Kansas Attorney General
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Attorney General of the State of Kansas | |
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![]() Seal of the attorney general of Kansas | |
since January 9, 2023 | |
Formation | June 30, 1854 |
Website | www |
The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.[1][2] Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023.[3]
Divisions
[edit]- Criminal Justice
- Civil Litigation
- Consumer Protection
- Concealed Carry
- Kansas Bureau of Investigation[4]
- Legal Opinions and Government Counsel
- Kansas Solicitor General Unit
- Medicaid Fraud Unit
Officeholders
[edit]Kansas Territory attorneys general
[edit]Name | Term | Party |
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Andrew Jackson Isacks | 1854–1857 | |
William Weer | 1857–1858 | |
Alson C. Davis | 1858–1861 |
State attorneys general
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Image | Name | Term | Party |
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Benjamin Franklin Simpson | 1861 | Republican | |
Charles Chadwick | 1861 | ||
Samuel Adams Stinson | 1861–1863 | Democratic | |
Warren William Guthrie | 1863–1865 | Republican | |
Jerome D. Brumbaugh | 1865–1867 | ||
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George Henry Hoyt | 1867–1869 | |
Addison Danford | 1869–1871 | ||
Archibald L. Williams | 1871–1875 | ||
Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph | 1875–1877 | ||
Willard Davis | 1877–1881 | ||
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William Agnew Johnston | 1881–1884 | |
George Price Smith | 1884–1885 | Democratic | |
Simeon Briggs Bradford | 1885–1889 | Republican | |
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Lyman Beecher Kellogg | 1889–1891 | |
John Nutt Ives | 1891–1893 | Democratic | |
John Thomas Little | 1893–1895 | Populist | |
Fernando Brenton Dawes | 1895–1897 | Republican | |
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Louis C. Boyle | 1897–1899 | Populist |
Aretas Allen Godard | 1899–1903 | Republican | |
Chiles Crittendon Coleman | 1903–1907 | ||
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Fred Schuyler Jackson | 1907–1911 | |
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John Shaw Dawson | 1911–1915 | |
Sardius Mason Brewster | 1915–1919 | ||
Richard Joseph Hopkins | 1919–1923 | ||
Charles Benjamin Griffith | 1923–1927 | ||
William A. Smith | 1927–1930 | ||
Roland Boynton | 1930–1935 | ||
Clarence Victor Beck | 1935–1939 | ||
Jay S. Parker | 1939–1943 | ||
Alexander Baldwin Mitchell | 1943–1947 | ||
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Edward F. Arn | 1947–1949 | |
Harold Ralph Fatzer | 1949–1956 | ||
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John Anderson Jr. | 1956–1961 | |
William M. Ferguson | 1961–1965 | ||
Robert C. Londerholm | 1965–1969 | ||
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Kent Frizzell | 1969–1971 | |
Vern Miller | 1971–1975 | Democratic | |
Curt T. Schneider | 1975–1979 | ||
Robert Stephan | 1979–1995 | Republican | |
Carla J. Stovall | 1995–2003 | ||
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Phill Kline | 2003–2007 | |
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Paul J. Morrison | 2007–2008 | Democratic |
Stephen Six | 2008–2011 | ||
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Derek Schmidt | 2011–2023 | Republican |
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Kris Kobach | 2023–present |
References
[edit]- ^ "About the Kansas Attorney General's Office". ag.ks.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "Attorney General of Kansas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ Carpenter, Tim (2023-04-17). "Kobach content with loss in governor's race, convinced job of attorney general much better fit • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "KBI - Kansas Bureau of Investigation - Drug Enforcement - Home". www.kansas.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-05.