Mississippi Attorney General
Seal of the Attorney General of Mississippi
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.
List of Attorneys General
| Name | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Lyman Harding | 1818–1820 | |
| Edward Turner | 1820–1821 | |
| Thomas Buck Reed | 1821–1825 | Democrat |
| Richard Stockton | 1825–1828 | |
| George Adams | 1828–1829 | |
| Robert H. Buckner | 1829–1830 | |
| R.M. Gaines | 1830–1834 | |
| M.D. Patton | 1834–1837 | |
| T.F. Collins | 1837–1841 | Democrat |
| John D. Freeman | 1841–1850 | Democrat |
| David (D.C.) Glenn [1] | 1850–1857 | Democrat |
| T.J. Wharton | 1857–1865 | Democrat |
| Charles E. Hooker | 1865–1868 | Democrat |
| Jasper Myers | 1868–1870 | |
| Joshua S. Morris | 1870–1874 | |
| 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 |
| Albioun Fernando Summer | 1969–1980 | Democrat |
| William Allain | 1980–1984 | Democrat |
| Edwin Lloyd (Ed) Pittman | 1984–1988 | Democrat |
| Mike Moore | 1988–2004 | Democrat |
| Jim Hood | 2004–present | Democrat |
References
External links
- Mississippi Attorney General official website
- Mississippi Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- Mississippi Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Mississippi Code at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Mississippi" at FindLaw
- The Mississippi Bar
- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at Mississippi Attorney General
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