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{{short description|Member of the New Jersey executive cabinet}}
{{Infobox government agency
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| logo = Seal of the Attorney General of New Jersey.svg
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| headquarters = [[Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex]], 25 Market Street, [[Trenton, New Jersey]]
| chief1_name = [[Matt Platkin]]
| chief1_position = Attorney General
| parent_agency = State of New Jersey
| website = {{url|njoag.gov|Official website}}
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The '''attorney general of New Jersey''' is a member of the [[executive cabinet]] of the state and oversees the [[New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety|Department of Law and Public Safety]]. The office is appointed by the [[governor of New Jersey]], confirmed by the [[New Jersey Senate]], and term limited. Under the provisions of the [[New Jersey State Constitution]], the Attorney General serves a concurrent term to the governor (starting on the third Tuesday of January following the election and ending on the third Tuesday following the next election). Matt Platkin became the acting officeholder on February 14, 2022, following his nomination by Governor Phil Murphy.
The conventional wisdom is that the attorney general cannot be removed from office except "for cause" by the governor or by way of legislative impeachment.<ref>[http://njlegallib.rutgers.edu/ols/ols20050509.pdf Letter from OLS Deputy Counsel Danielle A. Brucchieri to Senate Republican Office], ''[[Office of Legislative Services]]'', May 9, 2005. Accessed December 2, 2008.</ref>
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!Picture
!Attorney General
!Term in office
! colspan="2" |Party affiliation
!Appointed by
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!1
|[[File:William Paterson copy.jpg|frameless|137x137px]]
|[[William Paterson (judge)|William Paterson]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000102 William Paterson], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref><small>(1745–1806)</small>
|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1776</span><br>–<br><span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1783</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};" |
|Federalist
| Elected by the legislature
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!2
|[[File:Portrait of Joseph Bloomfield.jpg|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[Joseph Bloomfield]]
<small>(1753–1823)</small>
|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1783</span><br>–<br><span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1792</span>
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|Anti-Administration
| Elected by the legislature
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!3
|[[File:Aaron Woodruff (1762-1817) portrait (high contrast).png|100px]]
|[[Aaron Woodruff]]<ref name=":0">[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#1BH18MMSR Political Graveyard: Aaron Dickinson Woodruff], accessed August 27, 2006.</ref>
|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1792</span><br>–<br><span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1811</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};" |
|Federalist
| Elected by the legislature
|-
!4
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|Andrew S. Hunter
|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1811</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic-Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic-Republican
| Elected by the legislature
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!5
|[[File:Aaron Woodruff (1762-1817) portrait (high contrast).png|100px]]
|Aaron Woodruff<ref name=":0" />
|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1812</span><br>–<br><span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">June 26, 1817</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};" |
|Federalist
| Elected by the legislature
|-
!6
|[[File:Theodore Frelinghuysen.jpg|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[Theodore Frelinghuysen]]
|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">February 6, 1817</span><br>–<br><span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">March 4, 1829</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Federalist Party (United States)}};" |
|Federalist
| Elected by the legislature
|-
!7
|[[File:Samuel L. Southard SecNavy.jpg|frameless|127x127px]]
|[[Samuel L. Southard]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000689 Samuel Lewis Southard], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref>
|<span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1829</span><br>–<br><span class="date" style="white-space: nowrap;">1833</span>
| style="background:{{party color|National Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|National Republican
| Elected by the legislature
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!8
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|John Moore White
|1833<br>–<br>1838
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
| Elected by the legislature
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!9
|[[File:Richardstocktonfield.jpg|frameless|148x148px]]
|[[Richard Stockton Field]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000106 Richard Stockton Field], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 25, 2007.</ref>
|1838<br>–<br>1841
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
| Elected by the legislature
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!10
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|George P. Mollesson
|1841<br>–<br>1844
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
| Elected by the legislature
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!11
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|Richard P. Thompson
|1844<br>–<br>1845
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Daniel Haines]]
|-
!12
|[[File:Abraham Browning.jpg|frameless|134x134px]]
|[[Abraham Browning]]
|1845<br>–<br>1850
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|-
!13
|[[File:LuciusElmer.jpg|frameless|115x115px]]
|[[Lucius Elmer]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000156 Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 20, 2007.</ref>
|1850<br>–<br>1852
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|Democratic
|-
!14
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|Richard P. Thompson
|1852<br>–<br>1857
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|[[George Franklin Fort]]
|-
!15
|[[File:WLDayton-1856 (cropped 3x4).png|frameless|140x140px]]
|[[William L. Dayton]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000166 William L. Dayton], [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]. Accessed November 11, 2006.</ref>
|1857<br>–<br>1861
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|[[William A. Newell]]
|-
!16
|[[File:Frederick T. Frelinghuysen - Brady-Handy-enhanced.jpg|frameless|138x138px]]
|[[Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000369 Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen], [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]. Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref>
|1861<br>–<br>1867
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|[[Charles Smith Olden]]
|-
!17
|[[File:George Robeson 1865 1880.jpg|frameless|141x141px]]
|[[George M. Robeson]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000330 George Maxwell Robeson], [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]. Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref>
|1867<br>–<br>1870
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|[[Marcus Lawrence Ward]]
|-
!18
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|[[Robert Gilchrist Jr.]]
|1870<br>–<br>1875
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|[[Theodore Fitz Randolph]]
|-
!19
|[[File:Joel Parker.jpg|frameless|134x134px]]
|[[Joel Parker (politician)|Joel Parker]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060226115041/http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GPARK.pdf New Jersey State Library biography for Joel Parker], [[New Jersey State Library]]. Accessed July 11, 2007.</ref>
|1875
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
| rowspan="3" |[[Joseph D. Bedle]]
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!20
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|Jacob Vanatta
|1875<br>–<br>1877
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
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!21
|[[File:John P. Stockton - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg|frameless|163x163px]]
|[[John P. Stockton]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000939 John Potter Stockton], [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]. Accessed December 1, 2006.</ref>
|April 8, 1877<br>–<br>April 5, 1897
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|-
!22
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|Samuel H. Grey<ref name="polgrave">[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/attygn.html New Jersey: State Attorneys General], [[The Political Graveyard]]. Accessed April 24, 2007.</ref>
|1897<br>–<br>1902
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|[[John W. Griggs]]
|-
!23
|[[File:Thomas N. McCarter (1867-1955).jpg|110px]]
|[[Thomas N. McCarter]]
|1902<br>–<br>1903
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
| rowspan="2" |[[Franklin Murphy (governor)|Franklin Murphy]]
|-
!24
|[[File:Robert H. McCarter (1927) (cropped).png|80px]]
|[[Robert H. McCarter]]
|1903<br>–<br>1908
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|-
!25
|[[File:Portrait of Edmund Wilson Sr. from The Republican National Convention, 1904.png|frameless|155x155px]]
|[[Edmund Wilson Sr.]]
|1908<br>–<br>1914
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|[[John Franklin Fort]]
|-
!26
|[[File:John W. Wescott.jpg|frameless|148x148px]]
|[[John Wesley Wescott]]
|1914<br>–<br>1919
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|[[James Fairman Fielder|James F. Fielder]]
|-
!27
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|[[Thomas F. McCran]]
|1919<br>–<br>1924
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|[[Walter Evans Edge]]
|-
!28
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|[[Edward L. Katzenbach]]
|1924<br>–<br>1929
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|[[George Sebastian Silzer|George S. Silzer]]
|-
!29
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|[[William A. Stevens]]
|1929<br>–<br>1934
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|[[Morgan Foster Larson|Morgan F. Larson]]
|-
!30
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|[[David T. Wilentz]]
|1934<br>–<br>1944
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|[[A. Harry Moore]]
|-
!31
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|[[Walter D. Van Riper]]
|1944<br>–<br>1948
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|[[Walter Evans Edge]]
|-
!32
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|[[Theodore D. Parsons]]
|February 4, 1948<br>–<br>1954
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|[[Alfred E. Driscoll]]
|-
!33
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|[[Grover C. Richman Jr.]]
|1954<br>–<br>1958
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Robert B. Meyner]]
|-
!34
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|[[David D. Furman]]
|1958<br>–<br>1962
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
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!35
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|[[Arthur J. Sills]]
|January 6, 1962<br>–<br>1970
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|[[Richard J. Hughes]]
|-
!36
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|[[George F. Kugler Jr.|George Francis Kugler Jr.]]
|1970<br>–<br>1974
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|[[William T. Cahill]]
|-
!37
|[[File:Bill Hyland.png|frameless|155x155px]]
|[[William F. Hyland]]
|1974<br>–<br>1978
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
| rowspan="3" |[[Brendan Byrne]]
|-
!38
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|[[John J. Degnan]]
|January 17, 1978<br>–<br>March 5, 1981
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|-
!39
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|[[James R. Zazzali]]
|1981<br>–<br>1982
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|-
!40
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|[[Irwin I. Kimmelman]]
|January 19, 1982<br>–<br>January 21, 1986
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
| rowspan="3" |[[Thomas Kean]]
|-
!41
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|[[W. Cary Edwards]]
|January 21, 1986<br>–<br>January 19, 1989
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|-
!42
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|[[Peter N. Perretti Jr.]]
|February 14, 1989<br>–<br>January 16, 1990
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
|-
!43
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|[[Robert Del Tufo]]
|January 16, 1990<br>–<br>August 24, 1994
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|[[James Florio|Jim Florio]]
|-
!44
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|[[Deborah Poritz|Deborah Portiz]]
|January 18, 1994<br>–<br>July 10, 1996
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
| rowspan="3" |[[Christine Todd Whitman]]
|-
!45
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|[[Peter Verniero]]
|July 10, 1996<br>–<br>May 15, 1999
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|-
!46
|[[File:John Farmer Jr. 2015.jpg|frameless|136x136px]]
|[[John Farmer Jr.]]
|June 3, 1999<br>–<br>January 15, 2002
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|-
!47
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|[[David Samson (lawyer)|David Samson]]
|January 15, 2002<br>–<br>February 15, 2003
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Jim McGreevey]]
|-
!48
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|[[Peter C. Harvey]]
|February 15, 2003<br>–<br>January 30, 2006
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|Democratic
|-
!49
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|[[Zulima Farber]]
|January 30, 2006<br>–<br>August 31, 2006
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
| rowspan="4" |[[Jon Corzine]]
|-
!''Acting''
|[[File:Anne Milgram official DEA photo.jpg|frameless|162x162px]]
|[[Anne Milgram]]<ref name=":1">[http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1182487515216650.xml&coll=1 "Hello to a new day"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 22, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007.</ref>
|August 31, 2006<br>–<br>September 26, 2006
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|-
!50
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|[[Stuart Rabner]]
|September 26, 2006<br>–<br>June 29, 2007
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|-
!51
|[[File:Anne Milgram official DEA photo.jpg|frameless|162x162px]]
|[[Anne Milgram]]<ref name=":1" />
|June 29, 2007<br>–<br>January 18, 2010
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
|-
!52
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|[[Paula Dow]]<ref>{{cite news|date=2010-02-22|title=Senate confirms 5 NJ Cabinet picks|work=[[Asbury Park Press]]|url=http://www.app.com/article/20100222/NEWS03/100222089/Senate-confirms-5-NJ-Cabinet-picks|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-02-22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102012145/http://www.app.com/article/20100222/NEWS03/100222089/Senate-confirms-5-NJ-Cabinet-picks|archive-date=2013-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2010-02-23|title=Paula Dow is sworn in as N.J. Attorney General|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/paul_dow_is_sworn_in_as_nj_att.html|access-date=2010-02-23}}</ref>
|January 18, 2010<br>–<br>January 10, 2012
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
| rowspan="5" |[[Chris Christie]]
|-
!53
|[[File:Jeffrey Chiesa, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg|frameless|137x137px]]
|[[Jeffrey Chiesa|Jeffrey S. Chiesa]]
|January 10, 2012<br>–<br>June 6, 2013
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
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!''Acting''
|[[File:Attorney John Jay Hoffman.jpg|frameless|173x173px]]
|[[John Jay Hoffman]]
|June 10, 2013<br>–<br>March 14, 2016
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
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!''Acting''
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|[[Robert Lougy]]
|March 14, 2016<br>–<br>June 21, 2016
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
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!54
|[[File:Headshot-Porrino, Christopher -AG office by flags 2017.jpg|frameless|134x134px]]
|[[Christopher Porrino]]
|June 21, 2016<br>–<br>January 16, 2018
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |
|Independent
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!55
|[[File:Gurbir-S-Grewal Official.jpg|frameless|135x135px]]
|[[Gurbir Grewal]]
|January 16, 2018<br>–<br>July 19, 2021
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
| rowspan="4" |[[Phil Murphy]]
|-
!''Acting''
|[[File:No image.svg|frameless|135x135px]]
|[[Andrew Bruck]]
|July 19, 2021<br>–<br>February 14, 2022
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
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!''Acting''
|[[File:No image.svg|frameless|135x135px]]
|[[Matt Platkin]]
|February 14, 2022<br>–<br>September 29, 2022
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
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|[[Matt Platkin]]
|September 29, 2022<br>–<br>present
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.
* [http://www.abajournal.com/search/results/search&keywords=New+Jersey+Attorney+General/ New Jersey Attorney General] articles at ''ABA Journal''
* [http://public.findlaw.com/LCsearch.html?restrict=consumer&entry=%22New+Jersey+Attorney+General%22 News and Commentary] at [[FindLaw]]
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