Florida Attorney General

The **attorney general of Florida** is the state attorney general of the state government of the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general is also the chief legal officer and the head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs.

The state attorney general is elected to a four-year term, and can only be reelected once. The election is held at the same statewide election as the governor, lieutenant governor, etc.

## Official duties and responsibilities

- As the state's chief legal and law officer, ensures that the laws of the state are enforced.
- Heads the Department of Legal Affairs, which is responsible for providing state legal services and support for local law enforcement.
- Oversees law enforcement agencies, including district attorneys and sheriffs.

## List of Florida attorneys general

|colspan=2|Party|Attorneys general||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=2|Democratic|align=right|27|
|colspan=2|Republican|align=right|11|
|colspan=2|Whig|align=right|1|
|#|Image|Name|Term of service|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Joseph Branch|1845–1846|Democratic|
|2||Augustus Maxwell|1846–1848|Democratic|
|3||James T. Archer|1848|Democratic|
|4||David P. Hogue|1848–1853|Whig|
|5||Mariano D. Papy|1853–1861|Democratic|
|6||John B. Galbraith|1861–1868|Democratic|
|7||James Westcott III|1868|Democratic|
|8||A. R. Meek|1868–1870|Republican|
|9||Sherman Conant|1870–1871|Republican|
|10||J. B. C. Drew|1871–1872|Republican|
|11||Horatio Bisbee Jr.|1872|Republican|
|12||J. P. C. Emmons|1872–1873|Republican|
|13||William A. Cocke|1873–1877|Democratic|
|14||George P. Raney|1877–1885|Democratic|
|15||Charles Merian Cooper|1885–1889|Democratic|
|16||William Bailey Lamar|1889–1903|Democratic|
|17||James B. Whitfield|1903–1904|Democratic|
|18||W. H. Ellis|1904–1909|Democratic|
|19||Park Trammell|1909–1913|Democratic|
|20||Thomas F. West|1913–1917|Democratic|
|21||Van C. Swearingen|1917–1921|Democratic|
|22||Rivers Buford|1921–1925|Democratic|
|23||J. B. Johnson|1925–1927|Democratic|
|24||Fred Henry Davis|1927–1931|Democratic|
|25||Cary D. Landis|1931–1938|Democratic|
|26||George Couper Gibbs|1938–1941|Democratic|
|27||J. Thomas Watson|1941–1949|Democratic|
|28||Richard Ervin|1949–1964|Democratic|
|29||James W. Kynes|1964–1965|Democratic|
|30||Earl Faircloth|1965–1971|Democratic|
|31||Robert L. Shevin|1971–1979|Democratic|
|32||James C. Smith|1979–1987|Democratic|
|33||Bob Butterworth|1987–2002|Democratic|
|34||Richard E. Doran|2002–2003|Republican|
|35||Charlie Crist|2003–2007|Republican|
|36||Bill McCollum|2007–2011|Republican|
|37||Pam Bondi|2011–2019|Republican|
|38||Ashley Moody|2019–2025|Republican|
|--||John Guard|2025|Republican|
|39||James Uthmeier|2025-present|Republican|

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Attorney General
- **body**: Florida
- **insignia**: Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida official seal (cropped).png
- **insigniasize**: 120px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of the attorney general of Florida
- **image**: Official portrait of Attorney General James Uthmeier, 2025 (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: James Uthmeier
- **department**: Florida Department of Legal Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs
- **style**: The Honorable
- **incumbentsince**: February 17, 2025
- **termlength**: Four years, renewable once
- **formation**: 1845
- **inaugural**: Joseph Branch (Florida politician), Joseph Branch
- **seat**: Tallahassee, Florida
- **appointer**: Direct election, Popular vote
- **type**: Attorney General, Chief legal officer
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Florida
- **succession**: Gubernatorial_lines_of_succession_in_the_United_States#Florida, Second
- **member of**: Government of Florida, Florida Executive Branch
 Florida Cabinet