Florida Attorney General

The attorney general of Florida is the state attorney general of the state government of the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general is also the chief legal officer and the head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs.

Attorney General of Florida
Seal of the attorney general of Florida
Incumbent James Uthmeier since February 17, 2025
Department of Legal Affairs
Style	The Honorable
Type	Chief legal officer
Member of	Florida Executive Branch Florida Cabinet
Seat	Tallahassee, Florida
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Florida
Inaugural holder	Joseph Branch
Formation	1845
Succession	Second
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The state attorney general is elected to a four-year term, and can only be reelected once. The election is held at the same statewide election as the governor, lieutenant governor, etc.

Official duties and responsibilities

• As the state's chief legal and law officer, ensures that the laws of the state are enforced.
• Heads the Department of Legal Affairs, which is responsible for providing state legal services and support for local law enforcement.
• Oversees law enforcement agencies, including district attorneys and sheriffs.

List of Florida attorneys general

Attorneys general by party affiliation

Party		Attorneys general
Democratic		27
Republican		11
Whig		1

#	Image	Name	Term of service	Political party
1		Joseph Branch	1845–1846	Democratic
2		Augustus Maxwell	1846–1848	Democratic
3		James T. Archer	1848	Democratic
4		David P. Hogue	1848–1853	Whig
5		Mariano D. Papy	1853–1861	Democratic
6		John B. Galbraith	1861–1868	Democratic
7		James Westcott III	1868	Democratic
8		A. R. Meek	1868–1870	Republican
9		Sherman Conant	1870–1871	Republican
10		J. B. C. Drew	1871–1872	Republican
11		Horatio Bisbee Jr.	1872	Republican
12		J. P. C. Emmons	1872–1873	Republican
13		William A. Cocke	1873–1877	Democratic
14		George P. Raney	1877–1885	Democratic
15		Charles Merian Cooper	1885–1889	Democratic
16		William Bailey Lamar	1889–1903	Democratic
17		James B. Whitfield	1903–1904	Democratic
18		W. H. Ellis	1904–1909	Democratic
19		Park Trammell	1909–1913	Democratic
20		Thomas F. West	1913–1917	Democratic
21		Van C. Swearingen	1917–1921	Democratic
22		Rivers Buford	1921–1925	Democratic
23		J. B. Johnson	1925–1927	Democratic
24		Fred Henry Davis	1927–1931	Democratic
25		Cary D. Landis	1931–1938	Democratic
26		George Couper Gibbs	1938–1941	Democratic
27		J. Thomas Watson	1941–1949	Democratic
28		Richard Ervin	1949–1964	Democratic
29		James W. Kynes	1964–1965	Democratic
30		Earl Faircloth	1965–1971	Democratic
31		Robert L. Shevin	1971–1979	Democratic
32		James C. Smith	1979–1987	Democratic
33		Bob Butterworth	1987–2002	Democratic
34		Richard E. Doran	2002–2003	Republican
35		Charlie Crist	2003–2007	Republican
36		Bill McCollum	2007–2011	Republican
37		Pam Bondi	2011–2019	Republican
38		Ashley Moody	2019–2025	Republican
--		John Guard Acting	2025	Republican
39		James Uthmeier	2025-present	Republican