Jerry McGarry

Gerald Herbert McGarry (October 27, 1945 – February 19, 2002) was an American politician who served as the 81st United States Attorney General from 1997 to 2002. A Republican, McGarry also served as a U.S. Senator from the Northwest briefly in 1996 and as the 19th White House Chief of Staff from 1995 to 1996.

McGarry was appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate following the death of his predecessor, Richard Cuban. Upon his loss to Claire Serrano in 1996, he was nominated to serve as attorney general and was sworn in on March 18, 1997. He died of a heart attack on February 19, 2002.