Mississippi Attorney General
The Attorney General of Mississippi is the chief legal officer of the state and serves as the state's lawyer. Only the Attorney General can bring or defend a lawsuit on behalf of the state.
| Attorney General of Mississippi | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Attorney General | |
| Term length | 4 years |
| First holder | Lyman Harding |
The Attorney General is elected statewide for a four-year term with no term limits. The qualification for office is that one must be qualified elector, at least 26 years of ages, a practicing attorney for 5 years, and a citizen of the state for 5 years before the date of election.
All Attorneys General from 1878 to 2020 were Democrats.
List of Attorneys General
| Name | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Lyman Harding | 1818–1820 | Democrat-Republican |
| Edward Turner | 1820–1821 | Democrat-Republican |
| Thomas Buck Reed | 1821–1825 | Democrat-Republican |
| Richard Stockton | 1825–1828 | Jacksonian |
| George Adams | 1828–1829 | Jacksonian |
| Robert H. Buckner | 1829–1830 | Democrat |
| R.M. Gaines | 1830–1834 | Democrat |
| M.D. Patton | 1834–1837 | Democrat |
| T.F. Collins | 1837–1841 | Democrat |
| John D. Freeman | 1841–1850 | Democrat |
| David C. Glenn[1] | 1850–1857 | Democrat |
| T.J. Wharton | 1857–1865 | Democrat |
| Charles E. Hooker | 1865–1868 | Democrat |
| Jasper Myers | 1868–1870 | Democrat |
| Joshua S. Morris | 1870–1874 | Democrat |
| George E. Harris | 1874–1878 | Republican |
| Thomas C. Catchings | 1878–1885 | Democrat |
| Thomas S. Ford | 1885–1886 | Democrat |
| T. Marshall Miller | 1886–1893 | Democrat |
| Frank Johnston | 1893–1896 | Democrat |
| Wiley N. Nash | 1896–1900 | Democrat |
| Monroe McClurg | 1900–1903 | Democrat |
| William Williams | 1903–1907 | Democrat |
| Robert Virgil Fletcher | 1907–1908 | Democrat |
| J. Bowman Sterling | 1908–1910 | Democrat |
| Shepherd Spencer Hudson | 1910–1912 | Democrat |
| Ross A. Collins | 1912–1920 | Democrat |
| Frank Roberson | 1920–1923 | Democrat |
| C.D. Potter | 1923–1924 | Democrat |
| Rush Hightower Knox | 1924–1928 | Democrat |
| George T. Mitchell | 1928–1932 | Democrat |
| Greek Lent Rice | 1932–1950 | Democrat |
| James P. Coleman | 1950–1956 | Democrat |
| Joseph Turner Patterson | 1956–1969 | Democrat |
| A. F. Summer | 1969–1980 | Democrat |
| William Allain | 1980–1984 | Democrat |
| Edwin L. Pittman | 1984–1988 | Democrat |
| Mike Moore | 1988–2004 | Democrat |
| Jim Hood | 2004–2020 | Democrat |
| Lynn Fitch | 2020–present | Republican |
External links
- Mississippi Attorney General official website
- Mississippi Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- Mississippi Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Mississippi Code at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Mississippi" at FindLaw
- The Mississippi Bar
- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at Mississippi Attorney General
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