Frederick N. Howser, 22nd Attorney General

Born in Nebraska on April 11, 1905. Prior to being elected to Attorney General, he served two terms as Assembly member for the 71st District, then was appointed District Attorney for Los Angeles County. During his tenure as Attorney General, at the outbreak of the Korean War, Howser worked to step up efforts to improve communication between Washington and the West.

CLETS (California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System)was evolved, providing over 700 enforcement and criminal justice agencies access to the computer files in the DOJ, DMV and the Nat'l Crime Information Center. He was married to Helen Sten, and had one son. Died April 26, 1987, in Orange County.

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Xavier Becerra Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2021
Kamala D. Harris Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2017
Edmund G. Brown Jr. Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2011
Bill Lockyer Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2007
Daniel E. Lungren Jan. 1991 - Jan. 1999
John K. Van de Kamp Jan. 1983 - Jan. 1991
George Deukmejian Jan. 1979 - Jan. 1983
Evelle J. Younger Jan. 1971 - Jan. 1979
Thomas C. Lynch Sep. 1964 - Jan. 1971
Stanley Mosk Jan. 1959 - Sep. 1964
Edmund G. Brown Sr. Jan. 1951 - Jan. 1959
Frederick N. Howser Jan. 1947 - Jan. 1951
Robert W. Kenny Jan. 1943 - Jan. 1947
Earl Warren Jan. 1939 - Jan. 1943
Ulysses S. Webb Sep. 1902 - Jan. 1939
Tirey L. Ford Jan. 1899 - Sep. 1902
William F. Fitzgerald Jan. 1895 - Jan. 1899
William H. H. Hart Jan. 1891 - Jan. 1895
George A. Johnson Jan. 1887 - Jan. 1891
Edward C. Marshall Jan. 1883 - Jan. 1887
Augustus L. Hart Jan. 1880 - Jan. 1883
Jo Hamilton Dec. 1875 - Jan. 1880
John Lord Love Dec. 1871 - Dec. 1875
Jo Hamilton Dec. 1867 - Dec. 1871
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Frank M. Pixley Jan. 1862 - Dec. 1863
Thomas H. Williams Jan. 1858 - Jan. 1862
William T. Wallace Jan. 1856 - Jan. 1858
William M. Stewart Jun. 1854 - (Temporary)
John R. McConnell Jan. 1854 - Jan. 1856
S. Clinton Hastings Jan. 1852 - Jan. 1854
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Edward J. C. Kewen Dec. 1849 - Aug. 1850

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Frederick N. Howser, 22nd Attorney General