FORMER LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

The District Attorney's Office was created by an act of the California State Legislature on February 27, 1850. The duties of the District Attorney were codified and became part of the general laws in 1872.

1 William C. Ferrell 1850 - 1851	2 Isaac K. Ogier 1851 - 1852	3 Kimball H. Dimmick 1852 - 1853	4 Benjamin Eaton 1853 - 1854
5 Cameron E. Thom 1854 - 1857	6 Ezra Drown 1857 - 1859	7 Edward J. C. Kewen 1859 - 1861	8 Ezra Drown * 1861 - 1863
9 Volney E. Howard 1863 - 1867	10 Alfred B. Chapman 1867 - 1869	11 Cameron E. Thom 1869 - 1873	12 Volney E. Howard 1873 - 1876
13 Rodney Hudson 1876 - 1877	14 Cameron E. Thom 1877 - 1879	15 Thomas B. Brown 1879 - 1882	16 Stephen M. White 1882 - 1884
17 George M. Holton 1884 - 1886	18 George S. Patton 1886 - 1887	19 J. R. Dupuy 1887 - 1888	20 Frank P. Kelly 1888 - 1890
21  James McLachlan 1890 - 1892	22 Henry C. Dillon 1892 - 1894	23 John C. Donnell 1894 - 1898	24 James C. Rives 1898 - 1902
25 J. D. Fredericks 1902 - 1914	26 Thomas L. Woolwine 1914 - 1923	27 Asa Keyes 1923 - 1928	28 Buron Fitts 1928 - 1940
29 John F. Dockweiler * 1940 - 1943	30 Fred N. Howser 1943 - 1946	31 William E. Simpson 1946 - 1951	32 S. Ernest Roll 1951 - 1956
33 William B. McKesson 1956 - 1964	34 Evelle J. Younger 1964 - 1971	35 Joseph P. Busch * 1971 - 1975	36 John K. Van de Kamp 1975 - 1982
37 Robert H. Philibosian ** 1982 - 1984	38 Ira Reiner 1984 - 1992	39 Gil Garcetti 1992 - 2000	40 Steve Cooley 2000 - Present

*   Died in office
** Appointed 12/28/82 due to Van de Kamp winning the race for Attorney General of California

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