A chronological list of past Washington attorneys general is below.
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| Bob Ferguson | 2013 - 2025 |
| Rob McKenna | 2005 - 2013 |
| Christine Gregoire | 1993 - 2004 |
| Ken Eikenberry | 1981 - 1992 |
| Slade Gorton | 1969 - 1980 |
| John J. O'Connell | 1957 - 1968 |
| Don Eastvold | 1953 - 1956 |
| Smith Troy | 1941 - 1952 |
| Garrison Hamilton | 1933 - 1940 |
| John Dunbar | 1923 - 1933 |
| L.L. Thompson | 1919 - 1923 |
| William V. Tanner | 1911 - 1919 |
| Walter Bell | 1909 - 1911 |
| John Atkinson | 1905 - 1909 |
| Wickliffe Stratton | 1901 - 1905 |
| Patrick Henry Winston | 1897 - 1901 |
| William C. Jones | 1889 - 1897 |
| James B. Metcalf | 1887 - 1889 |
