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Illinois Former Attorneys General

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Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.

Former Attorney GeneralTerm of Service
Lisa Madigan2003 – 2019
Jim Ryan1995 – 2003
Roland W. Burris1991 – 1995
Neil Hartigan1983 – 1991
Tyrone C. Fahner1980 – 1983
William J. Scott1969 – 1980
William G. Clark1961 – 1969
William L. Guild1960 – 1961
Grenville Beardsley1959 – 1960
Latham Castle1953 – 1959
Ivan Elliot1949 – 1953
George F. Barrett1941 – 1949
John E. Cassidy1938 – 1941
Otto Kerner1932 – 1938
Oscar E. Carlstrom1925 – 1933
Edward J. Brundage1917 – 1925
Patrick J. Lucy1913 – 1917
William H. Stead1905 – 1913
Howland J. Hamlin1901 – 1905
Edward C. Akin1987 – 1901
Maurice T. Maloney1893 – 1897
George Hunt1885 – 1893
James A. McCartney1881 – 1885
James K. Edsall1873 – 1881
Washington Bushnell1869 – 1873
Robert G. Ingersoll1867 – 1869
Office Abolished1848 – 1867
David B. Campbell1846 – 1848
James A. McDougall1843 – 1846
Josiah Lamborn1840 – 1843
Wickliffe Kitchell1839 – 1840
George W. Olney1838 – 1839
Usher F. Linder1837 – 1838
Walter B. Scates1836 – 1837
Jesse B. Thomas, Jr.1835 – 1836
Ninian Wirt Edwards1834 – 1835
James Semple1832 – 1834
George Forquer1829 – 1832
James Turney1822 – 1829
Samuel D. Lockwood1821 – 1822
William Mears1819 – 1821
Daniele Pope Cook1819

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