List of Attorneys General
No. | Attorney General | Term | Party | |
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1 | Paul Dudley | July 1702 - November 1718 | ||
2 | John Valentine | November 1718 - June 1720 | ||
3 | Thomas Newton | June 1720 - May 1721 | ||
Vacant | Vacant | May 1721 - June 1722 | ||
4 | John Overing | June 1722 - June 1723 | ||
5 | Vacant | June 1723 - June 1725 | ||
6 | John Read | June 1725 – June 1728 | ||
7 | Joseph Hiller | June 1728 – June 1729 | ||
8 | John Overing | June 1729 – June 1749 | ||
9 | Edmund Trowbridge | June 1749 – March 1767 | ||
10 | Jeremiah Gridley | March 1767 - September 1767 | ||
11 | Vacant | September 1767 - November 1767 | ||
12 | Jonathan Sewall | November 1767 - September 1774 | ||
13 | Vacant | September 1774 - June 1777 | ||
14 | Robert Treat Paine | June 19, 1778–1790 | ||
15 | James Sullivan | 1790–1807 | Democratic-Republican | |
16 | Barnabas Bidwell | June 15, 1807 – August 30, 1810 | Democratic-Republican | |
17 | Perez Morton | 1810–1832 | Democratic-Republican | |
18 | James T. Austin | 1832–1843 | National Republican Party | |
Vacant | Office Abolished from 1843 to 1849. | |||
19 | John H. Clifford | 1849–1853 | Whig | |
20 | Rufus Choate | 1853 – May 12, 1854 | Whig | |
21 | John H. Clifford | 1854–1858 | Whig | |
22 | Stephen Henry Phillips | 1858–1861 | Republican | |
23 | Dwight Foster | 1861–1864 | Republican | |
24 | Chester I. Reed | 1864 – April 20, 1867 | Republican | |
25 | Charles Allen | 1867–1872 | ||
26 | Charles R. Train | 1872–1879 | Republican | |
27 | George Marston | 1879–1883 | ||
28 | Edgar J. Sherman | 1883 - October 1, 1887 | Republican | |
29 | Andrew J. Waterman | 1887–1891 | Republican | |
30 | Albert E. Pillsbury | 1891–1894 | Republican | |
31 | Hosea M. Knowlton | 1894–1902 | Republican | |
32 | Herbert Parker | 1902–1906 | Republican | |
33 | Dana Malone | 1906–1911 | Republican | |
34 | James M. Swift | 1911–1914 | Republican | |
35 | Thomas J. Boynton | 1914–1915 | Democratic | |
36 | Henry Converse Atwill | 1915–1919 | Republican | |
Acting | Henry A. Wyman | 1919–1920 | ||
37 | J. Weston Allen | 1920–1923 | Republican | |
38 | Jay R. Benton | 1923–1927 | Republican | |
39 | Arthur K. Reading | 1927 - June 6, 1928 | Republican | |
40 | Joseph E. Warner | 1928–1935 | Republican | |
41 | Paul A. Dever | 1935–1941 | Democratic | |
42 | Robert T. Bushnell | 1941–1945 | Republican | |
43 | Clarence A. Barnes | 1945–1949 | Republican | |
44 | Francis E. Kelly | 1949–1953 | Democratic | |
45 | George Fingold | 1953 - August 31, 1958 | Republican | |
46 | Edward J. McCormack, Jr. | September 11, 1958 - January 1963 | Democratic | |
47 | Edward Brooke | January 1963–1966 | Republican | |
Acting | Edward T. Martin | January 1967 | Republican | |
48 | Elliot Richardson | January 1967 – January 1969 | Republican | |
49 | Robert H. Quinn | January 1969 – January 1975 | Democratic | |
50 | Francis X. Bellotti | January 1975 – January 1987 | Democratic | |
51 | James Shannon | January 1987 – January 1991 | Democratic | |
52 | L. Scott Harshbarger | January 1991 – January 1999 | Democratic | |
53 | Thomas Reilly | January 1999 – January 2007 | Democratic | |
54 | Martha Coakley | January 2007 – Present | Democratic |
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