Colorado Attorney General

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Attorney General of the State of Colorado is the chief legal officer for the U.S. State of Colorado and the head of the Colorado Department of Law, a principal department of the 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 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: Appellate, Natural Resources and Environmental, Consumer Protection, State Services, Civil Litigation and Employment Law, Criminal Justice, Revenue & Utilities, and Business & Licensing.[1]

Attorneys general of the Territory of Colorado

# Attorney General Party Term of Service
1 James E. Dalliba style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1861–1862
2 Samuel E. Brown style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1862–1865
3 George W. Chamberlain style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1865–1869
4 Henry C. Thatcher style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|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

# Image Attorney General Party Term of Service
1 File:Archibald J. Sampson, around 1870s (cropped).jpg A. J. Sampson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1877–1878
2 Charles W. Wright style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1879–1880
3 Charles H. Toll style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1881–1882
4 David F. Urmy style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1883–1884
5 Theodore H. Thomas style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1885–1886
6 Alvin Marsh style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1887–1888
7 Samuel W. Jones style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1889–1890
8 Joseph H. Maupin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1891–1892
9 Eugene Engley style="background:Template:Party color"|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 Byron L. Carr style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1895–1898
11 David M. Campbell style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1899–1900
12 Charles C. Post style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1901–1902
13 Nathan C. Miller style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1903–1906
14 William H. Dickson style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1907–1908
15 File:Bench and bar of Colorado - JOHN T. BARNETT.png John T. Barnett style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1909–1910
16 Benjamin Griffith style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1911–1912
17 Fred Farrar style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1913–1916
18 File:Bench and bar of Colorado - LESLIE E. HUBBARD.png Leslie E. Hubbard style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1917–1918
19 Victor E. Keyes style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1919–1922
20 Russel W. Fleming style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1923–1924
21 Wayne C. Williams style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1924–1925
22 William Boatright style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1925–1928
23 Robert E. Winbourn style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1929–1930
24 John S. Underwood style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1930–1931
25 File:Bench and bar of Colorado - CLARENCE L. IRELAND.png Clarence L. Ireland style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1931–1932
26 Paul P. Prosser style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1933–1936
27 File:Byron G. Rogers, 1953.jpg Byron G. Rogers style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1936–1940
28 Gail L. Ireland style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1941–1945
29 H. Lawrence Hinkley style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1945–1949
30 John W. Metzger style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1949–1950
31 Duke W. Dunbar style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1951–1972
32 John P. Moore style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1972–1974
33 J.D. MacFarlane style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1975–1982
34 Duane Woodard style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1983–1987
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1987-1991
35 File:Norton.jpg Gale Norton style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 1991–1999
36 File:Kensalazar.jpg Ken Salazar style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 1999–2005
37 File:John Suthers US Attorney (cropped).jpg John Suthers style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 2005–2015
38 File:CCoffman1 (cropped).jpg Cynthia Coffman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Republican 2015–2019
39 File:AG Phil Weiser.jpg Phil Weiser style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Democratic 2019-present

References

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  1. ↑ Office Duties and Responsibilities, Colorado Attorney General's Office

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