New York State Attorneys General, 1777-2021(May beincomplete!) EgbertBenson 1777-88RichardVarick 1788-89AaronBurr 1789-91MorganLewis 1791-92NathanielLawrence 1792-95JosiahOgden Hoffman 1795-1802AmbroseSpencer 1802-04JohnWoodworth 1804-08MatthiasB. Hildreth 1808-10AbrahamVan Vechten 1810-11MatthiasB. Hildreth 1811-12ThomasAddis Emmet 1812-13AbrahamVan Vechten 1813-15MartinVan Buren 1815-19ThomasJ. Oakley 1819-21SamuelA. Talcott 1821-29GreeneC. Bronson 1829-36SamuelBeardsley 1836-39WillisHall 1839-42GeorgeP. Barker 1842-45JohnVan Buren 1845-47AmbroseL. Jordan 1848-49LeviS. Chatfield 1850-53GardnerStow 1853OgdenHoffman 1854-55StephenB. Cushing 1856-57LymanTremain 1858-59CharlesG. Myers 1860-61DanielS. Dickinson 1862-63JohnCochrane 1864-65JohnH. Martindale 1866-67MarshallB. Champlain 1868-71FrancisC. Barlow 1872-73DanielPratt 1874-75CharlesS. Fairchild 1876-77AugustusSchoonmaker, Jr. 1878-79HamiltonWard 1880-81LeslieW. Russell 1882-83DenisO'Brien 1884-87CharlesF. Tabor 1888-91SimonW. Rosendale 1892-93TheodoreE. Hancock 1894-98JohnC. Davies 1899-1902JohnCunneen 1903-04JuliusM. Mayer 1905-06WilliamS. Jackson 1907-08EdwardR. O'Malley 1909-10ThomasCarmody 1911-14JamesA. Parsons 1914EgburtE. Woodbury 1915-17MertonE. Lewis 1917-18CharlesD. Newton 1919-22CarlSherman 1923-24AlbertOttinger 1925-28HamiltonWard, Jr. 1929-30JohnJ. Bennett 1931-42NathanielL. Goldstein 1943-54JacobK. Javits 1955-57LouisJ. Lefkowitz 1957-78RobertAbrams 1979-93G.Oliver Koppell 1994DennisC. Vacco 1995-98EliotSpitzer 1999-2006AndrewM. Cuomo 2007-10EricT. Schneiderman 2011-18BarbaraUnderwood 2018LetitiaJames 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1777 May 8:EgbertBenson, appointed. 1788 May 14:RichardVarick, appointed. 1789 Sep 29:AaronBurr, appointed. 1791 Nov 8:MorganLewis, appointed. 1792 Dec 24:NathanielLawrence, appointed. 1795 Nov 13:JosiahOgden Hoffman, appointed. 1802 Feb 3:AmbroseSpencer, appointed. 1804 Feb 3:JohnWoodworth, appointed. 1808 Mar 8:MatthiasB. Hildreth, appointed. 1810 Feb 2:AbrahamVan Vechten, appointed. 1811 Feb 1:MatthiasB. Hildreth, appointed. 1812 Aug 12:ThomasAddis Emmet, appointed. 1813 Feb 13:AbrahamVan Vechten, appointed. 1815 Feb 17:MartinVan Buren, appointed. 1819 Jul 8:ThomasJ. Oakley, appointed. 1821 Feb 12:SamuelA. Talcott, appointed. 1829 Feb 27:GreeneC. Bronson, appointed. 1836 Jan 12:SamuelBeardsley, appointed. 1839 Feb 4:WillisHall, appointed. 1842 Feb 7:GeorgeP. Barker, appointed. 1845 Feb 3:JohnVan Buren, appointed. 1847:JohnVan Buren, defeated. 1847 Nov 2:AmbroseL. Jordan, elected. 1849 Nov 6:LeviS. Chatfield, elected. 1853:LeviS. Chatfield, resigned. 1853 Nov 8:OgdenHoffman (Whig), elected. 1853 Dec 8:GardnerStow, appointed. 1855:AbijahMann, Jr., defeated. 1855 Nov 7:StephenB. Cushing, elected. 1857 Nov 3:LymanTremain, elected. 1859 Nov 8:CharlesG. Myers, elected. 1861 Nov 5:DanielS. Dickinson, elected. 1863 Nov 3:JohnCochrane, elected. 1865:JohnVan Buren, defeated. 1865 Nov 7:JohnH. Martindale, elected. 1867 Nov 5:MarshallB. Champlain, elected. 1871 Nov 7:FrancisC. Barlow (Rep), elected;MarshallB. Champlain (Dem), defeated;EdwardCrummey, defeated. 1873:WalterJ. Farrington (Prohibition), defeated;BenjaminD. Silliman (Rep), defeated. 1873 Nov 4:DanielPratt, elected. 1875 Nov 2:CharlesS. Fairchild, elected. 1877 Nov 6:AugustusSchoonmaker, Jr. (Dem), elected. 1879:AugustusSchoonmaker, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1879 Nov 4:HamiltonWard, elected. 1881 Nov 8:LeslieW. Russell, elected. 1883 Nov 6:DenisO'Brien, elected. 1885:EdwardB. Thomas (Rep), defeated. 1887 Nov 8:CharlesF. Tabor (Dem), elected. 1889:ColeridgeA. Hart (Prohibition), defeated;JamesM. Varnum (Rep), defeated. 1891 Nov 3:SimonW. Rosendale, elected. 1893 Nov 7:TheodoreE. Hancock (Rep), elected. 1898 Nov 8:JohnC. Davies, elected;FredericW. Hinrichs (Citizens Union), defeated. 1900 Nov 6:JohnC. Davies (Rep), elected;ThomasF. Conway (Dem), defeated;DexterD. Dorn (Prohibition), defeated;JustusEbert (Socialist Labor), defeated;HenryL. Slobodin (Social Democratic), defeated. 1902 Nov 4:JohnCunneen (Dem), elected. 1904 Nov 8:JuliusM. Mayer (Rep), elected;JohnCunneen (Dem), defeated;LeonA. Malkiel (Social Democratic), defeated;GeorgeE. Milliman (Prohibition), defeated;FrankE. Passonno (Socialist Labor), defeated;JohnF. Gaffney (People's), defeated. 1906 Nov 6:WilliamS. Jackson, elected. 1908 Nov 3:EdwardR. O'Malley (Rep), elected;GeorgeM. Palmer (Dem), defeated;WilliamA. DeFord (Independence League), defeated;HenryL. Slobodin (Socialist), defeated;AlfredL. Manierre (Prohibition), defeated;JohnHall (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1910 Nov 8:ThomasCarmody (Dem), elected;EdwardR. O'Malley (Rep), defeated;HenryL. Slobodin (Socialist), defeated;RobertStewart (Independence League), defeated;FrancisE. Baldwin (Prohibition), defeated;LewisF. Alrutz (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:ThomasCarmody (Dem), elected;MeierSteinbrink (Rep), defeated;JohnPalmieri (Progressive & Independence League), defeated;HenryL. Slobodin (Socialist), defeated;ErnestH. Woodruff (Prohibition), defeated;JohnJoss (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1914:ThomasCarmody, resigned. 1914 Sep 2:JamesA. Parsons, appointed. 1914 Nov 3:EgburtE. Woodbury, elected. 1916 Sep 19:WilliamW. Farley (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1916 Sep 19:EgburtE. Woodbury (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1916 Sep 19:RobertH. Elder (Progressive), nominated;EgburtE. Woodbury (Progressive), defeated in primary. 1916 Nov 7:EgburtE. Woodbury (Rep), elected;WilliamW. Farley (Dem & American), defeated;S.John Block (Socialist), defeated;ClaudeV. Stowell (Prohibition), defeated;RobertH. Elder (Progressive), defeated;WilliamA. DeFord (Independence League), defeated;ErwinA. Archer (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1917:EgburtE. Woodbury, resigned. 1917 Apr 25:MertonE. Lewis, appointed. 1917 Nov 6:MertonE. Lewis (Rep), elected;DevoeP. Hodson (Dem), defeated;S.John Block (Socialist), defeated;WilliamH. Burr (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Sep 3:CharlesMorschauser (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1918 Sep 3:CharlesD. Newton (Rep), nominated;AlfredL. Becker (Rep), defeated in primary. 1918 Sep 3:HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1918 Sep 3:ClarenceZ. Spriggs (Prohibition), nominated unopposed. 1918 Nov 5:CharlesD. Newton (Rep), elected;CharlesMorschauser (Dem), defeated;HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated;ClarenceZ. Spriggs (Prohibition), defeated;JohnDonahue (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1920 Sep 14:FrankH. Mott (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1920 Sep 14:CharlesD. Newton (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1920 Nov 2:CharlesD. Newton (Rep), elected;FrankH. Mott (Dem), defeated;DarwinJ. Meserole (Socialist), defeated;WilliamH. Burr (Prohibition), defeated;F.R. Serri (Farmer-Labor), defeated;JohnDonohue (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:CarlSherman (Dem), elected. 1924 Nov 4:AlbertOttinger (Rep), elected;CarlSherman (Dem), defeated;LouisWaldman (Socialist), defeated;ArthurS. Leeds (Workers), defeated;JosephBrandon (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:AlbertOttinger (Rep), elected;BenjaminStolz (Dem), defeated;HezekiahD. Wilcox (Socialist), defeated;DavidA. Howell (Prohibition), defeated;BelleRobbins (Workers), defeated;SimeonBickweat (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:HamiltonWard, Jr. (Rep), elected;AlbertConway (Dem), defeated;WilliamKarlin (Socialist), defeated;JulietS. Poyntz (Workers), defeated;SimeonBickweat (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1930:GraceR. Hale (Law Preservation), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:JohnJ. Bennett (Dem), elected;IsadoreBookstein (Rep), defeated;WilliamKarlin (Socialist), defeated;RichardB. Moore (Communist), defeated;AugustGillhaus (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:JohnJ. Bennett (Dem), elected;MosesG. Hubbard (Rep), defeated;WilliamKarlin (Socialist), defeated;RalphH. Culley (Law Preservation), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:JohnJ. Bennett (Dem), elected;WilliamT. Powers (Rep), defeated;WilliamKarlin (Socialist), defeated;FredBriehl (Communist), defeated;JosephS. Robinson (Law Preservation), defeated;SimeonBickweat (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:JohnJ. Bennett (Dem), elected;NathanD. Perlman (Rep), defeated;EdwardMarks (Socialist), defeated;FredBriehl (Communist), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:JohnJ. Bennett (Dem), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:EricHass (Socialist Labor), defeated;JosephG. Glass (Socialist), defeated;NathanielL. Goldstein (Rep), elected;HenryEpstein (Dem), defeated;AlexanderKahn (American Labor), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:NathanielL. Goldstein (Rep), elected;AnthonyJ. DiGiovanna (Dem & American Labor), defeated;BenjaminJ. Davis, Jr. (Communist), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:NathanielL. Goldstein (Rep), elected;FrancisJ. D'Amanda (Dem & Liberal), defeated;FrankScheiner (American Labor), defeated;ArthurPreis (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:JacobK. Javits (Rep), elected;FranklinD. Roosevelt, Jr. (Dem & Liberal), defeated;GeorgeW. Fish (American Labor), defeated;CatherineGratta (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:LouisJ. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected;PeterJ. Crotty (Dem), defeated;EdwardGoodell (Liberal), defeated;ScottK. Gray, Jr. (Independent Socialist), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:LouisJ. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected;EdwardR. Dudley (Dem & Liberal), defeated;FrederickS. Dennin (Conservative), defeated;LeroyMcRae (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:LouisJ. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected;FrankA. Sedita (Dem), defeated;MasonL. Hampton (Conservative), defeated;SimeonGolar (Liberal), defeated;PaulBoutelle (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:LouisJ. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected. 1974 Nov 5:LouisJ. Lefkowitz (Rep), elected. 1978:M.Dolores Denman (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Nov 7:RobertAbrams (Dem), elected. 1982 Nov 2:RobertAbrams (Dem), elected. 1986 Nov 4:RobertAbrams (Dem), elected. 1990 Nov 6:RobertAbrams (Dem), elected;FrederickD. Newman (New Alliance), defeated. 1994:EliotSpitzer (Dem), defeated;KarenS. Burstein (Dem), defeated. 1994 Jan 1:G.Oliver Koppell, appointed. 1994 Nov 8:DennisC. Vacco (Rep), elected;NancyRosenstock (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1998:CatherineM. Abate (Dem), defeated for nomination. 1998 Nov 3:EliotSpitzer (Dem), elected. 2006:SeanPatrick Maloney (Dem), defeated in primary. 2006 Sep 12:MarkGreen (Dem), defeated in primary. 2006 Nov 7:MartinKoppel (Socialist Workers), defeated;ChristopherB. Garvey (Libertarian), defeated. 2010:KathleenRice (Dem), defeated;EricT. Schneiderman (Dem), elected. 2010 Nov 2:RamonJ. Jimenez (Freedom), defeated;CarlE. Person (Libertarian), defeated. 2014 Nov 4:EricT. Schneiderman (Dem), elected;JohnP. Cahill (Rep & Conservative), defeated;RamonJ. Jimenez (Green), defeated;CarlE. Person (Libertarian), defeated. 2018 May 8:EricT. Schneiderman, resigned. 2018 Nov 6:LetitiaJames (Dem & Working Families & Independence), elected;KeithWofford (Rep & Conservative), defeated;MichaelSussman (Green), defeated;ChristopherB. Garvey (Libertarian), defeated;NancySliwa (Reform), defeated;JacobJ. Perasso (Socialist Workers), defeated. | |