- Attorney General of Maryland
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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 2010, the attorney general is Doug Gansler.
Chronological list of Attorneys General of Maryland
Name From To Party James Tilghman 1777 1778 Luther Martin 1778 1805 William Pinkney 1805 1806 Democratic-Republican John Thomson Mason 1806 1806 John Johnson 1806 1811 John Montgomery 1811 1818 Democratic-Republican Luther Martin 1818 1822 Thomas Beale Dorsey 1822 1824 Thomas Kell 1824 1827 Roger B. Taney 1827 1831 Federalist Josiah Bayly 1831 1846 Federalist George R. Richardson 1846 1851 Robert J. Brent 1851 1851 Whig Alexander Randall 1864 1867 Whig Isaac Dashiell Jones 1867 1871 Whig Andrew K. Syester 1871 1875 Whig Charles J. M. Gwinn 1875 1883 Democrat Charles Boyle Roberts 1883 1887 Democrat William Pinkney Whyte 1887 1891 Democrat John Prentiss Poe 1891 1895 Democrat Harry M. Clabaugh 1895 1899 Republican George Riggs Gaither, Jr. 1899 1899 Republican Isidor Rayner 1899 1903 Democrat William Shepard Bryan, Jr. 1903 1907 Democrat Isaac Lobe Straus 1907 1911 Democrat Edgar Allan Poe 1911 1915 Democrat Albert C. Ritchie 1915 1919 Democrat Ogle Marbury (acting) 1918 1919 Democrat Alexander Armstrong 1919 1923 Republican Thomas H. Robinson 1923 1930 Democrat William Preston Lane, Jr. 1930 1934 Democrat Herbert R. O'Conor 1934 1938 Democrat William C. Walsh 1938 1945 Democrat William Curran 1945 1946 Democrat Hall Hammond 1946 1952 Democrat Edward D. E. Rollins 1952 1954 Republican C. Ferdinand Sybert 1954 1961 Democrat Thomas B. Finan 1961 1966 Democrat Robert C. Murphy 1966 1966 Democrat Francis B. Burch 1966 1978 Democrat Jon F. Oster 1979 1979 George A. Nilson 1979 1979 Stephen H. Sachs 1979 1987 Democrat J. Joseph Curran, Jr. 1987 2007 Democrat Doug Gansler 2007 Democrat References
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- State Attorneys General in the United States
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