Kansas Attorney General

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Attorney General of
the State of Kansas
Seal of the Kansas Attorney General.svg
Seal of the attorney general of Kansas
Kobach in 2021 (cropped).png
Incumbent
Kris Kobach
since January 9, 2023
FormationJune 30, 1854
Succession Fifth
Website www.ag.ks.gov

The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas. [1] [2] Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023. [3]

Contents

Divisions

Officeholders

Kansas Territory attorneys general

NameTermParty
Andrew Jackson Isacks1854–1857
William Weer 1857–1858
Alson C. Davis1858–1861

State attorneys general

ImageNameTermParty
Benjamin Franklin Simpson1861Republican
Charles Chadwick1861
Samuel Adams Stinson1861–1863Democratic
Warren William Guthrie1863–1865Republican
Jerome D. Brumbaugh1865–1867
George Henry Hoyt.jpg George Henry Hoyt 1867–1869
Addison Danford1869–1871
Archibald L. Williams 1871–1875
Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph 1875–1877
Willard Davis 1877–1881
William Agnew Johnston (1848-1937).png William Agnew Johnston 1881–1884
George Price Smith 1884–1885Democratic
Simeon Briggs Bradford 1885–1889Republican
Lyman B. Kellogg.gif Lyman Beecher Kellogg 1889–1891
John Nutt Ives 1891–1893Democratic
John Thomas Little 1893–1895Populist
Fernando Brenton Dawes 1895–1897Republican
Photo of Louis C. Boyle (1902) (cropped).png Louis C. Boyle 1897–1899Populist
Aretas Allen Godard 1899–1903Republican
Chiles Crittendon Coleman 1903–1907
FredSJackson.jpg Fred Schuyler Jackson 1907–1911
Justice John Shaw Dawson (1869-1960).png John Shaw Dawson 1911–1915
Sardius Mason Brewster 1915–1919
Richard Joseph Hopkins 1919–1923
Charles Benjamin Griffith 1923–1927
William A. Smith 1927–1930
Roland Boynton 1930–1935
Clarence Victor Beck 1935–1939
Jay S. Parker 1939–1943
Alexander Baldwin Mitchell 1943–1947
Edward F. Arn.jpg Edward F. Arn 1947–1949
Harold Ralph Fatzer 1949–1956
John Anderson Governor.jpg John Anderson Jr. 1956–1961
William M. Ferguson 1961–1965
Robert C. Londerholm 1965–1969
Kent Frizzell - Department of Justice.jpg Kent Frizzell 1969–1971
Vern Miller 1971–1975Democratic
Curt T. Schneider 1975–1979
Robert Stephan 1979–1995Republican
Carla J. Stovall 1995–2003
Phill Kline - 6 August 1986 (2850311960).jpg Phill Kline 2003–2007
AG Paul Morrison.jpg Paul J. Morrison 2007–2008Democratic
Stephen Six 2008–2011
DOJ Elder Fraud Press Conference (cropped).jpg Derek Schmidt 2011–2023Republican
Kobach in 2021 (cropped).png Kris Kobach 2023–present

References

  1. ↑ "About the Kansas Attorney General's Office". ag.ks.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Attorney General of Kansas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  3. ↑ Carpenter, Tim (2023-04-17). "Kobach content with loss in governor's race, convinced job of attorney general much better fit • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  4. ↑ https://www.ag.ks.gov/divisions
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