Kansas Attorney General
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The Attorney General of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas
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Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
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Divisions
- Criminal Justice
- Civil Litigation
- Consumer Protection
- Concealed Carry
- Kansas Bureau of InvestigationKansas Bureau of InvestigationThe Kansas Bureau of Investigation, or KBI is the criminal investigative arm of the state of Kansas. The agency was established in 1939 by the Kansas Legislature, and is a division of the state's Attorney General...
- Legal Opinions and Government Counsel
- Kansas Solicitor General Unit
- Medicaid Fraud Unit
Kansas Territory Attorneys General
| Name | Term | Party |
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| Andrew Jackson Isacks | 1854-1857 |
| William Weer William Weer William Weer was a lawyer, attorney general for Kansas and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
1857-1858 |
| Alson C. Davis | 1858-1861 |
State Attorneys General
| Name | Term | Party |
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| Benjamin Franklin Simpson | 1861 | Republican |
| Charles Chadwick | 1861 | Republican |
| Samuel Adams Stinson | 1861-1863 | Democratic |
| Warren William Guthrie | 1863-1865 | Republican |
| Jerome D. Brumbaugh | 1865-1867 | Republican |
| George H. Hoyt | 1867-1869 | Republican |
| Addison Danford | 1869-1871 | Republican |
| Archibald L. Williams | 1871-1875 | Republican |
| Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph | 1875-1877 | Republican |
| Willard Davis | 1877-1881 | Republican |
| William Agnew Johnston | 1881-1884 | Republican |
| George Price Smith | 1884-1885 | Democratic |
| Simeon Briggs Bradford | 1885-1889 | Republican |
| Lyman Beecher Kellogg | 1889-1891 | Republican |
| John Nutt Ives | 1891-1893 | Democratic |
| John Thomas Little | 1893-1895 | Populist |
| Fernando Brenton Dawes | 1895-1897 | Republican |
| Louis C. Boyle | 1897-1899 | Populist |
| Aretas Allen Godard | 1899-1903 | Republican |
| Chiles Crittendon Coleman | 1903-1907 | Republican |
| Fred Schuyler Jackson | 1907-1911 | Republican |
| John Shaw Dawson | 1911-1915 | Republican |
| Sardius Mason Brewster | 1915-1919 | Republican |
| Richard Joseph Hopkins Richard Joseph Hopkins Richard Joseph Hopkins was a United States federal judge.Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Hopkins received an LL.B. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1901. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 to 1906. He was in private practice in Garden City, Kansas from 1906 to... |
1919-1923 | Republican |
| Charles Benjamin Griffith | 1923-1927 | Republican |
| William A. Smith | 1927-1930 | Republican |
| Roland Boynton | 1930-1935 | Republican |
| Clarence Victor Beck | 1935-1939 | Republican |
| Jay S. Parker | 1939-1943 | Republican |
| Alexander Baldwin Mitchell | 1943-1947 | Republican |
| Edward F. Arn Edward F. Arn Edward Ferdinand Arn was the 32nd Governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955.He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and retired to Wichita to practice law.... |
1947-1949 | Republican |
| Harold Ralph Fatzer | 1949-1956 | Republican |
| John Anderson, Jr. John Anderson, Jr. John Anderson Jr. was the 36th Governor of Kansas from 1961 until 1965.John Anderson, Jr., was born May 8, 1917 near Olathe, Kansas to John and Ora Bookout Anderson. He graduated from Olathe High School in 1935. From there he went on to Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science,... |
1956-1961 | Republican |
| William M. Ferguson | 1961-1965 | Republican |
| Robert C. Londerholm | 1965-1969 | Republican |
| Kent Frizzell | 1969-1971 | Republican |
| Vern Miller | 1971-1975 | Democratic |
| Curt T. Schneider | 1975-1979 | Democratic |
| Robert T. Stephan | 1979-1995 | Republican |
| Carla J. Stovall | 1995-2003 | Republican |
| Phill Kline Phill Kline Phillip D. "Phill" Kline is the former district attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7,... |
2003-2007 | Republican |
| Paul J. Morrison Paul J. Morrison Paul J. Morrison is a lawyer and a former Attorney General of Kansas. Morrison attended Washburn University and Washburn School of Law, graduating in 1980. While at Washburn, he was a member of the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta.... |
2007-2008 | Democratic |
| Stephen Six Stephen Six Stephen N. Six is an American attorney and former judge from Kansas who served as Kansas' 43rd Attorney General. He was nominated to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 9, 2011... |
2008-2011 | Democratic |
| Derek Schmidt Derek Schmidt Derek Schmidt is a the 44th and current Attorney General of Kansas. Schmidt previously served as member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 15th district, and as Senate Majority Leader. Before serving in the legislature, he was Special Counsel to Governor Bill Graves.Schmidt defeated former... |
2011-Present | Republican |