List of Attorneys General of Louisiana

List of Attorneys General of Louisiana

The office of Attorney General of Louisiana existed from the colonial period to the present. Under Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Attorney General is elected state-wide for a four year term and is the chief legal officer of the state. Additionally, "the attorney general shall have authority (1) to institute, prosecute, or intervene in any civil action or proceeding; (2) upon the written request of a district attorney, to advise and assist in the prosecution of any criminal case; and (3) for cause, when authorized by the court which would have original jurisdiction and subject to judicial review, (a) to institute, prosecute, or intervene in any criminal action or proceeding, or (b) to supersede any attorney representing the state in any civil or criminal action.

The attorney general shall exercise other powers and perform other duties authorized by this constitution or by law." [Constitution of Louisiana, Article IV, §8.]

The current Attorney General, Charles C. Foti, Jr. has served since 2004.

List of Attorneys General of Louisiana

Territory of Orleans (1803-1812)

*John Mahlon Dickens 1804-1807
*James Brown 1807-1809
*Francois Xavier Martin 1809-1810
*Louis Moreau de Liset 1810-1812

tate of Louisiana 1812-Present

*Francois Xavier Martin (Democratic-Republican) 1812-1815
*Etienne Mazureau (Democratic-Republican) 1815-1817
*Louis Moreau de Liset (Democratic-Republican) 1817-1819
*Thomas B. Robertson (Democratic-Republican) 1819-1821
*Etienne Mazureau (Clay-Adams Republican) 1821-1824
*Isaac Trimble Preston 1824-1828
*Alonzo Morphy 1828-1830
*George Eustis 1830-1833
*Etienne Mazureau (Whig) 1833-1841
*Christian Roselius 1841-1843
*Isaac Trimble Preston 1843-1846
*William Augustus Elmore 1846-1850
*Isaac Johnson (Democrat) 1850-1854
*Isaac Edward Morse (Democrat) 1854-1856
*E. Warren Moise 1856-1860
*Thomas J. Semmes (Democrat) 1860-1864
*F. S. Goode 1864-1866
*Andrew S. Herron 1866-1867
*B. L. Lynch 1867-1869
*Simeon Beldon 1869-1873
*A. P. Field 1873-1876
*William Henry Hunt (Republican) 1876
*Hiram R. Steele 1876-1877
*Horatio Nash Ogden 1877-1880
*James C. Egan 1880-1884
*Milton J. Cunningham 1884-1888
*Rogers 1888-1892
*Milton J. Cunningham 1892-1900
*Walter Guion (Democrat) 1900-1912
*Ruffin G. Pleasant (Democrat) 1912-1916
*Adolphe V. Coco 1916-1924
*Percy D. Saint 1924-1932
*Gaston L. Porterlie 1932-1939
*James B. Ellison 1939
*Lessley P. Gardiner 1939-1940
*Eugene Stanley 1940-1944
*Fred S. Leblanc 1944-1948
*Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. 1948-1952
*Fred S. LeBlanc 1952-1956
*Jack P.F. Gremillion (Democrat) 1956-1972
*William J. Guste (Democrat) 1972-1992
*Richard Ieyoub (Democrat) 1992-2004
*Charles C. Foti. Jr. (Democrat) 2004-2008
*James D. "Buddy" Caldwell (Democrat) 2008-Present

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