The Attorney General of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have resided and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.
The Attorney General has general charge, supervision and direction of the legal business of the State. He or she is the legal advisor and representative of the Governor, the General Assembly, the Judiciary, and the major departments, various boards, commissions, officials and institutions of State Government. The Office further represents the State in all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, and in the United States Supreme Court and lower Federal Courts.
As of 2010, the attorney general is Doug Gansler.
| Name | From | To | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Tilghman | 1777 | 1778 | |
| Luther Martin | 1778 | 1805 | |
| William Pinkney | 1805 | 1806 | Democratic-Republican |
| John Thomson Mason | 1806 | 1806 | |
| John Johnson | 1806 | 1811 | |
| John Montgomery | 1811 | 1818 | Democratic-Republican |
| Luther Martin | 1818 | 1822 | |
| Thomas Beale Dorsey | 1822 | 1824 | |
| Thomas Kell | 1824 | 1827 | |
| Roger B. Taney | 1827 | 1831 | Federalist |
| Josiah Bayly | 1831 | 1846 | Federalist |
| George R. Richardson | 1846 | 1851 | |
| Robert J. Brent | 1851 | 1851 | Whig |
| Alexander Randall | 1864 | 1867 | Whig |
| Isaac Dashiell Jones | 1867 | 1871 | Whig |
| Andrew K. Syester | 1871 | 1875 | Whig |
| Charles J. M. Gwinn | 1875 | 1883 | Democrat |
| Charles Boyle Roberts | 1883 | 1887 | Democrat |
| William Pinkney Whyte | 1887 | 1891 | Democrat |
| John Prentiss Poe | 1891 | 1895 | Democrat |
| Harry M. Clabaugh | 1895 | 1899 | Republican |
| George Riggs Gaither, Jr. | 1899 | 1899 | Republican |
| Isidor Rayner | 1899 | 1903 | Democrat |
| William Shepard Bryan, Jr. | 1903 | 1907 | Democrat |
| Isaac Lobe Straus | 1907 | 1911 | Democrat |
| Edgar Allan Poe | 1911 | 1915 | Democrat |
| Albert C. Ritchie | 1915 | 1919 | Democrat |
| Ogle Marbury (acting) | 1918 | 1919 | Democrat |
| Alexander Armstrong | 1919 | 1923 | Republican |
| Thomas H. Robinson | 1923 | 1930 | Democrat |
| William Preston Lane, Jr. | 1930 | 1934 | Democrat |
| Herbert R. O'Conor | 1934 | 1938 | Democrat |
| William C. Walsh | 1938 | 1945 | Democrat |
| William Curran | 1945 | 1946 | Democrat |
| Hall Hammond | 1946 | 1952 | Democrat |
| Edward D. E. Rollins | 1952 | 1954 | Republican |
| C. Ferdinand Sybert | 1954 | 1961 | Democrat |
| Thomas B. Finan | 1961 | 1966 | Democrat |
| Robert C. Murphy | 1966 | 1966 | Democrat |
| Francis B. Burch | 1966 | 1978 | Democrat |
| Jon F. Oster | 1979 | 1979 | |
| George A. Nilson | 1979 | 1979 | |
| Stephen H. Sachs | 1979 | 1987 | Democrat |
| J. Joseph Curran, Jr. | 1987 | 2007 | Democrat |
| Doug Gansler | 2007 | Democrat |
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