Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Martha Coakley | 2007 – 2015 |
| Thomas Reilly | 1999 – 2007 |
| L. Scott Harshbarger | 1991 – 1999 |
| James M. Shannon | 1987 – 1991 |
| Francis X. Bellotti | 1975 – 1987 |
| Robert H. Quinn | 1969 – 1975 |
| Elliot L. Richardson | 1967 – 1969 |
| Edward T. Martin | 1967 |
| Edward W. Brooke | 1963 – 1967 |
| Edward J. McCormack, Jr. | 1958 – 1963 |
| George Fingold | 1953 – 1958 |
| Francis E. Kelly | 1949 – 1953 |
| Clarence A. Barnes | 1945 – 1949 |
| Robert T. Bushnell | 1941 – 1945 |
| Paul E. Dever | 1935 – 1941 |
| Joseph E. Warner | 1928 – 1935 |
| Arthur K. Reading | 1927 – 1928 |
| Jay R. Benton | 1923 – 1927 |
| J. Weston Allen | 1920 – 1923 |
| Henry C. Wyman | 1919 – 1920 |
| Henry C. Attwill | 1915 – 1919 |
| Thomas J. Boynton | 1914 – 1915 |
| James M. Swift | 1911 – 1914 |
| Dana Malone | 1906 – 1911 |
| Herbert Parker | 1902 – 1906 |
| Hosea M. Knowlton | 1894 – 1902 |
| Albert E. Pillsbury | 1891 – 1894 |
| Andrew J. Waterman | 1887 – 1891 |
| Edgar J. Sherman | 1883 – 1887 |
| George Marston | 1879 – 1883 |
| Charles R. Train | 1872 – 1879 |
| Charles Allen | 1867 – 1872 |
| Chester I. Reed | 1864 – 1867 |
| Dwight Foster | 1861 – 1864 |
| Stephen Henry Phillips | 1858 – 1861 |
| John H. Clifford | 1854 – 1858 |
| Rufus Choate | 1853 – 1854 |
| John H. Clifford | 1849 – 1853 |
| Office Abolished | 1843 – 1849 |
| James T. Austin | 1832 – 1843 |
| Perez Morton | 1810 – 1832 |
| Barnabas Bidwell | 1807 – 1810 |
| James Sullivan | 1790 – 1807 |
| Robert Treat Paine | 1778 – 1790 |
| Benjamin Kent | 1776 – 1778 |
| Vacant | 1774 – 1776 |
| Jonathan Sewall | 1767 – 1774 |
| Jeremiah Gridley | 1767 |
| Edmund Trowbridge | 1738 – 1767 |
| William Brattle | 1736 – 1738 |
| John Overing | 1729 – 1736 |
| Joseph Hiller | 1728 – 1729 |
| John Read | 1725 – 1728 |
| Vacant | 1723 – 1725 |
| John Overing | 1722 – 1723 |
| Vacant | 1721 – 1722 |
| Thomas Newton | 1720 – 1721 |
| John Valentine | 1718 – 1720 |
| Paul Dudley | 1702 – 1718 |
