Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Barbara Underwood (Acting) | 2018 |
| Eric Schneiderman | 2011 – 2018 |
| Andrew M. Cuomo | 2007 – 2010 |
| Eliot Spitzer | 1999 – 2006 |
| Dennis Vacco | 1995 – 1998 |
| G. Oliver Koppell | 1994 |
| Robert Abrams | 1979 – 1993 |
| Louis J. Lefkowitz | 1957 – 1987 |
| Jacob K. Javits | 1955 – 1957 |
| Nathaniel L. Goldstein | 1943 – 1954 |
| John J. Bennett, Jr. | 1931 – 1942 |
| Hamilton Ward, Jr. | 1929 – 1930 |
| Albert Ottinger | 1925 – 1928 |
| Carl Sherman | 1923 – 1924 |
| Charles D. Newton | 1919 – 1922 |
| Merton E. Lewis | 1917 – 1918 |
| Egburt E. Woodbury | 1915 – 1917 |
| James A. Parsons | 1914 |
| Thomas Carmody | 1911 – 1914 |
| Edward Richard O’Malley | 1909 – 1910 |
| William S. Jackson | 1907 – 1908 |
| Julius M. Mayer | 1905 – 1906 |
| John Cunneen | 1903 – 1904 |
| John C. Davies | 1899 – 1902 |
| Thoeodore E. Hancock | 1894 – 1898 |
| Simon W. Rosendale | 1892 – 1893 |
| Charles F. Tabor | 1888 – 1891 |
| Denis O’Brien | 1884 – 1887 |
| Leslie W. Russell | 1882 – 1883 |
| Hamilton Ward, Si. | 1880 – 1881 |
| Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr. | 1878 – 1879 |
| Charles S. Fairchild | 1876 – 1877 |
| Daniel Pratt | 1874 – 1875 |
| Francis C. Barlow | 1872 – 1873 |
| Marshall B. Champlain | 1868 – 1871 |
| John H. Martindale | 1868 – 1871 |
| John Cochrane | 1866 – 1867 |
| Daniel S. Dickinson | 1862 – 1863 |
| Charles G. Myers | 1860 – 1861 |
| Lyman Tremain | 1858 – 1859 |
| Stephen B. Cushing | 1856 – 1857 |
| Ogden Hoffman | 1854 – 1855 |
| Gardner Stow | 1853 |
| Levi S. Chatfield | 1850 – 1853 |
| Ambrose L. Jordan | 1848 – 1849 |
| John Van Buren | 1845 – 1848 |
| George P. Barker | 1842 – 1845 |
| Willis Hall | 1839 – 1842 |
| Samuel Beardsley | 1836 – 1839 |
| Greene C. Bronson | 1829 – 1836 |
| Samuel A. Talcott | 1821 – 1829 |
| Thomas Jackson Oakley | 1819 – 1821 |
| Martin Van Buren | 1815 – 1819 |
| Abraham Van Vechten | 1813 – 1815 |
| Thomas Addis Emmet | 1812 – 1813 |
| Matthias B. Hildreth | 1808 – 1810 |
| John Woodworth | 1804 – 1808 |
| Ambrose Spencer | 1802 – 1804 |
| Josiah Odgen Hoffman | 1795 – 1802 |
| Nathaniel Lawrence | 1792 – 1795 |
| Morgan Lewis | 1791 – 1792 |
| Aaron Burr | 1789 – 1791 |
| Richard Varick | 1788 – 1789 |
| Egbert Benson | 1777 – 1788 |
