Illinois Attorney General
Attorney General for the U.S. state of Illinois
The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage. Based in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, the Attorney General is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the Governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly, and conducting all legal affairs pertaining to the state. The current Attorney General is Kwame Raoul.
| Attorney General of Illinois | |
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 Great Seal of Illinois | |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder | Daniel Pope Cook |
| Formation | December 3, 1818 |
| Succession | Second |
| Website | http://www.ag.state.il.us/ |
List of attorneys general
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Democratic (21) Republican (17) Democratic-Republican (4)
| # | Image | Name[1][2] | Political party | Term |
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Daniel Pope Cook | Democratic-Republican | 1819 |
| 2 | William Mears | Democratic-Republican | 1819–1821 | |
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Samuel D. Lockwood | Democratic-Republican | 1821–1822 |
| 4 | James Turney | Democratic-Republican | 1822–1829 | |
| 5 | George Forquer | Democratic | 1829–1832 | |
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James Semple | Democratic | 1832–1834 |
| 7 | Ninian Wirt Edwards | Democratic | 1834–1835 | |
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Jesse B. Thomas Jr. | Democratic | 1835–1836 |
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Walter B. Scates | Democratic | 1836–1837 |
| 10 | Usher F. Linder | Democratic | 1837–1838 | |
| 11 | George W. Olney | Democratic | 1838–1839 | |
| 12 | Wickliffe Kitchell | Democratic | 1839–1840 | |
| 13 | Josiah Lamborn | Democratic | 1840–1843 | |
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James A. McDougall | Democratic | 1843–1846 |
| 15 | David B. Campbell | Democratic | 1846–1848 | |
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Robert G. Ingersoll | Republican | 1867–1869 |
| 17 | Washington Bushnell | Republican | 1869–1873 | |
| 18 | James K. Edsall | Republican | 1873–1881 | |
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James A. McCartney | Republican | 1881–1885 |
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George Hunt | Republican | 1885–1893 |
| 21 | Maurice T. Moloney | Democratic | 1893–1897 | |
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Edward C. Akin | Republican | 1897–1901 |
| 23 | Howland J. Hamlin | Republican | 1901–1905 | |
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William H. Stead | Republican | 1905–1913 |
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Patrick J. Lucey | Democratic | 1913–1917 |
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Edward J. Brundage | Republican | 1917–1925 |
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Oscar E. Carlstrom | Republican | 1925–1933 |
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Otto Kerner Sr. | Democratic | 1932–1938 |
| 29 | John Edward Cassidy | Democratic | 1938–1941 | |
| 30 | George F. Barrett | Republican | 1941–1949 | |
| 31 | Ivan A. Elliott | Democratic | 1949–1953 | |
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Latham Castle | Republican | 1953–1959 |
| 33 | Grenville Beardsley | Republican | 1959–1960 | |
| 34 | William L. Guild | Republican | 1960–1961 | |
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William G. Clark | Democratic | 1961–1969 |
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William J. Scott | Republican | 1969–1980 |
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Tyrone C. Fahner | Republican | 1980–1983 |
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Neil F. Hartigan | Democratic | 1983–1991 |
| 39 | 
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Roland W. Burris | Democratic | 1991–1995 |
| 40 | Jim Ryan | Republican | 1995–2003 | |
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Lisa Madigan | Democratic | 2003–2019 |
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Kwame Raoul | Democratic | 2019–present |
Other websites
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This short article about the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.- ↑ "Illinois Attorney General - History of the Illinois Attorney General". Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ↑ Illinois Blue Book. Springfield: Secretary of State. 1908. p. 159. Retrieved 13 August 2018.