- List of Minnesota Attorneys General Minnesota Territory State of Minnesota
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The Attorney General of Minnesota is the state Attorney General of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Attorney General is the state's chief legal officer and is an executive position elected by the voters for a four-year term. The Office of the Minnesota Attorney General represents and provides legal advice to over 100 agencies, boards, and commissions of the government of Minnesota. The Office represents the state in state and federal court, as well as in administrative adjudication and rulemaking hearings. The Office handles felony criminal appeals, advises local prosecutors in the conduct of criminal trials and handles cases at the request of local prosecutors. In addition, the Office issues formal opinions interpreting statutes for the agencies and political subdivisions of the state. The Minnesota Attorney General is a member of the Minnesota Executive Council, the Minnesota Board of Investment, the Minnesota Board of Pardons, and the Minnesota Land Exchange Board. The current Attorney General is Keith Ellison. List of Minnesota Attorneys GeneralMinnesota Territory| Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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| Lorenzo A. Babcock | 1849 | 1853 | | Lafayette Emmett | 1853 | 1858 |
In 1886, elections were moved from odd years to even years. Beginning with the 1962 election, the term of the office increased from two to four years. State of Minnesota| No. | Name | Term of Office | Political Party | Law school |
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| 1 | Charles H. Berry | 1858–1860 | Republican | Read law | | 2 | Gordon E. Cole | 1860–1866 | Republican | Harvard Law School | | 3 | William J. Colvill | 1866–1868 | Union Democrat | Read law under Millard Fillmore | | 4 | Francis R. E. Cornell | 1868–1874 | Republican | Read law | | 5 | George P. Wilson | 1874–1880 | Republican | Read law | | 6 | Charles M. Start | 1880–1881 | Republican | Read law under William C. Wilson | | 7 | William J. Hahn | 1881–1887 | Republican | Read law | | 8 | Moses E. Clapp | 1887–1893 | Republican | University of Wisconsin Law School | | 9 | Henry W. Childs | 1893–1899 | Republican | | 10 | Wallace B. Douglas | 1899–1904 | Republican | University of Michigan Law School | | 11 | William J. Donahower | 1904–1905 | Republican | | 12 | Edward T. Young | 1905–1909 | Republican | | 13 | George T. Simpson | 1909-1912 | Republican | | 14 | Lyndon A. Smith | 1912–1918 | Republican | Georgetown University Law Center | | 15 | Clifford L. Hilton | 1918–1927 | Republican | University of Wisconsin Law School | | 16 | Albert F. Pratt | 1927–1928 | Republican | University of Minnesota Law School | | 17 | G. Aaron Youngquist | 1928–1929 | Republican | St. Paul College of Law | | 18 | Henry N. Benson | 1929–1933 | Republican | University of Minnesota Law School | | 19 | Harry H. Peterson | 1933–1936 | Farmer-Labor | University of Minnesota Law School | | 20 | William S. Ervin | 1936–1939 | Republican | Non-Lawyer[1] | | 21 | Joseph A. A. Burnquist | 1939–1955 | Republican | University of Minnesota Law School | | 22 | Miles W. Lord | 1955–1960 | DFL | University of Minnesota Law School | | 23 | Walter Mondale | 1960–1964 | DFL | University of Minnesota Law School | | 24 | Robert W. Mattson, Sr. | 1964–1967 | DFL | University of Minnesota Law School | | 25 | Douglas M. Head | 1967–1971 | Republican | University of Minnesota Law School | | 26 | Warren Spannaus | 1971–1983 | DFL | University of Minnesota Law School | | 27 | Hubert H. Humphrey, III | 1983–1999 | DFL | University of Minnesota Law School | | 28 | Mike Hatch | 1999–2007 | DFL | University of Minnesota Law School | | 29 | Lori Swanson | 2007–2019 | DFL | William Mitchell College of Law | | 30 | Keith Ellison | 2019–present | DFL | University of Minnesota Law School |
- Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party: On April 15, 1944, the state Democratic Party and the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party merged and created the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). It is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.
See also- University of Minnesota Law School
- William Mitchell College of Law
- Attorney General of South Dakota
References1. ^{{cite web |title=Law Degree Not a Requirement To Be Minnesota’s Attorney General |url=https://kstp.com/politics/law-degree-not-requirement-minnesota-attorney-general/5015761/ |website=kstp.com |publisher=5 eyewitness news}}
External links- Minnesota Attorney General official website
- Minnesota Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- Minnesota Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Minnesota Statutes at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions – "Cases with title containing: State of Minnesota" at FindLaw
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at Minnesota Attorney General
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