| Attorney General of Florida |
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| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Joseph Branch |
| Formation | 1845 |
| Website | http://myfloridalegal.com/ |
The Florida Attorney General is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state.
The office is one of only three elected state cabinet posts, along with the Chief Financial Officer and Agriculture Commissioner.
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Election and terms of office
As with the other two cabinet posts and the office of lieutenant governor, there is a limit of two four-year terms for the Attorney General.[1] The Governor of Florida is restricted to two consecutive terms, with no lifetime limit on the number of terms he or she may serve.
Removal from office
The Florida Attorney General can be impeached for committing a "misdemeanor in office" by the State Legislature, and convicted and thereby removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the State Senate.
Office Holders
| Attorney General | Term of Service |
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| Joseph Branch | 1845 - 1846 |
| Augustus E. Maxwell | 1846 - 1848 |
| James T. Archer | 1848 |
| David P. Hogue | 1848–1853 |
| Mariano D. Papy | 1853-1861 |
| John B. Galbraith | 1861-1868 |
| James Westcott, Jr. | 1868 |
| A. R. Meek | 1868–1870 |
| Sherman Conant | 1870-1871 |
| J.B.C. Drew | 1871-1872 |
| H. Bisbee, Jr. | 1872 |
| J.P.C. Emmons | 1872–1873 |
| William A. Cocke | 1873-1877 |
| George P. Raney | 1877–1885 |
| Charles Merian Cooper | 1885-1889 |
| William B. Lamar | 1889–1903 |
| James B. Whitfield | 1903-1904 |
| W.H. Ellis | 1904-1909 |
| Park Trammell | 1909-1913 |
| Thomas F. West | 1913-1917 |
| Van C. Swearingen | 1917-1921 |
| Rivers Buford | 1921-1925 |
| J.B. Johnson | 1925-1927 |
| Fred H. Davis | 1927-1931 |
| Cary D. Landis | 1931-1938 |
| George Couper Gibbs | 1938-1941 |
| J. Thomas Watson | 1941-1949 |
| Richard W. Ervin | 1949-1964 |
| James W. Kynes | 1964-1965 |
| Earl Faircloth | 1965-1971 |
| Robert Shevin | 1971-1979 |
| James C. Smith | 1979-1987 |
| Robert A. Butterworth | 1987-2002 |
| Richard E. Doran | 2002-2003 |
| Charlie Crist | 2003-2007 |
| Bill McCollum | 2007- |
See also
References
- ^ 1968 Constitution of Florida (as amended), Article VI, Section 4
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