The attorney general of Kansas is a statewide elected official responsible for providing legal services to the state government of Kansas. Kris Kobach assumed the office on January 9, 2023.
Divisions Administration Division Civil Division Criminal Division Kansas Bureau of Investigation Office of the Medicaid Inspector General Office of the Solicitor General Public Protection Division Special Litigation & Constitutional Issues Division Victim Services Division Youth Services Division
Officeholders Kansas Territory attorneys general NameTermPartyAndrew Jackson Isacks1854–1857William Weer1857–1858Alson C. Davis1858–1861
State attorneys general
ImageNameTermPartyBenjamin Franklin Simpson1861RepublicanCharles Chadwick1861Samuel Adams Stinson1861–1863DemocraticWarren William Guthrie1863–1865RepublicanJerome D. Brumbaugh1865–1867George Henry Hoyt1867–1869Addison Danford1869–1871Archibald L. Williams1871–1875Asa Maxson Fitz Randolph1875–1877Willard Davis1877–1881William Agnew Johnston1881–1884George Price Smith1884–1885DemocraticSimeon Briggs Bradford1885–1889RepublicanLyman Beecher Kellogg1889–1891John Nutt Ives1891–1893DemocraticJohn Thomas Little1893–1895PopulistFernando Brenton Dawes1895–1897RepublicanLouis C. Boyle1897–1899PopulistAretas Allen Godard1899–1903RepublicanChiles Crittendon Coleman1903–1907Fred Schuyler Jackson1907–1911John Shaw Dawson1911–1915Sardius Mason Brewster1915–1919Richard Joseph Hopkins1919–1923Charles Benjamin Griffith1923–1927William A. Smith1927–1930Roland Boynton1930–1935Clarence Victor Beck1935–1939Jay S. Parker1939–1943Alexander Baldwin Mitchell1943–1947Edward F. Arn1947–1949Harold Ralph Fatzer1949–1956John Anderson Jr.1956–1961William M. Ferguson1961–1965Robert C. Londerholm1965–1969Kent Frizzell1969–1971Vern Miller1971–1975DemocraticCurt T. Schneider1975–1979Robert Stephan1979–1995RepublicanCarla J. Stovall1995–2003Phill Kline2003–2007Paul J. Morrison2007–2008DemocraticStephen Six2008–2011Derek Schmidt2011–2023RepublicanKris Kobach2023–present
References
External links
Kansas Attorney General Opinions at Washburn University website Attorney General publications at Kansas Government Information (KGI) Online Library (Archived) List of Kansas Attorneys General with short biographical information, provided by Kansas Historical Society