Attorney General of Iowa

Tom Miller (D), incumbent since 1995

The Attorney General of Iowa is the state attorney general of the Government of Iowa, United States. Office holders include people elected as the Constitution of Iowa requires it (thus the Attorney General has not to be a member of the same party as the other state officials) and appointed by the Governor of Iowa to fill a vacancy.

The office was created February 9, 1853. The Office of the Attorney General is housed in the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines; the Attorney General also has a room in the Iowa State Capitol to prepare legislation, which is his historical office.[1]

As stated in Iowa law, the powers and duties of the office include: representing the departments and agencies of state government; taking action for citizens in consumer protection and other areas; enforcing the state's environmental protection laws; playing a central role in the criminal justice system; and providing assistance and advocacy for the victims of crime. The Attorney General also issues legal opinions on questions of law submitted by elected or appointed state officials and defends all tort claim actions against the state. Iowa is unique in that its Attorney General belongs to the judicial branch of government, as opposed to the executive branch of government, as do 48 of the other 50 states.[2]

List of Attorneys General of Iowa

Name[3][4]Took officeLeft officeParty
  David C. Cloud18531856Democratic
Samuel A. Rice18561861Republican
Charles C. Nourse18611865Republican
Isaac L. Allen18651866Republican
Frederick E. Bissell18661867Republican
Henry O'Connor18671872Republican
Marsena E. Cutts18721877Republican
John F. McJunkin18771881Republican
Smith McPherson18811885Republican
Andrew J. Baker18851889Republican
John Y. Stone18891895Republican
Milton Remley[5]18951901Republican
Charles W. Mullan19011907Republican
John F. Riggs19071909Republican
Howard Webster Byers19091911Republican
George Cosson19111917Republican
H. M. Havner19171921Republican
Ben Gibson19211927Republican
John Fletcher19271933Republican
Edward L. O'Connor19331937Democratic
John H. Mitchell19371938Democratic
Fred D. Everett19391940Republican
John M. Rankin19411947Republican
Robert L. Larson19471953Republican
Leo Hoegh19531955Republican
Dayton Countryman19551957Republican
Norman A. Erbe19571961Republican
Evan Hultman19611965Republican
Lawrence F. Scalise19651967Democratic
Richard C. Turner19671979Republican
Tom Miller19791991Democratic
Bonnie Campbell19911995Democratic
Tom Miller1995IncumbentDemocratic

References

  1. ↑ http://das.iowa.gov/press_releases/004_release_08-24-07.html
  2. ↑ Iowa Official Register. Iowa State Law Library: Iowa Secretary of State. 1999–2000. p. 20.
  3. ↑ "various Iowa Official Registers". Iowa. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  4. ↑ "History of Iowa Vol. III Directory of Public Officials". Iowa History Project. GenWeb.
  5. ↑ Portrait and biographical record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa counties, Iowa. 1893.
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