Attorney General of Maryland

The Attorney General of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have resided and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.

The Attorney General has general charge, supervision and direction of the legal business of the State. He or she is the legal advisor and representative of the Governor, the General Assembly, the Judiciary, and the major departments, various boards, commissions, officials and institutions of State Government. The Office further represents the State in all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, and in the United States Supreme Court and lower Federal Courts.

As of 2015, the attorney general is Brian Frosh.

Chronological list of Attorneys General of Maryland

NameFromToParty
James Tilghman17771778
Luther Martin17781805
William Pinkney18051806Democratic-Republican
John Thomson Mason18061806
John Johnson, Sr.18061811
John Montgomery18111818Democratic-Republican
Luther Martin18181822
Thomas Beale Dorsey18221824Democratic-Republican
Thomas Kell18241827
Roger B. Taney18271831Federalist
Josiah Bayly18311846Federalist
George R. Richardson18461851
Robert J. Brent18511851Whig
Alexander Randall18641867Whig
Isaac Dashiell Jones18671871Whig
Andrew K. Syester18711875Whig
Charles J. M. Gwinn18751883Democrat
Charles Boyle Roberts18831887Democrat
William Pinkney Whyte18871891Democrat
John Prentiss Poe18911895Democrat
Harry M. Clabaugh18951899Republican
George Riggs Gaither, Jr.18991899Republican
Isidor Rayner18991903Democrat
William Shepard Bryan, Jr.19031907Democrat
Isaac Lobe Straus19071911Democrat
Edgar Allan Poe19111915Democrat
Albert C. Ritchie19151919Democrat
Ogle Marbury (acting)19181919 Democrat
Alexander Armstrong19191923Republican
Thomas H. Robinson19231930Democrat
William Preston Lane, Jr.19301934Democrat
Herbert R. O'Conor19341938Democrat
William C. Walsh19381945Democrat
William Curran19451946Democrat
Hall Hammond19461952Democrat
Edward D. E. Rollins19521954Republican
C. Ferdinand Sybert19541961Democrat
Thomas B. Finan19611966Democrat
Robert C. Murphy19661966Democrat
Francis B. Burch19661978Democrat
Jon F. Oster19791979
George A. Nilson19791979
Stephen H. Sachs19791987Democrat
J. Joseph Curran, Jr.19872007Democrat
Doug Gansler2007 2015Democrat
Brian Frosh2015 Democrat

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