Michigan Attorney General

Attorney General of State of Michigan
Incumbent Bill Schuette since January 1, 2011
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Style	The Honorable
Residence	Private
Appointer	Popular Election
Term length	4 Years, Renewable Once
Inaugural holder	Daniel LeRoy
Formation	1837
Website	www.michigan.gov/ag

The Attorney General of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan and one of four great offices of state. The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, members of the Senate and members of the House of Representatives.

Since the Michigan Constitution of 1963 was adopted, the attorney general has served a term of four years. The officeholder is also limited to two terms, for a total of eight possible years of service; ten possible years of service if the officeholder serves two full terms and less than half of one term as a replacement. Until 1950, the attorney general was appointed by the governor.

Michigan's current attorney general is Bill Schuette, who was elected in November, 2010, and sworn into office on January 1, 2011.

Courtesy title

The attorney general traditionally receives the courtesy title of The Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.

Michigan Attorney General	Term of Service	Political Party
Daniel LeRoy	1836–1837
Peter Morey	1837–1841
Zephaniah Platt	1841–1843
Elon Farnsworth	1843–1845
Henry N. Walker	1845–1847
Edward Mundy	1847–1848
George V. N. Lothrop	1848–1851
William Hale	1851–1855
Jacob M. Howard	1855–1860	Republican
Charles Upson	1861–1863	Republican
Albert Williams	1863–1867
William L. Stoughton	1867–1869	Republican
Dwight May	1869–1873
Byron D. Ball	1873–1874
Isaac Marston	1874–1875
Andrew J. Smith	1875–1877
Otto Kirchner	1877–1881
Jacob J. Van Riper	1881–1885
Moses Taggart	1885–1889
Stephen V. R. Trowbridge	1889–1890
Benjamin W. Huston	1890
Adolphus A. Ellis	1891–1895
Fred A. Maynard	1895–1899
Horace M. Oren	1899–1903
Charles A. Blair	1903–1905
John E. Bird	1905–1910
Franz C. Kuhn	1910–1912	Republican
Roger I. Wykes	1912
Grant Fellows	1913–1917	Republican
Alexander J. Groesbeck	1917–1921	Republican
Merlin Wiley	1921–1923
Andrew B. Dougherty	1923–1926
Clare Retan	1926
William W. Potter	1927–1929
Wilber M. Brucker	1929–1931	Republican
Paul W. Voorhies	1931–1933
Patrick H. O’Brien	1933–1935
Harry S. Toy	1935
David H. Crowley	1935–1937
Raymond Wesley Starr	1937–1939
Thomas Read	1939-1940	Republican
Herbert J. Rushton	1941–1944
John R. Dethmers	1945–1946
Foss O. Eldred	1946	Republican
Eugene F. Black	1947–1949
Stephen John Roth	1949–1951
Frank G. Millard	1951–1955	Republican
Thomas M. Kavanagh	1955–1957	Democratic
Paul L. Adams	1957–1961	Democratic
Frank J. Kelley	1961–1999	Democratic
Jennifer M. Granholm	1999–2003	Democratic
Mike Cox	2003–2011	Republican
Bill Schuette	2011–	Republican

Source: Michigan Manual 2003-2004, Chapter IV, Former Officials of Michigan

External links

• Michigan Attorney General official website
• Michigan Attorney General articles at Legal Newsline Legal Journal
• Michigan Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
• News and Commentary at FindLaw
• Michigan Compiled Laws at Law.Justia.com
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Michigan" at FindLaw
• State Bar of Michigan
• Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette profile at National Association of Attorneys General
• Press releases at Michigan Attorney General