Massachusetts Attorney General - List of Attorneys General

List of Attorneys General

No. Attorney General Term Party
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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