Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Douglas F. Gansler | 2007 – 2014 |
| J. Joseph Curran, Jr. | 1987 – 2007 |
| Stephen H. Sachs | 1979 – 1987 |
| Francis B. Burch | 1966 – 1978 |
| Robert C. Murphy | 1966 |
| Thomas B. Finan | 1961 – 1966 |
| C. Ferdinand Sybert | 1954 – 1961 |
| Edward D.E. Rollins | 1952 – 1954 |
| Hall Hammond | 1946 – 1952 |
| William Curran | 1945 – 1946 |
| William C. Walsh | 1938 – 1945 |
| Herbert R. O’conor | 1934 – 1938 |
| William Prestion Lane, Jr. | 1930 – 1934 |
| Thomas H. Robinson | 1923 – 1930 |
| Alexander Armstrong | 1919 – 1923 |
| Ogle Marbury | 1919 |
| Albert C. Ritchie | 1915 – 1919 |
| Edgar Allan Poe | 1911 – 1915 |
| Isaac Lobe Straus | 1907 – 1911 |
| William Shepard Bryan, Jr. | 1903 – 1911 |
| Isidor Rayner | 1899 – 1903 |
| George Riggs Gaither, Jr. | 1899 |
| Harry M. Clabaugh | 1895 – 1899 |
| John Prentiss Poe | 1891 – 1895 |
| William Pinkney Whyte | 1887 – 1891 |
| Charles Boyle Roberts | 1883 – 1887 |
| Charles J.M. Gwinn | 1875 – 1883 |
| Andrew K. Syester | 1871 – 1875 |
| Isaac Dashiell Jones | 1867 – 1871 |
| Alexander Randall | 1864 – 1867 |
| Robert J. Brent | 1851 |
| George R. Richardson | 1846 – 1851 |
| Josiah Bayly | 1831 – 1846 |
| Roger B. Taney | 1827 – 1831 |
| Thomas Kell | 1824 – 1827 |
| Thomas Beale Dorsey | 1822 – 1824 |
| Luther Martin | 1818 – 1827 |
| John Montgomery | 1811 – 1818 |
| John Johnson, Sr. | 1806 – 1811 |
| John Thomason Mason | 1806 |
| William Pinkney | 1805 – 1806 |
| Luther Martin | 1778 – 1805 |
| James Tilghman | 1777 – 1778 |
