List of Iowa Attorneys General

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The List of Iowa Attorneys General includes those elected to and appointed to the post of (U.S. state of) Iowa Attorney General; the office was created February 9, 1853.

[edit] Duties

(As stated in Iowa Law)

The powers and duties of the office include: representing the departments and agencies of state government; taking action for citizens in consumer protection and other areas; enforcing the state's environmental protection laws; playing a central role in the criminal justice system; and providing assistance and advocacy for the victims of crime. The Attorney General also issues legal opinions on questions of law submitted by elected or appointed state officials and defends all tort claim actions against the state.

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Name^[2]^[3]	Took Office	Left Office	Party
David C. Cloud	1853	1856
Samuel A. Rice	1856	1861
Charles C. Nourse	1861	1865
Isaac L. Allen	1865	1866
Frederick E. Bissell	1866	1867
Henry O'Connor	1867	1872
Marsena E. Cutts	1872	1877	Republican
John F. McJunkin	1877	1881
Smith McPherson	1881	1885	Republican
Andrew J. Baker	1885	1889
John Y. Stone	1889	1895
Milton Remley	1895	1901
Charles W. Mullan	1901	1907
John F. Riggs	1907	1909
Howard Webster Byers	1909	1911
George Cosson	1911	1917
H. M. Havner	1917	1921
Ben J. Gibson	1921	1927
John Fletcher	1927	1933
Edward L. O'Connor	1933	1937
John H. Mitchell	1937	1938
Fred D. Everett	1939	1940	Republican
John M. Rankin	1941	1947	Republican
Robert L. Larson	1947	1953	Republican
Leo Hoegh	1953	1955	Republican
Dayton Countryman	1955	1957	Republican
Norman A. Erbe	1957	1961	Republican
Evan Hultman	1961	1965
Lawrence F. Scalise	1965	1967
Richard C. Turner	1967	1979
Thomas John Miller	1979	1990	Democrat
Bonnie J. Campbell	1991	1994	Democrat
Thomas John Miller	1994	present	Democrat