Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Brad Schimel | 2015 – 2019 |
| J.B. Van Hollen | 2006 – 2015 |
| Peg Lautenschlager | 2002 – 2006 |
| James E. Doyle | 1991 – 2002 |
| Donald J. Hanaway | 1987 – 1991 |
| Bronson C. LaFollette | 1974 – 1987 |
| Robert W. Warren | 1969 – 1974 |
| George Thompson | 1963 – 1965 |
| John W. Reynolds | 1958 – 1963 |
| Stewart G. Honeck | 1957 – 1959 |
| Vernon W. Thomson | 1951 – 1957 |
| Thomas E. Fairchild | 1948 – 1951 |
| John E. Martin | 1939 – 1948 |
| Orlando S. Loomis | 1937 – 1939 |
| James E. Finnegan | 1933 – 1937 |
| John W. Reynolds | 1927 – 1933 |
| Herman L. Ekern | 1923 – 1927 |
| William J. Morgan | 1921 – 1923 |
| John J. Blaine | 1919 – 1921 |
| Spencer Haven | 1918 – 1919 |
| Walter C. Owen | 1913 – 1918 |
| Levi H. Bancroft | 1911 – 1913 |
| Frank L. Gilbert | 1907 – 1911 |
| :afauette M. Strudevant | 1903 – 1907 |
| Emmet R. Hicks | 1899 – 1903 |
| William H. Mylrea | 1895 – 1899 |
| James L. O’Connor | 1891 – 1895 |
| Charles E. Estabrook | 1887 – 1891 |
| Leander F. Frisby | 1882 – 1887 |
| Alexander Wilson | 1878 – 1882 |
| Andrew Scott Sloan | 1874 – 1878 |
| Stephen Steele Barlow | 1870 – 1874 |
| Charles R. Gill | 1866 – 1870 |
| Winfield Smith | 1862 – 1866 |
| James H. Howe | 1860 – 1862 |
| Gabriel Bouck | 1858 – 1860 |
| William R. Smith | 1856 – 1858 |
| George B. Smith | 1854 – 1856 |
| Experience Estabrook | 1852 – 1854 |
| S. Park Coon | 1850 – 1852 |
| James S. Brown | 1848 – 1850 |
