Attorney General of California

The California Attorney General is the State Attorney General for the State of California. The main duty of the Attorney General is to ensure that the laws of the state are enforced. The Attorney General is in charge of the California Department of Justice.

Attorney General of California
Seal of the attorney general of California
Incumbent Rob Bonta since April 23, 2021
Department of Justice
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, two term limit
Inaugural holder	Edward J. C. Kewen 1849
Formation	California Constitution
Salary	$151,127
Website	oag.ca.gov

The Attorney General is elected to a four-year term. They can only be re-elected one time. The election is held at the same statewide election as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Insurance Commissioner.

The current Attorney General is Rob Bonta.

List of attorneys general of California

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Edward J. C. Kewen	1849	1850	Democratic
2	James A. McDougall	1850	1851	Democratic
3	S. Clinton Hastings	1852	1854	Democratic
4	William M. Stewart Acting	1854	1854	Democratic
5	John R. McConnell	1854	1856	Democratic
6	William T. Wallace	1856	1858	American
7	Thomas H. Williams	1858	1862	Democratic
8	Frank M. Pixley	1862	1863	Republican
9	John G. McCullough	1863	1867	Union
10	Jo Hamilton	1867	1871	Democratic
11	John Lord Love	1871	1875	Republican
12	Jo Hamilton	1875	1880	Democratic
13	Augustus L. Hart	1880	1883	Republican
14	Edward C. Marshall	1883	1887	Democratic
15	George A. Johnson	1887	1891	Democratic
16	William H. H. Hart	1891	1895	Republican
17	William F. Fitzgerald	1895	1899	Republican
18	Tirey L. Ford	1899	1902	Republican
19	Ulysses S. Webb	1902	1939	Republican
20	Earl Warren	1939	1943	Republican
21	Robert W. Kenny	1943	1947	Democratic
22	Frederick N. Howser	1947	1951	Republican
23	Pat Brown	1951	1959	Democratic
24	Stanley Mosk	1959	1964	Democratic
25	Thomas C. Lynch	1964	1971	Democratic
26	Evelle J. Younger	1971	1979	Republican
27	George Deukmejian	1979	1983	Republican
28	John Van de Kamp	1983	1991	Democratic
29	Dan Lungren	1991	1999	Republican
30	Bill Lockyer	1999	2007	Democratic
31	Jerry Brown	2007	2011	Democratic
32	Kamala Harris	2011	2017	Democratic
33	Xavier Becerra	2017	2021	Democratic
34	Rob Bonta	2021		Democratic

Attorney General Of California Media

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  The California attorney general's main office in Sacramento is housed in this building

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  Kewen

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  James A. McDougall

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  Serranus Clinton Hastings by John Chester Buttre (1)

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  John R. McConnell (1826–79), attorney general of California from 1854 to 1856 and candidate for governor of California in 1861.

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  William M. Stewart - Brady-Handy (cropped)

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  William T. Wallace

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  Thomas H. Williams

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  Frank Morrison Pixley (cropped)

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  Republican governor of Vermont from 1902 to 1904. Died 1915*Source*Photograph taken before 1915