List of United States attorneys for the Eastern District of Arkansas explained

Post:United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Insignia:Seal of the United States Department of Justice.svg
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Department of Justice
Incumbentsince:December 31, 2020
Incumbent:Jonathan D. Ross
Acting
Department:Department of Justice
Reports To:The Attorney General
Seat:Little Rock, Arkansas
Appointer:The President
Formation:1852
Inaugural:Joseph Stillwell

The office of United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas came into being with the creation of the district in 1852,[1] and continues to the present day.

List

  1. Joseph Stillwell (1852)
  2. James W. McConaughey (1853–1854)
  3. Lafayette B. Luckie (1856)
  4. John C. Murray (1856)
  5. Read Fletcher (1856–1857)
  6. Charles A. Carroll (1857)
  7. John M. Harrell (1857–1858)
  8. Charles E. Jordan (1861)
  9. S. R. Harrington (1871–1876)
  10. Charles C. Waters (1876–1885)
  11. Joseph W. House (1885–1889)
  12. Charles C. Waters (1889–1893)
  13. Joseph W. House (1893–1897)
  14. Jacob Trieber (1897–1900)
  15. William G. Whipple (1900–1913)
  16. William H. Martin (1913–1919)
  17. June P. Wooten (1919–1922)
  18. Charles F. Cole (1922–1930)
  19. Wallace Townsend (1930–1934)
  20. Fred A. Isrig (1934–1939)
  21. Samuel Rorex (1939–1946)
  22. James T. Gooch (1946–1953)
  23. Osro Cobb (1953–1962)
  24. Robert D. Smith, Jr (1962–1967)
  25. Woodrow H. McClellan (1967–1968)
  26. Wilbur H. Dillahunty (1968–1979)
  27. George W. Proctor (1979–1987)
  28. Kenneth H. Stoll (1987)
  29. Charles A. Banks (1987–1993)
  30. Richard M. Pence, Jr. (1993)
  31. Paula Casey (1993–2001)
  32. Michael D. Johnson (2001)
  33. Harry E. Cummins II (2001–2006)
  34. Tim Griffin (December 2006 to June 2007) (Interim: Appointed but not confirmed by the Senate)
  35. Jane Duke (2007-2010)
  36. Christopher R. Thyer (2010–2017)
  37. J. Cody Hiland (2017–2020)
  38. Jonathan D. Ross (2021-Present)

Notes and References

  1. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao/legacy/2011/11/23/bicn_celebration.pdf

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