List of attorneys general of Missouri

The individuals listed below have all served in the position of Missouri Attorney General.

Seal of the Office of the Missouri Attorney General

List

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Parties

  Democratic (28)   Republican (12)   Democratic-Republican (2)   Whig (1)

# Name Party Term
1   Edward Bates Democratic-Republican 1820–1821
2   Rufus Easton Democratic-Republican 1821–1826
3 Robert W. Wells Democratic 1826–1836
4   William B. Napton Democratic 1836–1839
5 Samuel Mansfield Bay Democratic 1839–1845
6   Benjamin F. Stringfellow Democratic 1845–1849
7 William A. Robards Democratic 1849–1851
8 James B. Gardenhire Whig 1851–1857
9 Ephraim B. Ewing Democratic 1857–1858
10   J. Proctor Knott Democratic 1858–1861
11 Aikman Welch Democratic 1861–1864
12   Thomas T. Crittenden Democratic 1864
13 Robert F. Wingate Democratic 1865–1869
14 Horace P. Johnson Republican 1869–1871
15 Andrew J. Baker Republican 1871–1872
16 H. Clay Ewing Democratic 1873–1875
17 John A. Hockaday Democratic 1875–1877
18 Jackson L. Smith Democratic 1877–1881
19 Daniel H. McIntyre Democratic 1881–1885
20 Banton G. Boone Democratic 1885–1889
21 John M. Wood Democratic 1889–1893
22   Robert F. Walker Democratic 1893–1897
23   Edward C. Crow Democratic 1897–1905
24   Herbert S. Hadley Republican 1905–1909
25   Elliott W. Major Democratic 1909–1913
26 John T. Barker Democratic 1913–1917
27   Frank Winton McAllister Democratic 1917–1921
28   Jesse W. Barrett Republican 1921–1925
29 Robert William Otto Republican 1925
30   North Todd Gentry Republican 1925–1928
31 Stratton Shartel Republican 1928–1933
32 Roy McKittrick Democratic 1933–1945
33 Buck Taylor Democratic 1945–1953
34   John M. Dalton Democratic 1953–1961
35   Thomas Eagleton Democratic 1961–1965
36   Norman H. Anderson Democratic 1965–1969
37   John Danforth Republican 1969–1977
38   John Ashcroft Republican 1977–1985
39   William L. Webster Republican 1985–1993
40   Jay Nixon Democratic 1993–2009
41   Chris Koster Democratic 2009–2017
42   Josh Hawley Republican 2017–2019
43   Eric Schmitt Republican 2019–2023
44   Andrew Bailey Republican 2023–present

References

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  • Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005-2006.