Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Matthew Denn | 2015 – 2019 |
| Joesph R. Biden, III | 2007 – 2015 |
| Carl Danberg | 2005 – 2007 |
| M. Jane Brady | 1995 – 2005 |
| Charles M. Oberly,III | 1983 – 1995 |
| Richard S. Gebelein | 1979 – 1983 |
| Richard R. Wier,Jr. | 1975 – 1979 |
| W. Laird Stabler, Jr. | 1971 – 1975 |
| David P. Buckson | 1963 – 1971 |
| Januar D. Bove,Jr. | 1959 – 1963 |
| Joseph Donald Craven | 1955 – 1959 |
| H. Albert Young | 1951 – 1955 |
| Albert W. James | 1947 – 1951 |
| Clair J. Kiloran | 1943 – 1947 |
| James R. Morford | 1939 – 1943 |
| P. Warren Green | 1933 – 1939 |
| Daniel J. Layton | 1933 |
| Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr. | 1929 – 1933 |
| Clarence A. Southerland | 1925 – 1929 |
| Sylvester D. Townsend, Jr. | 1921 – 1925 |
| David J. Reinhardt | 1917 – 1921 |
| Josiah O. Wolcott | 1914 – 1917 |
| Andrew C. Gray | 1909 – 1913 |
| Robert H. Richards | 1905 – 1909 |
| Herbert H. Ward | 1901 – 1905 |
| Robert C. White | 1895 – 1901 |
| John R. Nicholson | 1892 -1895 |
| John Biggs | 1887 – 1892 |
| John Henry Paynter | 1885 – 1887 |
| George Gray | 1879 – 1885 |
| John B. Penington | 1874 – 1879 |
| Charles B. Lore | 1869 – 1874 |
| Jacob Moore | 1864 – 1869 |
| Alfred Wooten | 1860 – 1864 |
| George P. Fisher | 1855 – 1860 |
| Willard Saulsbury, Sr | 1850 – 1855 |
| Edward W. Gilpin | 1840 – 1850 |
| James Rogers | 1835 – 1840 |
| Robert Frame | 1830 – 1835 |
| James Rogers | 1815 – 1830 |
| Thomas Clayton | 1810 – 1815 |
| Outerbridge Horsey | 1806 – 1810 |
| Nicholas Van Dyke | 1801 – 1806 |
| Nicholas Ridgely | 1790 – 1801 |
| Gunning Bedford, Jr. | 1778 – 1790 |
