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Mississippi Former Attorneys General

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A chronological list of past Mississippi attorneys general is below.

Return to full list of past attorneys general or learn more about the current Mississippi Attorney General.

Lynn Fitch 2020 – Present
Jim Hood 2004 – 2020
Mike Moore 1988 – 2004
Edwin Lloyd “Ed” Pittman 1984 – 1988
William A. “Bill” Allain 1980 – 1984
Albioun Fernando Summer 1969 – 1980
Joesph Turner Patterson 1956 – 1969
James Plemon “JP” Coleman 1952 – 1956
Greek L. Rice 1932 – 1952
George T. Mitchell 1928 – 1932
Rush Hightower Knox 1924 – 1928
C.D. Potter 1923 – 1924
Frank Roberson 1920 – 1923
Rosser Alexander Collins 1912 – 1920
Shepard Spencer Hudson 1910 – 1912
J. Bowman Sterling 1908 – 1910
Robert Virgil Fletcher 1907 – 1908
William Williams 1903 – 1907
Monroe McClurg 1900 – 1903
Wiley N. Nash 1896 – 1900
Frank Johnston 1893 – 1896
T. Marshall Miller 1886 – 1893
Thomas S. Ford 1885 – 1886
Thomas C. Catchings 1878 – 1885
George E. Harris 1874 – 1878
Joshua S. Morris 1870 – 1874
Christopher Rankin 1814 – 1817
Joseph Carson 1812 – 1817
Louis Winston 1809 – 1817
Lemuel Henry 1809 – 1812
William B. Shields 1808 – 1814
Nicholas Perkins 1807 – 1809
Seth Lewis 1807 – 1808
George Poindexter 1803 – 1807
Lyman Harding 1799 – 1803

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