Attorney General of Maryland

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox Political post The Attorney General of the State of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have lived and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.

The attorney general has general charge, supervision and direction of the legal business of the State. The attorney general is the legal advisor and representative of the Governor, the General Assembly, the Judiciary, and the major departments, various boards, commissions, officials and institutions of State Government. The office further represents the State in all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, and in the United States Supreme Court and lower Federal Courts. As of 2023, the attorney general is Democrat Anthony Brown.

Summary of powers

  • The Attorney General serves as legal counsel to the Governor, the Legislature, and all State departments, boards, and most commissions.[1]
  • The Attorney General may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited liability company from doing business in this State.[2]
  • The Attorney General may obtain a court order prohibiting the guarantor or service contract provider from further violations in this State.[3][4]

Colonial attorneys general

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Colonial attorneys general of Maryland[5]
Image Name Term Home
Lt. Richard Smith, Sr. 1657–1660/61 Calvert County
Capt. Thomas Manning 1660/61–1666 Calvert County
Col. William Calvert 1666–1670 St. Mary's City
Col. Vincent Lowe 1670–1676 Talbot County
Kenelm Cheseldyne 1676–1681 St. Mary's City
Thomas Burford 1681–1686/87 Charles County
Robert Carvile 1688 St. Mary's City
File:Charles Carroll the Settler (1700–1720).jpg Charles Carroll 1688–1689 St. Mary's City & Anne Arundel County
Col. George Plater, I 1691–1692 St. Mary's County
Edward Wynn 1692 St. Mary's County
Col. George Plater, I 1692–1698 St. Mary's County
Maj. William Dent 1698–1704 Charles County
Col. William Bladen 1704–1718 Annapolis
File:Bordley, Thomas, approximately 1683-1726.jpg Thomas Bordley 1718–1721 Annapolis
File:Daniel Dulany the Elder.jpg Daniel Dulany, Sr. 1721–1725 Annapolis
Michael Howard 1725–1734 Talbot County
Daniel Dulany, Sr. 1734–1744 Annapolis
File:J E Kühn - Henry Darnall III.jpg Henry Darnall, III 1744–1756 Prince George's County
File:Stephen Bordley 1709-1764.jpg Stephen Bordley 1756–1763 Annapolis
Edmund Key 1764–1766 Annapolis
Robert Goldsborough, II 1766–1768 Dorchester County
File:Thomas Jenings (c. 1736-1796) (cropped).jpg Thomas Jennings 1768–1776 Annapolis

Modern attorneys general

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Modern attorneys general of Maryland
Image Name From To Party Law school
James Tilghman 1777 1778
File:Luther martin.jpg Luther Martin 1778 1805
File:Williampinkney (1).jpg William Pinkney 1805 1806 Democratic-Republican
John Thomson Mason 1806 1806
John Johnson, Sr. 1806 1811
John Montgomery 1811 1818 Democratic-Republican
File:Luther martin.jpg Luther Martin 1818 1822
File:Thomas Beale Dorsey (cropped).jpg Thomas Beale Dorsey 1822 1824 Democratic-Republican
Thomas Kell 1824 1827
File:Roger B. Taney c.1836.jpg Roger B. Taney 1827 1831 Democratic
File:Mary Jane Simes - 9c9605a3f2.jpg Josiah Bayly 1831 1846
George R. Richardson 1846 1851
Robert J. Brent 1851 1864 Whig
File:AlexanderRandall.jpg Alexander Randall 1864 1867 Whig
File:Isaac Dashiell Jones, LL.D. (Ency. of the PCUSA, 1884).png Isaac Dashiell Jones 1867 1871 Whig
File:AndrewKSyester1800sPortrait.jpg Andrew K. Syester 1871 1875 Whig
File:C. J. M. Gwinn portrait (cropped).jpg Charles J. M. Gwinn 1875 1883 Democratic
File:Charles Boyle Roberts of Maryland - Portrait seated circa 1865 to 1880.jpg Charles Boyle Roberts 1883 1887 Democratic
File:Williampinkneywhite.jpg William Pinkney Whyte 1887 1891 Democratic Harvard Law School
File:John P. Poe (1909) (cropped).png John Prentiss Poe 1891 1895 Democratic
File:Harry M. Clabaugh.jpg Harry M. Clabaugh 1895 1899 Republican University of Maryland School of Law
File:GeorgeGaither1900sEarlyMaryland.jpg George Riggs Gaither Jr. 1899 1899 Republican
File:Isidor Rayner standing photograph portrait.jpg Isidor Rayner 1899 1903 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
File:"Portrait of William S. Bryan, Early 20th Century Attorney General of Maryland".jpg William Shepard Bryan Jr. 1903 1907 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
File:Isaac Lobe Straus (1914) (cropped).png Isaac Lobe Straus 1907 1911 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
File:Edgar Allan Poe (attorney general) (1914) (cropped).png Edgar Allan Poe 1911 1915 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
File:Albert Ritchie, photo portrait head and shoulders.jpg Albert Ritchie 1915 1919 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Ogle Marbury (acting) 1918 1919 Democrat University of Maryland School of Law
File:Alexander Armstrong, Republican Candidate for Attorney General (1919) (cropped).png Alexander Armstrong 1919 1923 Republican University of Pennsylvania Law School
File:Thomas H. Robinson of Harford County (1905) (cropped).png Thomas H. Robinson 1923 1930 Democratic
File:William Preston Lane.jpg William Preston Lane Jr. 1930 1934 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
File:Governor herbert oconor of maryland.jpg Herbert O'Conor 1934 1938 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
William C. Walsh 1938 1945 Democratic Catholic University School of Law
William Curran 1945 1946 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Hall Hammond 1946 1952 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Edward D. E. Rollins 1952 1954 Republican University of Maryland School of Law
C. Ferdinand Sybert 1954 1961 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Thomas B. Finan 1961 1966 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Robert C. Murphy 1966 1966 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
Francis B. Burch 1966 1978 Democratic Yale Law School
Jon F. Oster 1979 1979 Democratic University of Maryland School of Law
George A. Nilson 1979 1979 Democratic Yale Law School
Stephen H. Sachs 1979 1987 Democratic Yale Law School
File:J. Joseph Curran.jpg J. Joseph Curran Jr. 1987 2007 Democratic University of Baltimore School of Law
File:Douglas F. Gansler (2010).jpg Doug Gansler 2007 2015 Democratic University of Virginia School of Law
File:Brian E. Frosh 2015.jpg Brian Frosh 2015 2023 Democratic Columbia Law School
File:Anthony G. Brown 2022.jpg Anthony Brown 2023 Democratic Harvard Law School

References

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External links

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