Kansas Attorney General

Attorney General of
the State of Kansas
Seal of the attorney general of Kansas
Incumbent
Kris Kobach
since January 9, 2023
FormationJune 30, 1854
Websitewww.ag.ks.gov

The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.[1][2] Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023.[3]

Divisions

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  • Administration Division
  • Civil Division
  • Criminal Division
  • Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  • Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
  • Office of the Solicitor General
  • Public Protection Division
  • Special Litigation & Constitutional Issues Division
  • Victim Services Division
  • Youth Services Division[4]

Officeholders

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Kansas Territory attorneys general

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Name Term Party
Andrew Jackson Isacks 1854–1857
William Weer 1857–1858
Alson C. Davis 1858–1861

State attorneys general

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Image Name Term Party
Benjamin Franklin Simpson 1861 Republican
Charles Chadwick 1861
Samuel Adams Stinson 1861–1863 Democratic
Warren William Guthrie 1863–1865 Republican
Jerome D. Brumbaugh 1865–1867
George Henry Hoyt 1867–1869
Addison Danford 1869–1871
Archibald L. Williams 1871–1875
Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph 1875–1877
Willard Davis 1877–1881
William Agnew Johnston 1881–1884
George Price Smith 1884–1885 Democratic
Simeon Briggs Bradford 1885–1889 Republican
Lyman Beecher Kellogg 1889–1891
John Nutt Ives 1891–1893 Democratic
John Thomas Little 1893–1895 Populist
Fernando Brenton Dawes 1895–1897 Republican
Louis C. Boyle 1897–1899 Populist
Aretas Allen Godard 1899–1903 Republican
Chiles Crittendon Coleman 1903–1907
Fred Schuyler Jackson 1907–1911
John Shaw Dawson 1911–1915
Sardius Mason Brewster 1915–1919
Richard Joseph Hopkins 1919–1923
Charles Benjamin Griffith 1923–1927
William A. Smith 1927–1930
Roland Boynton 1930–1935
Clarence Victor Beck 1935–1939
Jay S. Parker 1939–1943
Alexander Baldwin Mitchell 1943–1947
Edward F. Arn 1947–1949
Harold Ralph Fatzer 1949–1956
John Anderson Jr. 1956–1961
William M. Ferguson 1961–1965
Robert C. Londerholm 1965–1969
Kent Frizzell 1969–1971
Vern Miller 1971–1975 Democratic
Curt T. Schneider 1975–1979
Robert Stephan 1979–1995 Republican
Carla J. Stovall 1995–2003
Phill Kline 2003–2007
Paul J. Morrison 2007–2008 Democratic
Stephen Six 2008–2011
Derek Schmidt 2011–2023 Republican
Kris Kobach 2023–present

References

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  1. ^ "About the Kansas Attorney General's Office". ag.ks.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  2. ^ "Attorney General of Kansas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Tim (2023-04-17). "Kobach content with loss in governor's race, convinced job of attorney general much better fit • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  4. ^ https://www.ag.ks.gov/divisions
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