Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Michelle A. Henry | 2023 - 2025 |
| Josh Shapiro | 2017 - 2023 |
| Bruce Beemer | 2016 - 2017 |
| Bruce Castor | 2016 |
| Kathleen Kane | 2013 – 2016 |
| Linda Kelly | 2011 - 2013 |
| William Ryan | 2011 |
| Tom Corbett | 2005 - 2011 |
| Jerry Pappert | 2004 - 2005 |
| Mike Fisher | 1997 - 2004 |
| Walter W. Cohen | 1995 |
| Ernie Preate | 1989 - 1995 |
| Leroy S. Zimmerman | 1981 - 1989 |
| Harvey Bartle, III | 1980 - 1981 |
| Edward G. Biester, Jr. | 1979 - 1980 |
| J. Justin Blewitt, Jr. | 1979 |
| Gerald Gornish | 1978 |
| Robin P. Kane | 1975 - 1978 |
| Israel Packel | 1973 - 1974 |
| J. Shane Creamer | 1970 - 1972 |
| Fred Speaker | 1970 - 1971 |
| William C. Sennett | 1967 - 1970 |
| Edward Friedman | 1966 - 1967 |
| Walter E. Alessandroni | 1963 - 1966 |
| David Stahl | 1961 - 1963 |
| Anne X. Alpern | 1959 - 1961 |
| Thomas D. McBride | 1956 - 1959 |
| Herbert B. Cohen | 1955 - 1956 |
| Frank F. Truscott | 1953 - 1955 |
| Robert E. Woodside | 1951 - 1953 |
| Charles J. Margiotti | 1950 - 1951 |
| T. McKeen Chidsey | 1947 - 1950 |
| James H. Duff | 1943 - 1947 |
| E. Russell Shockley | 1942 - 1943 |
| Claude Trexler Reno | 1939 - 1942 |
| Guy H. Bard | 1938 - 1939 |
| Charles J. Margiotti | 1935 - 1938 |
| Cyrus E. Woods | 1929 - 1930 |
| Thomas J. Baldridge | 1927 - 1929 |
| George W. Woodruff | 1923 - 1927 |
| George E. Alter | 1920 - 1923 |
| William I. Schaffer | 1919 - 1920 |
| Francis Shunk Brown | 1915 - 1919 |
| John C. Bell | 1911 - 1915 |
| Moses Hampton Todd | 1907 - 1911 |
| Hampton L. Carson | 1903 - 1907 |
| John P. Elkin | 1899 - 1903 |
| Henry C. McCormick | 1895 - 1899 |
| W.U. Hensel | 1891 - 1895 |
| William S. Kirkpatrick | 1887 - 1891 |
| Lewis C. Cassidy | 1883 - 1887 |
| Henry W. Palmer | 1879 - 1883 |
| George Lear | 1875 - 1879 |
| Samuel E. Dimmick | 1873 - 1875 |
| F. Carroll Brewster | 1869 - 1873 |
| Benjamin Harris Brewster | 1869 - 1873 |
| William M. Meredith | 1861 - 1867 |
| Samuel A. Purviance | 1861 |
| John C. Knox | 1858 - 1861 |
| Thomas E. Franklin | 1855 - 1858 |
| Francis W. Hughes | 1853 - 1855 |
| James Campbell | 1852 - 1853 |
| Thomas E. Franklin | 1851 - 1852 |
| Cornelius Darrah | 1849 - 1851 |
| James Cooper | 1848 |
| Benjamin Champneys | 1846 - 1848 |
| John M. Reed | 1846 |
| John K. Kane | 1845 - 1846 |
| Ovid F. Johnson | 1839 - 1845 |
| William B. Reed | 1838 - 1839 |
| James Todd | 1835 - 1838 |
| George M. Dallas | 1833 - 1835 |
| Ellis Lewis | 1833 |
| Samuel Douglass | 1830 - 1833 |
| Philip S. Marclay | 1829 - 1830 |
| Amos Ellmaker | 1828 - 1829 |
| Calvin Blythe | 1828 |
| Frederick Smith | 1828 - 1828 |
| Thomas Elder | 1820 - 1823 |
| Thomas Sergeant | 1819 - 1820 |
| Amos Ellmaker | 1816 - 1819 |
| Jared Ingersoll | 1811 - 1816 |
| Richard Rush | 1811 |
| Walter Franklin | 1810 - 1811 |
| Mahlon Dickerson | 1808 - 1809 |
| Joseph B. McKean | 1800 - 1808 |
| Jared Ingersoll | 1791 - 1800 |
| William Bradford | 1780 - 1791 |
| Jonathan D. Sergeant | 1777 - 1780 |
| John Morris, Jr. | 1777 |
