United States Deputy Attorney General

Deputy Attorney General of the United States of America
Seal of the Department of Justice
Incumbent Rod Rosenstein since April 26, 2017
U.S. Department of Justice
Reports to	United States Attorney General
Appointer	President of the United States with advice and consent of the Senate
Formation	May 24, 1950
First holder	Peyton Ford
Salary	Executive Schedule, Level II
Website	www.justice.gov/dag

The United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department. The Deputy Attorney General acts as Attorney General during the absence of the Attorney General.

The Deputy Attorney General is a political appointee of the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United States Senate. The position was created in 1950.^[1] Since April 26, 2017, Rod Rosenstein has been Deputy Attorney General.

2007 turnover

On May 14, 2007 Paul McNulty, then Deputy Attorney General, announced his resignation in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.^[2] At the time, McNulty was considered "the highest-ranking Bush administration casualty in the furor over the firing of U.S. attorneys." ^[3] Later, Gonzales himself would resign.

On July 18, 2007 President Bush announced his appointment of Craig S. Morford as acting Deputy Attorney General. Morford had been serving as the U.S. attorney in Nashville, Tennessee, and was known for his successful prosecution of former Ohio Representative James Traficant on bribery charges.^[4]

List of United States Deputy Attorneys General

#	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President(s) served under
1	Peyton Ford	1950	1951^[5]	Harry S. Truman
2	A. Devitt Vanech	1951	1952
3	Ross L. Malone	1952	January 20, 1953
4	William P. Rogers	January 20, 1953	October 23, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
5	Lawrence Walsh	December 29, 1957	1960	Dwight D. Eisenhower
6	Byron White	January 20, 1961	April 16, 1962	John F. Kennedy
7	Nicholas Katzenbach	April 16, 1962	January 28, 1965	John F. Kennedy
7	Nicholas Katzenbach	April 16, 1962	January 28, 1965	Lyndon B. Johnson
8	Ramsey Clark	January 28, 1965	March 10, 1967
9	Warren Christopher	March 10, 1967	January 20, 1969
10	Richard Kleindienst	January 20, 1969	June 12, 1972	Richard Nixon
11	Ralph E. Erickson	1972	1973
12	Joseph Sneed	1973	1973
13	William Ruckelshaus	July 9, 1973	October 20, 1973
14	Laurence Silberman	1974	1975	Gerald Ford
15	Harold R. Tyler, Jr.	April 6, 1975	January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
16	Peter F. Flaherty	April 12, 1977	1978	Jimmy Carter
17	Benjamin Civiletti	1978	August 16, 1979
18	Charles Byron Renfrew	1980	1981
19	Edward C. Schmults	1981	1984	Ronald Reagan
20	Carol E. Dinkins	1984	1985
21	D. Lowell Jensen	1985	1986
22	Arnold Burns	1986	1988
23	Harold G. Christensen	1988	1989
24	Donald B. Ayer	1989	May 1990	George H. W. Bush
25	William P. Barr	May 1990	November 26, 1991
26	George Terwilliger	November 26, 1991	January 20, 1993
27	Philip Heymann	May 28, 1993	March 17, 1994	Bill Clinton
28	Jamie Gorelick	March 17, 1994	May 1997
29	Eric Holder	June 13, 1997	January 20, 2001
Acting	Robert Mueller	January 20, 2001	May 10, 2001	George W. Bush
30	Larry Thompson	May 10, 2001	August 31, 2003
31	James Comey	December 9, 2003	August 15, 2005
Acting	Robert McCallum, Jr.	August 15, 2005	March 17, 2006
32	Paul McNulty	March 17, 2006	July 26, 2007
Acting	Craig S. Morford	July 26, 2007	March 10, 2008
33	Mark Filip	March 10, 2008	January 20, 2009
34	David W. Ogden	March 12, 2009	February 5, 2010	Barack Obama
Acting	Gary Grindler	February 5, 2010	December 29, 2010
35	James M. Cole	December 29, 2010	January 8, 2015
36	Sally Yates	January 10, 2015	January 30, 2017
36	Sally Yates	January 10, 2015	January 30, 2017	Donald Trump
Acting	Dana Boente	February 9, 2017	April 25, 2017
37	Rod J. Rosenstein	April 26, 2017	present

Notes

↑ "DOJ: JMD: MPS: Functions Manual: Attorney General". Retrieved 2009-01-25.
↑ "Paul McNulty's Resignation Letter" (PDF). Washington Post. May 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
↑ Lara Jakes Jordan, The Associated Press (May 14, 2007). "McNulty, Justice Dept. No. 2, Resigning". The San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 31, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
↑ Lara Jakes Jordan, The Associated Press (July 20, 2007). "Bush Picks Justice No. 2". Fox News. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
↑ "The President's Day". Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. August 3, 1951. Retrieved February 23, 2016.

External links

Official website

Agencies under the United States Department of Justice
Headquarters: Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building Jeff Sessions, Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General
Deputy Attorneys General	Justice Management Division Criminal Division National Security Division Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Prisons National Institute of Corrections United States Marshals Service Executive Office for Immigration Review Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management Office of the Federal Detention Trustee Office of the Pardon Attorney Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties Office of Professional Responsibility Office on Sexual Violence and Crimes against Children Office of Tribal Justice Professional Responsibility Advisory Office United States Attorneys INTERPOL, U.S. National Central Bureau United States Parole Commission Office of Legal Counsel
Associate Attorneys General	Office of Justice Programs Office of Dispute Resolution Office on Violence Against Women Community Oriented Policing Services Office of Information Policy Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Antitrust Division Civil Division Civil Rights Division Environment and Natural Resources Division Tax Division United States Trustee Program Community Relations Service Office of Legal Policy
Assistant Attorneys General	Antitrust Division Civil Division Civil Rights Division Criminal Division National Security Division Environmental and Natural Resources Division Justice Management Division Tax Division Office of Legal Counsel Office of Legal Policy Office of Legislative Affairs Office of Justice Programs
Solicitor General

Deputy leaders of the United States federal executive departments
Current	Agriculture Commerce Defense Education Energy Health and Human Services Homeland Security Housing and Urban Development Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Veterans Affairs
Past	Commerce and Labor Health, Education, and Welfare Navy Post Office War

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