Texas Attorney General

The Attorney General of Texas is the state attorney general of the state government of the U.S. state of Texas. The attorney general is also the chief legal officer and the head of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He/she carries out official duties and responsibilities of the office through the Office of the Attorney General.

The state attorney general is elected to a four-year term. This does not have term limits. The election is held at the same statewide election as the governor, lieutenant governor, etc.

Ken Paxton is the current Attorney General of Texas, in office since January 2015 under Governor Greg Abbott.

 Officeholders 
+ Attorneys general by party affiliation Party Attorneys general Democratic 44 Republican  4 Unionist  2
+ Attorneys general in chronological order, showing party affiliation  Image Name Term of service Political party160px Volney Howard1846 Democratic2 John W. Harris1846–1849 Democratic3 Henry Percy Brewster1849–1850 Democratic460px Andrew Jackson Hamilton1850 Democratic5 Ebenezer Allen11850–1852 Democratic6 Thomas J. Jennings1852–1856 Democratic760px James Willie1856–1858 Democratic8 Malcolm D. Graham1858–1860 Democratic9 George M. Flournoy1860–1862 Democratic10 Nathan G. Shelley1862–1864 Democratic11 Benjamin E. Tarver1864–1865 Democratic12 William Alexander1865–1866 Unionist13 William M. Walton1866–1867 Democratic14 Ezekiel B. Turner1867–1870 Unionist15 William Alexander1870–1874 Republican16 George W. Clark1874–1876 Democratic17 Hannibal Boone1876–1878 Democratic18 George McCormick1878–1880 Democratic19 James H. McLeary1880–1882 Democratic20 John D. Templeton1882–1886 Democratic2160px Jim Hogg1886–1890 Democratic2260px Charles Allen Culberson1890–1894 Democratic2360px Martin McNulty Crane1894–1898 Democratic24 Thomas Slater Smith1898–1901 Democratic2560px Charles K. Bell1901–1904 Democratic2660px Robert V. Davidson1904–1910 Democratic27 Jewel P. Lightfoot1910–1912 Democratic28 James D. Walthall1912–1913 Democratic2960px B. F. Looney1913–1919 Democratic30 Calvin Maples Cureton1919–1921 Democratic31 Walter Angus Keeling1921–1925 Democratic3260px Dan Moody1925–1927 Democratic33 Claude Pollard21927–1929 Democratic34 Robert L. Bobbitt31929–1931 Democratic3560px James V. Allred1931–1935 Democratic36 William McCraw1935–1939 Democratic3760px Gerald Mann1939–1943 Democratic38 Grover Sellers1943–1947 Democratic3960px Price Daniel1947–1953 Democratic40 John Ben Shepperd1953–1957 Democratic4160px Will Wilson1957–1963 Democratic4260px Waggoner Carr1963–1967 Democratic43 Crawford Martin1967–1972 Democratic44 John Hill1973–1979 Democratic4560px Mark White1979–1983 Democratic4660px Jim Mattox1983–1991 Democratic47 Dan Morales1991–1999 Democratic4860px John Cornyn1999–2002 Republican4960px Greg Abbott2002–2015 Republican5060px Ken Paxton2015–present Republican

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