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Eric Holder

Attorney General · 2001–2009

Eric Holder, Attorney General. The Senate voted 75–21 on the nomination on Feb 2, 2009 (Nomination Confirmed). Eric Himpton Holder Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd United States attorney general from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Holder was the first African American to hold the position.

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Positions

  • Attorney General2001-01-20–2001-02-02
  • Attorney General2009-02-03–2015-04-27

Senate confirmation votes

  • Attorney General
    111th Congress · Nomination Confirmed    75–21 · Feb 2, 2009

Biography

Eric Himpton Holder Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd United States attorney general from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Holder was the first African American to hold the position.

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