Arizona Attorney General

attorney general for the U.S. state of Arizona
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The Arizona attorney general is the chief legal officer of the State of Arizona, in the United States. The state attorney general is the head of the Arizona Department of Law,[1] more commonly known as the Arizona Attorney General's Office.

Attorney General of Arizona
Seal of the attorney general of Arizona
= Current Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes
Incumbent
Kris Mayes

since January 2, 2023
StyleThe Honorable
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona
Term lengthFour years; renewable once consecutively
Formation1912
DeputyNone
Salary$90,000
Websitewww.azag.gov

Arizona Attorneys General

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Image Name Term of Office
  Coles Bashford 1864–1866
John A. Rush 1866–1867
  Granville Henderson Oury 1869
J. E. McCaffry ca. 1872
  Clark Churchill 1884–1887
Briggs Goodrich 1887–1888
John A. Rush 1888–1889
  Clark Churchill 1889–1892
  William Herring 1892–1893
John C. Herndon 1893
  Francis J. Heney 1893–1895
Thomas D. Satterwhite 1895–1896
John Frank Wilson 1896–1897
C. M. Frazier 1898
Charles F. Ainsworth 1898–1902
  Edmund W. Wells 1902–1904
  Joseph H. Kibbey 1904–1905
E. S. Clark 1905–1910
John B. Wright 1910–1912

State of Arizona

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Parties

  Democratic (17)   Republican (10)

# Image Name Political Party Term of Office
1   George Purdy Bullard Democratic 1912–1915
2 File:Wiley E. Jones.png Wiley E. Jones Democratic 1915–1921
3 File:W. J. Galbraith.png W. J. Galbraith Republican 1921–1923
4 File:John W. Murphy.png John W. Murphy Democratic 1923–1928
5 K. Berry Peterson Democratic 1928–1933
6   Arthur T. LaPrade Democratic 1933–1935
7 File:John L. Sullivan.png John L. Sullivan Democratic 1935–1937
8 Joe Conway Democratic 1937–1944
9 File:John L. Sullivan.png John L. Sullivan Democratic 1944–1948
10 Evo Anton DeConcini Democratic 1948–1949
11 Fred O. Wilson Democratic 1949–1953
12 Ross F. Jones Republican 1953–1955
13 Robert Morrison Democratic 1955–1959
14 Wade Church Democratic 1959–1961
15   Robert Pickrell Republican 1961–1965
16 Darrell F. Smith Republican 1965–1968
17 Gary K. Nelson Republican 1969–1974
18 N. Warner Lee Republican 1974–1975
19   Bruce Babbitt Democratic 1975–1978
20 Jack LaSota Democratic 1978–1979
21   Robert K. Corbin Republican 1979–1991
22   Grant Woods Republican 1991–1999
23   Janet Napolitano Democratic 1999–2003
24   Terry Goddard Democratic 2003–2011
25   Tom Horne Republican 2011–2015
26   Mark Brnovich Republican 2015–2023
27   Kris Mayes Democratic 2023–present

References

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  1. "A.R.S. §41-193 | Department of law; composition; powers and duties". Arizona State Legislature. State of Arizona. Retrieved 18 January 2019. The department of law shall be composed of the attorney general and the subdivisions of the department created as provided in this article [...] (A.R.S. §41-193).