Alaska Attorney General

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Alaska Attorney General
Incumbent
Treg Taylor
since January 30, 2021
Member of Government of Alaska
Reports to Governor of Alaska
Appointer Governor of Alaska
First holder1916
Succession Second
Websitelaw.state.ak.us

The Alaska Attorney General is the chief legal advisor to the government of the State of Alaska and to its governor. The Attorney General is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Alaska Legislature. The position has existed since the early days of the Territory of Alaska, though it was an elected rather than an appointed position prior to statehood. The Attorney General also serves as the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Law, and is the only commissioner of a principal department of Alaska state government not referred to as "Commissioner" in normal usage. [1]

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List of attorneys general

In the earliest days of the Alaska Territory, the Territorial Counsel served as the de facto attorney general. Only one person, John H. Cobb, served in this position. The 2nd Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1915 created the Office of the Attorney General, to become effective after the 1916 general election. The attorney general's position was an elected position during the entirety of territorial days, as opposed to under statehood, in which it has been a position appointed by the governor since 1959. The following is a list of attorneys general in Alaska.

Alaska Territory

NameImageTerm of officeGovernor(s)
George Barnes Grigsby GeorgeBGrigsby.jpg 1916–1919 Strong, Riggs
Jeremiah C. Murphy No image.svg 1919–1920Riggs
John Rustgard John Rustgard.jpg 1920–1933Riggs, Bone, Parks
James S. Truitt No image.svg 1933–1941 Troy, Gruening
Henry Roden No image.svg 1941–1945Gruening
Ralph Julian Rivers Ralph Julian Rivers.jpg 1945–1949Gruening
J. Gerald Williams No image.svg 1949–1959Gruening, Heintzleman, Stepovich

State of Alaska

NameImageTerm of officeGovernor(s)
John Rader John Rader.jpg 1959–1960 Egan
Ralph E. Moody Ralph E. Moody.jpg 1960–1962
George N. Hayes No image.svg 1962–1964
Warren C. Colver No image.svg 1964–1966
Donald A. Burr No image.svg 1966–1967 Hickel
Edgar Paul Boyko No image.svg 1967–1968
G. Kent Edwards No image.svg 1968–1970
Miller
John E. Havelock John Havelock.jpg 1970–1973Egan
Norman C. Gorsuch No image.svg 1973–1974
Avrum M. Gross Avrum Gross.jpg 1974–1980 Hammond
Wilson L. Condon No image.svg 1980–1982
Norman C. Gorsuch No image.svg 1982–1985 Sheffield
Harold M. Brown No image.svg 1985–1986
Grace Berg Schaible No image.svg 1987–1989 Cowper
Douglas Baily No image.svg 1989–1990
Charlie Cole No image.svg 1991–1994Hickel
Bruce Botelho Bruce Botelho 396.jpg 1994–2002
Knowles
Gregg Renkes No image.svg 2002–2005 Murkowski
David W. Márquez No image.svg 2005–2006
Talis J. Colberg No image.svg 2006–2009 Palin
Dan Sullivan DanielSSullivan.jpg 2009–2010
Parnell
John J. Burns No image.svg 2010–2012
Michael Geraghty No image.svg 2012–2014
Craig W. Richards [2] Craig W. Richards (cropped).jpg 2014–2016 Walker
Jahna Lindemuth No image.svg 2016–2018
Kevin Clarkson Kevin Clarkson (cropped).jpg 2018–2020 Dunleavy
Ed Sniffen (acting)2020–2021
Treg Taylor 2021–present

References

  1. "Alaskan State Constitution" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  2. "About the Attorney General - Alaska Department of Law". Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-02.