The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Utah. The attorney general is the chief legal officer and legal adviser in the state. The office is elected, with a term of four years.

List of attorneys general

A. C. Bishop Alexander C. Bishop was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Utah. The attorney general is the chie ...

1896–1901 *

M. A. Breeden M. A. Breeden (1849 – October 19, 1916) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Utah. The attorn ...

1901–1909 *

A. R. Barnes Albert Raymond Barnes (March 9, 1867 – July 20, 1944)"Former Utah Attorney Dies on Coast", ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' (July 21, 1944), p. 13. was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah from 1909 to 1917. Education and ...

1909–1917 * Dan B. Shields 1917-1921 * Harvey H. Cluff 1921–1929 *

George P. Parker George P. Parker (March 27, 1885 – February 17, 1937) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Ut ...

1929–1933 *

Joseph Chez Joseph Chez (January 24, 1869 – November 23, 1961) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Utah. ...

1933–1941 *

Grover A. Giles Grover A. Giles (October 7, 1892 – November 26, 1974) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Ut ...

1941–1949 *

Clinton D. Vernon Clinton D. Vernon (April 22, 1907 – September 16, 1987) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah The Attorney General of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of ...

1949–1953 * E. R. Callister 1953–1959 *

Walter L. Budge Walter L. Budge (March 6, 1906 – December 10, 1961) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah from 1959 to 1961. He died of internal bleeding on December 10, 1961, in Salt Lake City, Utah Utah ( , ) is a ...

1959–1961 *

A. Pratt Kessler A. Pratt Kessler (April 26, 1905 – October 13, 1984) was an American politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Utah from 1953 to 1961 and as the Attorney General of Utah from 1961 to 1965. He died of cardiac arre ...

1961–1965 * Phil L. Hansen 1965–1969 *

Vernon B. Romney Vernon Bradford Romney (April 27, 1924 – July 13, 2013) was an American lawyer who served as the Utah Attorney General, attorney general of Utah from 1969 to 1977, and the Republican candidate for Governor of Utah in 1976 Utah gubernatorial el ...

1969–1977 *

Robert B. Hansen Robert B. Hansen (August 13, 1925 – December 25, 2005) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Utah from 1977 to 1981. Although born in Idaho, Hansen was raised in Merced, California. During World War II he joined the ...

1977–1981 *

David L. Wilkinson David Lawrence Wilkinson (December 6, 1936 – December 10, 2022) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th Attorney General of Utah from 1981 to 1989 as a Republican. Early life and education Wilkinson was born in Washington, ...

1981–1989 * Paul Van Dam 1989–1993 *

Jan Graham Jan Graham is an American lawyer from Utah who served as State Attorney General from 1993 to 2001. Other than candidates for Lieutenant Governor running on a ticket with a male candidate, she is the only woman ever elected to statewide office in ...

1993–2001 *

Mark Shurtleff Mark Leonard Shurtleff (born August 9, 1957) is an American attorney, former three-term Utah Attorney General, and founder of the Shurtleff Law Firm and the Shurtleff Group. He was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Troutman ...

2001–2013 *

John Swallow John Swallow (born November 10, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Utah. Just prior to serving as attorney general, he served as Chief Deputy Attorney General overseeing all civil litigation for the stat ...

2013 *

Sean Reyes Sean David Reyes is an American lawyer and politician who has been the Attorney General of Utah since 2013. Appointed to the office by Governor Gary Herbert following the resignation of John Swallow, Reyes was subsequently reelected. Reyes is a ...

2014–

References

External links

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