Attorneys General of Kansas

John Anderson, Jr.
Born 8 May 1917, Olathe, Kan.
Attorney General 1 Mar 1956 - 9 Jan 1961
Appointed vice Fatzer, then elected to two succeeding terms
Republican from Olathe

Edward F. Arn
Born 19 May 1906 in Kansas City, Kan.
Attorney General 13 Jan 1947 - 21 Feb 1949
Resigned to accept appointment as Justice of Supreme Court
Republican from Wichita

Clarence Victor Beck
Born 1896; died 14 Jan 1984 in Raleigh, N.C.
Attorney General 14 Jan 1935 - 9 Jan 1939
Republican from Emporia

Louis C. Boyle
Born 1866; died 15 July 1925 in Rochester, Minn.
Attorney General 11 Jan 1897 - 9 Jan 1899
Populist from Fort Scott

Roland Boynton
Born 1891; died 6 Feb 1942 in Bartlesville, Okla.
Attorney General 1 Dec 1930 - 14 Jan 1935; appointed viceSmith
Republican from Emporia

Simeon Briggs Bradford
Born 1847; died 2 Apr 1902 in Ardmore, Indian Terr.
Attorney General 12 Jan 1885 - 14 Jan 1889
Republican from Carbondale

Sardius Mason Brewster
Born 1870; died 5 Mar 1936 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 11 Jan 1915 - 13 Jan 1919
Republican from Troy

Jerome D. Brumbaugh
Died 1 Mar 1878 in Marysville, Kan.
Attorney General 9 Jan 1865 - 14 Jan 1867
Republican from Marysville

Charles Chadwick
Born 1825
Attorney General 30 July 1861 - Dec 1861; appointed vice Simpson
From Lawrence

Chiles Crittendon Coleman
Born 1854; died 4 Mar 1911 in Clay Center, Kan.
Attorney General 12 Jan 1903 - 14 Jan 1907
Republican from Clay Center

Addison Danford
Born 1829; died 29 Sept 1901 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Attorney General 11 Jan 1869 - 9 Jan 1871
Republican from Fort Scott

Alson C. Davis
Attorney General 5 June 1858 - 9 Feb 1861
From Wyandotte

Willard Davis
Born 1839; died 7 Dec 1885 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 8 Jan 1877 - 10 Jan 1881
Republican from Oswego

Fernando Brenton Dawes
Born 1855; died 17 Oct 1916 in Clay Center, Kan.
Attorney General 14 Jan 1895 - 11 Jan 1897
Republican from Clay Center

John Shaw Dawson
Born 1869; died 19 Feb 1960 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 9 Jan 1911 - 11 Jan 1915
Republican from Hill City

Harold Ralph Fatzer
Born 1910; died 1989
Attorney General 21 Feb 1949 - 1 Mar 1956
Appointed vice Arn; resigned to accept appointment as Supreme Court Justice
Republican from Kinsley

William M. Ferguson
Born 1917
Attorney General 9 Jan 1961 - 11 Jan 1965
Republican from Wellington

Kent Frizzell
Born 1929
Attorney General 13 Jan 1969 - 11 Jan 1971
Republican from Wichita

Aretas Allen Godard
Born 1855; died 9 Sept 1948 in Miami, Fla.
Attorney General 9 Jan 1899 - 12 Jan 1903
Republican from Topeka

Charles Benjamin Griffith
Born 1872; died 8 June 1921 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 8 Jan 1923 - 10 Jan 1927
Republican from Fort Scott

Warren William Guthrie
Born 1834; died 22 Apr 1903 in Atchison, Kan.
Attorney General Jan 1863 - Jan 1865
Republican from Carson

Richard Joseph Hopkins
Born 1873; died 28 Aug 1943 in Kansas City
Attorney General 13 Jan 1919 - 8 Jan 1923
Republican from Garden City

George H. Hoyt
Born 1837; died 2 Feb 1877 in Athol, Mass.
Attorney General 14 Jan 1867 - 11 Jan 1869
Republican from Leavenworth

Andrew Jackson Isacks
Attorney General 30 June 1854 - Mar 1857
[Commissioned 29 June 1854; began service 30 June; took the oath of office 29 Nov]
From Louisiana

John Nutt Ives
Born 1837
Attorney General 12 Jan 1891 - 9 Jan 1893
Democrat from Sterling

Fred Schuyler Jackson
Born 1868; died 21 Nov 1931 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 14 Jan 1907 - 9 Jan 1911
Republican from Eureka

William Agnew Johnston
Born 1848; died 23 Jan 1937 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 10 Jan 1881 - 1 Dec 1884
Resigned to become associate justice
Republican from Minneapolis

Lyman Beecher Kellogg
Born 1841; died 9 Oct 1918 in Emporia, Kan.
Attorney General 14 Jan 1889 - 12 Jan 1891
Republican from Emporia

Phill Kline
Born December 31, 1959, Kansas City, Kan.
Attorney General 13 Jan 2003 -
Republican attorney from Shawnee

John Thomas Little
Born 1844; died 10 Dec 1926 in Olathe, Kan.
Attorney General 9 Jan 1893 - 14 Jan 1895
Populist from Olathe

Robert C. Londerholm
Born 1931
Attorney General 11 Jan 1965 - 13 Jan 1969
Republican from Prairie Village

Vern Miller
Attorney General 11 Jan 1971 - 13 Jan 1975
Democrat from Wichita

Alexander Baldwin Mitchell
Born 1893; died 27 Nov 1954 in Lawrence, Kan.
Attorney General 11 Jan 1943 - 13 Jan 1947
Republican from Lawrence

Paul J. Morrison
Born 1 June 1954, Dodge City, Kan.
Attorney General 8 Jan 2007 -
Democrat from Kansas City, Kansas

Jay S. Parker
Born 1895
Attorney General 9 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943
Republican from Hill City

Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph
Born 1829; died 2 Sept 1898 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 11 Jan 1875 - 8 Jan 1877
Republican from Burlington

Curt T. Schneider
Born 1928
Attorney General 13 Jan 1975 - 8 Jan 1979
Democrat from Coffeyville

Benjamin Franklin Simpson
Born 1836; died 10 Aug 1916 in Paola, Kan.
Attorney General February to July 1861 (resigned). Republican from Paola

George Price Smith
Born 1828
Attorney General 1 Dec 1884 - 12 Jan 1885; appointed viceJohnston
Democrat from Humboldt

William A. Smith
Born 1888; died 21 July 1968 in Topeka, Kan.
Attorney General 10 Jan 1927 - 1 Dec 1930
Resigned to become Justice of Supreme Court
Republican from Valley Falls

Robert T. Stephan
Attorney General 8 Jan 1979 - 9 Jan 1995
Republican from Wichita

Samuel Adams Stinson
Born 1833; died 18 Feb 1866 in Wicasset, Maine
Attorney General 20 Dec 1861 (date of oath) - Jan 1863
Elected on Union ticket from Leavenworth (actually a Democrat)

Carla J. Stovall
Born 18 Mar 1957 in Hardtner, Kan.
Attorney General 9 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003
Republican from Marion

William Weer
Attorney General 13 Mar 1857 - 5 June 1858
[Appointment confirmed 13 Mar 1857]
From Lecompton

Archibald Llewellyn Williams
Born 1840; died 28 Aug 1907 in Manitou, Colo.
Attorney General 9 Jan 1871 - 11 Jan 1875
Republican from Topeka

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