Bronx County District Attorney
District Attorney Dates in office Party Notes
Francis W. Martin January 1 , 1914 - December 31 , 1920 Democratic elected to two four-year terms resigned upon election as a New York State Supreme Court justice
Edward J. Glennon January 1 , 1921 - December 31 , 1921 ( interim ) January 1 , 1922 - December 31 , 1923 ( elected ) Democratic appointed by Governor Al Smith elected to a four-year term resigned to become a New York State Supreme Court justice
John E. McGeehan January 1 , 1924 - December 31 , 1925 ( interim ) January 1 , 1926 - December 24 , 1929 ( elected ) Democratic appointed by Governor Al Smith elected to the remainder of Glennon 's term elected to a four-year term resigned to become a New York State Supreme Court justice
Charles B. McLaughlin December 24 , 1929 - March 17 , 1933 Democratic elected to a four-year term resigned to become a New York State Supreme Court justice
Samuel J. Foley March 22 , 1933 - December 31 , 1933 ( interim ) January 1 , 1934 - December 29 , 1949 ( elected ) Democratic appointed by Governor Herbert Lehman ran on the Democratic and Recovery Party lines in his first election , but had been a Democrat elected to four four-year terms ran for a Bronx County Court judgeship in November 1949 , and won
George B. DeLuca January 1 , 1950 - December 31 , 1954 Democratic elected to two four-year terms resigned upon taking office as Lieutenant Governor of New York
Daniel V. Sullivan January 1 , 1955 - December 31 , 1955 ( interim ) January 1 , 1956 - December 31 , 1959 ( elected ) Democratic appointed by Governor Averell Harriman when DeLuca became his Lieutenant Governor elected to a four-year term retired , did not seek renomination
Isidore Dollinger January 1 , 1960 - September 18 , 1968 Democratic elected to three four-year terms resigned to accept a nomination to run for a New York State Supreme Court judge position
Burton B. Roberts September 18 , 1968 - November 7 , 1968 ( acting ) November 7 , 1968 - December 31 , 1968 ( interim ) January 1 , 1969 - September 16 , 1972 ( elected ) September 16 , 1972 - December 31 , 1972 ( interim ) Democratic , Republican , Liberal became acting district attorney upon Dollinger 's resignation appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller nominated by three Bronx County parties ' committees for his initial election , but had been a Democrat elected to the remainder of Dollinger 's term elected to a four-year term resigned to accept a nomination to run for a New York State Supreme Court judge position but was re-appointed by Rockefeller for continuity of investigations until he was succeeded
Mario Merola January 1 , 1973 - October 27 , 1987 Democratic , Republican , Liberal , Conservative nominated by four Bronx County parties ' committees for his initial election to the remainder of Roberts ' term , but had been a Democrat elected to the remainder of Roberts ' term elected to four four-year terms including one after he died shortly before election day died in office
Paul T. Gentile October 27 , 1987 - December 10 , 1987 ( acting ) December 10 , 1987 - December 31 , 1988 ( interim ) Democratic became acting district attorney after Merola 's unexpected death appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo to a one-year term withdrew from the primary election race
Robert T. Johnson January 1 , 1989 - December 31 , 2015 Democratic , Liberal , Conservative won his initial election for the remainder of Merola 's term running on three party lines and unopposed , but had been a Democrat elected to six four-year terms resigned to accept a nomination to run for a New York State Supreme Court judge position
Darcel D. Clark January 1 , 2016 - current Democratic nominated by the Bronx Democratic County Committee to replace Johnson on the primary ballot and elected to a four-year term
List of Bronx County District Attorneys
The Bronx County District Attorney is the elected district attorney for Bronx County, which is coterminous with the Borough of the Bronx, in New York City. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws. (Federal law in the Bronx is prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York). The current Bronx County District Attorney is Darcel Clark.