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{{short description|Chief legal officer for U.S. state of Colorado}}
{{Infobox official post
|post                     = Attorney General
|body                     = Colorado
|flagsize                 = 
|insigniacaption          = [[Seal of Colorado|Executive Seal]]
|image                    = AG Phil Weiser.jpg
|incumbent                = [[Phil Weiser]]
|incumbentsince           = January 8, 2019
|department               = [[Colorado Department of Law]]
|constituting_instrument  = [[Colorado Constitution]]
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.coag.gov}}
}}
The '''Attorney General of the State of Colorado''' is the [[chief legal officer]] for the [[United States|U.S.]] [[Colorado|State of Colorado]] and the head of the [[Colorado Department of Law]], a principal department of the [[Government of Colorado|Colorado state government]]. It is an elected position with a four-year term, and follows the same schedule as election of the governor. The incumbent Colorado Attorney General is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Phil Weiser]], who was elected in November 2018 to a four-year term that began on January 8, 2019.

The Department of Law has seven sections: [[Appeal|Appellate]], [[United States environmental law|Natural Resources and Environmental]], [[Consumer Protection]], State Services, [[Civil law (common law)|Civil Litigation]] and [[United States labor law|Employment Law]], [[Criminal law|Criminal Justice]], Revenue & Utilities, and [[Business]] & Licensing.<ref>[https://coag.gov/about-us Office Duties and Responsibilities, Colorado Attorney General's Office]</ref>

==Attorneys general of the [[Territory of Colorado]]==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|-
!#
!Attorney General
!Party
!Term of Service
|-
|1
|James E. Dalliba
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1861–1862
|-
|2
|Samuel E. Brown
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1862–1865
|-
|3
|George W. Chamberlain
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1865–1869
|-
|4
|Henry C. Thatcher
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

|1869–1873
|}

From 1873 to 1877 the Attorney General position was filled by the [[U.S. Attorney]] due to lack of funding by the territorial government. In 1876 Colorado was admitted to the Union as a State.

==Attorneys general of the [[State of Colorado]]==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
!#
!Image
!Attorney General
!Party
!Term of Service
|-
|1
|[[File:Archibald J. Sampson, around 1870s (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[A. J. Sampson]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1877–1878
|-
|2
|
|Charles W. Wright
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1879–1880
|-
|3
|
|Charles H. Toll
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1881–1882
|-
|4
|
|David F. Urmy
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1883–1884
|-
|5
|
|Theodore H. Thomas
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1885–1886
|-
|6
|
|Alvin Marsh
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1887–1888
|-
|7
|
|Samuel W. Jones
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1889–1890
|-
|8
|
|Joseph H. Maupin
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1891–1892
|-
|9
|
|[[Eugene Engley]]
|{{Party shading/Populist}}|[[People's Party (United States)|People's Party]]
|1893–1894
|-
|10
|[[File:Byron L. Carr, Colorado attorney general, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left) - Chas. Bohm, Denver, Col LCCN2004682546.jpg|60px]]
|Byron L. Carr
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1895–1898
|-
|11
|
|David M. Campbell
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1899–1900
|-
|12
|
|Charles C. Post
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1901–1902
|-
|13
|
|Nathan C. Miller
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1903–1906
|-
|14
|
|William H. Dickson
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1907–1908
|-
|15
|[[File:Bench and bar of Colorado - JOHN T. BARNETT.png|60px]]
|John T. Barnett
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1909–1910
|-
|16
|
|Benjamin Griffith
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1911–1912
|-
|17
|
|Fred Farrar
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1913–1916
|-
| 18
|[[File:Bench and bar of Colorado - LESLIE E. HUBBARD.png|60px]]
|Leslie E. Hubbard
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1917–1918
|-
| 19
|
|Victor E. Keyes
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1919–1922
|-
|20
|
|Russel W. Fleming
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1923–1924
|-
|21
|
|Wayne C. Williams
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1924–1925
|-
|22
|
|William Boatright
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1925–1928
|-
|23
|
|Robert E. Winbourn
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

|1929–1930
|-
|24
|
|John S. Underwood
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1930–1931
|-
|25
|[[File:Bench and bar of Colorado - CLARENCE L. IRELAND.png|60px]]
|Clarence L. Ireland
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1931–1932
|-
|26
|
|[[Paul P. Prosser]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1933–1936
|-
|27
|[[File:Byron G. Rogers, 1953.jpg|60px]]
|[[Byron G. Rogers]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1936–1940
|-
|28
|
|[[Gail L. Ireland]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1941–1945
|-
|29
|
|[[H. Lawrence Hinkley]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1945–1949
|-
|30
|
|[[John W. Metzger]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1949–1950
|-
|31
|
|[[Duke W. Dunbar]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1951–1972
|-
|32
|
|[[John Carbone Porfilio|John P. Moore]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1972–1974
|-
|33
|
|[[J.D. MacFarlane]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1975–1982
|-
|rowspan=2|34
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Duane Woodard]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1983–1987
|-
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1987-1991
|-
|35
|[[File:Norton.jpg|60px]]
|[[Gale Norton]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|1991–1999
|-
|36
|[[File:Kensalazar.jpg|60px]]
|[[Ken Salazar]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|1999–2005
|-
|37
|[[File:John Suthers US Attorney (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[John Suthers]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|2005–2015
|-
|38
|[[File:CCoffman1 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Cynthia Coffman (politician)|Cynthia Coffman]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|2015–2019
|-
|39
|[[File:AG Phil Weiser.jpg|60px]]
|[[Phil Weiser]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|2019-present
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{sister project links|Colorado|auto=yes}}
*[https://coag.gov/ Colorado Attorney General] official website
*[https://legalnewsline.com/?s=colorado+attorney+general Colorado Attorney General] articles at ''Legal Newsline Legal Journal''
*[https://public.findlaw.com/LCsearch.html?restrict=consumer&entry=%22Colorado+Attorney+General%22 News and Commentary] at [[FindLaw]]
*[https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/ Colorado Revised Statutes] at Law.Justia.com
*[https://caselaw.findlaw.com/search.html?search_type=party&court=us-supreme-court&text=state+of+colorado U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Colorado"] at [[FindLaw]]
*[https://www.cobar.org/ Colorado Bar Association]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150221190442/http://www.naag.org/naag/attorneys-general/whos-my-ag/colorado/cynthia-coffman.php Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman profile] at [[National Association of Attorneys General]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150303121703/http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/press/press_releases_year Press releases by year] at Colorado Attorney General's office

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