List of Iowa Attorneys General
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The List of Iowa
Attorneys General
includes those elected to and appointed to the post of (U.S.
state of) Iowa
Attorney General; the office was created February 9, 1853. The Attorney General's office is housed in the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines.
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
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The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states and territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer. In some states, the attorney general serves as the head of a state department of justice, with responsibilities similar to those...
includes those elected to and appointed to the post of (U.S.
United States
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state of) Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
Attorney General; the office was created February 9, 1853. The Attorney General's office is housed in the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines.
Duties
(As stated in Iowa Law)The powers and duties of the office include: representing the departments and agencies of state government; taking action for citizens in consumer protection and other areas; enforcing the state's environmental protection laws; playing a central role in the criminal justice system; and providing assistance and advocacy for the victims of crime. The Attorney General also issues legal opinions on questions of law submitted by elected or appointed state officials and defends all tort claim actions against the state. Iowa is unique in that its Attorney General belongs to the judicial branch of government, as opposed to the executive branch of government, as do 48 of the other 50 states.
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| David C. Cloud | 1853 | 1856 | |
| Samuel A. Rice | 1856 | 1861 | |
| Charles C. Nourse | 1861 | 1865 | |
| Isaac L. Allen | 1865 | 1866 | |
| Frederick E. Bissell | 1866 | 1867 | |
| Henry O'Connor Henry O'Connor -References:* Role of Honour:The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001, William Henry, Galway 2001.-External links:* http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/HistoryofTheCityCouncil/PreviousMayors/... |
1867 | 1872 | |
| Marsena E. Cutts Marsena E. Cutts Marsena Edgar Cutts was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Iowa.Born in Orwell, Vermont, Cutts attended common schools in his native village and later attended St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York. He moved to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin in 1853 where he taught school for... |
1872 | 1877 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| John F. McJunkin | 1877 | 1881 | |
| Smith McPherson Smith McPherson Smith McPherson was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 9th congressional district for one year, and a federal district court judge for over fourteen years.... |
1881 | 1885 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| Andrew J. Baker | 1885 | 1889 | |
| John Y. Stone | 1889 | 1895 | |
| Milton Remley | 1895 | 1901 | |
| Charles W. Mullan | 1901 | 1907 | |
| John F. Riggs | 1907 | 1909 | |
| Howard Webster Byers | 1909 | 1911 | |
| George Cosson | 1911 | 1917 | |
| H. M. Havner | 1917 | 1921 | |
| Ben J. Gibson | 1921 | 1927 | |
| John Fletcher | 1927 | 1933 | |
| Edward L. O'Connor | 1933 | 1937 | |
| John H. Mitchell | 1937 | 1938 | |
| Fred D. Everett | 1939 | 1940 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| John M. Rankin | 1941 | 1947 | |Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| Robert L. Larson | 1947 | 1953 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| Leo Hoegh Leo Hoegh Leo Arthur Hoegh was a decorated U.S. Army officer, lawyer and politician who was the 33rd Governor of Iowa from 1955 to 1957.His record of public service included important contributions to his home state and to his country... |
1953 | 1955 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| Dayton Countryman | 1955 | 1957 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| Norman A. Erbe Norman A. Erbe Norman Arthur Erbe was the 35th Governor of Iowa from 1961 to 1963.-Biography:He was born in Boone, Iowa. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Army from 1941 to 1943. He then transferred to the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot, spending the rest of World War II as a pilot... |
1957 | 1961 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| Evan Hultman | 1961 | 1965 | |
| Lawrence F. Scalise | 1965 | 1967 | |
| Richard C. Turner | 1967 | 1979 | Republican Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Iowa. The State Central Committee is led by Chairman Matt Strawn and Co-Chairman Bill Schickel... |
| Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller is an attorney and the current Attorney General of the state of Iowa. He first served as the state's Attorney General from 1979 until 1991, when he ran for governor; however, he failed to obtain the Democratic Party's nomination.Miller was again elected Attorney General in... |
1979 | 1990 | Democratic Iowa Democratic Party The Iowa Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of Iowa.-Current elected officials:Iowa Democrats are in control of the Iowa Senate, one of the state's United States Senate seats, and three out of the state's five United States House of Representatives seats. ... |
| Bonnie Campbell Bonnie Campbell Bonnie J. Campbell is an American lawyer, a former Iowa Attorney General, a former Iowa gubernatorial candidate, a former official in the U.S. Department of Justice and a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S... |
1991 | 1994 | |Democratic Iowa Democratic Party The Iowa Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of Iowa.-Current elected officials:Iowa Democrats are in control of the Iowa Senate, one of the state's United States Senate seats, and three out of the state's five United States House of Representatives seats. ... |
| Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller Thomas John Miller is an attorney and the current Attorney General of the state of Iowa. He first served as the state's Attorney General from 1979 until 1991, when he ran for governor; however, he failed to obtain the Democratic Party's nomination.Miller was again elected Attorney General in... |
1994 | present | |Democratic Iowa Democratic Party The Iowa Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of Iowa.-Current elected officials:Iowa Democrats are in control of the Iowa Senate, one of the state's United States Senate seats, and three out of the state's five United States House of Representatives seats. ... |