Indiana Attorney General
The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election to serve for a four-year term. The forty-second and current Attorney General is Greg Zoeller.
The annual salary of the Attorney General of Indiana is $79,400.[1]
List of Indiana Attorneys General
Territorial
Attorney General | Political Party | Term of Service |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Parke | 1804–1808 | |
John Rice Jones | 1808–1816 |
State
Under the 1816 Constitution of Indiana the office of Attorney General was filled by appointment. After the adoption of the 1851 constitution, the office was filled by popular election.
Attorney General | Political Party | Term of Service |
---|---|---|
James Morrison | Republican | 1855–1856 |
Joseph E. McDonald | Democratic | 1856–1860 |
James G. Jones | Republican | 1860–1861 |
John Palmer Usher | Republican | 1861–1862 |
John F. Kibbey | Republican | 1862 |
Oscar B. Hord | Democratic | 1862–1864 |
Delano E. Williamson | Republican | 1864–1870 |
Bayless W. Hanna | Democratic | 1870–1872 |
James C. Denny | Republican | 1872–1874 |
Clarence A. Buskirk | Democratic | 1874–1878 |
Thomas W. Woollen | Democratic | 1878 –1880 |
Daniel P. Baldwin | Republican | 1880–1882 |
Francis T. Hord | Democratic | 1882–1886 |
Louis T. Michener | Republican | 1886–1890 |
Alonzo G. Smith | Democratic | 1890–1894 |
William A. Ketcham | Republican | 1894–1898 |
William L. Taylor | Republican | 1898–1903 |
Charles W. Miller | Republican | 1903–1907 |
James Bingham | Republican | 1907–1911 |
Thomas M. Honan | Democratic | 1911–1915 |
Richard M. Milburn | Democratic | 1915 |
Evan B. Stotsenburg | Democratic | 1915–1917 |
Ele Stansbury | Republican | 1917–1921 |
U. S. Lesh | Republican | 1921–1925 |
Arthur L. Gilliom | Republican | 1925–1929 |
James M. Ogden | Republican | 1929–1933 |
Philip Lutz, Jr. | Democratic | 1933–1937 |
Omer Stokes Jackson | Democratic | 1937–1940 |
Samuel D. Jackson | Democratic | 1940–1941 |
George N. Beamer | Democratic | 1941–1943 |
James A. Emmert | Republican | 1943–1947 |
Cleon H. Foust | Republican | 1947–1949 |
J. Emmett McManamon | Democratic | 1949–1953 |
Edwin K. Steers | Republican | 1953–1965 |
John J. Dillon | Democratic | 1965–1969 |
Theodore L. Sendak | Republican | 1969–1981 |
Linley E. Pearson | Republican | 1981–1993 |
Pamela L. Carter | Democratic Party | 1993–1997 |
Jeffrey A. Modisett | Democratic | 1997–2000 |
Karen Freeman-Wilson | Democratic | 2000–2001 |
Steve Carter | Republican | 2001–2009 |
Greg Zoeller | Republican | 2009–2017 |
Curtis Hill | Republican | 2017 |
Notes
- ↑ "Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative Services Agency". State of Indiana. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ↑ See http://www.in.gov/library/3239.htm, a list of historic Attorneys General compiled by staff of the Indiana State Library.
External links
- Indiana Attorney General official website
- Indiana Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- Indiana Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Indiana Code at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Indiana" at FindLaw
- Indiana State Bar Association
- Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at Indiana Attorney General
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