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Arizona Attorney General

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Attorney General of Arizona
File:Seal of the Attorney General of Arizona.jpg
Seal of the attorney general of Arizona
StyleThe Honorable
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona
Term lengthFour years; renewable once consecutively
Formation1912
DeputyNone
Salary$90,000
Websitewww.azag.gov

The Arizona attorney general is the chief legal officer of the State of Arizona, in the United States. The state attorney general is the head of the Arizona Department of Law,[1] more commonly known as the Arizona Attorney General's Office.

Arizona Attorneys General[change]

Arizona Territory[change]

Image Name Term of Office
File:Coles Bashford.png Coles Bashford 1864–1866
John A. Rush 1866–1867
File:GHOury.jpg Granville Henderson Oury 1869
J. E. McCaffry ca. 1872
File:Clark Churchill.jpg Clark Churchill 1884–1887
Briggs Goodrich 1887–1888
John A. Rush 1888–1889
File:Clark Churchill.jpg Clark Churchill 1889–1892
File:William Herring.jpg William Herring 1892–1893
John C. Herndon 1893
File:Francis J. Heney from Looters of the Public Domain.png Francis J. Heney 1893–1895
Thomas D. Satterwhite 1895–1896
John Frank Wilson 1896–1897
C. M. Frazier 1898
Charles F. Ainsworth 1898–1902
File:Edmund William Wells.jpg Edmund W. Wells 1902–1904
File:Joseph Henry Kibbey-oval (3x4a).jpg Joseph H. Kibbey 1904–1905
E. S. Clark 1905–1910
John B. Wright 1910–1912

State of Arizona[change]

Parties

  Democratic (17)   Republican (10)

# Image Name Political Party Term of Office
1 File:George Purdy Ballard.png George Purdy Bullard Democratic 1912–1915
2 File:Wiley E. Jones.png Wiley E. Jones Democratic 1915–1921
3 File:W. J. Galbraith.png W. J. Galbraith Republican 1921–1923
4 File:John W. Murphy.png John W. Murphy Democratic 1923–1928
5 K. Berry Peterson Democratic 1928–1933
6 File:Arthur LaPrade.jpg Arthur T. LaPrade Democratic 1933–1935
7 File:John L. Sullivan.png John L. Sullivan Democratic 1935–1937
8 Joe Conway Democratic 1937–1944
9 File:John L. Sullivan.png John L. Sullivan Democratic 1944–1948
10 Evo Anton DeConcini Democratic 1948–1949
11 Fred O. Wilson Democratic 1949–1953
12 Ross F. Jones Republican 1953–1955
13 Robert Morrison Democratic 1955–1959
14 Wade Church Democratic 1959–1961
15 File:Robert Pickrell.png Robert Pickrell Republican 1961–1965
16 Darrell F. Smith Republican 1965–1968
17 Gary K. Nelson Republican 1969–1974
18 N. Warner Lee Republican 1974–1975
19 File:Bruce Babbitt (AZ).png Bruce Babbitt Democratic 1975–1978
20 Jack LaSota Democratic 1978–1979
21 File:Bob Corbin by Gage Skidmore.jpg Robert K. Corbin Republican 1979–1991
22 File:GrantWoodsCamelBack2010 (cropped).jpg Grant Woods Republican 1991–1999
23 File:JanetNapolitanoIraq.jpg Janet Napolitano Democratic 1999–2003
24 File:Terry Goddard by Gage Skidmore.jpg Terry Goddard Democratic 2003–2011
25 File:Tom Horne (12829123865) (cropped).jpg Tom Horne Republican 2011–2015
26 File:Mark Brnovich by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Mark Brnovich Republican 2015–2023
27 File:Kris Mayes (52365525231) (cropped).jpg Kris Mayes Democratic 2023–present

References[change]

  1. "A.R.S. §41-193 | Department of law; composition; powers and duties". Arizona State Legislature. State of Arizona. Retrieved 18 January 2019. The department of law shall be composed of the attorney general and the subdivisions of the department created as provided in this article [...] (A.R.S. §41-193).