List of attorneys general of California
The California attorney general is the head of the California Department of Justice. The attorney general is also the chief law enforcement officer of the state government of the U.S. state of California.
Attorney General of the State of California | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Member of | California Department of Justice |
Inaugural holder | Edward J. C. Kewen |
Website | caag.gov |
List of attorney generals
No. | Portrait | Name | Party | Term | |
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1 | Edward J. C. Kewen | Democratic | 1849
– 1850 | ||
2 | James A. McDougall | Democratic | 1850
– 1851 | ||
3 | Serranus C. Hastings | Democratic | January 5, 1852
– January 2, 1854 | ||
4 | John R. McConnell | Democratic | 1854
– 1856 | ||
5 | William M. Stewart | Democratic | June 7, 1853
– December 1853 (acting) | ||
6 | William T. Wallace | American | January 1856
– January 1858 | ||
7 | Thomas H. Williams | Democratic | 1858
– 1862 | ||
8 | Frank M. Pixley | Republican | 1862
– 1863 | ||
9 | John G. McCullough | Republican | 1863
– 1867 | ||
10 | Jo Hamilton | Democratic | December 5, 1867
– December 8, 1871 | ||
11 | John L. Love | Republican | 1871
– 1875 | ||
12 | Jo Hamilton | Democratic | December 9, 1875
– January 8, 1880 | ||
13 | Augustus L. Hart | Republican | January 8, 1880
– January 10, 1883 | ||
14 | Edward C. Marshall | Democratic | January 10, 1883
– January 8, 1887 | ||
15 | George A. Johnson | Democratic | January 8, 1887
– January 8, 1891 | ||
16 | William H. H. Hart | Republican | January 8, 1891
– January 11, 1895 | ||
17 | William F. Fitzgerald | Republican | January 7, 1895
– January 2, 1899 | ||
18 | Tirey L. Ford | Republican | January 4, 1899
– September 14, 1902 | ||
19 | Ulysses S. Webb | Republican | September 15, 1902
– January 3, 1939 | ||
20 | Earl Warren | Republican | January 3, 1939
– January 4, 1943 | ||
21 | Robert W. Kenny | Democratic | January 4, 1943
– January 5, 1947 | ||
22 | Frederick N. Howser | Republican | January 5, 1947
– January 8, 1951 | ||
23 | Pat Brown | Democratic | January 8, 1951
– January 5, 1959 | ||
24 | Stanley Mosk | Democratic | January 5, 1959
– August 31, 1964 | ||
25 | Thomas C. Lynch | Democratic | August 31, 1964
– January 4, 1971 | ||
26 | Evelle J. Younger | Republican | January 4, 1971
– January 8, 1979 | ||
27 | George Deukmejian | Republican | January 8, 1979
– January 3, 1983 | ||
28 | John Van de Kamp | Democratic | January 3, 1983
– January 7, 1991 | ||
29 | Dan Lungren | Republican | January 7, 1991
– January 4, 1999 | ||
30 | Bill Lockyer | Democratic | January 4, 1999
– January 8, 2007 | ||
31 | Jerry Brown | Democratic | January 8, 2007
– January 3, 2011 | ||
32 | Kamala Harris | Democratic | January 3, 2011
– January 3, 2017 | ||
33 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | January 24, 2017
– March 18, 2021 | ||
34 | Rob Bonta | Democratic | April 23, 2021
– Incumbent |