| 1 | Edmund Randolph | Virginia | September 26, 1789 | January 26, 1794 | George Washington (1789–1797) |
| 2 | William Bradford | Pennsylvania | January 27, 1794 | August 23, 1795 | George Washington (1789–1797) |
| 3 | Charles Lee | Virginia | December 10, 1795 | February 19, 1801 | George Washington (1789–1797) |
| 3 | Charles Lee | Virginia | December 10, 1795 | February 19, 1801 | John Adams (1797–1801) |
| 4 | Levi Lincoln Sr. | Massachusetts | March 5, 1801 | March 3, 1805 | Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) |
| 5 | John Breckinridge | Kentucky | August 7, 1805 | December 14, 1806 | Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) |
| 6 | Caesar Augustus Rodney | Delaware | January 20, 1807 | December 10, 1811 | Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) |
| 6 | Caesar Augustus Rodney | Delaware | January 20, 1807 | December 10, 1811 | James Madison (1809–1817) |
| 7 | William Pinkney | Maryland | December 11, 1811 | February 9, 1814 | James Madison (1809–1817) |
| 8 | Richard Rush | Pennsylvania | February 10, 1814 | November 12, 1817 | James Madison (1809–1817) |
| 9 | William Wirt | Virginia | November 13, 1817 | March 4, 1829 | James Monroe (1817–1825) |
| 9 | William Wirt | Virginia | November 13, 1817 | March 4, 1829 | John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) |
| 10 | John Macpherson Berrien | Georgia | March 9, 1829 | July 19, 1831 | Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) |
| 11 | Roger B. Taney | Maryland | July 20, 1831 | September 23, 1833 | Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) |
| 12 | Benjamin Franklin Butler | New York | November 15, 1833 | July 4, 1838 | Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) |
| 12 | Benjamin Franklin Butler | New York | November 15, 1833 | July 4, 1838 | Martin Van Buren (1837–1841) |
| 13 | Felix Grundy | Tennessee | July 5, 1838 | January 10, 1840 | Martin Van Buren (1837–1841) |
| 14 | Henry D. Gilpin | Pennsylvania | January 11, 1840 | March 4, 1841 | Martin Van Buren (1837–1841) |
| 15 | John J. Crittenden 1st term | Kentucky | March 5, 1841 | September 12, 1841 | William Henry Harrison (1841) |
| 15 | John J. Crittenden 1st term | Kentucky | March 5, 1841 | September 12, 1841 | John Tyler (1841–1845) |