Current US Gov Leaders Flashcards
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Attorney General
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- Merrick Garland (2021 - ) - Former Ct of Appeals judge, from Chicago
- William Pelham Barr (2019-21; also 1991-93)
- Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III (2017-18)
- Loretta Lynch (2015-17)
- Eric Holder (2009-15) - First Afr-American
- Janet Reno (1993-2001) - 1st female y longest term
- First: Edmund Randolph (1789-94)
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Chair of the Federal Reserve
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- Jerome Powell (2018-)
- Janet Yellen (2014-18)
- Ben Bernanke (2006-14)
- Alan Greenspan (1987-2006)
- First: Charles Sumner Hamlin (1914-16)
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Chief Justice of the United States
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- John Glover Roberts - since 2005 (Bush) (17th)
- William Rehnquist 1986-2005 (Reagan)
- Warren Earl Burger 1969-86 (Nixon)
- Earl Warren 1953-69 (Eisenhower)
- First: John Jay 1789-95 (Washington)
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Current US Congress
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- 117th Congress (1/2021-1/2023)
- 100 senators, 435 reps
- President of the Senate: Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Pres pro Tempore: Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- House Speaker: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
- Senate Majority Leader: Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
- House Majority Leader: Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
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Governor of California
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- Gavin Newsom (D-San Fran) 2019-
- Jerry Brown (D-San Fran) 2011-19 y 1975-83
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) 2003-11
- Gray Davis (D-LA) 1999-2003
- Pete Wilson (R-San Diego) 1991-99
- First: Peter Hardeman Burnett 1849-51
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Governor of New York
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- Andrew Cuomo (D-Queens) 2011-
- David Paterson (D-Brooklyn-1st Afr-American-Blind) 2008-10
- Eliot Spitzer (D-Bronx) 2007-08
- George Pataki (R-Peekskill) 1995-2006
- Mario Cuomo (D-Queens) 1983-94
- First: George Clinton (D-Little Britain) 1801-04
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Governor of Texas
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- Greg Abbott (R-Dallas) 2015-
- Rick Perry (R-Haskell) 2000-15 longest
- George W Bush (R) 1995-2000
- Ann Richards (D-Waco) 1991-95
- Bill Clements (R-Dallas) 1987-91
- First: James Pinckney Henderson (D) 1846-47
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Mayor of New York City
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- Bill de Blasio (D) 2014-
- Michael Bloomberg (R) 2002-13
- Rudy Giuliani (R) 1994-2001
- David Dinkins (D) 1990-93
- First: Thomas Willett (1665)
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President Pro Tempore of the US Senate
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- Patrick Leahy (D-VT - 2021- ; also 2012-15)
- Chuck Grassley (R - IA - 2019-21)
- Orrin Hatch (R - UT - 2015-19)
- Daniel Inouye (D - HI - 2010-12)
- First: John Langdon (NH - 1789)
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Secretary of Defense
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- Lloyd Austin (2021- ) - 1st Afr-American - US Army General
- Mark Esper (2019-20)
- James Mattis (2017-19)
- Ashton Carter (2015-17)
- Chuck Hagel (2013-15)
- First: James Forrestal (1947-49)
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Secretary of State
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- Anthony Blinken (2021- )
- Mike Pompeo (2018-21)
- Rex Tillerson (2017-18)
- John Kerry (2013-17)
- Hillary Clinton (2009-13)
- Condoleezza Rice (2005-09) - 2nd Afr-American y 2nd female; unmarried
- Colin Powell (2001-05) - 1st Afr-American
- Madeleine Albright (1997-2001) - 1st Female
- First: Thomas Jefferson (1790-93)
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Secretary of the Treasury
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- Janet Yellen (2021- ) - 1st female - Former chair of Fed Reserve
- Steven Mnuchin (2017-21)
- Jacob Lew (2013-17)
- Timothy Geithner (2009-13)
- Henry Paulson (2006-09)
- First: Alexander Hamilton (1789-95)
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Speaker of the House
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- Nancy Pelosi 2019- (D-CA)
- Paul Ryan 2015-19 (R-WI)
- John Boehner 2011-15 (R-OH)
- Nancy Pelosi 2007-11 (D-CA) - 1st fem.
- Dennis Hastert 1997-2011 (R-IL)
- Newt Gingrich 1995-99 (R-GA)
- First: Frederick Muhlenberg 1783-91 (PA)
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Current Supreme Court Justices (9)
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John Roberts (Chief) - 2005
Clarence Thomas - 1991
Stephen Breyer - 1994
Samuel Alito - 2006
Sonia Sotomayor - 2009
Elena Kagan - 2010
Neil Gorsuch - 2017
Brett Kavanaugh - 2018
Amy Coney Barrett - 2020
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Surgeon General of the United States
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Head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, y the leading spokesperson on matters of public health
- Jerome Adams (2017-21)
- Vivek Murthy (2014-17)
- Regina Benjamin (2009-13)
- C(harles) Everett Koop (1982-89)
- First: John M. Woodworth (1871-79)
