Kansas Attorney General
PostAttorney General
Body
of Kansas
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IncumbentKris Kobach
IncumbentsinceJanuary 9, 2023
FormationJune 30, 1854
SuccessionFifth
InauguralAndrew Jackson Isacks
Websitewww.ag.ks.gov

The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas.[1][2] Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023.[3]

Divisions

  • Administration Division
  • Civil Division
  • Criminal Division
  • Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  • Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
  • Office of the Solicitor General
  • Public Protection Division
  • Special Litigation & Constitutional Issues Division
  • Victim Services Division
  • Youth Services Division[4]

Officeholders

Kansas Territory attorneys general

NameTermParty
Andrew Jackson Isacks1854–1857
William Weer1857–1858
Alson C. Davis1858–1861

State attorneys general

ImageNameTermParty
Benjamin Franklin Simpson1861Republican
Charles Chadwick1861
Samuel Adams Stinson1861–1863Democratic
Warren William Guthrie1863–1865Republican
Jerome D. Brumbaugh1865–1867
George Henry Hoyt1867–1869
Addison Danford1869–1871
Archibald L. Williams1871–1875
Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph1875–1877
Willard Davis1877–1881
William Agnew Johnston1881–1884
George Price Smith1884–1885Democratic
Simeon Briggs Bradford1885–1889Republican
Lyman Beecher Kellogg1889–1891
John Nutt Ives1891–1893Democratic
John Thomas Little1893–1895Populist
Fernando Brenton Dawes1895–1897Republican
Louis C. Boyle1897–1899Populist
Aretas Allen Godard1899–1903Republican
Chiles Crittendon Coleman1903–1907
Fred Schuyler Jackson1907–1911
John Shaw Dawson1911–1915
Sardius Mason Brewster1915–1919
Richard Joseph Hopkins1919–1923
Charles Benjamin Griffith1923–1927
William A. Smith1927–1930
Roland Boynton1930–1935
Clarence Victor Beck1935–1939
Jay S. Parker1939–1943
Alexander Baldwin Mitchell1943–1947
Edward F. Arn1947–1949
Harold Ralph Fatzer1949–1956
John Anderson Jr.1956–1961
William M. Ferguson1961–1965
Robert C. Londerholm1965–1969
Kent Frizzell1969–1971
Vern Miller1971–1975Democratic
Curt T. Schneider1975–1979
Robert Stephan1979–1995Republican
Carla J. Stovall1995–2003
Phill Kline2003–2007
Paul J. Morrison2007–2008Democratic
Stephen Six2008–2011
Derek Schmidt2011–2023Republican
Kris Kobach2023–present

References

  1. ^ "About the Kansas Attorney General's Office". ag.ks.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  2. ^ "Attorney General of Kansas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Tim (2023-04-17). "Kobach content with loss in governor's race, convinced job of attorney general much better fit • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  4. ^ "Divisions | Attorney General of KS". Archived 2024-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-16.