Colorado Attorney General

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Attorney General of Colorado
AG Phil Weiser.jpg
Incumbent
Phil Weiser
since January 8, 2019
Colorado Department of Law
Constituting instrument Colorado Constitution
Website www.coag.gov

The Attorney General of the State of Colorado is the chief legal officer for the U.S. State of Colorado and the head of the Colorado Department of Law, a principal department of the Colorado state government. It is an elected position with a four-year term, and follows the same schedule as election of the governor. The incumbent Colorado Attorney General is Democrat Phil Weiser, who was elected in November 2018 to a four-year term that began on January 8, 2019.

Contents

The Department of Law has seven sections: Appellate, Natural Resources and Environmental, Consumer Protection, State Services, Civil Litigation and Employment Law, Criminal Justice, Revenue & Utilities, and Business & Licensing. [1]

Attorneys general of the Territory of Colorado

Attorney General of the Territory of Colorado Political partyOrderTerm of Service
James E. Dalliba Republican 1st1861–1862
Samuel E. Brown Republican 2nd1862–1865
George W. Chamberlain Republican 3rd1865–1869
Henry C. Thatcher Republican 4th1869–1873

From 1873 to 1877 the Attorney General position was filled by the U.S. Attorney due to lack of funding by the territorial government. In 1876 Colorado was admitted to the Union as a State.

Attorneys general of the State of Colorado

ImageAttorney General of the State of Colorado Political partyOrderTerm of Service
Archibald J. Sampson, around 1870s (cropped).jpg A. J. Sampson Republican 1st1877–1878
Charles W. Wright Republican 2nd1879–1880
Charles H. Toll Republican 3rd1881–1882
David F. Urmy Republican 4th1883–1884
Theodore H. Thomas Republican 5th1885–1886
Alvin Marsh Republican 6th1887–1888
Samuel W. Jones Republican 7th1889–1890
Joseph H. Maupin Democrat 8th1891–1892
Eugene Engley People's Party 9th1893–1894
Byron L. Carr, Colorado attorney general, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left) - Chas. Bohm, Denver, Col LCCN2004682546.jpg Byron L. Carr Republican 10th1895–1898
David M. Campbell Republican 11th1899–1900
Charles C. Post Republican 12th1901–1902
Nathan C. Miller Republican 13th1903–1906
William H. Dickson Republican 14th1907–1908
Bench and bar of Colorado - JOHN T. BARNETT.png John T. Barnett Democrat 15th1909–1910
Benjamin Griffith Republican 16th1911–1912
Fred Farrar Democrat 17th1913–1916
Bench and bar of Colorado - LESLIE E. HUBBARD.png Leslie E. Hubbard Democrat 18th1917–1918
Victor E. Keyes Republican 19th1919–1922
Russel W. Fleming Democrat 20th1923–1924
Wayne C. Williams Democrat 21st1924–1925
William Boatright Republican 22nd1925–1928
Robert E. Winbourn Republican 23rd1929–1930
John S. Underwood Republican 24th1930–1931
Bench and bar of Colorado - CLARENCE L. IRELAND.png Clarence L. Ireland Republican 25th1931–1932
Paul P. Prosser Democrat 26th1933–1936
Byron G. Rogers, 1953.jpg Byron G. Rogers Democrat 27th1936–1940
Gail L. Ireland Republican 28th1941–1945
H. Lawrence Hinkley Republican 29th1945–1949
John W. Metzger Democrat 30th1949–1950
Duke W. Dunbar Republican 31st1951–1972
John P. Moore Republican 32nd1972–1974
J.D. MacFarlane Democrat 33rd1975–1982
Duane Woodard Republican/Democrat 34th1983–1991
Norton.jpg Gale Norton Republican 35th1991–1999
Kensalazar.jpg Ken Salazar Democrat 36th1999–2005
John Suthers US Attorney (cropped).jpg John Suthers Republican 37th2005–2015
CCoffman1 (cropped).jpg Cynthia Coffman Republican 38th2015–2019
AG Phil Weiser.jpg Phil Weiser Democrat 39th2019-present

References

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