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[update] Attorney General is Greg Zoeller.
The annual salary of the Attorney General of Indiana is $79,400.[1]
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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 Party | 1855 - 1856 |
| Joseph E. McDonald | Democratic Party | 1856 - 1860 |
| James G. Jones | Republican Party | 1861 - 1860 |
| John Palmer Usher | Republican Party | 1861 - 1862 |
| John F. Kibbey | Republican Party | 1862 |
| Oscar B. Hord | Democratic Party | 1862 - 1864 |
| Delano E. Williamson | Republican Party | 1864 - 1870 |
| Bayless W. Hanna | Democratic Party | 1870 - 1872 |
| James C. Denny | Republican Party | 1872 - 1874 |
| Clarence A. Buskirk | Democratic Party | 1874 - 1878 |
| Thomas W. Woollen | Democratic Party | 1878 - 1880 |
| Daniel P. Baldwin | Republican Party | 1880 - 1882 |
| Francis T. Hord | Democratic Party | 1882 - 1886 |
| Louis T. Michener | Republican Party | 1886 - 1890 |
| Alonzo G. Smith | Democratic Party | 1890 - 1894 |
| William A. Ketcham | Republican Party | 1894 - 1898 |
| William L. Taylor | Republican Party | 1898 - 1903 |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican Party | 1903 - 1907 |
| James Bingham | Republican Party | 1907 - 1911 |
| Thomas M. Honan | Democratic Party | 1911 - 1915 |
| Richard M. Milburn | Democratic Party | 1915 |
| Evan B. Stotsenburg | Democratic Party | 1915 - 1917 |
| Ele Stansbury | Republican Party | 1917 - 1921 |
| U. S. Lesh | Republican Party | 1921 - 1925 |
| Arthur L. Gilliom | Republican Party | 1925 - 1929 |
| James M. Ogden | Republican Party | 1929 - 1933 |
| Philip Lutz, Jr. | Democratic Party | 1933 - 1937 |
| Omer Stokes Jackson | Democratic Party | 1937 - 1940 |
| Samuel D. Jackson | Democratic Party | 1940 - 1941 |
| George N. Beamer | Democratic Party | 1941 - 1943 |
| James A. Emmert | Republican Party | 1943 - 1947 |
| Cleon H. Foust | Republican Party | 1947 - 1949 |
| J. Emmett McManamon | Democratic Party | 1949 - 1953 |
| Edwin K. Steers | Republican Party | 1953 - 1965 |
| John J. Dillon | Democratic Party | 1965 - 1969 |
| Theodore L. Sendak | Republican Party | 1969 - 1981 |
| Linley E. Pearson | Republican Party | 1981 - 1993 |
| Pamela Carter | Democratic Party | 1993 - 1997 |
| Jeff Modisett | Democratic Party | 1997 - 2000 |
| Karen Freeman-Wilson | Democratic Party | 2000 - 2001 |
| Steve Carter | Republican Party | 2001 - 2009 |
| Greg Zoeller | Republican Party | 2009 - present |
Notes
- ^ "Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative Services Agency". State of Indiana. 2008-11-22. http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title4/ar2/ch1.html. 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.
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