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 GeneralPartyTerm of Service
1James E. Dalliba Republican 1861–1862
2Samuel E. Brown Republican 1862–1865
3George W. Chamberlain Republican 1865–1869
4Henry C. Thatcher Republican 1869–1873

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 GeneralPartyTerm of Service
1 Archibald J. Sampson, around 1870s (cropped).jpg A. J. Sampson Republican 1877–1878
2Charles W. Wright Republican 1879–1880
3Charles H. Toll Republican 1881–1882
4David F. Urmy Republican 1883–1884
5Theodore H. Thomas Republican 1885–1886
6Alvin Marsh Republican 1887–1888
7Samuel W. Jones Republican 1889–1890
8Joseph H. Maupin Democratic 1891–1892
9 Eugene Engley People's Party 1893–1894
10 Byron L. Carr, Colorado attorney general, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left) - Chas. Bohm, Denver, Col LCCN2004682546.jpg Byron L. Carr Republican 1895–1898
11David M. Campbell Republican 1899–1900
12Charles C. Post Republican 1901–1902
13Nathan C. Miller Republican 1903–1906
14William H. Dickson Republican 1907–1908
15 Bench and bar of Colorado - JOHN T. BARNETT.png John T. Barnett Democratic 1909–1910
16Benjamin Griffith Republican 1911–1912
17Fred Farrar Democratic 1913–1916
18 Bench and bar of Colorado - LESLIE E. HUBBARD.png Leslie E. Hubbard Democratic 1917–1918
19Victor E. Keyes Republican 1919–1922
20Russel W. Fleming Democratic 1923–1924
21Wayne C. Williams Democratic 1924–1925
22William Boatright Republican 1925–1928
23Robert E. Winbourn Republican 1929–1930
24John S. Underwood Republican 1930–1931
25 Bench and bar of Colorado - CLARENCE L. IRELAND.png Clarence L. Ireland Republican 1931–1932
26 Paul P. Prosser Democratic 1933–1936
27 Byron G. Rogers, 1953.jpg Byron G. Rogers Democratic 1936–1940
28 Gail L. Ireland Republican 1941–1945
29 H. Lawrence Hinkley Republican 1945–1949
30 John W. Metzger Democratic 1949–1950
31 Duke W. Dunbar Republican 1951–1972
32 John P. Moore Republican 1972–1974
33 J.D. MacFarlane Democratic 1975–1982
34 Duane Woodard Republican 1983–1987
Democratic 1987-1991
35 Norton.jpg Gale Norton Republican 1991–1999
36 Kensalazar.jpg Ken Salazar Democratic 1999–2005
37 John Suthers US Attorney (cropped).jpg John Suthers Republican 2005–2015
38 CCoffman1 (cropped).jpg Cynthia Coffman Republican 2015–2019
39 AG Phil Weiser.jpg Phil Weiser Democratic 2019-present

References

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