Indiana Attorney General

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Indiana Attorney General
Todd Rokita, Official Portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Todd Rokita
since January 11, 2021
Term lengthFour years
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Indiana
Formation1855
First holder
SuccessionStatewide election
Salary$97,201.78
Websitewww.in.gov/attorneygeneral/

The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election to serve for a four-year term. The forty-fourth and current Attorney General is Todd Rokita.

The annual salary of the Attorney General of Indiana is $97,201.78.[1]

List of Indiana Attorneys General[]

Territorial[]

Attorney General Political Party Term of Service
Benjamin Parke 1804–1808
John Rice Jones 1808–1816

State[]

Under the 1816 Constitution of Indiana the office of Attorney General was filled by appointment. After the adoption of the 1851 constitution, the office was filled by popular election.

Parties

  Democratic (19)   Republican (25)

Attorney General Political Party Term of Service
Republican 1855–1856
Joseph E. McDonald Democratic 1856–1860
Republican 1860–1861
John Palmer Usher Republican 1861–1862
Republican 1862
Democratic 1862–1864
Republican 1864–1870
Bayless W. Hanna Democratic 1870–1872
Republican 1872–1874
Democratic 1874–1878
Democratic 1878 –1880
Republican 1880–1882
Democratic 1882–1886
Republican 1886–1890
Alonzo G. Smith Democratic 1890–1894
Republican 1894–1898
Republican 1898–1903
Republican 1903–1907
Republican 1907–1911
Democratic 1911–1915
Democratic 1915
Democratic 1915–1917
Republican 1917–1921
Republican 1921–1925
Republican 1925–1929
Republican 1929–1933
Democratic 1933–1937
Democratic 1937–1940
Samuel D. Jackson Democratic 1940–1941
George N. Beamer Democratic 1941–1943
Republican 1943–1947
Republican 1947–1949
J. Emmett McManamon Democratic 1949–1953
Edwin K. Steers Republican 1953–1965
Democratic 1965–1969
Theodore L. Sendak Republican 1969–1981
Linley E. Pearson Republican 1981–1993
Pamela L. Carter Democratic 1993–1997
Jeffrey A. Modisett Democratic 1997–2000
Karen Freeman-Wilson Democratic 2000–2001
Steve Carter Republican 2001–2009
Greg Zoeller Republican 2009–2017
Curtis Hill Republican 2017–2021
Todd Rokita Republican 2021-present

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Notes[]

  1. ^ "Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative Services Agency". State of Indiana. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  2. ^ See http://www.in.gov/library/3239.htm, a list of historic Attorneys General compiled by staff of the Indiana State Library.

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