Attorney General of Georgia
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The attorney general of Georgia is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for the U.S. state
of Georgia
. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term at the same time as elections are held for Governor and other offices.
The current attorney general is Sam Olens.
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term at the same time as elections are held for Governor and other offices.
The current attorney general is Sam Olens.
Attorneys General, 1776-present
- Williams Stephens 1776-1780
- John Milledge 1780-1781
- Samuel Stirk 1781-1785
- Nathaniel PendletonNathaniel PendletonNathaniel Pendleton was a lawyer and judge in the United States at the time of the American Revolutionary War and afterward....
1785-1786 - Matthew McAllister 1787-1791
- George Walker 1792-1795
- David Brydie Mitchell 1796-1806
- Robert Walker 1807-1808
- John Hamil 1808
- John Forsyth 1808-1811
- Alexander M. Allen 1811
- Richard Henry Wilde 1811-1813
- Alexander M. Allen 1813-1816
- Roger Lawson Gamble 1816-1822
- Thomas F. Wells 1822-1827
- George W. CrawfordGeorge W. CrawfordGeorge Walker Crawford was a Georgia politician during the nineteenth century. He served as the 38th Governor of Georgia from 1843 to 1847 and United States Secretary of War 1849 to 1850. He was the cousin of William H...
1827-1831 - Charles Jones Jenkins 1831-1834
- Ebenezer Starnes 1834-1840
- James Gardner 1840-1843
- John J. R. Flournoy 1843-1847
- Alpheus Colvard 1847-1851
- John Troup Shewmake 1851-1855
- William R. McLaws 1855-1859
- Alpheus M. Rogers 1859-1861
- Winder P. Johnson 1861
- William Watts Montgomery 1861-1865
- George Thomas Barnes 1865-1866
- John Philpot Curren Whitehead 1866-1868
- Henry P. Farrow 1868-1872
- N. J. Hammond 1872-1877
- Robert N. Ely 1877-1880
- Clifford Anderson 1880-1890
- George N. Lester 1890-1891
- W. A. Little 1891-1892
- J. M. Terrell 1892-1902
- Boykin Wright 1902-1902
- John C. Hart 1902-1910
- Hewlett A. Hall 1910-1911
- Thomas S. Felder 1911-1914
- Warren Grice 1914-1915
- Clifford WalkerClifford WalkerClifford Mitchell Walker was an American attorney and politician from the Southern state of Georgia.Walker served consecutive two-year terms as the 64th Governor of Georgia from 1923 to 1927...
1915-1920 - R. A. Denny 1920-1921
- George M. Napier 1921-1932
- Lawrence S. Camp 1932-1932
- M. J. Yeomans 1933-1939
- Ellis G. Arnall 1939-1943
- Grady Head 1943-1945
- Eugene Cook 1945-1965
- Arthur K. Bolton 1965-1981
- Michael J. Bowers 1981-1997
- Thurbert E. Baker 1997-2011
- Sam Olens 2011-