A chronological list of past Minnesota attorneys general is below.
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| Keith Ellison | 2019 – Present |
| Lori Swanson | 2007 – 2019 |
| Mike Hatch | 1999 – 2006 |
| Hubert H. Humphrey,III | 1983 – 1998 |
| Warren Spannaus | 1971 – 1983 |
| Douglas M. Head | 1967 – 1971 |
| Robert W. Mattson,Sr. | 1964 – 1967 |
| Walter F. Mondale | 1960 – 1964 |
| Miles W. Lord | 1955 – 1960 |
| J. A.A. Burnquist0 | 1939 – 1955 |
| William S. Ervin | 1936 – 1939 |
| Harry Herbert Peterson | 1933 – 1936 |
| Gustof Aaron Youngquist | 1928 – 1929 |
| Albert Fuller Pratt | 1927 – 1928 |
| Clifford L. Hilton | 1918 – 1927 |
| Lyndon Ambrose Smith | 1912 – 1918 |
| George Thomas Simpson | 1909 – 1912 |
| Edward T. Young | 1905 – 1909 |
