List of Attorneys General
In the earliest days of the Alaska Territory, the Territorial Counsel served as the de facto attorney general. Only one person, John H. Cobb, served in this position. The 2nd Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1915 created the Office of the Attorney General, to become effective after the 1916 general election. The attorney general's position was an elected position during the entirety of territorial days, as opposed to under statehood, in which it has been a position appointed by the governor. The following is a list of attorneys general in Alaska.
| Name | Began service | Ended service | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|
| George B. Grigsby | 1916 | 1919 | Strong, Riggs |
| Jeremiah C. Murphy | 1919 | 1920 | Riggs |
| John Rustgard | 1920 | 1933 | Riggs, Bone, Parks |
| James S. Truitt | 1933 | 1941 | Troy, Gruening |
| Henry Roden | 1941 | 1945 | Gruening |
| Ralph J. Rivers | 1945 | 1949 | Gruening |
| J. Gerald Williams | 1949 | 1959 | Gruening, Heintzleman, Stepovich |
| John L. Rader | 1959 | 1960 | Egan |
| Ralph E. Moody | 1960 | 1962 | Egan |
| George N. Hayes | 1962 | 1964 | Egan |
| Warren C. Colver | 1964 | 1966 | Egan |
| Donald A. Burr | 1966 | 1967 | Hickel |
| Edgar Paul Boyko | 1967 | 1968 | Hickel |
| G. Kent Edwards | 1968 | 1970 | Hickel, Miller |
| John E. Havelock | 1970 | 1973 | Egan |
| Norman C. Gorsuch | 1973 | 1974 | Egan |
| Avrum M. Gross | 1974 | 1980 | Hammond |
| Wilson L. Condon | 1980 | 1982 | Hammond |
| Norman C. Gorsuch | 1982 | 1985 | Sheffield |
| Harold M. Brown | 1985 | 1986 | Sheffield |
| Grace Berg Schaible | 1987 | 1989 | Cowper |
| Douglas B. Baily | 1989 | 1990 | Cowper |
| Charles E. Cole | 1991 | 1994 | Hickel |
| Bruce M. Botelho | 1994 | 2002 | Hickel, Knowles |
| Gregg D. Renkes | 2002 | 2005 | Murkowski |
| David W. Márquez | 2005 | 2006 | Murkowski |
| Talis J. Colberg | 2006 | 2009 | Palin |
| Daniel S. Sullivan | 2009 | 2010 | Palin, Parnell |
| John J. Burns | 2010 | 2012 | Parnell |
| Michael C. Geraghty | 2012 | Incumbent | Parnell |
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