Attorney General of Georgia

Attorney General of Georgia
File:Flag of the State of Georgia.svg State flag
File:Christopher M. Carr.jpg Incumbent Christopher M. Carr since November 1, 2016
Type	Chief law enforcement officer
Term length	4 years
Formation	1754
First holder	William Clifton
Website	law.ga.gov

The attorney general of Georgia is the attorney and legal advisor for the executive branch of the U.S. state of Georgia.

List of attorneys general, 1754–present

Pre-statehood

#	Image	Name	Term of service
1		William Clifton	1754–1764
2		Charles Pryce	1764–1776
3		Williams Stephens	1776–1780
4	File:Milledge.jpg	John Milledge	1780–1781
5		Samuel Stirk	1781–1785
6		Nathaniel Pendleton	1785–1786
7		Matthew McAllister	1787–1788

Post-statehood

#	Image	Name	Term of service	Political party
7		Matthew McAllister	1788–1791
8		George Walker	1792–1795
9	File:Davidbrydiemitchell.jpg	David Brydie Mitchell	1796–1806	Democraticic-Republican
10		Robert Walker	1807–1808
11		John Hamil	1808
12	File:John Forsyth US Secretary of State.jpg	John Forsyth	1808–1811	Democratic-Republican
13		Alexander M. Allen	1811
14	File:RichardHenryWilde.jpg	Richard H. Wilde	1811–1813	Democratic-Republican
15		Alexander M. Allen	1813–1816
16		Roger Lawson Gamble	1816–1822
17		Thomas F. Wells	1822–1827
18	File:GeorgeWCrawford.jpg	George W. Crawford	1827–1831	Whig
19	File:CharJenkins.jpg	Charles Jones Jenkins	1831–1834	Democratic
20		Ebenezer Starnes	1834–1840
21		James Gardner	1840–1843
22		John J. R. Flournoy	1843–1847
23		Alpheus Colvard	1847–1851
24		John Troup Shewmake	1851–1855
25		William R. McLaws	1855–1859
26		Alpheus M. Rogers	1859–1861
27		Winder P. Johnson	1861
28		William Watts Montgomery	1861–1865
29	File:George Thomas Barnes (1833–1901).png	George T. Barnes	1865–1866	Democratic
30		John Philpot Curren Whitehead	1866–1868
31		Henry P. Farrow	1868–1872	Republican
32	File:Nathaniel Job Hammond (1833–1899).png	Nathaniel Job Hammond	1872–1877	Democratic
33		Robert N. Ely	1877–1880	Democratic
34	File:Clifford Anderson.png	Clifford Anderson	1880–1890	Democratic
35		George N. Lester	1890–1891	Democratic
36	File:Judge William A. Little.png	William A. Little	1891–1892	Democratic
37	File:JosephMTerrell.jpg	Joseph M. Terrell	1892–1902	Democratic
38	File:Boykin Wright.jpg	Boykin Wright	1902	Democratic
39		John C. Hart	1902–1910	Democratic
40		Hewlett A. Hall	1910–1911	Democratic
41		Thomas S. Felder	1911–1914	Democratic
42	File:Warren Grice.png	Warren Grice	1914–1915	Democratic
43	File:GovernorCliffWalker (3x4).jpg	Clifford Walker	1915–1920	Democratic
44		R. A. Denny	1920–1921	Democratic
45	File:George M Napier 1911-1912.jpg	George M. Napier	1921–1932	Democratic
46		Lawrence S. Camp	1932	Democratic
47		M. J. Yeomans	1933–1939	Democratic
48	File:Ellis Arnall cropped.png	Ellis G. Arnall	1939–1943	Democratic
49		T. Grady Head	1943–1945	Democratic
50	File:Eugene Cook (Georgia judge).png	Eugene Cook	1945–1965	Democratic
51	File:Uncle Arthur.jpg	Arthur K. Bolton	1965–1981	Democratic
52	File:Mike Bowers.jpg	Michael J. Bowers	1981–1997	Democratic (1981–94)/Republican (1994–97)
53	File:Zell Miller and Thurbert Baker (cropped).jpg	Thurbert E. Baker	1997–2011	Democratic
54	File:Attorney Sam Olens.jpg	Samuel S. Olens	2011–2016	Republican
55	File:Christopher M. Carr.jpg	Christopher M. Carr	2016–present	Republican