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HildrethMarch 18, 1808 \u2013 February 2, 1810Dem.-Rep.Abraham Van VechtenFebruary 2, 1810 \u2013 February 1, 1811FederalistMatthias B. HildrethFebruary 1, 1811 \u2013 July 11, 1812Dem.-Rep.Died in officeThomas Addis EmmetAugust 12, 1812 \u2013 February 13, 1813Dem.-Rep.Abraham Van VechtenFebruary 13, 1813 \u2013 February 17, 1815FederalistMartin Van BurenFebruary 17, 1815 \u2013 July 8, 1819Dem.-Rep.Eighth president of the United StatesThomas Jackson OakleyJuly 8, 1819 \u2013 February 12, 1821FederalistSamuel A. TalcottFebruary 12, 1821 \u2013 January 27, 1829Dem.-Rep.First appointed, in 1823 elected by State Legislature, resigned shortly before the end of his second termGreene C. BronsonJanuary 27, 1829 \u2013 January 12, 1836DemocratElected a justice of the State Supreme Court during his third termSamuel BeardsleyJanuary 12, 1836 \u2013 February 4, 1839DemocratWillis HallFebruary 4, 1839 \u2013 February 7, 1842WhigGeorge P. BarkerFebruary 7, 1842 \u2013 February 3, 1845DemocratJohn Van BurenFebruary 3, 1845 \u2013 January 1, 1848DemocratLegislated out of office by the Constitution of 1846Ambrose L. JordanJanuary 1, 1848 \u2013 December 31, 1849WhigFirst attorney general elected by general ballotLevi S. ChatfieldJanuary 1, 1850 \u2013 November 23, 1853DemocratResigned shortly before the end of his second termGardner StowDecember 8, 1853 \u2013 December 31, 1853DemocratAppointed to fill the unexpired termOgden HoffmanJanuary 1, 1854 \u2013 December 31, 1855WhigStephen B. CushingJanuary 1, 1856 \u2013 December 31, 1857AmericanLyman TremainJanuary 1, 1858 \u2013 December 31, 1859DemocratCharles G. MyersJanuary 1, 1860 \u2013 December 31, 1861RepublicanDaniel S. DickinsonJanuary 1, 1862 \u2013 December 31, 1863UnionJohn CochraneJanuary 1, 1864 \u2013 December 31, 1865UnionJohn H. MartindaleJanuary 1, 1866 \u2013 December 31, 1867RepublicanMarshall B. ChamplainJanuary 1, 1868 \u2013 December 31, 1871DemocratTwo termsFrancis C. BarlowJanuary 1, 1872 \u2013 December 31, 1873RepublicanDaniel PrattJanuary 1, 1874 \u2013 December 31, 1875DemocratCharles S. FairchildJanuary 1, 1876 \u2013 December 31, 1877DemocratAugustus Schoonmaker Jr.January 1, 1878 \u2013 December 31, 1879DemocratHamilton Ward Sr.January 1, 1880 \u2013 December 31, 1881RepublicanLeslie W. RussellJanuary 1, 1882 \u2013 December 31, 1883RepublicanDenis O’BrienJanuary 1, 1884 \u2013 December 31, 1887DemocratTwo termsCharles F. TaborJanuary 1, 1888 \u2013 December 31, 1891DemocratTwo termsSimon W. RosendaleJanuary 1, 1892 \u2013 December 31, 1893DemocratTheodore E. HancockJanuary 1, 1894 \u2013 December 31, 1898RepublicanTwo terms (1894\u20131895; 1896\u20131898)John C. DaviesJanuary 1, 1899 \u2013 December 31, 1902RepublicanTwo termsJohn CunneenJanuary 1, 1903 \u2013 December 31, 1904DemocratJulius M. MayerJanuary 1, 1905 \u2013 December 31, 1906RepublicanWilliam S. JacksonJanuary 1, 1907 \u2013 December 31, 1908DemocratEdward R. O’MalleyJanuary 1, 1909 \u2013 December 31, 1910RepublicanThomas CarmodyJanuary 1, 1911 \u2013 September 2, 1914DemocratResigned shortly before the end of his second termJames A. ParsonsSeptember 2, 1914 \u2013 December 31, 1914DemocratAppointed to fill the unexpired termEgburt E. WoodburyJanuary 1, 1915 \u2013 April 19, 1917RepublicanResigned during his second termMerton E. LewisApril 19, 1917 \u2013 December 31, 1918RepublicanAs first deputy AG acted until being elected by the State Legislature on April 25 to fill unexpired first half of term, then re-elected in special election (Nov. 1917) for the other half (1918)Charles D. NewtonJanuary 1, 1919 \u2013 December 31, 1922RepublicanTwo termsCarl ShermanJanuary 1, 1923 \u2013 December 31, 1924DemocratDefeated for reelection in 1924Albert OttingerJanuary 1, 1925 \u2013 December 31, 1928RepublicanTwo terms; unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1928Hamilton Ward Jr.January 1, 1929 \u2013 December 31, 1930RepublicanSon of Hamilton Ward Sr. (AG from 1880 to 1881)John J. Bennett Jr.January 1, 1931 \u2013 December 31, 1942DemocratFive termsNathaniel L. GoldsteinJanuary 1, 1943 \u2013 December 31, 1954RepublicanThree termsJacob K. JavitsJanuary 1, 1955 \u2013 January 9, 1957RepublicanResigned having been elected U.S. senatorLouis J. LefkowitzJanuary 9, 1957 \u2013 December 31, 1978RepublicanRe-elected by the State Legislature to fill the unexpired term, then re-elected to five more terms, longest-serving attorney general (8 days short of 22 years)Robert AbramsJanuary 1, 1979 \u2013 December 31, 1993DemocratElected to four terms, resigning a year before the end of his fourth termG. Oliver KoppellJanuary 1, 1994 \u2013 December 31, 1994DemocratElected by the State Legislature to fill unexpired termDennis VaccoJanuary 1, 1995 \u2013 December 31, 1998RepublicanDefeated for reelection in 1998. Joined Waste Management, Inc. as vice president for New York government affairs. Became a partner in Buffalo law firm, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman.Eliot SpitzerJanuary 1, 1999 \u2013 December 31, 2006DemocratTwo terms, then elected governorAndrew CuomoJanuary 1, 2007 \u2013 December 31, 2010DemocratOne term, then elected governorEric SchneidermanJanuary 1, 2011 \u2013 May 8, 2018DemocratResigned during his second termBarbara D. UnderwoodMay 8, 2018 \u2013 December 31, 2018DemocratServed as acting attorney general from May 8 to May 22, when she was confirmed by the New York State Legislature.Letitia “Tish” JamesJanuary 1, 2019 \u2013 presentDemocrat     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/attorney-general-of-new-york\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Attorney General of New York"}}]}]