List of Minnesota Attorneys General

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List of Minnesota Attorneys General:

Contents 1 Duties 2 Territory 3 State 4 Note on Minnesota political party names 5 External links

[edit] Duties

(from Attorney General website)

The Attorney General is the chief legal officer for the State of Minnesota. The Office represents and provides legal advice to over 100 state agencies, boards and commissions. The Office represents the state in state and federal court, as well as in administrative adjudication and rulemaking hearings. The Office handles felony criminal appeals, advises local prosecutors in the conduct of criminal trials and handles cases at the request of local prosecutors. In addition, the Office issues formal opinions interpreting statutes for the agencies and political subdivisions of the state. The Attorney General is a member of the State Executive Council, the State Board of Investment, the Pardons Board and the Land Exchange Board.

[edit] Territory

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Lorenzo A. Babcock	1849	1853
Lafayette Emmett	1853	1858

In 1886 elections were moved from odd years to even years. Beginning with the 1962 election, the term of the office increased from two to four years.

[edit] State

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Charles H. Berry	1858	1860
Gordon E. Cole	1860	1866
William J. Colvill	1866	1868
Francis R. E. Cornell	1868	1874
George P. Wilson	1874	1880
Charles M. Start	1880	1881
William J. Hahn	1881	1887
Moses E. Clapp	1887	1893	Republican
Henry W. Childs	1893	1899
Wallace B. Douglas	1899	1904
William J. Donahower	1904	1905
Edward T. Young	1905	1909
George T. Simpson	1909	1912
Lyndon A. Smith	1912	1918	Republican
Clifford L. Hilton	1918	1927
Albert F. Pratt	1927	1928
Gustaf A. Youngquist	1928	1929
Henry N. Benson	1929	1933
Harry H. Peterson	1933	1936
William S. Ervin	1936	1939
Joseph A. A. Burnquist	1939	1955	Republican
Miles W. Lord	1955	1960	DFL (Democrat)
Walter Mondale	1960	1964	DFL
Robert W. Mattson, Sr.	1964	1967	DFL
Douglas M. Head	1967	1971	Republican
Warren Spannaus	1971	1983	DFL
Hubert H. Humphrey, III	1983	1999	DFL
Mike Hatch	1999	2007	DFL
Lori Swanson	2007	present	DFL

[edit] Note on Minnesota political party names

In 1944, the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party merged and created the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). It is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.

[edit] External links

• Minnesota Attorney General website
• list of Attorneys Generals