Kansas Attorney General
{{Short description|Attorney general for the U.S. state of Kansas}}
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{{Infobox Political post
|post = Attorney General
|body =
the State of Kansas
|insignia = Seal of the Kansas Attorney General.svg
|insigniacaption = Seal of the attorney general of Kansas
|insigniasize = 120
|image = Kobach in 2021 (cropped).png
|incumbent = Kris Kobach
|incumbentsince = January 9, 2023
|formation = June 30, 1854
|succession = Fifth
|inaugural =
|website = {{url|www.ag.ks.gov}}
|}}
The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.{{Cite web |title=About the Kansas Attorney General's Office |url=https://ag.ks.gov/about-the-office |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=ag.ks.gov}}{{Cite web |title=Attorney General of Kansas |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Attorney_General_of_Kansas |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Tim |date=2023-04-17 |title=Kobach content with loss in governor's race, convinced job of attorney general much better fit • Kansas Reflector |url=https://kansasreflector.com/2023/04/17/kobach-content-with-loss-in-governors-race-convinced-job-of-attorney-general-much-better-fit/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Kansas Reflector |language=en-US}}
Divisions
- Administration Division
- Civil Division
- Criminal Division
- Kansas Bureau of Investigation
- Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
- Office of the Solicitor General
- Public Protection Division
- Special Litigation & Constitutional Issues Division
- Victim Services Division
- Youth Services Divisionhttps://www.ag.ks.gov/divisions
Officeholders
=Kansas Territory attorneys general=
| class="wikitable"
!Name!!Term!!Party |
| Andrew Jackson Isacks
|1854–1857 | |
| William Weer
|1857–1858 | |
| Alson C. Davis
|1858–1861 | |
===State attorneys general===
{{Politics of Kansas}}
| class="wikitable"
!Image!!Name!!Term!!Party |
| |Benjamin Franklin Simpson
|1861 |rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| |Charles Chadwick
|1861 |
| |Samuel Adams Stinson
|1861–1863 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| |Warren William Guthrie
|1863–1865 |rowspan="8" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| |Jerome D. Brumbaugh
|1865–1867 |
| 60px
|1867–1869 |
| |Addison Danford
|1869–1871 |
| |Archibald L. Williams
|1871–1875 |
| |Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph
|1875–1877 |
| |Willard Davis
|1877–1881 |
| 60px
|1881–1884 |
| |George Price Smith
|1884–1885 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| |Simeon Briggs Bradford
|1885–1889 |rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| 60px
|1889–1891 |
| |John Nutt Ives
|1891–1893 |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| |John Thomas Little
|1893–1895 |{{Party shading/Populist}}|Populist |
| |Fernando Brenton Dawes
|1895–1897 |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| 60px
|1897–1899 |{{Party shading/Populist}}|Populist |
| |Aretas Allen Godard
|1899–1903 |rowspan="18" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| |Chiles Crittendon Coleman
|1903–1907 |
| 60px
|1907–1911 |
| 60px
|1911–1915 |
| |Sardius Mason Brewster
|1915–1919 |
| |Richard Joseph Hopkins
|1919–1923 |
| |Charles Benjamin Griffith
|1923–1927 |
| |William A. Smith
|1927–1930 |
| |Roland Boynton
|1930–1935 |
| |Clarence Victor Beck
|1935–1939 |
| |Jay S. Parker
|1939–1943 |
| |Alexander Baldwin Mitchell
|1943–1947 |
| 60px
|1947–1949 |
| |Harold Ralph Fatzer
|1949–1956 |
| 60px
|1956–1961 |
| |William M. Ferguson
|1961–1965 |
| |Robert C. Londerholm
|1965–1969 |
| 60px
|1969–1971 |
| |Vern Miller
|1971–1975 |rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| |Curt T. Schneider
|1975–1979 |
| |Robert Stephan
|1979–1995 |rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| |Carla J. Stovall
|1995–2003 |
| 60px
|2003–2007 |
| 60px
|2007–2008 |rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |
| |Stephen Six
|2008–2011 |
| 60px
|2011–2023 |rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |
| 60px
|2023–present |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- [http://ksag.washburnlaw.edu/ Kansas Attorney General Opinions at Washburn University website]
- [https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16884coll31 Attorney General publications at Kansas Government Information (KGI) Online Library]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181001000000*/https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-attorneys-general/10993 (Archived) List of Kansas Attorneys General with short biographical information, provided by Kansas Historical Society]
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