George Woodward Wickersham (September 19, 1858 – January 25, 1936) was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States in the administration of President William H. Taft.

He returned to government to serve in appointed positions under both Republican and Democratic administrations, for Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover.

[citation needed] He was appointed to the office of Attorney General of the United States from 1909 to 1913, in the administration of President William Howard Taft.

[citation needed] In 1916, Wickersham opposed Wilson's nomination of Louis Brandeis for the Supreme Court, describing the Jewish nominee's supporters as "a bunch of Hebrew uplifters.

[citation needed] Wickersham died in New York City in 1936 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.