Indiana Attorney General

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The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election, to serve for a four-year term. The forty-first and current Attorney General is Steve Carter.


[edit] List of Indiana Attorneys General[1]

Attorney General Political Party Term of Service
James Morrison Republican Party 1855 - 1856
Joseph E. McDonald Democratic Party 1856 - 1860
James G. Jones Republican Party 1861 - 1860
John Palmer Usher Republican Party 1861 - 1862
John F. Kibbey Republican Party 1862
Oscar B. Hord Democratic Party 1862 - 1864
Delano E. Williamson Republican Party 1864 - 1870
Bayless W. Hanna Democratic Party 1870 - 1872
James C. Denny Republican Party 1872 - 1874
Clarence A. Buskirk Democratic Party 1874 - 1878
Thomas W. Woollen Democratic Party 1878 - 1880
Daniel P. Baldwin Republican Party 1880 - 1882
Francis T. Hord Democratic Party 1882 - 1886
Louis T. Michener Republican Party 1886 - 1890
Alonzo G. Smith Democratic Party 1890 - 1894
William A. Ketcham Republican Party 1894 - 1898
William L. Taylor Republican Party 1898 - 1903
Charles W. Miller Republican Party 1903 - 1907
James Bingham Republican Party 1907 - 1911
Thomas M. Honan Democratic Party 1911 - 1915
Richard M. Milburn Democratic Party 1915
Evan B. Stotsenburg Democratic Party 1915 - 1917
Ele Stansbury Republican Party 1917 - 1921
U. S. Lesh Republican Party 1921 - 1925
Arthur L. Gilliom Republican Party 1925 - 1929
James M. Ogden Republican Party 1929 - 1933
Philip Lutz, Jr. Democratic Party 1933 - 1937
Omer Stokes Jackson Democratic Party 1937 - 1940
Samuel D. Jackson Democratic Party 1940 - 1941
George N. Beamer Democratic Party 1941 - 1943
James A. Emmert Republican Party 1943 - 1947
Cleon H. Foust Republican Party 1947 - 1949
J. Emmett McManamon Republican Party 1949 - 1953
Edwin K. Steers Republican Party 1953 - 1965
John J. Dillon Democratic Party 1965 - 1969
Theodore L. Sendak Republican Party 1969 - 1981
Linley E. Pearson Republican Party 1981 - 1993
Pamela Carter Democratic Party 1993 - 1997
Jeff Modisett Democratic Party 1997 - 2000
Karen Freeman-Wilson Democratic Party 2000 - 2001
Steve Carter Republican Party 2001 - present

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ See http://www.in.gov/library/3239.htm, a list of historic Attorneys General compiled by staff of the Indiana State Library.

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