Colorado Attorney General

Chief legal officer for U.S. state of Colorado

Attorney General of Colorado

Incumbent
Phil Weiser
since January 8, 2019

Colorado Department of Law
Constituting instrument| Colorado Constitution
Website| 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.[1]

## Attorneys general of the Territory of Colorado[edit]

Attorney General of the Territory of Colorado | Political party  | Order  | Term of Service

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James E. Dalliba  | Republican | 1st  | 1861–1862
Samuel E. Brown  | Republican | 2nd  | 1862–1865
George W. Chamberlain  | Republican | 3rd  | 1865–1869
Henry C. Thatcher  | Republican | 4th  | 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[edit]

Image  | Attorney General of the State of Colorado | Political party  | Order  | Term of Service

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| A. J. Sampson | Republican | 1st  | 1877–1878
| Charles W. Wright  | Republican | 2nd  | 1879–1880
| Charles H. Toll  | Republican | 3rd  | 1881–1882
| David F. Urmy  | Republican | 4th  | 1883–1884
| Theodore H. Thomas  | Republican | 5th  | 1885–1886
| Alvin Marsh  | Republican | 6th  | 1887–1888
| Samuel W. Jones  | Republican | 7th  | 1889–1890
| Joseph H. Maupin  | Democrat | 8th  | 1891–1892
| Eugene Engley | People's Party | 9th  | 1893–1894
| Byron L. Carr  | Republican | 10th  | 1895–1898
| David M. Campbell  | Republican | 11th  | 1899–1900
| Charles C. Post  | Republican | 12th  | 1901–1902
| Nathan C. Miller  | Republican | 13th  | 1903–1906
| William H. Dickson  | Republican | 14th  | 1907–1908
| John T. Barnett  | Democrat | 15th  | 1909–1910
| Benjamin Griffith  | Republican | 16th  | 1911–1912
| Fred Farrar  | Democrat | 17th  | 1913–1916
| Leslie E. Hubbard  | Democrat | 18th  | 1917–1918
| Victor E. Keyes  | Republican | 19th  | 1919–1922
| Russel W. Fleming  | Democrat | 20th  | 1923–1924
| Wayne C. Williams  | Democrat | 21st  | 1924–1925
| William Boatright  | Republican | 22nd  | 1925–1928
| Robert E. Winbourn  | Republican | 23rd  | 1929–1930
| John S. Underwood  | Republican | 24th  | 1930–1931
| Clarence L. Ireland  | Republican | 25th  | 1931–1932
| Paul P. Prosser | Democrat | 26th  | 1933–1936
| Byron G. Rogers | Democrat | 27th  | 1936–1940
| Gail L. Ireland | Republican | 28th  | 1941–1945
| H. Lawrence Hinkley | Republican | 29th  | 1945–1949
| John W. Metzger | Democrat | 30th  | 1949–1950
| Duke W. Dunbar | Republican | 31st  | 1951–1972
| John P. Moore | Republican | 32nd  | 1972–1974
| J.D. MacFarlane | Democrat | 33rd  | 1975–1982
| Duane Woodard | Republican/Democrat | 34th  | 1983–1991
| Gale Norton | Republican | 35th  | 1991–1999
| Ken Salazar | Democrat | 36th  | 1999–2005
| John Suthers | Republican | 37th  | 2005–2015
| Cynthia Coffman | Republican | 38th  | 2015–2019
| Phil Weiser | Democrat | 39th  | 2019-present

## References[edit]

1. ^ Office Duties and Responsibilities, Colorado Attorney General's Office

## External links[edit]

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* Colorado Attorney General official website
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* Colorado Revised Statutes at Law.Justia.com
* U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Colorado" at FindLaw
* Colorado Bar Association
* Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman profile at National Association of Attorneys General
* Press releases by year at Colorado Attorney General's office

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Attorneys general of the United States

United States Attorney General: ▌Merrick Garland (D)

▌Steve Marshall (R)

▌Treg Taylor (R)

▌Kris Mayes (D)

▌Tim Griffin (R)

▌Rob Bonta (D)

▌Phil Weiser (D)

▌William Tong (D)

▌Kathy Jennings (D)

▌Ashley Moody (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 D. Ford (D)

▌John Formella (R)

▌Matt Platkin (D)

▌Raúl Torrez (D)

▌Letitia James (D)

▌Josh Stein (D)

▌Drew Wrigley (R)

▌Dave Yost (R)

▌Gentner Drummond (R)

▌Ellen Rosenblum (D)

▌Michelle Henry (D)

▌Peter Neronha (D)

▌Alan Wilson (R)

▌Marty Jackley (R)

▌Jonathan Skrmetti (R)

▌Ken Paxton (R)

▌Sean Reyes (R)

▌Charity Clark (D)

▌Jason Miyares (R)

▌Bob Ferguson (D)

▌Patrick Morrisey (R)

▌Josh Kaul (D)

▌Bridget Hill (R)

Federal districts:

▌Brian Schwalb (D)

Territories:

▌Fainu'ulelei Alailima-Utu

▌Doug Moylan (R)

▌Ed Manibusan (D)

▌Domingo Emanuelli (NPP)

▌Ian Clement (acting)

Political party affiliations

* ▌28 Republicans (27 states, 1 territory)
* ▌25 Democrats (23 states, 1 territory, 1 district)
* ▌1 New Progressive (1 territory)
* ▌2 Unknown (2 territories)
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State abbreviations link to position articles.

38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W﻿ / ﻿38.9972°N 105.5478°W﻿ / 38.9972; -105.5478﻿ (State of Colorado)
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