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 | |
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 Great Seal of Illinois | |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Inaugural holder | Daniel Pope Cook |
| Formation | December 3, 1818 |
| Succession | Second |
| Website | http://www.ag.state.il.us/ |
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Daniel Pope Cook (Illinois Congressman)
Samuel D. Lockwood
James Semple, former U.S. senator from Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Jesse B. Thomas Jr.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Walter B. Scates
James A. McDougall
Robert G. Ingersoll (6268133678)
James A. McCartney, taken at the time he was serving as Attorney General of Illinois.
Portrait of George Hunt (1841–1901) from Memorials of Deceased Companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Volume 1, 1901, page 585
Edward C. Akin (1852–1936)
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