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New York: State Attorneys General

New York State Attorneys General, 1777-2021 (May be incomplete!)
Egbert Benson 1777-88 Richard Varick 1788-89 Aaron Burr 1789-91 Morgan Lewis 1791-92 Nathaniel Lawrence 1792-95 Josiah Ogden Hoffman 1795-1802 Ambrose Spencer 1802-04 John Woodworth 1804-08 Matthias B. Hildreth 1808-10 Abraham Van Vechten 1810-11 Matthias B. Hildreth 1811-12 Thomas Addis Emmet 1812-13 Abraham Van Vechten 1813-15 Martin Van Buren 1815-19 Thomas J. Oakley 1819-21 Samuel A. Talcott 1821-29 Greene C. Bronson 1829-36 Samuel Beardsley 1836-39 Willis Hall 1839-42 George P. Barker 1842-45 John Van Buren 1845-47 Ambrose L. Jordan 1848-49 Levi S. Chatfield 1850-53 Gardner Stow 1853 Ogden Hoffman 1854-55 Stephen B. Cushing 1856-57 Lyman Tremain 1858-59 Charles G. Myers 1860-61 Daniel S. Dickinson 1862-63 John Cochrane 1864-65 John H. Martindale 1866-67 Marshall B. Champlain 1868-71 Francis C. Barlow 1872-73 Daniel Pratt 1874-75 Charles S. Fairchild 1876-77 Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. 1878-79 Hamilton Ward 1880-81 Leslie W. Russell 1882-83 Denis O'Brien 1884-87 Charles F. Tabor 1888-91 Simon W. Rosendale 1892-93 Theodore E. Hancock 1894-98 John C. Davies 1899-1902 John Cunneen 1903-04 Julius M. Mayer 1905-06 William S. Jackson 1907-08 Edward R. O'Malley 1909-10 Thomas Carmody 1911-14 James A. Parsons 1914 Egburt E. Woodbury 1915-17 Merton E. Lewis 1917-18 Charles D. Newton 1919-22 Carl Sherman 1923-24 Albert Ottinger 1925-28 Hamilton Ward, Jr. 1929-30 John J. Bennett 1931-42 Nathaniel L. Goldstein 1943-54 Jacob K. Javits 1955-57 Louis J. Lefkowitz 1957-78 Robert Abrams 1979-93 G. Oliver Koppell 1994 Dennis C. Vacco 1995-98 Eliot Spitzer 1999-2006 Andrew M. Cuomo 2007-10 Eric T. Schneiderman 2011-18 Barbara Underwood 2018 Letitia James 2019-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1777 May 8: Egbert Benson, appointed.
  • 1788 May 14: Richard Varick, appointed.
  • 1789 Sep 29: Aaron Burr, appointed.
  • 1791 Nov 8: Morgan Lewis, appointed.
  • 1792 Dec 24: Nathaniel Lawrence, appointed.
  • 1795 Nov 13: Josiah Ogden Hoffman, appointed.
  • 1802 Feb 3: Ambrose Spencer, appointed.
  • 1804 Feb 3: John Woodworth, appointed.
  • 1808 Mar 8: Matthias B. Hildreth, appointed.
  • 1810 Feb 2: Abraham Van Vechten, appointed.
  • 1811 Feb 1: Matthias B. Hildreth, appointed.
  • 1812 Aug 12: Thomas Addis Emmet, appointed.
  • 1813 Feb 13: Abraham Van Vechten, appointed.
  • 1815 Feb 17: Martin Van Buren, appointed.
  • 1819 Jul 8: Thomas J. Oakley, appointed.
  • 1821 Feb 12: Samuel A. Talcott, appointed.
  • 1829 Feb 27: Greene C. Bronson, appointed.
  • 1836 Jan 12: Samuel Beardsley, appointed.
  • 1839 Feb 4: Willis Hall, appointed.
  • 1842 Feb 7: George P. Barker, appointed.
  • 1845 Feb 3: John Van Buren, appointed.
  • 1847: John Van Buren, defeated.
  • 1847 Nov 2: Ambrose L. Jordan, elected.
  • 1849 Nov 6: Levi S. Chatfield, elected.
  • 1853: Levi S. Chatfield, resigned.
  • 1853 Nov 8: Ogden Hoffman (Whig), elected.
  • 1853 Dec 8: Gardner Stow, appointed.
  • 1855: Abijah Mann, Jr., defeated.
  • 1855 Nov 7: Stephen B. Cushing, elected.
  • 1857 Nov 3: Lyman Tremain, elected.
  • 1859 Nov 8: Charles G. Myers, elected.
  • 1861 Nov 5: Daniel S. Dickinson, elected.
  • 1863 Nov 3: John Cochrane, elected.
  • 1865: John Van Buren, defeated.
  • 1865 Nov 7: John H. Martindale, elected.
  • 1867 Nov 5: Marshall B. Champlain, elected.
  • 1871 Nov 7: Francis C. Barlow (Rep), elected; Marshall B. Champlain (Dem), defeated; Edward Crummey, defeated.
  • 1873: Walter J. Farrington (Prohibition), defeated; Benjamin D. Silliman (Rep), defeated.
  • 1873 Nov 4: Daniel Pratt, elected.
  • 1875 Nov 2: Charles S. Fairchild, elected.
  • 1877 Nov 6: Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. (Dem), elected.
  • 1879: Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. (Dem), defeated.
  • 1879 Nov 4: Hamilton Ward, elected.
  • 1881 Nov 8: Leslie W. Russell, elected.
  • 1883 Nov 6: Denis O'Brien, elected.
  • 1885: Edward B. Thomas (Rep), defeated.
  • 1887 Nov 8: Charles F. Tabor (Dem), elected.
  • 1889: Coleridge A. Hart (Prohibition), defeated; James M. Varnum (Rep), defeated.
  • 1891 Nov 3: Simon W. Rosendale, elected.
  • 1893 Nov 7: Theodore E. Hancock (Rep), elected.
  • 1898 Nov 8: John C. Davies, elected.
  • 1900 Nov 6: John C. Davies (Rep), elected; Thomas F. Conway (Dem), defeated; Dexter D. Dorn (Prohibition), defeated; Justus Ebert (Socialist Labor), defeated; Henry L. Slobodin (Social Democratic), defeated.
  • 1902 Nov 4: John Cunneen (Dem), elected.
  • 1904 Nov 8: Julius M. Mayer (Rep), elected; John Cunneen (Dem), defeated; Leon A. Malkiel (Social Democratic), defeated; George E. Milliman (Prohibition), defeated; Frank E. Passonno (Socialist Labor), defeated; John F. Gaffney (People's), defeated.
  • 1906 Nov 6: William S. Jackson, elected.
  • 1908 Nov 3: Edward R. O'Malley (Rep), elected; George M. Palmer (Dem), defeated; William A. DeFord (Independence League), defeated; Henry L. Slobodin (Socialist), defeated; Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition), defeated; John Hall (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1910 Nov 8: Thomas Carmody (Dem), elected; Edward R. O'Malley (Rep), defeated; Henry L. Slobodin (Socialist), defeated; Robert Stewart (Independence League), defeated; Francis E. Baldwin (Prohibition), defeated; Lewis F. Alrutz (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1912 Nov 5: Thomas Carmody (Dem), elected; Meier Steinbrink (Rep), defeated; John Palmieri (Progressive & Independence League), defeated; Henry L. Slobodin (Socialist), defeated; Ernest H. Woodruff (Prohibition), defeated; John Joss (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1914: Thomas Carmody, resigned.
  • 1914 Sep 2: James A. Parsons, appointed.
  • 1914 Nov 3: Egburt E. Woodbury, elected.
  • 1916 Sep 19: William W. Farley (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Sep 19: Egburt E. Woodbury (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Sep 19: Robert H. Elder (Progressive), nominated; Egburt E. Woodbury (Progressive), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Egburt E. Woodbury (Rep), elected; William W. Farley (Dem & American), defeated; S. John Block (Socialist), defeated; Claude V. Stowell (Prohibition), defeated; Robert H. Elder (Progressive), defeated; William A. DeFord (Independence League), defeated; Erwin A. Archer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1917: Egburt E. Woodbury, resigned.
  • 1917 Apr 25: Merton E. Lewis, appointed.
  • 1917 Nov 6: Merton E. Lewis (Rep), elected; Devoe P. Hodson (Dem), defeated; S. John Block (Socialist), defeated; William H. Burr (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1918 Sep 3: Charles Morschauser (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1918 Sep 3: Charles D. Newton (Rep), nominated; Alfred L. Becker (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1918 Sep 3: Hezekiah D. Wilcox (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1918 Sep 3: Clarence Z. Spriggs (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Charles D. Newton (Rep), elected; Charles Morschauser (Dem), defeated; Hezekiah D. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated; Clarence Z. Spriggs (Prohibition), defeated; John Donahue (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1920 Sep 14: Frank H. Mott (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1920 Sep 14: Charles D. Newton (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Charles D. Newton (Rep), elected; Frank H. Mott (Dem), defeated; Darwin J. Meserole (Socialist), defeated; William H. Burr (Prohibition), defeated; F. R. Serri (Farmer-Labor), defeated; John Donohue (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Carl Sherman (Dem), elected.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Albert Ottinger (Rep), elected; Carl Sherman (Dem), defeated; Louis Waldman (Socialist), defeated; Arthur S. Leeds (Workers), defeated; Joseph Brandon (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1926 Nov 2: Albert Ottinger (Rep), elected; Benjamin Stolz (Dem), defeated; Hezekiah D. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated; David A. Howell (Prohibition), defeated; Belle Robbins (Workers), defeated; Simeon Bickweat (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Hamilton Ward, Jr. (Rep), elected; Albert Conway (Dem), defeated; William Karlin (Socialist), defeated; Juliet S. Poyntz (Workers), defeated; Simeon Bickweat (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1930: Grace R. Hale (Law Preservation), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: John J. Bennett (Dem), elected; Isadore Bookstein (Rep), defeated; William Karlin (Socialist), defeated; Richard B. Moore (Communist), defeated; August Gillhaus (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1932 Nov 8: John J. Bennett (Dem), elected; Moses G. Hubbard (Rep), defeated; William Karlin (Socialist), defeated; Ralph H. Culley (Law Preservation), defeated.
  • 1934 Nov 6: John J. Bennett (Dem), elected; William T. Powers (Rep), defeated; William Karlin (Socialist), defeated; Fred Briehl (Communist), defeated; Joseph S. Robinson (Law Preservation), defeated; Simeon Bickweat (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1936 Nov 3: John J. Bennett (Dem), elected; Nathan D. Perlman (Rep), defeated; Edward Marks (Socialist), defeated; Fred Briehl (Communist), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: John J. Bennett (Dem), defeated.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Nathaniel L. Goldstein (Rep), elected; Henry Epstein (Dem), defeated; Alexander Kahn (American Labor), defeated.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Nathaniel L. Goldstein (Rep), elected; Anthony J. DiGiovanna (Dem & American Labor), defeated; Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. (Communist), defeated.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Nathaniel L. Goldstein (Rep), elected; Francis J. D'Amanda (Dem & Liberal), defeated; Frank Scheiner (American Labor), defeated; Arthur Preis (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Jacob K. Javits (Rep), elected; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Dem & Liberal), defeated; George W. Fish (American Labor), defeated; Catherine Gratta (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1958 Nov 4: Louis J. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected; Peter J. Crotty (Dem), defeated; Edward Goodell (Liberal), defeated; Scott K. Gray, Jr. (Independent Socialist), defeated.
  • 1962 Nov 6: Louis J. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected; Edward R. Dudley (Dem & Liberal), defeated; Frederick S. Dennin (Conservative), defeated; Leroy McRae (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Louis J. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected; Frank A. Sedita (Dem), defeated; Mason L. Hampton (Conservative), defeated; Simeon Golar (Liberal), defeated; Paul Boutelle (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Louis J. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected.
  • 1974 Nov 5: Louis J. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected.
  • 1978: M. Dolores Denman (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1978 Nov 7: Robert Abrams (Dem), elected.
  • 1982 Nov 2: Robert Abrams (Dem), elected.
  • 1986 Nov 4: Robert Abrams (Dem), elected.
  • 1990 Nov 6: Robert Abrams (Dem), elected.
  • 1994: Eliot Spitzer (Dem), defeated; Karen S. Burstein (Dem), defeated.
  • 1994 Jan 1: G. Oliver Koppell, appointed.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Dennis C. Vacco (Rep), elected; Nancy Rosenstock (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1998: Catherine M. Abate (Dem), defeated for nomination.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Eliot Spitzer (Dem), elected.
  • 2006: Sean Patrick Maloney (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Christopher B. Garvey (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010: Kathleen Rice (Dem), defeated; Eric T. Schneiderman (Dem), elected.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Ramon J. Jimenez (Freedom), defeated; Carl E. Person (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2014 Nov 4: Eric T. Schneiderman (Dem), elected; John P. Cahill (Rep & Conservative), defeated; Ramon J. Jimenez (Green), defeated; Carl E. Person (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2018 May 8: Eric T. Schneiderman, resigned.
  • 2018 Nov 6: Letitia James (Dem & Working Families & Independence), elected; Keith Wofford (Rep & Conservative), defeated; Michael Sussman (Green), defeated; Christopher B. Garvey (Libertarian), defeated; Nancy Sliwa (Reform), defeated; Jacob J. Perasso (Socialist Workers), defeated.
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