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Michael Mukasey
Attorney General · 2007
Michael Mukasey, Attorney General. The Senate voted 53–40 on the nomination on Nov 8, 2007 (Nomination Confirmed). Michael Bernard Mukasey (; born July 28, 1941) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st United States attorney general from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 2006. Mukasey graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School.
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- Attorney General2007-11-09–2009-01-20
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110th Congress · Nomination Confirmed53–40 · Nov 8, 2007
Biography
Michael Bernard Mukasey (; born July 28, 1941) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st United States attorney general from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 2006. Mukasey graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School.
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Capitol Receipts, “Michael Mukasey: Attorney General,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/wQ540275/michael-mukasey (accessed 2026-10-14).