Alaska Attorney General

The Alaska Attorney General is the chief legal advisor to the government of the State of Alaska and to its governor. The Attorney General is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Alaska Legislature. The position has existed since the early days of the Territory of Alaska, though it was an elected rather than an appointed position prior to statehood. The Attorney General also serves as the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Law, and is the only commissioner of a principal department of Alaska state government not referred to as "Commissioner" in normal usage.^[1]

List of attorneys general[]

In the earliest days of the Alaska Territory, the Territorial Counsel served as the de facto attorney general. Only one person, John H. Cobb, served in this position. The 2nd Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1915 created the Office of the Attorney General, to become effective after the 1916 general election. The attorney general's position was an elected position during the entirety of territorial days, as opposed to under statehood, in which it has been a position appointed by the governor. The following is a list of attorneys general in Alaska.

Alaska Territory[]

Name	Image	Term of office	Governor(s)
George Barnes Grigsby		1916–1919	Strong, Riggs
		1919–1920	Riggs
		1920–1933	Riggs, Bone, Parks
		1933–1941	Troy, Gruening
		1941–1945	Gruening
Ralph Julian Rivers		1945–1949	Gruening
		1949–1959	Gruening, Heintzleman, Stepovich

State of Alaska[]

Name	Image	Term of office	Governor(s)
John Rader		1959–1960	Egan
		1960–1962	Egan
		1962–1964	Egan
		1964–1966	Egan
		1966–1967	Hickel
Edgar Paul Boyko		1967–1968	Hickel
		1968–1970	Hickel, Miller
		1970–1973	Egan
		1973–1974	Egan
Avrum M. Gross		1974–1980	Hammond
		1980–1982	Hammond
		1982–1985	Sheffield
		1985–1986	Sheffield
Grace Berg Schaible		1987–1989	Cowper
Douglas Baily		1989–1990	Cowper
Charlie Cole		1991–1994	Hickel
Bruce Botelho		1994–2002	Hickel, Knowles
Gregg Renkes		2002–2005	Murkowski
David W. Márquez		2005–2006	Murkowski
Talis J. Colberg		2006–2009	Palin
Dan Sullivan		2009–2010	Palin, Parnell
John J. Burns		2010–2012	Parnell
Michael Geraghty		2012–2014	Parnell
Craig W. Richards[2]		2014–2016	Walker
Jahna Lindemuth		2016–2018	Walker
Kevin Clarkson		2018–2020	Dunleavy
Ed Sniffen (acting)		2020–2021
Treg Taylor		2021–present

References[]

External links[]

• About the Attorney General at Alaska Department of Law
• Alaska Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
• News and Commentary at FindLaw
• Alaska Statutes at Law.Justia.com
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Alaska" at FindLaw
• Alaska Bar Association
• Alaska Attorney General Craig W. Richards profile at National Association of Attorneys General
• Press releases at Alaska Department of Law

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