Tennessee Attorney General

Seal of the Attorney General of Tennessee

The Tennessee Attorney General (officially, Attorney General and Reporter) is a position within the Tennessee state government. The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for Tennessee. Unlike any other state, the Tennessee Attorney General is an officer of the judicial branch, being appointed by the justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court, rather than the Governor, or being elected by popular vote or vote of the legislature, for a term of eight years.[1] The current office holder is Herbert Slatery, who was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term in 2014 to fill that position. His service officially began with his swearing in by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, a close personal friend whom he had previously served as legal counsel, on October 1, 2014. [2]

Attorneys general

# Name Tenure Party
1George T. Yerger1831–1839
2Return J. Meigs III1839
3West Hughes Humphreys1839–1851
4William Graham Swan1851–1854
5John L.T. Sneed1854–1859
6John W. Head1859–1862
7Thomas M. Coldwell1865–1870
8Joseph Brown Heiskell1870–1878
9Benjamin J. Lea1878–1886
10George W. Pickle1886–1902
11Charles T. Cates, Jr.1902–1913
12Frank M. Thompson1913–1926
13Charles L. Cornelius1926
14L. D. Smith1926–1932
15Roy H. Beeler1932–1954
16George F. McCanless1954–1969
17David M. Pack1969–1974
18Milton P. Rice1974
19R.A. Ashley, Jr.1974–1976
20Brooks McLemore1976–1978
21William M. Leech, Jr.1978–1984
22W.J. Michael Cody1984–1988
23Charles Burson1988–1997
24John Knox Walkup1997–1999
25Paul G. Summers1999–2006
26Robert E. Cooper, Jr.2006–2014Democratic
27Herbert Slatery2014–presentRepublican

References

  1. ↑ Office of the Attorney General and Reporter. "Tennessee Attorney General". Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  2. ↑ Scott Harrison. "Cooper out, Herbert Slatery in as Tennessee AG".


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