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. 

List of attorneys general
 Elected by the legislature 
+ Attorneys GeneralAttorney GeneralTerm in officeSource1Thomas McGuire176717762Waightstill Avery17771779375pxJames Iredell17791782475pxAlfred Moore17821791575pxJohn Haywood179217956Blake Baker Jr.17951803775pxHenry Seawell18031808875pxOliver Fitts18081810975pxWilliam Miller18101075pxHutchins Gordon Burton1810181611William P. Drew1816182412James F. Taylor182518281375pxRobert H. Jones18281475pxRomulus Mitchell Saunders1828183415John Reeves Jones Daniel1835184116Hugh McQueen1841184217Spier Whitaker184218461875pxEdward Stanly184618481975pxBartholomew F. Moore1848185120William Eaton Jr.185118522175pxMatt Whitaker Ransom185318552275pxJoseph B. Batchelor185518562375pxWilliam Henry Bailey185724William A. Jenkins185718622575pxSion Hart Rogers18631868

 Popularly elected 
+ Attorneys GeneralAttorney GeneralTerm in officePartySource26William M. Coleman18681869Republican27Lewis P. Olds18691870Republican28William Marcus Shipp18701873Democratic2975pxTazewell L. Hargrove18731877Republican3075pxThomas S. Kenan18771885Democratic3175pxTheodore F. Davidson18851893Democratic3275pxFrank I. Osborne18931897Democratic3375pxZeb V. Walser18971900Republican3475pxRobert Dick Douglas19001901Republican3575pxRobert D. Gilmer19011909Democratic3675pxThomas Walter Bickett19091917Democratic3775pxJames S. Manning19171925Democratic3875pxDennis G. Brummitt19251935Democratic3975pxAaron A. F. Seawell19351938Democratic4075pxHarry McMullan19381955Democratic4175pxWilliam B. Rodman Jr.19551956Democratic4275pxGeorge B. Patton19561958Democratic4375pxMalcolm B. Seawell19581960Democratic4475pxT. Wade Bruton19601969Democratic4575pxRobert Burren Morgan19691974Democratic4675pxJames H. Carson Jr.19741975Republican4775pxRufus L. Edmisten19751985Democratic4875pxLacy Thornburg19851993Democratic4975pxMike Easley19932001Democratic5075pxRoy Cooper20012017Democratic5175pxJosh Stein20172025Democratic5275pxJeff Jackson2025–presentDemocratic

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