Massachusetts Attorney General
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The Massachusetts Attorney General is an executive officer of the Massachusetts Government. The current Attorney General is Tom Reilly.
The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for Massachusetts. There are five bureaus in the Attorney General's Office: Executive, Business and Labor Protection, Criminal, Government, and Public Protection.
[edit] List of Attorneys General
| Attorney General | Term | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Checkley | 1680 – | ||
| Benjamin Bullivant | 1686 – | ||
| … | … | … | |
| Paul Dudley | 1702 – 1718 | ||
| … | … | … | |
| Robert Treat Paine |  |
1777 – 1790 | |
| James Sullivan | 1790 – 1807 | Democratic-Republican | |
| Barnabas Bidwell | June 15, 1807 – August 30, 1810 | ||
| Perez Morton | 1810 – 1832 | ||
| James T. Austin | 1832 – 1843 | ||
| Office Abolished | 1843 - 1849 | ||
| John Henry Clifford | 1849 – 1853 | Whig | |
| Rufus Choate |  |
1853 – May 12, 1854 | Whig |
| John Henry Clifford | 1854 – 1858 | Whig | |
| Stephen Henry Phillips | 1858 – 1861 | ||
| Dwight Foster | 1861 – 1864 | ||
| Chester L. Reed | 1864 – April 20, 1867 | ||
| Charles Allen | 1867 – 1872 | ||
| Charles R. Train | 1872 - 1879 | Republican | |
| George Marston | 1879 - 1883 | ||
| Edgar J. Sherman | 1883 - October 1, 1887 | ||
| Andrew J. Waterman | 1887 - 1891 | ||
| Albert E. Pillsbury | 1891 - 1894 | ||
| Hosea M. Knowlton | 1894 - 1902 | ||
| Herbert Parker | 1902 - 1906 | ||
| Dana Malone | 1906 - 1911 | ||
| James M. Swift | 1911 - 1914 | ||
| Thomas J. Boynton | 1914 - 1915 | ||
| Henry Converse Atwill | 1915 - 1919 | Republican | |
| Henry A. Wyman | 1919 - 1920 | ||
| J. Weston Allen | 1920 - 1923 | ||
| Jay R. Benton | 1923 - 1927 | Republican | |
| Arthur K. Reading | 1927 - June 6, 1928 | ||
| Joseph E. Warner | 1928 - 1935 | Republican | |
| Paul A. Dever | 1935 – 1941 | Democratic | |
| Robert T. Bushnell | 1941 - 1945 | ||
| Clarence A. Barnes | 1945 – 1949 | Republican | |
| Francis E. Kelly | 1949 – 1953 | Democratic | |
| George Fingold | 1953 - August 31, 1958 | ||
| Edward T. Martin | 1958 | ||
| Edward J. McCormack, Jr. | 1958 - 1963 | Democratic | |
| Edward W. Brooke |  |
January 1963 – January 1967 | Republican |
| Elliot L. Richardson | January 1967 – January 1969 | Republican | |
| Robert H. Quinn | January 1969 – January 1975 | Democratic | |
| Francis X. Bellotti | January 1975 – January 1987 | Democratic | |
| James Shannon | January 1987 – January 1991 | Democratic | |
| Scott Harshbarger | January 1991 – January 1999 | Democratic | |
| Thomas Reilly | January 1999 – present | Democratic | |
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] References
- Source: http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=978
- Source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/attygn.html
