List of female state attorneys general in the United States

The following is a list of female attorneys general of states in the United States. Since 1959, there have been 34 states which have appointed or elected women as attorneys-general. Puerto Rico has had a record four women hold office as attorney general, the most of any U.S. state or territory. Anne X. Alpern of Pennsylvania is the first woman to hold office as the attorney-general of a state.

List of female attorneys general of states

OfficeholderStatePartyAssumed officeLeft officeLaw schoolPennsylvaniaDemocraticUniversity of PittsburghRhode IslandRepublicanBoston CollegeHawaiiDemocraticBaylor UniversityAlaskaDemocraticYale UniversityVirginiaDemocraticUniversity of VirginiaConnecticutDemocraticIndiana UniversityArkansasDemocraticColoradoRepublicanUniversity of DenverNevadaDemocraticGeorge Washington UniversityIowaDemocraticDrake UniversityOklahomaDemocraticUniversity of OklahomaNorth DakotaDemocratic-NPLLewis & Clark CollegeUtahDemocraticUniversity of UtahIndianaDemocraticIndiana UniversityWashingtonDemocraticGonzaga UniversityHawaiiDemocraticColumbia UniversityKansasRepublicanUniversity of KansasNew JerseyDemocraticHarvard UniversityDelawareRepublicanVillanova UniversityOhioRepublicanUniversity of ToledoWyomingRepublicanUniversity of WyomingMichiganDemocraticHarvard UniversityNew MexicoDemocraticUniversity of New MexicoArizonaDemocraticUniversity of VirginiaWisconsinDemocraticUniversity of WisconsinIllinoisDemocraticLoyola University ChicagoNew HampshireRepublicanVillanova UniversityVirginiaRepublicanUniversity of RichmondNevadaDemocraticGonzaga UniversityMinnesotaDemocratic (DFL)William Mitchell CollegeMassachusettsDemocraticBoston UniversityOhioDemocraticYale UniversityNew JerseyDemocraticUniversity of PennsylvaniaCaliforniaDemocraticUniversity of California, HastingsFloridaRepublicanStetson UniversityMaineDemocraticUniversity of Maine, PortlandPennsylvaniaRepublicanDuquesne UniversityOregonDemocraticUniversity of OregonPennsylvaniaDemocraticTemple UniversityColoradoRepublicanGeorgia State UniversityArkansasRepublicanUniversity of Arkansas, Little RockMassachusettsDemocraticNortheastern UniversityAlaskaIndependent University of California, BerkeleyNew YorkDemocraticGeorgetown UniversityNew YorkDemocraticHoward UniversityMichiganDemocraticWayne State UniversityDelawareDemocraticVillanova UniversityHawaiiDemocraticHarvard UniversityFloridaRepublicanUniversity of FloridaWyomingRepublicanUniversity of WyomingMississippiRepublicanUniversity of MississippiHawaiiDemocraticWilliam S. Richardson School of LawVermontRepublicanUniversity of VermontHawaiiDemocraticWilliam S. Richardson School of LawArizonaDemocraticArizona State UniversityPennsylvaniaDemocraticWidener Law CommonwealthMassachusettsDemocraticUniversity of California, Los AngelesTexasRepublicanNotre Dame Law SchoolLouisianaRepublicanPepperdine University School of LawMissouriRepublicanCatholic University of AmericaNevadaTBD

Female territorial attorneys general OfficeholderStatePartyAssumed officeLeft officeLaw schoolDistrict of ColumbiaDemocraticHarvard University, University of VirginiaU.S. Virgin IslandsDemocraticHoward University School of LawDistrict of ColumbiaDemocraticYale University, University of VirginiaGuamRepublicanSanta Clara UniversityDistrict of ColumbiaDemocraticGeorgetown UniversityPuerto RicoThe title of the head of Puerto Rico's Justice Department is the Secretary of Justice, not Attorney General.Popular DemocraticUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río PiedrasNorthern Mariana IslandsIndependent University of New MexicoDistrict of ColumbiaDemocratic Harvard UniversityGuamDemocraticUniversity of California, Los AngelesGuamRepublicanSanta Clara UniversityPuerto RicoNew ProgressiveInteramerican University of Puerto RicoU.S. Virgin IslandsDemocraticHoward University School of LawPuerto RicoNew ProgressiveGeorge Washington University Law SchoolPuerto RicoNew ProgressivePontifical Catholic University of Puerto RicoU.S. Virgin IslandsDemocraticHoward University School of LawU.S. Virgin IslandsIndependent Rutgers Law School

Currently Serving Female Attorneys General OfficeholderStatePartyAssumed officeManner of Assumimng Office New YorkDemocraticElected in 2018. MichiganDemocraticElected in 2018. DelawareDemocraticElected in 2018. MississippiRepublicanElected in 2019. HawaiiDemocratic Appointed in 2022 by the Governor. ArizonaDemocraticElected in 2022. MassachusettsDemocraticElected in 2022. LouisianaRepublicanElected in 2023. MissouriRepublicanAppointed in 2025 by the Governor.

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