Colorado Attorney General
{{short description|Chief legal officer for U.S. state of Colorado}}
{{Infobox official post
|post = Attorney General
|body = Colorado
|flagsize =
|insigniacaption = Executive Seal
|image = AG Phil Weiser.jpg
|incumbent = Phil Weiser
|incumbentsince = January 8, 2019
|department = Colorado Department of Law
|constituting_instrument = Colorado Constitution
|website = {{URL|https://www.coag.gov}}
}}
The Attorney General of the State of Colorado is the chief legal officer for the U.S. State of Colorado and the head of the Colorado Department of Law, a principal department of the Colorado state government. It is an elected position with a four-year term, and follows the same schedule as election of the governor. The incumbent Colorado Attorney General is Democrat Phil Weiser, who was elected in November 2018 to a four-year term that began on January 8, 2019.
The Department of Law has seven sections: Appellate, Natural Resources and Environmental, Consumer Protection, State Services, Civil Litigation and Employment Law, Criminal Justice, Revenue & Utilities, and Business & Licensing.[https://coag.gov/about-us Office Duties and Responsibilities, Colorado Attorney General's Office]
Attorneys general of the [[Territory of Colorado]]
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!Attorney General !Party !Term of Service |
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| 1
|James E. Dalliba |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1861–1862 |
| 2
|Samuel E. Brown |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1862–1865 |
| 3
|George W. Chamberlain |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1865–1869 |
| 4
|Henry C. Thatcher |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1869–1873 |
From 1873 to 1877 the Attorney General position was filled by the U.S. Attorney due to lack of funding by the territorial government. In 1876 Colorado was admitted to the Union as a State.
Attorneys general of the [[State of Colorado]]
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!# !Image !Attorney General !Party !Term of Service |
| 1
|60px |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1877–1878 |
| 2
| |Charles W. Wright |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1879–1880 |
| 3
| |Charles H. Toll |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1881–1882 |
| 4
| |David F. Urmy |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1883–1884 |
| 5
| |Theodore H. Thomas |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1885–1886 |
| 6
| |Alvin Marsh |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1887–1888 |
| 7
| |Samuel W. Jones |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1889–1890 |
| 8
| |Joseph H. Maupin |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1891–1892 |
| 9
| |{{Party shading/Populist}}|People's Party |1893–1894 |
| 10
|60px |Byron L. Carr |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1895–1898 |
| 11
| |David M. Campbell |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1899–1900 |
| 12
| |Charles C. Post |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1901–1902 |
| 13
| |Nathan C. Miller |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1903–1906 |
| 14
| |William H. Dickson |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1907–1908 |
| 15
|60px |John T. Barnett |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1909–1910 |
| 16
| |Benjamin Griffith |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1911–1912 |
| 17
| |Fred Farrar |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1913–1916 |
| 18
|60px |Leslie E. Hubbard |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1917–1918 |
| 19
| |Victor E. Keyes |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1919–1922 |
| 20
| |Russel W. Fleming |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1923–1924 |
| 21
| |Wayne C. Williams |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1924–1925 |
| 22
| |William Boatright |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1925–1928 |
| 23
| |Robert E. Winbourn |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1929–1930 |
| 24
| |John S. Underwood |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1930–1931 |
| 25
|60px |Clarence L. Ireland |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1931–1932 |
| 26
| |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1933–1936 |
| 27
|60px |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1936–1940 |
| 28
| |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1941–1945 |
| 29
| |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1945–1949 |
| 30
| |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1949–1950 |
| 31
| |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1951–1972 |
| 32
| |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1972–1974 |
| 33
| |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1975–1982 |
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|rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Duane Woodard |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1983–1987 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic
|1987-1991 |
| 35
|60px |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |1991–1999 |
| 36
|60px |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |1999–2005 |
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|60px |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |2005–2015 |
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|60px |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |2015–2019 |
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|60px |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |2019-present |
References
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External links
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- [https://coag.gov/ Colorado Attorney General] official website
- [https://legalnewsline.com/?s=colorado+attorney+general Colorado Attorney General] articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- [https://public.findlaw.com/LCsearch.html?restrict=consumer&entry=%22Colorado+Attorney+General%22 News and Commentary] at FindLaw
- [https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/ Colorado Revised Statutes] at Law.Justia.com
- [https://caselaw.findlaw.com/search.html?search_type=party&court=us-supreme-court&text=state+of+colorado U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Colorado"] at FindLaw
- [https://www.cobar.org/ Colorado Bar Association]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150221190442/http://www.naag.org/naag/attorneys-general/whos-my-ag/colorado/cynthia-coffman.php Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman profile] at National Association of Attorneys General
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150303121703/http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/press/press_releases_year Press releases by year] at Colorado Attorney General's office
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