Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Curtis T. Hill | 2017 – 2021 |
| Gregory F. Zoeller | 2009 – 2017 |
| Stephen Carter | 2001 – 2009 |
| Karen Freeman-Wilson | 2000 – 2001 |
| Jeffrey A. Modisett | 1997 – 2000 |
| Pamela F. Carter | 1993 – 1997 |
| Linley E. Pearson | 1981 – 1993 |
| Theodore L. Sendak | 1969 – 1981 |
| John J. Dillon | 1965 – 1969 |
| Edwin K. Steers | 1953 – 1965 |
| J. Emmett McManamon | 1949 – 1953 |
| Cleon H. Foust | 1947 – 1949 |
| James A. Emmert | 1943 – 1947 |
| George N. Beamer | 1941 – 1943 |
| Samuel D. Jackson | 1940 – 1941 |
| Omer Stokes Jackson | 1937 – 1940 |
| Philip Lutz,Jr. | 1933 – 1937 |
| James M. Ogden | 1929 – 1933 |
| Arthur L. Gilliom | 1925 – 1929 |
| U.S. Lesh | 1921 – 1925 |
| Ele Stansbury | 1917 – 1921 |
| Evan B. Stotsenburg | 1915 – 1917 |
| Richard M. Milburn | 1915 |
| Thomas M. Honan | 1911 – 1915 |
| James Bingham | 1907 – 1911 |
| Charles W. Miller | 1903 – 1907 |
| William L. Taylor | 1898 – 1903 |
| William A. Ketcham | 1894 – 1898 |
| Alonzo G. Smith | 1890 – 1894 |
| Louis T. Michener | 1886 – 1890 |
| Francis T. Hord | 1882 – 1886 |
| Daniel P. Baldwin | 1880 – 1882 |
| Thomas W. Woolen | 1878 – 1880 |
| Clarence A. Buskirk | 1874 – 1878 |
| James C. Denny | 1872 – 1874 |
| Bayless W. Hanna | 1870 – 1872 |
| Delana E. Williamson | 1864 – 1870 |
| Oscar B. Hord | 1862 – 1864 |
| John F. Kibbey | 1862 |
| John R. Usher | 1861 – 1862 |
| James G. Jones | 1860 – 1861 |
| Joseph E. McDonald | 1856 – 1860 |
| James Morrison | 1855 – 1856 |
