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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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|1704<br>–1714|| Alexander Griffith || Alexander Griffith was the first Colonial New Jersey Attorney General.
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|1714<br>–1719||[[Thomas Gordon (lawyer)|Thomas Burnett Gordon]] || (17 April 1652{{mdash}}April 28, 1722) was a Scottish emigrant to the [[Thirteen Colonies]] who became Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Attorney General for the Province of New Jersey.<ref>
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|1719<br>–1723|| [[Jeremiah Basse]]|| (died 1725) was a [[List of colonial governors of New Jersey|governor]] of both [[West Jersey]] and [[East Jersey]]. He became governor of West Jersey in 1697, and became governor of East Jersey in 1697.
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|1723<br>–1728|| [[James Alexander (lawyer)|James Alexander]]||(May 27, 1691 <br>– April 2, 1756) was a lawyer and statesman in [[Province of New York|colonial New York]]. He served in the Colonial Assembly and as attorney general of the colony in 1721<br>–23. His son [[William Alexander, Lord Stirling|William]] was later a major general in the [[Continental Army]] during the [[American Revolutionary War|American revolution]]. [[Alexandria Township, New Jersey]] was named after James Alexander.
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|1728<br>–1733|| [[Lawrence Smyth]]
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|1733<br>–1754|| [[Joseph Warrell]]||
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|1754<br>–1776|| [[Cortlandt Skinner]]||(December 16, 1727 <br>– March 15, 1799) was the last
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|[[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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|[[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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|[[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
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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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|[[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
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|[[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:{{
|Federalist
| Elected by the legislature
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|[[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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|John Moore White
|1833<br>
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|{{dm|date=July 2021}}
| Elected by the legislature
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|[[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>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
| Elected by the legislature
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|George P. Mollesson
|1841<br>
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| Elected by the legislature
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|Richard P. Thompson
|1844<br>
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|[[File:Abraham Browning.jpg|frameless|134x134px]]
|[[Abraham Browning]]
|1845<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
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|[[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>
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|Democratic
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|Richard P. Thompson
|1852<br>
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|[[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>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
|[[William A. Newell]]
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|[[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>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
|[[Charles Smith Olden]]
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|[[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>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
|[[Marcus Lawrence Ward]]
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|[[Robert Gilchrist Jr.]]
|1870<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
|[[Theodore Fitz Randolph]]
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|[[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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|Jacob Vanatta
|1875<br>
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|[[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>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
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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>
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|[[File:Thomas N. McCarter (1867-1955).jpg|110px]]
|[[Thomas N. McCarter]]
|1902<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
| rowspan="2" |[[Franklin Murphy (governor)|Franklin Murphy]]
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|[[File:Robert H. McCarter (1927) (cropped).png|80px]]
|[[Robert H. McCarter]]
|1903<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
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|[[File:Portrait of Edmund Wilson Sr. from The Republican National Convention, 1904.png|frameless|155x155px]]
|[[Edmund Wilson Sr.]]
|1908<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
|[[John Franklin Fort]]
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|[[File:John W. Wescott.jpg|frameless|148x148px]]
|[[John Wesley Wescott]]
|1914<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
|[[James Fairman Fielder|James F. Fielder]]
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|[[Thomas F. McCran]]
|1919<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
|[[Walter Evans Edge]]
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|[[Edward L. Katzenbach]]
|1924<br>
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|[[William A. Stevens]]
|1929<br>
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|[[David T. Wilentz]]
|1934<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
|[[A. Harry Moore]]
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|[[Walter D. Van Riper]]
|1944<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|Republican
|[[Walter Evans Edge]]
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|[[Theodore D. Parsons]]
|February 4, 1948<br>
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|[[Grover C. Richman Jr.]]
|1954<br>
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|[[David D. Furman]]
|1958<br>
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|[[Arthur J. Sills]]
|January 6, 1962<br>
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|[[George F. Kugler Jr.|George Francis Kugler Jr.]]
|1970<br>
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|[[File:Bill Hyland.png|frameless|155x155px]]
|[[William F. Hyland]]
|1974<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
| rowspan="3" |[[Brendan Byrne]]
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|[[John J. Degnan]]
|January 17, 1978<br>–<br>March 5, 1981
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
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|[[James R. Zazzali]]
|1981<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
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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]]
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|[[W. Cary Edwards]]
|January 21, 1986<br>–<br>January 19, 1989
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
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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]]
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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]]
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|[[Peter Verniero]]
|July 10, 1996<br>–<br>May 15, 1999
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
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|[[John Farmer Jr.]]
|June 3, 1999<br>–<br>January 15, 2002
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
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|[[Peter C. Harvey]]
|February 15, 2003<br>
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|Democratic
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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]]
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|[[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
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|[[Stuart Rabner]]
|September 26, 2006<br>–<br>June 29, 2007
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
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|[[Anne Milgram]]<ref name=":1" />
|June 29, 2007<br>–<br>January 18, 2010
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|Democratic
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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.
|January 18, 2010<br>–<br>January 10, 2012
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
| rowspan="5" |[[Chris Christie]]
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|[[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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|[[John Jay Hoffman]]
|June 10, 2013<br>–<br>March 14, 2016
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)
|Republican
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|[[Robert Lougy]]
|March
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|June 21, 2016<br>–<br>January 16, 2018
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|Independent
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|[[Gurbir
|January 16, 2018<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)
|Democratic
| rowspan="4" |[[Phil Murphy]]
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!''Acting''
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|[[Andrew Bruck]]
|July 19, 2021<br>–<br>February 14, 2022
| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|Democratic
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!''Acting''
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|[[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==
{{portal|New Jersey}}
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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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* [http://www.nj.gov/oag/news.htm Press releases] at New Jersey Attorney General
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