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Attorney General

Name: Attorney General – United States of America factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1861–2001Date range

3Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1861

Abraham Lincoln3 May 1861

Washington DC · Government / Republican Party Government

Lincoln appoints Edward Bates as Attorney General

1984

Edwin Meese1984

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Attorney General

2001

John Ashcroft2001

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Attorney General

Names involved

Abraham LincolnEdwin MeeseJohn Ashcroft

Provenance

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