Attorney General of Mississippi | |
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Term length | 4 years |
First holder | Lyman Harding |
The Attorney General of Mississippi is the chief legal officer of the state and serves as the state's lawyer. Only the Attorney General can bring or defend a lawsuit on behalf of the state.
The Attorney General is elected statewide for a four-year term with no term limits. The qualification for office is that one must be qualified elector, at least 26 years of ages, a practicing attorney for 5 years, and a citizen of the state for 5 years before the date of election.
All Attorneys General from 1878 to 2020 were Democrats.
Name | Term | Party |
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Lyman Harding | 1818–1820 | Democrat-Republican |
Edward Turner | 1820–1821 | Democrat-Republican |
Thomas Buck Reed | 1821–1825 | Democrat-Republican |
Richard Stockton | 1825–1828 | Jacksonian |
George Adams | 1828–1829 | Jacksonian |
Robert H. Buckner | 1829–1830 | Democrat |
R.M. Gaines | 1830–1834 | Democrat |
M.D. Patton | 1834–1837 | Democrat |
T.F. Collins | 1837–1841 | Democrat |
John D. Freeman | 1841–1850 | Democrat |
David C. Glenn [1] | 1850–1857 | Democrat |
T.J. Wharton | 1857–1865 | Democrat |
Charles E. Hooker | 1865–1868 | Democrat |
Jasper Myers | 1868–1870 | Democrat |
Joshua S. Morris | 1870–1874 | Democrat |
George E. Harris | 1874–1878 | Republican |
Thomas C. Catchings | 1878–1885 | Democrat |
Thomas S. Ford | 1885–1886 | Democrat |
T. Marshall Miller | 1886–1893 | Democrat |
Frank Johnston | 1893–1896 | Democrat |
Wiley N. Nash | 1896–1900 | Democrat |
Monroe McClurg | 1900–1903 | Democrat |
William Williams | 1903–1907 | Democrat |
Robert Virgil Fletcher | 1907–1908 | Democrat |
J. Bowman Sterling | 1908–1910 | Democrat |
Shepherd Spencer Hudson | 1910–1912 | Democrat |
Ross A. Collins | 1912–1920 | Democrat |
Frank Roberson | 1920–1923 | Democrat |
C.D. Potter | 1923–1924 | Democrat |
Rush Hightower Knox | 1924–1928 | Democrat |
George T. Mitchell | 1928–1932 | Democrat |
Greek Lent Rice | 1932–1950 | Democrat |
James P. Coleman | 1950–1956 | Democrat |
Joseph Turner Patterson | 1956–1969 | Democrat |
A. F. Summer | 1969–1980 | Democrat |
William Allain | 1980–1984 | Democrat |
Edwin L. Pittman | 1984–1988 | Democrat |
Mike Moore | 1988–2004 | Democrat |
Jim Hood | 2004–2020 | Democrat |
Lynn Fitch | 2020–present | Republican |
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