General Counsels Since 1935
| Name |
Period of Service |
| |
From1
| To |
| Charles Fahy (D) |
09/16/35 |
09/27/40 |
| Robert B. Watts (D) |
12/01/40 |
12/31/43 |
| Alvin J. Rockwell (D) |
01/01/44 |
09/16/45 |
| David A. Morse (D) |
09/17/45 |
06/30/46 |
| Gerhard P. Van Arkel (D) |
07/14/46 |
06/22/47 |
| Robert N. Denham (R) |
08/01/47 |
09/15/50 |
| George J. Bott (D) |
09/29/50 |
12/20/54 |
| Theophil C. Kammholz (R) |
03/29/55 |
01/02/57 |
| Kenneth McGuiness 2 (R) |
01/03/57 |
03/03/57 |
| Jerome D. Fenton (R) |
03/04/57 |
06/28/59 |
| Stuart Rothman (R) |
06/29/59 |
05/13/63 |
| Arnold Ordman (D) |
05/14/63 |
06/25/71 |
| Eugene G. Goslee 2 (R) |
06/26/71 |
08/23/71 |
| Peter G. Nash (R) |
08/24/71 |
08/14/75 |
| John C. Miller 2 (R) |
08/15/75 |
11/30/75 |
| John S. Irving (R) |
12/01/75 |
10/19/79 |
| Norton J. Come 2 (D) |
10/20/79 |
12/23/79 |
| William A. Lubbers 3 (D) |
12/24/79 |
04/24/84 |
| Wilford W. Johansen 2 (R) |
04/27/84 |
10/12/84 |
| Rosemary M. Collyer 4 (R) |
10/16/84 |
04/03/89 |
| Joseph E. DeSio 2 (R) |
04/04/89 |
11/22/89 |
| Jerry M. Hunter (R) |
11/28/89 |
11/27/93 |
| Daniel Silverman 2 (D) |
11/28/93 |
03/02/94 |
| Frederick L. Feinstein 5 (D) |
03/03/94 |
11/19/99 |
| Leonard R. Page 6 (D) |
11/29/99 |
04/20/01 |
| John E. Higgins, Jr. 7 (R) |
05/16/01 |
06/03/01 |
| Arthur F. Rosenfeld 8 (R) |
06/04/01 |
06/03/05 |
| John E. Higgins, Jr. 9 (R) |
06/04/05 |
06/30/05 |
| Arthur F. Rosenfeld 10 (R) |
07/01/05 |
01/03/06 |
| Ronald Meisburg 11 (R) |
01/04/06 |
|
1 Date at beginning period of service may be appointment, continuation, or
oath of office. General Counsels whose service began prior to 1947 were
appointed by the Board; those whose terms began subsequently were appointed by
the President and confirmed by the Senate.
2
Acting General Counsel.
3 Served under
a recess appointment from 12/24/79 to 4/22/80.
4
Served under a recess appointment from 10/16/84 to 4/3/85.
5 Upon expiration of term on 3/2/98, President Clinton
appointed Mr. Feinstein Acting General Counsel. On 10/22/98, he received a
recess appointment to serve as General Counsel.
6
Served under a recess appointment by President Clinton from 11/29/99 to
12/15/00. He was designated Acting General Counsel on 12/19/00.
7 Appointed Acting General Counsel by President Bush on
5/16/01.
8 Nominated by President Bush on
5/24/01 for a 4-year term. Confirmed by Senate 5/26/01.
9 Acting General Counsel.
10 Appointed Acting General Counsel by President
Bush.
11Served
under a recess appointment by President Bush from 1/4/06 until confirmed by
Senate on 8/3/06 for a 4-year term that began on 8/14/06 when President Bush
signed his commission.
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