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{{Infobox Political post|www.ag.state.il.us|post=Attorney General|body=Illinois|insignia=Seal of the Attorney General of Illinois.jpg|insigniacaption=Seal of the Attorney General|image=Kwame Raoul RFCG.jpg|incumbent=Kwame Raoul|incumbentsince=January 14, 2019|termlength=4 years|formation=December 3, 1818|succession=Second|inaugural=Daniel Pope Cook|website=http://www.ag.state.il.us/}}The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage. Based in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, the Attorney General is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the Governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly, and conducting all legal affairs pertaining to the state. The office of the Illinois Attorney General was established on December 3, 1818 based on guidelines adopted by a state constitutional convention. The first person to fulfill the duties of the office was Daniel Pope Cook who only served eleven days, and was later elected to the United States Congress. Cook County was named in his honor. The current holder of the office is Kwame Raoul. List of Attorneys General| # | Name | Political Party | Term |
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| 1 | Daniel Pope Cook | Democratic-Republican | 1819 | | 2 | William Mears | Democratic-Republican | 1819–1821 | | 3 | Samuel D. Lockwood | Democratic-Republican | 1821–1822 | | 4 | James Turney | Democratic-Republican | 1822–1829 | | 5 | George Forquer | Democratic | 1829–1832 | | 6 | James Semple | Democratic | 1832–1834 | | 7 | Ninian Wirt Edwards | Democratic | 1834–1835 | | 8 | Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. | Democratic | 1835–1836 | | 9 | Walter B. Scates | Democratic | 1836–1837 | | 10 | Usher F. Linder | Democratic | 1837–1838 | | 11 | George W. Olney | Democratic | 1838–1839 | | 12 | Wickliffe Kitchell | Democratic | 1839–1840 | | 13 | Josiah Lamborn | Democratic | 1840–1843 | | 14 | James A. McDougall | Democratic | 1843–1846 | | 15 | David B. Campbell | Democratic | 1846–1848 | | Office abolished 1848–1867 | | 16 | Robert G. Ingersoll | Republican | 1867–1869 | | 17 | Washington Bushnell | Republican | 1869–1873 | | 18 | James K. Edsall | Republican | 1873–1881 | | 19 | James McCartney | Republican | 1881–1885 | | 20 | George Hunt | Republican | 1885–1893 | | 21 | Maurice T. Moloney | Democratic | 1893–1897 | | 22 | Edward C. Akin | Republican | 1897–1901 | | 23 | Howland J. Hamlin | Republican | 1901–1905 | | 24 | William H. Stead | Republican | 1905–1913 | | 25 | Patrick J. Lucey | Democratic | 1913–1917 | | 26 | Edward J. Brundage | Republican | 1917–1925 | | 27 | Oscar E. Carlstrom | Republican | 1925–1933 | | 28 | Otto Kerner, Sr. | Democratic | 1932–1938 | | 29 | John Edward Cassidy | Democratic | 1938–1941 | | 30 | George F. Barrett | Republican | 1941–1949 | | 31 | Ivan A. Elliott | Democratic | 1949–1953 | | 32 | Latham Castle | Republican | 1953–1959 | | 33 | Grenville Beardsley | Republican | 1959–1960 | | 34 | William L. Guild | Republican | 1960–1961 | | 35 | William G. Clark | Democratic | 1961–1969 | | 36 | William J. Scott | Republican | 1969–1980 | | 37 | Tyrone C. Fahner | Republican | 1980–1983 | | 38 | Neil F. Hartigan | Democratic | 1983–1991 | | 39 | Roland W. Burris | Democratic | 1991–1995 | | 40 | Jim Ryan | Republican | 1995–2003 | | 41 | Lisa Madigan | Democratic | 2003–2019 | | 42 | Kwame Raoul | Democratic | 2019-present |
[1][2]See also{{Portal|Illinois|Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics}}- List of law enforcement agencies in Illinois
{{Clear}}References1. ^http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/history.html
2. ^{{cite book |title=Illinois Blue Book |date=1908 |publisher=Secretary of State |location=Springfield |page=159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arwGAQAAIAAJ&dq=Elijah+C.+Berry&q=Attorney+General#v=snippet&q=Attorney%20General&f=false |accessdate=13 August 2018}}
External links- Illinois Attorney General official website
- Illinois Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
- Illinois Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Illinois Compiled Statutes at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Illinois" at FindLaw
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at Illinois Attorney General
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