6
|
|
Theodore Frelinghuysen
|
February 6, 1817
–
March 4, 1829
|
|
Federalist
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 7
|
|
Samuel L. Southard[8] |
1829
–
1833
|
|
National Republican
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 8
|
|
John Moore White
|
1833
–
1838
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 9
|
|
Richard Stockton Field[9] |
1838
–
1841
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 10
|
|
George P. Mollesson
|
1841
–
1844
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Elected by the legislature
|
| 11
|
|
Richard P. Thompson
|
1844
–
1845
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Daniel Haines
|
| 12
|
|
Abraham Browning
|
1845
–
1850
|
|
Democratic
|
| 13
|
|
Lucius Elmer[10] |
1850
–
1852
|
|
Democratic
|
| 14
|
|
Richard P. Thompson
|
1852
–
1857
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
George Franklin Fort
|
| 15
|
|
William L. Dayton[11] |
1857
–
1861
|
|
Republican
|
William A. Newell
|
| 16
|
|
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen[12] |
1861
–
1867
|
|
Republican
|
Charles Smith Olden
|
| 17
|
|
George M. Robeson[13] |
1867
–
1870
|
|
Republican
|
Marcus Lawrence Ward
|
| 18
|
|
Robert Gilchrist Jr.
|
1870
–
1875
|
|
Democratic
|
Theodore Fitz Randolph
|
| 19
|
|
Joel Parker[14] |
1875
|
|
Democratic
|
Joseph D. Bedle
|
| 20
|
|
Jacob Vanatta
|
1875
–
1877
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
| 21
|
|
John P. Stockton[15] |
April 8, 1877
–
April 5, 1897
|
|
Democratic
|
| 22
|
|
Samuel H. Grey[16] |
1897
–
1902
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
John W. Griggs
|
| 23
|
|
Thomas N. McCarter
|
1902
–
1903
|
|
Republican
|
Franklin Murphy
|
| 24
|
|
Robert H. McCarter
|
1903
–
1908
|
|
Republican
|
| 25
|
|
Edmund Wilson Sr.
|
1908
–
1914
|
|
Republican
|
John Franklin Fort
|
| 26
|
|
John Wesley Wescott
|
1914
–
1919
|
|
Democratic
|
James F. Fielder
|
| 27
|
|
Thomas F. McCran
|
1919
–
1924
|
|
Republican
|
Walter Evans Edge
|
| 28
|
|
Edward L. Katzenbach
|
1924
–
1929
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
George S. Silzer
|
| 29
|
|
William A. Stevens
|
1929
–
1934
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Morgan F. Larson
|
| 30
|
|
David T. Wilentz
|
1934
–
1944
|
|
Democratic
|
A. Harry Moore
|
| 31
|
|
Walter D. Van Riper
|
1944
–
1948
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Walter Evans Edge
|
| 32
|
|
Theodore D. Parsons
|
February 4, 1948
–
1954
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Alfred E. Driscoll
|
| 33
|
|
Grover C. Richman Jr.
|
1954
–
1958
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Robert B. Meyner
|
| 34
|
|
David D. Furman
|
1958
–
1962
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
| 35
|
|
Arthur J. Sills
|
January 6, 1962
–
1970
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Richard J. Hughes
|
| 36
|
|
George Francis Kugler Jr.
|
1970
–
1974
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
William T. Cahill
|
| 37
|
|
William F. Hyland
|
1974
–
1978
|
|
Democratic
|
Brendan Byrne
|
| 38
|
|
John J. Degnan
|
January 17, 1978
–
March 5, 1981
|
|
Democratic
|
| 39
|
|
James R. Zazzali
|
1981
–
1982
|
|
Democratic
|
| 40
|
|
Irwin I. Kimmelman
|
January 19, 1982
–
January 21, 1986
|
|
Republican
|
Thomas Kean
|
| 41
|
|
W. Cary Edwards
|
January 21, 1986
–
January 19, 1989
|
|
Republican
|
| 42
|
|
Peter N. Perretti Jr.
|
February 14, 1989
–
January 16, 1990
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
| 43
|
|
Robert Del Tufo
|
January 16, 1990
–
August 24, 1994
|
|
Democratic
|
Jim Florio
|
| 44
|
|
Deborah Portiz
|
January 18, 1994
–
July 10, 1996
|
|
Republican
|
Christine Todd Whitman
|
| 45
|
|
Peter Verniero
|
July 10, 1996
–
May 15, 1999
|
|
Republican
|
| 46
|
|
John Farmer Jr.
|
June 3, 1999
–
January 15, 2002
|
|
Republican
|
| 47
|
|
David Samson
|
January 15, 2002
–
February 15, 2003
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
Jim McGreevey
|
| 48
|
|
Peter C. Harvey
|
February 15, 2003
–
January 30, 2006
|
|
Democratic
|
| 49
|
|
Zulima Farber
|
January 30, 2006
–
August 31, 2006
|
|
Democratic
|
Jon Corzine
|
| Acting
|
|
Anne Milgram[17] |
August 31, 2006
–
September 26, 2006
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
| 50
|
|
Stuart Rabner
|
September 26, 2006
–
June 29, 2007
|
|
Democratic
|
| 51
|
|
Anne Milgram[17] |
June 29, 2007
–
January 18, 2010
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
| 52
|
|
Paula Dow[18][19] |
January 18, 2010
–
January 10, 2012
|
|
Democratic
|
Chris Christie
|
| 53
|
|
Jeffrey S. Chiesa
|
January 10, 2012
–
June 6, 2013
|
|
Republican
|
| Acting
|
|
John Jay Hoffman
|
June 10, 2013
–
March 14, 2016
|
|
Republican
|
| Acting
|
|
Robert Lougy
|
March 2016
–
June 2016
|
|
[data unknown/missing]
|
| 54
|
|
Christopher Porrino
|
June 21, 2016
–
January 16, 2018
|
|
Independent
|
| 55
|
|
Gurbir Grewal
|
January 16, 2018
–
July 19, 2021
|
|
Democratic
|
Phil Murphy
|
| Acting
|
|
Andrew Bruck
|
July 19, 2021
–
February 14, 2022
|
|
Democratic
|
| Acting
|
|
Matt Platkin
|
February 14, 2022
–
September 29, 2022
|
|
Democratic
|
| 56
|
|
Matt Platkin
|
September 29, 2022
–
present
|
|
Democratic
|
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