List of attorneys general of Missouri

Seal of the Office of the Missouri Attorney General

The individuals listed below have all served in the position of Missouri Attorney General.

List

Parties

   Democratic (28)    Republican (12)    Democratic-Republican (2)    Whig (1)

#	Name		Party	Term
1		Edward Bates	Democratic-Republican	1820–1821
2		Rufus Easton	Democratic-Republican	1821–1826
3		Robert W. Wells	Democratic	1826–1836
4		William B. Napton	Democratic	1836–1839
5		Samuel Mansfield Bay	Democratic	1839–1845
6		Benjamin F. Stringfellow	Democratic	1845–1849
7		William A. Robards	Democratic	1849–1851
8		James B. Gardenhire	Whig	1851–1857
9		Ephraim B. Ewing	Democratic	1857–1858
10		J. Proctor Knott	Democratic	1858–1861
11		Aikman Welch	Democratic	1861–1864
12		Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	1864
13		Robert F. Wingate	Democratic	1865–1869
14		Horace P. Johnson	Republican	1869–1871
15		Andrew J. Baker	Republican	1871–1872
16		H. Clay Ewing	Democratic	1873–1875
17		John A. Hockaday	Democratic	1875–1877
18		Jackson L. Smith	Democratic	1877–1881
19		Daniel H. McIntyre	Democratic	1881–1885
20		Banton G. Boone	Democratic	1885–1889
21		John M. Wood	Democratic	1889–1893
22		Robert F. Walker	Democratic	1893–1897
23		Edward C. Crow	Democratic	1897–1905
24		Herbert S. Hadley	Republican	1905–1909
25		Elliott W. Major	Democratic	1909–1913
26		John T. Barker	Democratic	1913–1917
27		Frank Winton McAllister	Democratic	1917–1921
28		Jesse W. Barrett	Republican	1921–1925
29		Robert William Otto	Republican	1925
30		North Todd Gentry	Republican	1925–1928
31		Stratton Shartel	Republican	1928–1933
32		Roy McKittrick	Democratic	1933–1945
33		Buck Taylor	Democratic	1945–1953
34		John M. Dalton	Democratic	1953–1961
35		Thomas Eagleton	Democratic	1961–1965
36		Norman H. Anderson	Democratic	1965–1969
37		John Danforth	Republican	1969–1977
38		John Ashcroft	Republican	1977–1985
39		William L. Webster	Republican	1985–1993
40		Jay Nixon	Democratic	1993–2009
41		Chris Koster	Democratic	2009–2017
42		Josh Hawley	Republican	2017–2019
43		Eric Schmitt	Republican	2019–2023
44		Andrew Bailey	Republican	2023–present

References

• Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005-2006.