The attorney general of Georgia is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for the U.S. state of Georgia. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term at the same time as elections are held for Governor and other offices.
The current attorney general is Sam Olens.
[edit] Attorneys General, 1776-present
- Williams Stephens 1776-1780
- John Milledge 1780-1781
- Samuel Stirk 1781-1785
- Nathaniel Pendleton 1785-1786
- Matthew McAllister 1787-1791
- George Walker 1792-1795
- David Brydie Mitchell 1796-1806
- Robert Walker 1807-1808
- John Hamil 1808
- John Forsyth 1808-1811
- Alexander M. Allen 1811
- Richard Henry Wilde 1811-1813
- Alexander M. Allen 1813-1816
- Roger Lawson Gamble 1816-1822
- Thomas F. Wells 1822-1827
- George W. Crawford 1827-1831
- Charles Jones Jenkins 1831-1834
- Ebenezer Starnes 1834-1840
- James Gardner 1840-1843
- John J. R. Flournoy 1843-1847
- Alpheus Colvard 1847-1851
- John Troup Shewmake 1851-1855
- William R. McLaws 1855-1859
- Alpheus M. Rogers 1859-1861
- Winder P. Johnson 1861
- William Watts Montgomery 1861-1865
- George Thomas Barnes 1865-1866
- John Philpot Curren Whitehead 1866-1868
- Henry P. Farrow 1868-1872
- N. J. Hammond 1872-1877
- Robert N. Ely 1877-1880
- Clifford Anderson 1880-1890
- George N. Lester 1890-1891
- W. A. Little 1891-1892
- J. M. Terrell 1892-1902
- Boykin Wright 1902-1902
- John C. Hart 1902-1910
- Hewlett A. Hall 1910-1911
- Thomas S. Felder 1911-1914
- Warren Grice 1914-1915
- Clifford Walker 1915-1920
- R. A. Denny 1920-1921
- George M. Napier 1921-1932
- Lawrence S. Camp 1932-1932
- M. J. Yeomans 1933-1939
- Ellis G. Arnall 1939-1943
- Grady Head 1943-1945
- Eugene Cook 1945-1965
- Arthur K. Bolton 1965-1981
- Michael J. Bowers 1981-1997
- Thurbert E. Baker 1997-2011
- Sam Olens 2011-
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Current statewide executive officials of Georgia
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