List of Attorneys General of Missouri
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The individuals listed below have all served in the position of Attorney General
of Missouri
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Missouri Attorney General
The Office of the Missouri Attorney General was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Missouri's first Constitution in 1820 provided for an appointed Attorney General, but since the 1865 Constitution, the Attorney General has been elected...
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Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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| Name | Party | Term | County |
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| Edward Bates Edward Bates Edward Bates was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. He served as United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864... |
Democratic-Republican | 1820–1821 | St. Louis St. Louis County, Missouri St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all... |
| Rufus Easton Rufus Easton Rufus Easton was a Delegate from the Territory of Missouri.Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Easton completed an academic course.... |
Democratic-Republican | 1821–1826 | St. Louis |
| Robert William Wells Robert William Wells Robert William Wells was a United States federal judge.Born in Winchester, Virginia, Wells read law to enter the bar in 1820. He was in private practice in Saint Charles, Missouri, from 1820 to 1821, and was a circuit attorney of the St. Charles Circuit from 1821 to 1822... |
Democrat Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
1826–1836 | St. Charles |
| William Barclay Napton | Democrat | 1836–1839 | Howard |
| Samuel Mansfield Bay | Democrat | 1839–1845 | Cole |
| Benjamin F. Stringfellow | Democrat | 1845–1849 | Chariton Chariton County, Missouri Chariton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 8,438. Its county seat is Keytesville. The county was organized in 1820 from part of Howard County and was named from the Chariton River.-History:... |
| William A. Robards | Democrat | 1849–1851 | Boone Boone County, Missouri Boone County is a county centrally located in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the eighth most populous county in Missouri. In 2010, the population was 162,642. Its county seat, Columbia, is the fifth largest city in Missouri and the anchor city of the Columbia Metropolitan Area.-History:Boone... |
| James B. Gardenhire | Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
1851–1857 | Buchanan Buchanan County, Missouri Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 89,201. Its county seat is Saint Joseph. When originally formed in 1838, the county was named Roberts County, after settler Hiram Roberts; it was renamed in 1839 for James Buchanan, then a U.S.... |
| Ephraim B. Ewing | Democrat | 1857–1858 | Ray |
| J. Proctor Knott J. Proctor Knott James Proctor Knott was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career there... |
Democrat | 1858–1861 | Scotland |
| Aikman Welch | Democrat | 1861–1864 | Johnson Johnson County, Missouri Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 52,595. Its county seat is Warrensburg. The county was formed 13 December 1834 from Lafayette County and was named for Vice President Richard M... |
| Thomas Theodore Crittenden Thomas Theodore Crittenden Thomas Theodore Crittenden was a United States colonel during the American Civil War, and served as the 24th Governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885.-Early life and education:... |
Democrat | 1864 | Johnson |
| Robert Franklin Wingate | Democrat | 1865–1869 | St. Louis |
| Horace B. Johnson | Republican | 1869–1871 | Cole |
| Andrew Jackson Baker | Republican | 1871–1872 | Schuyler |
| Henry Clay Ewing | Democrat | 1873–1875 | Cole |
| John A. Hockaday | Democrat | 1875–1877 | Callaway Callaway County, Missouri Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 44,332. Its county seat is Fulton. The county was organized in 1820. It was named for Capt. James Callaway, a grandson of... |
| Jackson Leonidas Smith | Democrat | 1877–1881 | Cole |
| Daniel Harrison McIntyre | Democrat | 1881–1885 | Audrain Audrain County, Missouri Audrain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 25,529. Its county seat is Mexico. The county was organized in 1836. Audrain County was named for Col. James Hunter Audrain. Col. Audrain was Colonel of militia in the War of 1812. In 1830 Col... |
| Banton Gallitin Boone | Democrat | 1885–1889 | Henry Henry County, Missouri Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 21,997. Its county seat is Clinton. The county was organized in 1835 as Rives County, and renamed in 1841 after the American patriot Patrick Henry, of Virginia. The county was originally named after... |
| John M. Wood John M. Wood John M. Wood was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Minisink, New York, Wood attended the common schools. He engaged in railroad construction in New Jersey and moved to Portland, Maine, in 1846. He was one of the contractors in the construction of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad, and he... |
Democrat | 1889–1893 | Clark Clark County, Missouri Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 7,139. Its county seat is Kahoka. The county was organized in 1836 and named after William Clark, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later a Governor of Missouri Territory.Clark County is part... |
| Robert Franklin Walker | Democrat | 1893–1897 | Morgan Morgan County, Missouri Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of July 2007, the population was 20,820. Its county seat is Versailles.-History :... |
| Edward Coke Crow Edward Coke Crow Edward Coke Crow was a United States Democratic Attorney General from the state of Missouri.-Life:He was born in Oregon, Missouri as the sixth of seven children born to Elizabeth Hopkins Barnes and George Washington Crow.... |
Democrat | 1897–1905 | Jasper Jasper County, Missouri Jasper County is a county located in the US state of Missouri. It is included in the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2010 total population of Jasper County was 117,404. It is the ninth most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Carthage, making it one of the few... |
| Herbert S. Hadley Herbert S. Hadley Herbert Spencer Hadley was an American lawyer and a Republican Party politician from St. Louis, Missouri. Born in Olathe, Kansas, he was Missouri Attorney General from 1905 to 1909 and was the 32nd Governor of Missouri from 1909 to 1913. As Attorney General, he successfully prosecuted Standard Oil... |
Republican | 1905–1909 | Jackson Jackson County, Missouri Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. With a population of 674,158 in the 2010 census, Jackson County is the second most populous of Missouri's counties, after St. Louis County. Kansas City, the state's most populous city and focus city of the Kansas City Metropolitan... |
| Elliot Woolfolk Major Elliot Woolfolk Major Elliot Woolfolk Major was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Pike County, Missouri.-Biography:... |
Democrat | 1909–1913 | Pike Pike County, Missouri As of the census of 2010, there were 18,516 people, 6,451 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile . There were 7,493 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile... |
| John Tull Barker | Democrat | 1913–1917 | Macon Macon County, Missouri Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 15,566. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized in 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina politician... |
| Frank Winton McAllister | Democrat | 1917–1921 | Monroe |
| Jesse W. Barrett | Republican | 1921–1925 | Lewis |
| Robert William Otto | Republican | 1925 | Franklin Franklin County, Missouri Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri on the south side of the Missouri River. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area and contains many of the St. Louis exurbs. Census 2010 put the population at 101,492; making it the 10th most populous county in Missouri.... |
| North Todd Gentry | Republican | 1925–1928 | Boone |
| Stratton Shartel | Republican | 1928–1933 | Newton |
| Roy M. McKittrick | Democrat | 1933–1945 | Chariton |
| Jonathan E. "Buck" Taylor | Democrat | 1945–1953 | Livingston |
| John M. Dalton John M. Dalton John Montgomery Dalton was a Democratic politician from the state of Missouri. He was the 45th Governor of Missouri and the states' 34th Attorney General.-Personal history:... |
Democrat | 1953–1961 | Dunklin Dunklin County, Missouri Dunklin County is a county located in the Bootheel of Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county's population was 33,155. A 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 31,454. The largest city and county seat is Kennett... |
| Thomas Eagleton Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968–1987. He is best remembered for briefly being the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972... |
Democrat | 1961–1965 | St. Louis City St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... |
| Norman H. Anderson | Democrat | 1965–1969 | St. Louis |
| John Danforth John Danforth John Claggett "Jack" Danforth is a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican United States Senator from Missouri. He is an ordained Episcopal priest. Danforth is married to Sally D. Danforth and has five adult children.-Education and early career:Danforth was born... |
Republican | 1969–1977 | St. Louis, Cole |
| John Ashcroft John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft is a United States politician who served as the 79th United States Attorney General, from 2001 until 2005, appointed by President George W. Bush. Ashcroft previously served as the 50th Governor of Missouri and a U.S... |
Republican | 1977–1985 | Greene Greene County, Missouri Greene County is a county located in Southwest Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 275,174 making it the fourth most populated county in Missouri. Its county seat is Springfield... |
| William L. Webster William L. Webster William L. Webster is a former American politician and convicted felon from Missouri.-Early life and career:William Webster is the son of the late Richard M. Webster, who was a prominent Missouri State Senator and Janet Webster. Webster was born and raised in Carthage, Missouri and was a graduate... |
Republican | 1985–1993 | Jasper |
| Jay Nixon Jay Nixon Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon, Sr. is the 55th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Missouri's Attorney General before his election in 2008.-Political career:... |
Democrat | 1993–2009 | Jefferson Jefferson County, Missouri Jefferson County is a county located in East Central Missouri in the United States. The county was included as the mean center of U.S. population in 1980. It is the sixth most-populous county in Missouri. Census 2010 put the population at 218,733 Its county seat is Hillsboro. The county was... |
| Chris Koster | Democrat | 2009 – present | Cass Cass County, Missouri Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 99,478. Its county seat is Harrisonville. The county was organized in 1835 as "Van Buren County", renamed in 1848 after Michigan U.S... |