District Attorney | Period in Office |
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William C. Ferrel | 1850-1851 |
Isaac Ketih Ogier | 1851-1852 |
Kimbal H. Dimmick | 1852-1853 |
Benjamin Eaton | 1853-1854 |
Cameron E. Thom | 1854-1857 |
Ezra Drown | 1857-1859 |
Edward J.C. Kewen | 1859-1861 |
Ezra Drown | 1861-1863 |
Volney E. Howard | 1863-1867 |
Alfred B. Chapman | 1867-1869 |
Cameron E. Thom | 1869-1873 |
Volney E. Howard | 1873-1876 |
Rodney Hudson | 1876-1877 |
Cameron E. Thom | 1877-1879 |
Thomas Brown Bruen | 1879-1882 |
Stephen M. White | 1882-1884 |
George M. Holten | 1884-1886 |
George S. Patton | 1886-1887 |
J.R. Dupuy | 1887-1888 |
Frank P. Kelley | 1888-1890 |
James McLachlan | 1890-1892 |
Henry C. Dillon | 1892-1894 |
John C. Donnel | 1894-1898 |
James C. Rives | 1898-1902 |
J.D. Fredericks | 1902-1914 |
Thomas Lee Woolwins | 1914-1923 |
Asa Keyes | 1923-1928 |
Buron Fitts | 1928-1940 |
John F. Dockweiler | 1940-1943 |
Fred N. Hower | 1943-1946 |
W.E. Simpson | 1946-1951 |
S. Ernest Roll | 1951-1956 |
William B. McKesson | 1956-1964 |
Evelle J. Younger | 1964-1971 |
Joseph P. Busch Jr. | 1971-1975 |
John K. Van De Kamp | 1975-1983 |
Robert Philibosian | 1983-1984 |
Ira Reiner | 1984-1992 |
Gil Garcetti | 1992-2000 |
Steve Cooley | 2001-2012 |
Jackie Lacey* | 2012-2020 |
George Gascón | 2020-present |
* Jackie Lacey was the first woman and first African American to serve as District Attorney of Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George S. Patton, who served as such from 1886 to 1887, was the father of General George S. Patton, Jr., who had achieved fame as an American military commander during World War Two.