Illinois Attorney General

The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage. Based in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, the Attorney General is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the Governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly, and conducting all legal affairs pertaining to the state. The current Attorney General is Kwame Raoul.

Attorney General of Illinois
Great Seal of Illinois
Incumbent Kwame Raoul since January 14, 2019
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Daniel Pope Cook
Formation	December 3, 1818
Succession	Second
Website	http://www.ag.state.il.us/

List of attorneys general

Parties

      Democratic (21)       Republican (17)       Democratic-Republican (4)

#	Image	Name	Political party	Term
1		Daniel Pope Cook	Democratic-Republican	1819
2		William Mears	Democratic-Republican	1819–1821
3		Samuel D. Lockwood	Democratic-Republican	1821–1822
4		James Turney	Democratic-Republican	1822–1829
5		George Forquer	Democratic	1829–1832
6		James Semple	Democratic	1832–1834
7		Ninian Wirt Edwards	Democratic	1834–1835
8		Jesse B. Thomas Jr.	Democratic	1835–1836
9		Walter B. Scates	Democratic	1836–1837
10		Usher F. Linder	Democratic	1837–1838
11		George W. Olney	Democratic	1838–1839
12		Wickliffe Kitchell	Democratic	1839–1840
13		Josiah Lamborn	Democratic	1840–1843
14		James A. McDougall	Democratic	1843–1846
15		David B. Campbell	Democratic	1846–1848
Office abolished 1848–1867
16		Robert G. Ingersoll	Republican	1867–1869
17		Washington Bushnell	Republican	1869–1873
18		James K. Edsall	Republican	1873–1881
19		James A. McCartney	Republican	1881–1885
20		George Hunt	Republican	1885–1893
21		Maurice T. Moloney	Democratic	1893–1897
22		Edward C. Akin	Republican	1897–1901
23		Howland J. Hamlin	Republican	1901–1905
24		William H. Stead	Republican	1905–1913
25		Patrick J. Lucey	Democratic	1913–1917
26		Edward J. Brundage	Republican	1917–1925
27		Oscar E. Carlstrom	Republican	1925–1933
28		Otto Kerner Sr.	Democratic	1932–1938
29		John Edward Cassidy	Democratic	1938–1941
30		George F. Barrett	Republican	1941–1949
31		Ivan A. Elliott	Democratic	1949–1953
32		Latham Castle	Republican	1953–1959
33		Grenville Beardsley	Republican	1959–1960
34		William L. Guild	Republican	1960–1961
35		William G. Clark	Democratic	1961–1969
36		William J. Scott	Republican	1969–1980
37		Tyrone C. Fahner	Republican	1980–1983
38		Neil F. Hartigan	Democratic	1983–1991
39		Roland W. Burris	Democratic	1991–1995
40		Jim Ryan	Republican	1995–2003
41		Lisa Madigan	Democratic	2003–2019
42		Kwame Raoul	Democratic	2019–present

Illinois Attorney General Media

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  Headshot of Maurice T. Moloney as it appeared in the Official directory of the General Assembly of Illinois of 1895

Other websites

• Illinois Attorney General website