Missouri Attorney General

Attorney General of Missouri
File:AG-Andrew Bailey.jpg Incumbent Andrew Bailey since January 3, 2023
Type	Attorney General
Member of	Board of Fund Commissioners
Seat	Supreme Court building
Formation	1806
Website	Missouri Attorney General official website

The Office of the Missouri Attorney General is the attorney for the state, representing the legal interests of Missouri and its state agencies. It was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Since the 1865 Constitution, the Attorney General has been elected.

List

Parties

  Democratic (28)   Republican (12)   Democratic-Republican (2)   Whig (1)

#	Name		Party	Term
1	File:Abraham Lincoln (1897) (14591028330).jpg	Edward Bates	Democratic-Republican	1820–1821
2	File:Rufus Easton.jpg	Rufus Easton	Democratic-Republican	1821–1826
3		Robert W. Wells	Democratic	1826–1836
4		William B. Napton	Democratic	1836–1839
5		Samuel Mansfield Bay	Democratic	1839–1845
6	File:Benjamin Stringfellow.jpg	Benjamin F. Stringfellow	Democratic	1845–1849
7		William A. Robards	Democratic	1849–1851
8		James B. Gardenhire	Whig	1851–1857
9		Ephraim B. Ewing	Democratic	1857–1858
10	File:J. Proctor Knott - Brady-Handy.jpg	J. Proctor Knott	Democratic	1858–1861
11		Aikman Welch	Democratic	1861–1864
12	File:Thomas Theodore Crittenden - Brady-Handy.jpg	Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	1864
13		Robert F. Wingate	Democratic	1865–1869
14		Horace P. Johnson	Republican	1869–1871
15		Andrew J. Baker	Republican	1871–1872
16		H. Clay Ewing	Democratic	1873–1875
17		John A. Hockaday	Democratic	1875–1877
18		Jackson L. Smith	Democratic	1877–1881
19		Daniel H. McIntyre	Democratic	1881–1885
20		Banton G. Boone	Democratic	1885–1889
21		John M. Wood	Democratic	1889–1893
22	File:Robert F. Walker (25135812275).jpg	Robert F. Walker	Democratic	1893–1897
23		Edward C. Crow	Democratic	1897–1905
24	File:Herbert S. Hadley (cropped).jpg	Herbert S. Hadley	Republican	1905–1909
25	File:Elliott W. Major, Governor of Missouri.jpg	Elliott W. Major	Democratic	1909–1913
26		John T. Barker	Democratic	1913–1917
27	File:Frank Winton McAllister (1873-1948) (25109457786).jpg	Frank Winton McAllister	Democratic	1917–1921
28	File:Jesse W. Barrett LCCN2014717084.jpg	Jesse W. Barrett	Republican	1921–1925
29		Robert William Otto	Republican	1925
30	File:North Todd Gentry young.jpg	North Todd Gentry	Republican	1925–1928
31		Stratton Shartel	Republican	1928–1933
32		Roy McKittrick	Democratic	1933–1945
33		Buck Taylor	Democratic	1945–1953
34	File:MO Governors - 45 John Montgomery Dalton (1961-1965) (52976630509).jpg	John M. Dalton	Democratic	1953–1961
35	File:Thomas Eagleton (3x4 crop).jpg	Thomas Eagleton	Democratic	1961–1965
36	File:Norman H. Anderson.jpg	Norman H. Anderson	Democratic	1965–1969
37	File:JohnDanforth.jpg	John Danforth	Republican	1969–1977
38	File:John Ashcroft official photo as Governor (cropped).jpg	John Ashcroft	Republican	1977–1985
39	File:William L. Webster (cropped).jpg	William L. Webster	Republican	1985–1993
40	File:Jay Nixon 1993 (cropped).jpg	Jay Nixon	Democratic	1993–2009
41	File:Chris Koster official portrait (cropped).jpg	Chris Koster	Democratic	2009–2017
42	File:Hawley-Josh-AG-portrait (crop).jpg	Josh Hawley	Republican	2017–2019
43	File:AG-General Eric Schmitt (crop).jpg	Eric Schmitt	Republican	2019–2023
44	File:AG-Andrew Bailey.jpg	Andrew Bailey	Republican	2023–present