Florida Attorney General

Attorney General of Florida
File:Seal of the Attorney General of Florida.jpg Seal of the attorney general of Florida
Incumbent Vacant since January 21, 2025
Department of Legal Affairs
Style	The Honorable
Type	Chief legal officer
Member of	Florida Executive Branch Florida Cabinet
Seat	Tallahassee, Florida
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Florida
Inaugural holder	Joseph Branch
Formation	1845
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The attorney general of Florida is the state attorney general of the state government of the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general is also the chief legal officer and the head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs.

The state attorney general is elected to a four-year term, and can only be reelected once. The election is held at the same statewide election as the governor, lieutenant governor, etc.

Official duties and responsibilities

• As the state's chief legal and law officer, ensures that the laws of the state are enforced.
• Heads the Department of Legal Affairs, which is responsible for providing state legal services and support for local law enforcement.
• Oversees law enforcement agencies, including district attorneys and sheriffs.

List of Florida attorneys general

Attorneys general by party affiliation

Party		Attorneys general
Democratic		27
Republican		10
Whig		1

#	Image	Name	Term of service	Political party
1	File:Joseph Branch.jpg	Joseph Branch	1845–1846	Democratic
2	File:AugustusMaxwell.jpg	Augustus Maxwell	1846–1848	Democratic
3	File:James Tillinghast Archer.jpg	James T. Archer	1848	Democratic
4	File:David P. Hogue Florida Attorney General.png	David P. Hogue	1848–1853	Whig
5	File:MarianoPapy.jpg	Mariano D. Papy	1853–1861	Democratic
6	File:John B. Galbraith.jpg	John B. Galbraith	1861–1868	Democratic
7	File:James Westcott III.jpg	James Westcott III	1868	Democratic
8		A. R. Meek	1868–1870	Republican
9		Sherman Conant	1870–1871	Republican
10	File:J. B. C. Drew.png	J. B. C. Drew	1871–1872	Republican
11	File:HoratioBisbee.jpg	Horatio Bisbee Jr.	1872	Republican
12		J. P. C. Emmons	1872–1873	Republican
13	File:William Archer Cocke.jpg	William A. Cocke	1873–1877	Democratic
14	File:GeorgePettusRaney.jpg	George P. Raney	1877–1885	Democratic
15	File:Charles Merian Cooper.jpg	Charles Merian Cooper	1885–1889	Democratic
16	File:WilliamBLamar.jpg	William Bailey Lamar	1889–1903	Democratic
17	File:Jbwhitfield.jpg	James B. Whitfield	1903–1904	Democratic
18	File:W. H. Ellis.jpg	W. H. Ellis	1904–1909	Democratic
19	File:ParkTrammell.jpg	Park Trammell	1909–1913	Democratic
20	File:ThomasFranklinWest.jpg	Thomas F. West	1913–1917	Democratic
21	File:VanCiceroSwearingen.jpg	Van C. Swearingen	1917–1921	Democratic
22	File:RiversHBuford.jpg	Rivers Buford	1921–1925	Democratic
23	File:J. B. Johnson.jpg	J. B. Johnson	1925–1927	Democratic
24	File:Fred Henry Davis.jpg	Fred Henry Davis	1927–1931	Democratic
25	File:Cary D Landis.jpg	Cary D. Landis	1931–1938	Democratic
26	File:George Couper Gibbs.jpg	George Couper Gibbs	1938–1941	Democratic
27	File:J. Thomas Watson.jpg	J. Thomas Watson	1941–1949	Democratic
28	File:Richard W Ervin.jpg	Richard Ervin	1949–1964	Democratic
29	File:James W Kynes.jpg	James W. Kynes	1964–1965	Democratic
30	File:Earl Faircloth.jpg	Earl Faircloth	1965–1971	Democratic
31	File:Robert L. Shevin (cropped).jpg	Robert L. Shevin	1971–1979	Democratic
32	File:Portrait of Attorney General Jim Smith - Tallahassee, Florida.jpg	James C. Smith	1979–1987	Democratic
33	File:Bob Butterworth (cropped).jpg	Bob Butterworth	1987–2002	Democratic
34	File:Richard Doran.jpg	Richard E. Doran	2002–2003	Republican
35	File:Charlie Crist official portrait crop.jpg	Charlie Crist	2003–2007	Republican
36	File:McCollum bio photo (cropped).jpg	Bill McCollum	2007–2011	Republican
37	File:Bondi bio photo crop.jpg	Pam Bondi	2011–2019	Republican
38	File:AttorneyGeneral AshleyMoody (cropped).jpg	Ashley Moody	2019–2025	Republican
Nominee	File:No image.svg	James Uthmeier	TBD	Republican