Indiana Attorney General
# Indiana Attorney General

The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election to serve for a four-year term. The forty-fourth and current Attorney General is Todd Rokita.

## List of Indiana Attorneys General

### Territorial

| Attorney General | Political Party | Term of Service |
| - | - | - |
| Benjamin Parke | | 1804–1808 |
| John Rice Jones | | 1808–1816 |

### State

Under the 1816 Constitution of Indiana the office of Attorney General was filled by appointment. After the adoption of the 1851 constitution, the office was filled by popular election.

**Parties**

Democratic (19)  Republican (25)

| Attorney General | Political Party | Term of Service |
| - | - | - |
| James Morrison | Republican | 1855–1856 |
| Joseph E. McDonald | Democratic | 1856–1860 |
| James G. Jones | Republican | 1860–1861 |
| John Palmer Usher | Republican | 1861–1862 |
| John F. Kibbey | Republican | 1862 |
| Oscar B. Hord | Democratic | 1862–1864 |
| Delano E. Williamson | Republican | 1864–1870 |
| Bayless W. Hanna | Democratic | 1870–1872 |
| James C. Denny | Republican | 1872–1874 |
| Clarence A. Buskirk | Democratic | 1874–1878 |
| Thomas W. Woollen | Democratic | 1878 –1880 |
| Daniel P. Baldwin | Republican | 1880–1882 |
| Francis T. Hord | Democratic | 1882–1886 |
| Louis T. Michener | Republican | 1886–1890 |
| Alonzo G. Smith | Democratic | 1890–1894 |
| William A. Ketcham | Republican | 1894–1898 |
| William L. Taylor | Republican | 1898–1903 |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | 1903–1907 |
| James Bingham | Republican | 1907–1911 |
| Thomas M. Honan | Democratic | 1911–1915 |
| Richard M. Milburn | Democratic | 1915 |
| Evan B. Stotsenburg | Democratic | 1915–1917 |
| Ele Stansbury | Republican | 1917–1921 |
| U. S. Lesh | Republican | 1921–1925 |
| Arthur L. Gilliom | Republican | 1925–1929 |
| James M. Ogden | Republican | 1929–1933 |
| Philip Lutz, Jr. | Democratic | 1933–1937 |
| Omer Stokes Jackson | Democratic | 1937–1940 |
| Samuel D. Jackson | Democratic | 1940–1941 |
| George N. Beamer | Democratic | 1941–1943 |
| James Emmert | Republican | 1943–1947 |
| Cleon H. Foust | Republican | 1947–1949 |
| J. Emmett McManamon | Democratic | 1949–1953 |
| Edwin K. Steers | Republican | 1953–1965 |
| John J. Dillon | Democratic | 1965–1969 |
| Theodore L. Sendak | Republican | 1969–1981 |
| Linley E. Pearson | Republican | 1981–1993 |
| Pamela L. Carter | Democratic | 1993–1997 |
| Jeffrey A. Modisett | Democratic | 1997–2000 |
| Karen Freeman-Wilson | Democratic | 2000–2001 |
| Steve Carter | Republican | 2001–2009 |
| Greg Zoeller | Republican | 2009–2017 |
| Curtis Hill | Republican | 2017–2021 |
| Todd Rokita | Republican | 2021-present |
