List of Attorneys General of California
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This is a list of people who served as California Attorney General
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California Attorney General
The California Attorney General is the State Attorney General of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" The Attorney General carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice.The...
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| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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| 1 | Edward J. C. Kewen Edward J. C. Kewen Edward J.C. Kewen was a California politician and the first Attorney General of California. He was Superintendent of the Los Angeles City schools in 1858 and Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1859 to 1861. He also served in both the Assembly and Senate of the California State... |
1849 | 1850 | Democrat |
| 2 | James A. McDougall James A. McDougall James Alexander McDougall was an American attorney and politician elected to statewide office in two U.S. states, then to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate... |
1850 | 1851 | Democrat |
| 3 | S. Clinton Hastings | 1852 | 1854 | Democrat |
| 4 | John R. McConnell John R. McConnell John R. McConnell was the fourth attorney general of California from 1854 to 1856. He ran in 1861 for Governor of California under the Southern Democratic party, but he lost to Leland Stanford.... |
1854 | 1856 | Democrat |
| 5 | William M. Stewart William M. Stewart William Morris Stewart was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. As a young man he was a mathematics teacher in Ohio. In 1849 he began attending Yale University but left in 1850 to... |
1854 | Temporary | Democrat |
| 6 | William T. Wallace William T. Wallace William T. Wallace was the 12th Chief Justice of California and the 6th Attorney General of California. He served on the Supreme Court of California from 1870 to 1879 and as Attorney General from 1856 to 1858.-External links:... |
1856 | 1858 | American |
| 7 | Thomas H. Williams Thomas H. Williams (California) Thomas H. Williams served as Attorney General of California, 1858-1862. He was the seventh person to hold that office.Williams was born in Monticello, Kentucky.-External links:*... |
1858 | 1862 | Democrat |
| 8 | Frank M. Pixley Frank M. Pixley Frank Morrison Pixley was an American journalist and politician who served briefly as the Attorney General of California.... |
1862 | 1863 | Republican |
| 9 | John C. McCullough John C. McCullough John C. McCullough was Attorney General of California. Prior to that, he served on the California State Assembly, 5th district.-External links:**... |
1863 | 1867 | Union |
| 10 | Jo Hamilton Jo Hamilton Jo Hamilton served as California Attorney General 1867-1871 and again 1875-1880. He also served as Trustee of the State Library, 1874-82.-External links:*... |
1867 | 1871 | Democrat |
| 11 | John Lord Love John Lord Love John Lord Love was a California politician. He served as Assistant Attorney General and later Attorney General of California.-External links:*... |
1871 | 1875 | Republican |
| 12 | Jo Hamilton Jo Hamilton Jo Hamilton served as California Attorney General 1867-1871 and again 1875-1880. He also served as Trustee of the State Library, 1874-82.-External links:*... |
1875 | 1880 | Democrat |
| 13 | Augustus L. Hart Augustus L. Hart -External links:*... |
1880 | 1883 | Republican |
| 14 | Edward C. Marshall Edward C. Marshall Edward Colston Marshall was a Democratic congressman from California's 1st district. He served as California attorney general from 1883 to 1887.-External links:... |
1883 | 1887 | Democrat |
| 15 | George A. Johnson George A. Johnson George A. Johnson was California Attorney General. Prior to that, he was Member of California State Assembly 1st District and served on the State Senate, 1883–87.... |
1887 | 1891 | Democrat |
| 16 | William H. H. Hart William H. H. Hart William H. H. Hart was the 16th California Attorney General. Prior to this position, he was a United States Secret Service agent and fought in the American Civil War.-External links:*... |
1891 | 1895 | Republican |
| 17 | William F. Fitzgerald William F. Fitzgerald William F. Fitzgerald was California Attorney General. He also served on the California Supreme Court, 1893-4.-External links:*... |
1895 | 1899 | Republican |
| 18 | Tirey L. Ford Tirey L. Ford Tirey Lafayette Ford was a successful San Francisco attorney, and Attorney-General of California .-Early life:... |
1899 | 1902 | Republican |
| 19 | Ulysses S. Webb Ulysses S. Webb Ulysses Sigel Webb Born in West Virginia, an American lawyer and politician affiliated with the Republican Party. He served as the 19th Attorney General of California for the lengthy span of 37 years. Webb's parents were Cyrus Webb, a civil war captain, and Eliza Cather-Webb. He was educated in... |
1902 | 1939 | Republican |
| 20 | Earl Warren Earl Warren Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring... |
1939 | 1943 | Republican |
| 21 | Robert W. Kenny Robert W. Kenny Robert Walker Kenny was the 21st Attorney General of California. Kenny, a Democrat, was an early advocate for civil rights in California. Kenny restructured the California Department of Justice to be similar to the United States Department of Justice... |
1943 | 1947 | Democrat |
| 22 | Frederick N. Howser Frederick N. Howser Frederick N. Howser was the 22nd Attorney General of California.-External links:*... |
1947 | 1951 | Republican |
| 23 | Pat Brown Pat Brown Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr. was the 32nd Governor of California, serving from 1959 to 1967, and the father of current Governor of California Jerry Brown.-Background:... |
1951 | 1959 | Democrat |
| 24 | Stanley Mosk Stanley Mosk Stanley Mosk was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court for 37 years , and holds the record for the longest-serving justice on that court. Before sitting on the Supreme Court, he served as Attorney General of California and as a trial court judge, among other governmental positions... |
1959 | 1964 | Democrat |
| 25 | Thomas C. Lynch Thomas C. Lynch Thomas Conner Lynch was an American lawyer who served as District Attorney in San Francisco and then as Attorney-General of California from 1964 to 1971. He was appointed to the post by Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1964 to replace Stanley Mosk, whom Brown had appointed to the state Supreme Court... |
1964 | 1971 | Democrat |
| 26 | Evelle J. Younger Evelle J. Younger Evelle Jansen Younger was an American politician. He was California Attorney General from 1971 to 1979. Prior to that, he was Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1964 to 1971. In 1978, he ran for Governor of California, but lost to incumbent Jerry Brown. Younger was a member of the... |
1971 | 1979 | Republican |
| 27 | George Deukmejian George Deukmejian Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. born June 6, 1928) is an Armenian American politician from California who as a Republican served as the 35th Governor of California and as California Attorney General .-Early life:... |
1979 | 1983 | Republican |
| 28 | John Van de Kamp John Van de Kamp John Kalar Van de Kamp is an American politician. He served as Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1975 until 1981, and then as 28th Attorney General of California from 1983 until 1991.... |
1983 | 1991 | Democrat |
| 29 | Dan Lungren Dan Lungren Daniel Edward "Dan" Lungren is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. The district covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and Calaveras counties... |
1991 | 1999 | Republican |
| 30 | Bill Lockyer Bill Lockyer William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer is an American politician. He is the current 32nd State Treasurer of California, elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. He has also served as California Attorney General and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate... |
1999 | 2007 | Democrat |
| 31 | Jerry Brown Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor... |
2007 | 2011 | Democrat |
| 32 | Kamala Harris Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney. She is the 32nd and current Attorney General of California following the 2010 California state elections. Harris has worked as an author and a politician and has served as District Attorney of San Francisco since 2004... |
2011 | Democrat |
External links
- List of Attorneys General of California(with brief biographies and pictures)