Indiana Attorney General
The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election to serve for a four-year term. The forty-fourth and current Attorney General is Todd Rokita.
Indiana Attorney General | |
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Seal of the Attorney General | |
Term length | Four years |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Indiana |
Formation | 1855 |
First holder | James Morrison |
Succession | Statewide election |
Salary | $97,201.78 |
Website | www |
The annual salary of the Attorney General of Indiana is $97,201.78.[1]
List of Indiana Attorneys General
Territorial
Attorney General | Political Party | Term of Service |
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Benjamin Parke | 1804–1808 | |
John Rice Jones | 1808–1816 |
State
Under the 1816 Constitution of Indiana the office of Attorney General was filled by appointment. After the adoption of the 1851 constitution, the office was filled by popular election.
- Parties
Democratic (19) Republican (25)
Attorney General | Political Party | Term of Service |
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James Morrison | Republican | 1855–1856 |
Joseph E. McDonald | Democratic | 1856–1860 |
James G. Jones | Republican | 1860–1861 |
John Palmer Usher | Republican | 1861–1862 |
John F. Kibbey | Republican | 1862 |
Oscar B. Hord | Democratic | 1862–1864 |
Delano E. Williamson | Republican | 1864–1870 |
Bayless W. Hanna | Democratic | 1870–1872 |
James C. Denny | Republican | 1872–1874 |
Clarence A. Buskirk | Democratic | 1874–1878 |
Thomas W. Woollen | Democratic | 1878 –1880 |
Daniel P. Baldwin | Republican | 1880–1882 |
Francis T. Hord | Democratic | 1882–1886 |
Louis T. Michener | Republican | 1886–1890 |
Alonzo G. Smith | Democratic | 1890–1894 |
William A. Ketcham | Republican | 1894–1898 |
William L. Taylor | Republican | 1898–1903 |
Charles W. Miller | Republican | 1903–1907 |
James Bingham | Republican | 1907–1911 |
Thomas M. Honan | Democratic | 1911–1915 |
Richard M. Milburn | Democratic | 1915 |
Evan B. Stotsenburg | Democratic | 1915–1917 |
Ele Stansbury | Republican | 1917–1921 |
U. S. Lesh | Republican | 1921–1925 |
Arthur L. Gilliom | Republican | 1925–1929 |
James M. Ogden | Republican | 1929–1933 |
Philip Lutz, Jr. | Democratic | 1933–1937 |
Omer Stokes Jackson | Democratic | 1937–1940 |
Samuel D. Jackson | Democratic | 1940–1941 |
George N. Beamer | Democratic | 1941–1943 |
James A. Emmert | Republican | 1943–1947 |
Cleon H. Foust | Republican | 1947–1949 |
J. Emmett McManamon | Democratic | 1949–1953 |
Edwin K. Steers | Republican | 1953–1965 |
John J. Dillon | Democratic | 1965–1969 |
Theodore L. Sendak | Republican | 1969–1981 |
Linley E. Pearson | Republican | 1981–1993 |
Pamela L. Carter | Democratic | 1993–1997 |
Jeffrey A. Modisett | Democratic | 1997–2000 |
Karen Freeman-Wilson | Democratic | 2000–2001 |
Steve Carter | Republican | 2001–2009 |
Greg Zoeller | Republican | 2009–2017 |
Curtis Hill | Republican | 2017–2021 |
Todd Rokita | Republican | 2021-present |
Notes
- "Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative Services Agency". State of Indiana. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- See http://www.in.gov/library/3239.htm, a list of historic Attorneys General compiled by staff of the Indiana State Library.
External links
- Indiana Attorney General official website
- Indiana Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- Indiana Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Indiana Code at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Indiana" at FindLaw
- Indiana State Bar Association
- National Association of Attorneys General - Curtis T. Hill
- Press releases at Indiana Attorney General
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