Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Henry D. McMaster | 2003 – 2011 |
| Charles M. Condon | 1995 – 2003 |
| Thomas Travis Medlock | 1983 – 1995 |
| Daniel R. McLeod | 1959 – 1983 |
| Tolliver Cleveland Callison, Sr. | 1950 – 1959 |
| John M. Daniel | 1924 – 1950 |
| Samuel Wolfe | 1918 – 1924 |
| Thomas Peeples | 1913 – 1918 |
| J. Fraser Lyon | 1907 – 1912 |
| D.C. Ray | 1906 – 1907 |
| LeRoy F. Youmans | 1905 – 1906 |
| U.X. Gunter, Jr. | 1902 – 1905 |
| G. Duncan Bellinger, Sr. | 1898 – 1902 |
| William A. Barber | 1894 – 1898 |
| Daniel A. Townsend | 1892 – 1894 |
| John L. McLaurin | 1891 – 1892 |
| Young J. Pope | 1890 – 1891 |
| Joseph H. Earle | 1886 – 1890 |
| Charles R. Miles | 1882 – 1886 |
| Leroy F. Youmans | 1887 – 1882 |
| James Conner | 1876 – 1877 |
| Robert Brown Elliott | 1876 – 1877 |
| William Stone | 1876 |
| Samuel Wickliff Melton | 1872 – 1876 |
| Daniel Henry Chamberlain | 1868 – 1872 |
| Isaac W. Hayne | 1848 – 1868 |
| Henry Bailey | 1836 – 1848 |
| Robert Rhett | 1832 – 1836 |
| Hugh S. Legare | 1830 – 1832 |
| James L. Petigru | 1822 – 1830 |
| Robert Young Hayne | 1818 – 1822 |
| John Smythe Richardson, Sr. | 1810 – 1818 |
| Langdon Cheves | 1808 – 1810 |
| John Julius Pringle | 1792 – 1808 |
| Alexander Moultrie | 1776 – 1792 |
| James Simpson | 1774 – 1775 |
| Sir Egerton Leigh, 1st Baronet | 1765 – 1774 |
| John Rutledge | 1764 |
| James Moultrie | 1764 |
| David Graeme | 1757 – 1764 |
| Sir James Wright | 1742 – 1757 |
| James Abercrombie | 1733 – 1742 |
| Charles Pinckney | 1732 – 1733 |
| James Abercrombie | 1731 – 1732 |
| Benjamin Whitaker | 1721 – 1731 |
