List of Solicitors General
| Picture | Solicitor General | Date of Service | Appointing President |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin H. Bristow | October 1870–November 1872 | Ulysses Grant | |
| Samuel F. Phillips | November 1872–May 1885 | ||
| John Goode | May 1885–August 1886 | Grover Cleveland | |
| George A. Jenks | July 1886–May 1889 | ||
| Orlow W. Chapman | May 1889–January 1890 | Benjamin Harrison | |
| William Howard Taft | February 1890–March 1892 | ||
| Charles H. Aldrich | March 1892–May 1893 | ||
| Lawrence Maxwell, Jr. | April 1893–January 1895 | Grover Cleveland | |
| Holmes Conrad | February 1895–July 1897 | ||
| John K. Richards | July 1897–March 1903 | William McKinley | |
| Henry M. Hoyt | February 1903–March 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| Lloyd Wheaton Bowers | April 1909–September 1910 | William Taft | |
| Frederick W. Lehmann | December 1910–July 1912 | ||
| William Marshall Bullitt | July 1912–March 1913 | ||
| John W. Davis | August 1913–November 1918 | Woodrow Wilson | |
| Alexander C. King | November 1918–May 1920 | ||
| William L. Frierson | June 1920–June 1921 | ||
| James M. Beck | June 1921–June 1925 | Warren Harding | |
| William D. Mitchell | June 1925–March 1929 | Calvin Coolidge | |
| Charles Evans Hughes, Jr | May 1929–April 1930 | Herbert Hoover | |
| Thomas D. Thacher | March 1930–May 1933 | ||
| James Crawford Biggs | May 1933–March 1935 | Franklin Roosevelt | |
| Stanley Reed | March 1935–January 1938 | ||
| Robert H. Jackson | March 1938–January 1940 | ||
| Francis Biddle | January 1940–September 1941 | ||
| Charles H. Fahy | November 1941–September 1945 | ||
| J. Howard McGrath | October 1945–October 1946 | Harry Truman | |
| Philip B. Perlman | July 1947–August 1952 | ||
| Walter J. Cummings, Jr. | December 1952–March 1953 | ||
| Simon Sobeloff | February 1954–July 1956 | Dwight Eisenhower | |
| J. Lee Rankin | August 1956–January 1961 | ||
| Archibald Cox | January 1961–July 1965 | John F. Kennedy | |
| Thurgood Marshall | August 1965–August 1967 | Lyndon Johnson | |
| Erwin N. Griswold | October 1967–June 1973 | ||
| Robert H. Bork | June 1973–January 1977 | Richard Nixon | |
| Daniel Mortimer Friedman (acting) | January 1977 - March 1977 | Jimmy Carter | |
| Wade H. McCree | March 1977–August 1981 | ||
| Rex E. Lee | August 1981–June 1985 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Charles Fried | October 1985–January 1989 | ||
| Kenneth W. Starr | May 1989–January 1993 | George H. W. Bush | |
| John Roberts (acting) | 1990 for the purposes of one case when Ken Starr had a conflict | George H. W. Bush | |
| Drew S. Days, III | May 1993–July 1996 | Bill Clinton | |
| Walter E. Dellinger III (acting) | August 1996–October 1997 | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | November 1997–January 2001 | ||
| Barbara D. Underwood (acting) | January 2001–June 2001 | George W. Bush | |
| Theodore B. Olson | June 2001–July 2004 | ||
| Paul D. Clement | June 2004–June 2005 (acting) June 2005–June 2008 |
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| Gregory G. Garre | June 2008–October 2008 (acting) October 2008–January 2009 |
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| Edwin Kneedler | January 2009–March 2009 (acting) | Barack Obama | |
| Elena Kagan | March 2009–May 2010 | ||
| Neal Katyal | May 2010–June 2011 (acting) | ||
| Donald Verrilli Jr. | June 2011 – present |
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