North Carolina Attorney General

The **attorney general of North Carolina** is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The incumbent attorney general, Jeff Jackson, taking office on January 1, 2025.

### Elected by the legislature

|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"||scope="col" colspan="2"|Attorney General|scope="col"|Term in office|scope="col"|Source|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|data-sort-value="McGuire, Thomas"|||||||
|17671776|"source"|||||||
|2|data-sort-value="Avery, Waightstill"|||||||
|17771779|"source"|||||||
|3|data-sort-value="Iredell, James"|||||||
|17791782|"source"|||||||
|4|data-sort-value="Moore, Alfred"|||||||
|17821791|"source"|||||||
|5|data-sort-value="Haywood, John"|||||||
|17921795|"source"|||||||
|6|data-sort-value="Baker, Blake Jr."|||||||
|17951803|"source"|||||||
|7|data-sort-value="Seawell, Henry"|||||||
|18031808|"source"|||||||
|8|data-sort-value="Fitts, Oliver"|||||||
|18081810|"source"|||||||
|9|data-sort-value="Miller, William"|||||||
|1810|"source"|||||||
|10|data-sort-value="Burton, Hutchins Gordon"|||||||
|18101816|"source"|||||||
|11|data-sort-value="Drew, William P."|||||||
|18161824|"source"|||||||
|12|data-sort-value="Taylor, James F."|||||||
|18251828|"source"|||||||
|13|data-sort-value="Jones, Robert H."|||||||
|1828|"source"|||||||
|14|data-sort-value="Saunders, Romulus Mitchell"|||||||
|18281834|"source"|||||||
|15|data-sort-value="Daniel, John Reeves Jones"|||||||
|18351841|"source"|||||||
|16|data-sort-value="McQueen, Hugh"|||||||
|18411842|"source"|||||||
|17|data-sort-value="Whitaker, Spier"|||||||
|18421846|"source"|||||||
|18|data-sort-value="Stanly, Edward"|||||||
|18461848|"source"|||||||
|19|data-sort-value="Moore, Bartholomew F."|||||||
|18481851|"source"|||||||
|20|data-sort-value="Eaton, William Jr."|||||||
|18511852|"source"|||||||
|21|data-sort-value="Ransom, Matt Whitaker"|||||||
|18531855|"source"|||||||
|22|data-sort-value="Batchelor, Joseph B."|||||||
|18551856|"source"|||||||
|23|data-sort-value="Bailey, William Henry"|||||||
|1857|"source"|||||||
|24|data-sort-value="Jenkins, William A."|||||||
|18571862|"source"|||||||
|25|data-sort-value="Rogers, Sion Hart"|||||||
|18631868|"source"|||||||

### Popularly elected

|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"||scope="col" colspan="2"|Attorney General|scope="col"|Term in office|scope="col"|Party|scope="col"|Source|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|26|data-sort-value="Coleman, William M."|||||||||
|18681869||Republican||||||||
|27|data-sort-value="Olds, Lewis P."|||||||||
|18691870||Republican||||||||
|28|data-sort-value="Shipp, William Marcus"|||||||||
|18701873||Democratic||||||||
|29|data-sort-value="Hargrove, Tazewell L."|||||||||
|18731877||Republican||||||||
|30|data-sort-value="Kenan, Thomas S."|||||||||
|18771885||Democratic||||||||
|31|data-sort-value="Davidson, Theodore F."|||||||||
|18851893||Democratic||||||||
|32|data-sort-value="Osborne, Frank I."|||||||||
|18931897||Democratic||||||||
|33|data-sort-value="Walser, Zeb V."|||||||||
|18971900||Republican||||||||
|34|data-sort-value="Douglas, Robert Dick"|||||||||
|19001901||Republican||||||||
|35|data-sort-value="Gilmer, Robert D."|||||||||
|19011909||Democratic||||||||
|36|data-sort-value="Bickett, Thomas W."|||||||||
|19091917||Democratic||||||||
|37|data-sort-value="Manning, James S."|||||||||
|19171925||Democratic||||||||
|38|data-sort-value="Brummitt, Dennis G."|||||||||
|19251935||Democratic||||||||
|39|data-sort-value="Seawell, Aaron A. F."|||||||||
|19351938||Democratic||||||||
|40|data-sort-value="McMullan, Harry"|||||||||
|19381955||Democratic||||||||
|41|data-sort-value="Rodman, William B. Jr."|||||||||
|19551956||Democratic||||||||
|42|data-sort-value="Patton, George B."|||||||||
|19561958||Democratic||||||||
|43|data-sort-value="Seawell, Malcolm B."|||||||||
|19581960||Democratic||||||||
|44|data-sort-value="Bruton, T. Wade"|||||||||
|19601969||Democratic||||||||
|45|data-sort-value="Morgan, Robert Burren"|||||||||
|19691974||Democratic||||||||
|46|data-sort-value="Carson, James H. Jr."|||||||||
|19741975||Republican||||||||
|47|data-sort-value="Edmisten, Rufus L."|||||||||
|19751985||Democratic||||||||
|48|data-sort-value="Thornburg, Lacy"|||||||||
|19851993||Democratic||||||||
|49|data-sort-value="Easley, Mike"|||||||||
|19932001||Democratic||||||||
|50|data-sort-value="Cooper, Roy"|||||||||
|20012017||Democratic||||||||
|51|data-sort-value="Stein, Josh"|||||||||
|20172025||Democratic||||||||
|52|data-sort-value="Jackson, Stein"|||||||||
|2025–present||Democratic||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Attorney General
- **body**: North Carolina
- **image**: File: Rep. Jeff Jackson - 118th Congress (Updated) (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Jeff Jackson (politician), Jeff Jackson
- **incumbentsince**: January 1, 2025
- **member of**: North Carolina Council of State, Council of State
- **termlength**: Four years
- **inaugural**: Waightstill Avery
- **formation**: 1776
- **salary**: annually