A chronological list of past Washington attorneys general is below.
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| 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 |
