United States Deputy Attorney General
| Deputy Attorney General of the United States | |
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| Seal of the United States Department of Justice | |
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Jeffrey A. Rosen Deputy Attorney General |
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Current President of the United States : Donald Trump |
| First incumbent | Peyton Ford |
| Current incumbent | Jeffrey A. Rosen |
| Creation of office | May 24, 1950 |
| Salutation | "Mr./Madam Deputy Attorney General" |
| Website | justice.gov |
The United States Deputy Attorney General is the second most senior civil servant in the United States Department of Justice and Deputy Minister after the US Attorney General of the United States . The Deputy Attorney General is appointed by the US President . The position was created in 1950 by Attorney General J. Howard McGrath . The duties of the Deputy Attorneys General include coordinating the operations of the 93 United States Attorneys to whom he reports directly.
List of Deputy Attorneys General
| Surname | image | Term of office | under president |
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| Peyton Ford | 1950-1951 | Harry S. Truman | |
| Augustus Devitt Vanech |
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1951-1952 | |
| Rosser Lynn Malone Jr. | 1952 - January 20, 1953 | ||
| William Pierce Rogers |
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January 20, 1953 - October 23, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Lawrence Edward Walsh |
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December 29, 1957 - January 20, 1960 | |
| Byron Raymond White |
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January 20, 1961 - April 16, 1962 | John F. Kennedy |
| Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach |
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April 16, 1962 - January 28, 1965 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
| William Ramsey Clark |
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January 28, 1965 - March 10, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
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March 10, 1967 - January 20, 1969 | |
| Richard Gordon Kleindienst |
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Jan. 20, 1969 - June 12, 1972 | Richard Nixon |
| Ralph E. Erickson | 1972-1973 | ||
| Joseph Tyree Sneed III | 1973 | ||
| William Doyle Ruckelshaus |
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July 9, 1973 - October 20, 1973 | |
| Laurence Hirsch Silberman |
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1974-1975 | Gerald Ford |
| Harold Russell Tyler Jr. | April 6, 1975 - January 20, 1977 | ||
| Peter Francis Flaherty | April 12, 1977 - 1978 | Jimmy Carter | |
| Benjamin Richard Civiletti |
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1978 - August 16, 1979 | |
| Charles Byron Renfrew | 1980-1981 | ||
| Edward Charles Schmults | 1981-1984 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Carol Eggert Dinkins | 1984-1985 | ||
| Delwen Lowell Jensen |
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1985-1986 | |
| Arnold Irwin Burns | 1986-1988 | ||
| Harold Graham Christensen | 1988-1989 | ||
| Donald Belton Ayer | 1989 - May 1990 | George Bush | |
| William Pelham Barr |
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May 1990 - November 26, 1991 | |
| George James Terwilliger III | November 26, 1992 - January 20, 1993 | ||
| Philip Benjamin Heymann |
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May 28, 1993 - March 17, 1994 | Bill Clinton |
| Jamie Shona Gorelick |
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March 17, 1994 - May 1997 | |
| Eric Himpton Holder Jr. |
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June 13, 1997 - January 20, 2001 | |
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Robert Swan Mueller III ( acting ) |
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January 20, 2001 - May 10, 2001 | George W. Bush |
| Larry Dean Thompson |
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May 10, 2001 - August 31, 2003 | |
| James Brien Comey Jr. |
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December 9, 2003 - August 15, 2005 | |
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Robert Davis McCallum Jr. ( Acting ) |
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August 15, 2005 - March 17, 2006 | |
| Paul Joseph McNulty |
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March 17, 2006 - July 26, 2007 | |
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Craig S. Morford ( acting ) |
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July 26, 2007 - March 10, 2008 | |
| Mark Robert Filip |
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March 10, 2008 - January 20, 2009 | |
| David William Ogden |
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March 12, 2009 - February 5, 2010 | Barack Obama |
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Gary Gage Grindler ( acting ) |
February 5, 2010 - December 29, 2010 | ||
| James Michael Cole |
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December 29, 2010 - December 8, 2015 | |
| Sally Caroline Yates |
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January 10, 2015 - January 30, 2017 | Barack Obama, Donald Trump |
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Dana James Boente ( acting ) |
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February 9, 2017 - April 25, 2017 | Donald Trump |
| Rod Jay Rosenstein |
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April 26, 2017 - May 11, 2019 | |
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Edward Casey O'Callaghan ( acting ) |
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May 13, 2019 - May 22, 2019 | |
| Jeffrey Adam Rosen |
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since May 22, 2019 |
Web links
- Office of the Deputy Attorney General (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Organization, Mission & Functions Manual: Attorney General, Deputy and Associate. In: USDoJ.gov. Retrieved May 11, 2017.