Michigan Attorney General

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Attorney General of the State of Michigan
File:Seal of Michigan Attorney General.svg
Seal of the attorney general
Michigan Department of Attorney General
StyleThe Honorable
ResidencePrivate
AppointerPopular Election
Term length4 Years, Renewable Once
Inaugural holderDaniel LeRoy
Formation1837
Websitewww.michigan.gov/ag

The attorney general of the State of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan. The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, members of the Senate and members of the House of Representatives. Since the Michigan Constitution of 1963 was adopted, the attorney general has served a term of four years. The officeholder is also limited to two terms, for a total of eight possible years of service; ten possible years of service if the officeholder serves two full terms and less than half of one term as a replacement. “Inasmuch as the office of Attorney General has common law powers as the chief law enforcement officer of the State, [they] may exercise the powers of a peace officer and may appoint special agents having this status to assist [them] in enforcing [their] powers and carrying out [their] functions” (AG Opinion No. 5236,10/20/1977). Michigan law, MCL 14.32, provides that "[i]t shall be the duty of the attorney general, when required, to give [their] opinion upon all questions of law submitted to [them] by the legislature, or by either branch thereof, or by the governor, auditor general, treasurer or any other state officer . . . ." Michigan's current attorney general is Democrat Dana Nessel, who was elected in November 2018, and sworn into office on January 1, 2019.

Courtesy title

The attorney general traditionally receives the courtesy title of The Honorable for life.

List of attorneys general of Michigan

Attorney General In office Political party
File:Daniel Leroy.png Daniel LeRoy 1836–1837
File:No image.svg Peter Morey 1837–1841 Democratic
File:No image.svg Zephaniah Platt 1841–1843 Whig
File:Chancellor Elon Farnsworth.png Elon Farnsworth 1843–1845 Democratic
File:Bradish-Walker.jpg Henry N. Walker 1845–1847 Democratic
File:Edward Mundy.png Edward Mundy 1847–1848 Democratic
File:George Van Ness Lothrop portrait circa 1910.jpg George V. N. Lothrop 1848–1851 Democratic
File:No image.svg William Hale 1851–1855 Democratic
File:Jacob M. Howard - Brady-Handy.jpg Jacob M. Howard 1855–1860 Republican
File:Hon. Charles Upson, Mich - NARA - 527337.jpg Charles Upson 1861–1863 Republican
File:Michigan Attorney General Albert Williams.png Albert Williams 1863–1867
File:WilliamLStoughton.jpg William L. Stoughton 1867–1869 Republican
File:Dwight May.png Dwight May 1869–1873
File:No image.svg Byron D. Ball 1873–1874 Republican
File:Michigan Justice Isaac Marston, The Green Bag, p. 388.jpg Isaac Marston 1874–1875
File:No image.svg Andrew J. Smith 1875–1877
File:Otto Kirchner.jpg Otto Kirchner 1877–1881 Republican
File:Jacob J. Van Riper.jpg Jacob J. Van Riper 1881–1885
File:No image.svg Moses Taggart 1885–1889 Republican
File:No image.svg Stephen V. R. Trowbridge 1889–1890
File:No image.svg Benjamin W. Huston 1890 Republican
File:Michigan Attorney General Adolphus A. Ellis.png Adolphus A. Ellis 1891–1895 Democratic
File:Michigan Attorney General Fred A. Maynard.png Fred A. Maynard 1895–1899
File:Michigan Attorney General Horace M. Oren.png Horace M. Oren 1899–1903
File:Charles A. Blair.png Charles A. Blair 1903–1905
File:John E. Bird.jpg John E. Bird 1905–1910
File:Franz C. Kuhn.png Franz C. Kuhn 1910–1912 Republican
File:No image.svg Roger I. Wykes 1912 Republican
File:Grant Fellows.jpg Grant Fellows 1913–1917 Republican
File:AlexJGroesbeck.jpg Alex J. Groesbeck 1917–1921 Republican
File:Merlin Wiley.png Merlin Wiley 1921–1923 Republican
File:Andrew B. Dougherty.png Andrew B. Dougherty 1923–1926 Republican
File:Clare Retan.png Clare Retan 1926 Republican
File:William W. Potter (1869-1940).jpg William W. Potter 1927–1929 Republican
File:Attorney General Brucker 2.png Wilber M. Brucker 1929–1931 Republican
File:Paul W. Voorhies.png Paul W. Voorhies 1931–1933 Republican
File:Michigan Attorney General Patrick H. O’Brien.png Patrick H. O'Brien 1933–1935 Democratic
File:Harry S. Toy.png Harry S. Toy 1935 Republican
File:David H. Crolwey 1937.png David H. Crowley 1935–1937 Republican
File:Raymond Wesley Starr.png Raymond Wesley Starr 1937–1939
File:Thomas Read Politician.jpg Thomas Read 1939-1940 Republican
File:Herbert J. Rushton.png Herbert J. Rushton 1941–1944 Republican
File:John R. Dethmers.png John R. Dethmers 1945–1946 Republican
File:Foss O. Eldred.png Foss O. Eldred 1946 Republican
File:Eugene F. Black.png Eugene F. Black 1947–1949 Republican
File:Stephen John Roth.png Stephen John Roth 1949–1951
File:Frank Millard 1953.png Frank Millard 1951–1955 Republican
File:Thomas M. Kavanagh.png Thomas M. Kavanagh 1955–1957 Democratic
File:Paul L. Adams.png Paul L. Adams 1957–1961 Democratic
File:Frank J. Kelley.jpg Frank J. Kelley 1961–1999 Democratic
File:Jennifer Granholm 5.jpg Jennifer Granholm 1999–2003 Democratic
File:Mike Cox Summer 2009.JPG Mike Cox 2003–2011 Republican
File:President Donald Trump with Bill Schuette (cropped).jpg Bill Schuette 2011–2019 Republican
File:Dana Nessel 20190202 110126 (cropped).jpg Dana Nessel 2019–present Democratic

Source: Michigan Manual 2003-2004, Chapter IV, Former Officials of Michigan

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