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Attorney General of Florida
File:Seal of the Attorney General of Florida.jpg
Seal of the attorney general of Florida
Department of Legal Affairs
StyleThe Honorable
TypeChief legal officer
Member ofFlorida Executive Branch
Florida Cabinet
SeatTallahassee, Florida
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Florida
Inaugural holderJoseph Branch
Formation1845
Websitehttp://myfloridalegal.com/

The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state, and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. The office is one of Florida's three elected state cabinet posts, along with the chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner. The current attorney general is Republican Ashley Moody, who took office on January 8, 2019.

Election and terms of office

As with other elected statewide offices in Florida, the attorney general is limited to serving two consecutive four-year terms.[1] The attorney general is second (behind the lieutenant governor) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Florida.[2][3]

Removal from office

The Florida attorney general can be impeached for committing a "misdemeanor in office" by the State House of Representatives, and then convicted and thereby removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the State Senate.[4]

Powers and duties

The Florida solicitor general is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the attorney general. The current solicitor is Henry C. Whitaker.[5]

List of Florida attorneys general

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

See also

References

  1. Fla. Const. art. VI, § 4
  2. "Constitution of Florida: Article IV, Section 3". Florida Legislature. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. "Florida Statutes 14.055". Law Server. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. Fla. Const. art. III, § 17
  5. "Florida Attorney General - Solicitor General". www.myfloridalegal.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08.

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