Alaska Attorney General

Incumbent
Treg Taylor

since January 30, 2021

Member of| Government of Alaska
Reports to| Governor of Alaska
Appointer| Governor of Alaska
First holder| 1916
Succession| Second
Website| law.state.ak.us

The Alaska Attorney General is the chief legal advisor to the government of the State of Alaska and to its governor. The Attorney General is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Alaska Legislature. The position has existed since the early days of the Territory of Alaska, though it was an elected rather than an appointed position prior to statehood. The Attorney General also serves as the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Law, and is the only commissioner of a principal department of Alaska state government not referred to as "Commissioner" in normal usage.[1]

## List of attorneys general

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In the earliest days of the Alaska Territory, the Territorial Counsel served as the de facto attorney general. Only one person, John H. Cobb, served in this position. The 2nd Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1915 created the Office of the Attorney General, to become effective after the 1916 general election. The attorney general's position was an elected position during the entirety of territorial days, as opposed to under statehood, in which it has been a position appointed by the governor since 1959. The following is a list of attorneys general in Alaska.

### Alaska Territory

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Name  | Image  | Term of office  | Governor(s)

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George Barnes Grigsby |  | 1916–1919  | Strong, Riggs
Jeremiah C. Murphy |  | 1919–1920  | Riggs
John Rustgard |  | 1920–1933  | Riggs, Bone, Parks
James S. Truitt |  | 1933–1941  | Troy, Gruening
Henry Roden |  | 1941–1945  | Gruening
Ralph Julian Rivers |  | 1945–1949  | Gruening
J. Gerald Williams |  | 1949–1959  | Gruening, Heintzleman, Stepovich

### State of Alaska

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Name  | Image  | Term of office  | Governor(s)

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John Rader |  | 1959–1960  | Egan
Ralph E. Moody |  | 1960–1962
George N. Hayes |  | 1962–1964
Warren C. Colver |  | 1964–1966
Donald A. Burr |  | 1966–1967  | Hickel
Edgar Paul Boyko |  | 1967–1968
G. Kent Edwards |  | 1968–1970
Miller
John E. Havelock |  | 1970–1973  | Egan
Norman C. Gorsuch |  | 1973–1974
Avrum M. Gross |  | 1974–1980  | Hammond
Wilson L. Condon |  | 1980–1982
Norman C. Gorsuch |  | 1982–1985  | Sheffield
Harold M. Brown |  | 1985–1986
Grace Berg Schaible |  | 1987–1989  | Cowper
Douglas Baily |  | 1989–1990
Charlie Cole |  | 1991–1994  | Hickel
Bruce Botelho |  | 1994–2002
Knowles
Gregg Renkes |  | 2002–2005  | Murkowski
David W. Márquez |  | 2005–2006
Talis J. Colberg |  | 2006–2009  | Palin
Dan Sullivan |  | 2009–2010
Parnell
John J. Burns |  | 2010–2012
Michael Geraghty |  | 2012–2014
Craig W. Richards[2] |  | 2014–2016  | Walker
Jahna Lindemuth |  | 2016–2018
Kevin Clarkson |  | 2018–2020  | Dunleavy
Ed Sniffen (acting)  |  | 2020–2021
Treg Taylor |  | 2021–present

## References

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1. ^ "Alaskan State Constitution" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
2. ^ "About the Attorney General - Alaska Department of Law". Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-02.

## External links

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* About the Attorney General at Alaska Department of Law
* Alaska Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
* News and Commentary at FindLaw
* Alaska Statutes at Law.Justia.com
* U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Alaska" at FindLaw
* Alaska Bar Association
* Alaska Attorney General Craig W. Richards profile at National Association of Attorneys General
* Press releases at Alaska Department of Law

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Attorneys general of Alaska

Territorial (1916–59)|

* Grigsby
* Murphy
* Rustgard
* Truitt
* Roden
* Rivers
* Williams

State (since 1959)|

* Rader
* Moody
* Hayes
* Colver
* Burr
* Boyko
* Edwards
* Havelock
* Gorsuch
* Gross
* Condon
* Gorsuch
* Brown
* Schaible
* Baily
* Cole
* Botelho
* Renkes
* Márquez
* Colberg
* Sullivan
* Burns
* Geraghty
* Richards
* Lindemuth
* Clarkson
* Taylor

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Attorneys general of the United States

United States Attorney General: ▌Pam Bondi (R)

▌Steve Marshall (R)

▌Treg Taylor (R)

▌Kris Mayes (D)

▌Tim Griffin (R)

▌Rob Bonta (D)

▌Phil Weiser (D)

▌William Tong (D)

▌Kathy Jennings (D)

▌James Uthmeier (R)

▌Christopher M. Carr (R)

▌Anne E. Lopez (D)

▌Raúl Labrador (R)

▌Kwame Raoul (D)

▌Todd Rokita (R)

▌Brenna Bird (R)

▌Kris Kobach (R)

▌Russell Coleman (R)

▌Liz Murrill (R)

▌Aaron Frey (D)

▌Anthony Brown (D)

▌Andrea Campbell (D)

▌Dana Nessel (D)

▌Keith Ellison (DFL)

▌Lynn Fitch (R)

▌Andrew Bailey (R)

▌Austin Knudsen (R)

▌Mike Hilgers (R)

▌Aaron Ford (D)

▌John Formella (R)

▌Matt Platkin (D)

▌Raúl Torrez (D)

▌Letitia James (D)

▌Jeff Jackson (D)

▌Drew Wrigley (R)

▌Dave Yost (R)

▌Gentner Drummond (R)

▌Dan Rayfield (D)

▌Dave Sunday (R)

▌Peter Neronha (D)

▌Alan Wilson (R)

▌Marty Jackley (R)

▌Jonathan Skrmetti (R)

▌Ken Paxton (R)

▌Derek Brown (R)

▌Charity Clark (D)

▌Jason Miyares (R)

▌Nick Brown (D)

▌JB McCuskey (R)

▌Josh Kaul (D)

▌Keith G. Kautz (R)

Federal districts:

▌Brian Schwalb (D)

Territories:

▌Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde

▌Doug Moylan (R)

▌Ed Manibusan (D)

▌Lourdes Gómez

▌Gordon Rhea

Political party affiliations

* ▌29 Republicans (28 states, 1 territory)
* ▌24 Democrats (22 states, 1 territory, 1 district)
* ▌1 New Progressive (1 territory)
* ▌2 Unknown (2 territories)
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State abbreviations link to position articles.

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