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| Attorney General of the State of Kansas | |
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 Seal of the attorney general of Kansas | |
| Formation | June 30, 1854 |
| Website | www |
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]
| Name | Term | Party |
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| Andrew Jackson Isacks | 1854–1857 | |
| William Weer | 1857–1858 | |
| Alson C. Davis | 1858–1861 |
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| Image | Name | Term | Party |
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| Benjamin Franklin Simpson | 1861 | Republican | |
| Charles Chadwick | 1861 | ||
| Samuel Adams Stinson | 1861–1863 | Democratic | |
| Warren William Guthrie | 1863–1865 | Republican | |
| Jerome D. Brumbaugh | 1865–1867 | ||
 | George Henry Hoyt | 1867–1869 | |
| Addison Danford | 1869–1871 | ||
| Archibald L. Williams | 1871–1875 | ||
| Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph | 1875–1877 | ||
| Willard Davis | 1877–1881 | ||
 | William Agnew Johnston | 1881–1884 | |
| George Price Smith | 1884–1885 | Democratic | |
| Simeon Briggs Bradford | 1885–1889 | Republican | |
 | Lyman Beecher Kellogg | 1889–1891 | |
| John Nutt Ives | 1891–1893 | Democratic | |
| John Thomas Little | 1893–1895 | Populist | |
| Fernando Brenton Dawes | 1895–1897 | Republican | |
 | Louis C. Boyle | 1897–1899 | Populist |
| Aretas Allen Godard | 1899–1903 | Republican | |
| Chiles Crittendon Coleman | 1903–1907 | ||
 | Fred Schuyler Jackson | 1907–1911 | |
 | 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 | 1947–1949 | |
| Harold Ralph Fatzer | 1949–1956 | ||
 | John Anderson Jr. | 1956–1961 | |
| William M. Ferguson | 1961–1965 | ||
| Robert C. Londerholm | 1965–1969 | ||
 | Kent Frizzell | 1969–1971 | |
| Vern Miller | 1971–1975 | Democratic | |
| Curt T. Schneider | 1975–1979 | ||
| Robert Stephan | 1979–1995 | Republican | |
| Carla J. Stovall | 1995–2003 | ||
 | Phill Kline | 2003–2007 | |
 | Paul J. Morrison | 2007–2008 | Democratic |
| Stephen Six | 2008–2011 | ||
 | Derek Schmidt | 2011–2023 | Republican |
 | Kris Kobach | 2023–present |
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