Attorney General of Minnesota

The Attorney General of Minnesota is the state Attorney General of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Attorney General is the state's chief legal officer and is an executive position elected by the voters for a four-year term.

Attorney General of Minnesota
Incumbent
Keith Ellison
TypeState Attorney General
Member ofMinnesota Executive Council
Term length4 years
Formation1858
First holderCharles H. Berry
WebsiteMinnesota Attorney General official website

The Office of the Minnesota Attorney General represents and provides legal advice to over 100 agencies, boards, and commissions of the government of Minnesota. The Office represents the state in state and federal court, as well as in administrative adjudication and rulemaking hearings. The Office handles felony criminal appeals, advises local prosecutors in the conduct of criminal trials and handles cases at the request of local prosecutors. In addition, the Office issues formal opinions interpreting statutes for the agencies and political subdivisions of the state.

The Minnesota Attorney General is a member of the Minnesota Executive Council, the Minnesota Board of Investment, the Minnesota Board of Pardons, and the Minnesota Land Exchange Board.

The current Attorney General is Keith Ellison.

List of Minnesota Attorneys General

Minnesota Territory
Name Took office Left office Party
Lorenzo A. Babcock 1849 1853
LaFayette Emmett 1853 1858

In 1886, elections were moved from odd years to even years. Beginning with the 1962 election, the term of the office increased from two to four years.

List of attorneys general
Parties

   DFL (8)   Republican (19)   Farmer-Labor (2)    Union Democrat (1)

State of Minnesota
No.NameTerm of OfficePolitical PartyLaw school
1Charles H. Berry1858–1860RepublicanRead law
2Gordon E. Cole1860–1866RepublicanHarvard Law School
3William J. Colvill1866–1868Union DemocratRead law under Millard Fillmore
4Francis R. E. Cornell1868–1874RepublicanRead law
5George P. Wilson1874–1880RepublicanRead law
6Charles M. Start1880–1881RepublicanRead law under William C. Wilson
7William John Hahn1881–1887RepublicanRead law
8Moses E. Clapp1887–1893RepublicanUniversity of Wisconsin Law School
9Henry W. Childs1893–1899Republican
10Wallace B. Douglas1899–1904RepublicanUniversity of Michigan Law School
11William J. Donahower1904–1905Republican
12Edward T. Young1905–1909RepublicanUniversity of Minnesota Law School
13George T. Simpson1909-1912Republican
14Lyndon A. Smith1912–1918RepublicanGeorgetown University Law Center
15Clifford L. Hilton1918–1927RepublicanUniversity of Wisconsin Law School
16Albert F. Pratt1927–1928RepublicanUniversity of Minnesota Law School
17G. Aaron Youngquist1928–1929RepublicanSt. Paul College of Law
18Henry N. Benson1929–1933RepublicanUniversity of Minnesota Law School
19Harry H. Peterson1933–1936Farmer-LaborUniversity of Minnesota Law School
20William S. Ervin1936–1939Farmer-LaborUniversity of Minnesota Law School
21Joseph A. A. Burnquist1939–1955RepublicanUniversity of Minnesota Law School
22Miles Lord1955–1960DFLUniversity of Minnesota Law School
23Walter Mondale1960–1964DFLUniversity of Minnesota Law School
24Robert W. Mattson Sr.1964–1967DFLUniversity of Minnesota Law School
25Douglas M. Head1967–1971RepublicanUniversity of Minnesota Law School
26Warren Spannaus1971–1983DFLUniversity of Minnesota Law School
27Skip Humphrey1983–1999DFLUniversity of Minnesota Law School
28Mike Hatch1999–2007DFLUniversity of Minnesota Law School
29Lori Swanson2007–2019DFLWilliam Mitchell College of Law
30Keith Ellison2019–presentDFLUniversity of Minnesota Law School

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