Utah Attorney General

Utah Attorney General
Incumbent Sean Reyes since 2013
Term length	Four years
Website	https://attorneygeneral.utah.gov

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.^[1] The office is elected, with a term of four years.

Attorney general of Deseret

Daniel H. Wells (1849)

Utah Territory attorneys general (1850–1874)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2023)

Hosea Stout (1850–?)
James Ferguson
Albert Carrington (1856–?)
Zerubbabel Snow (1869–1874)

List of attorneys general

#	Name	Term	Party
1	A. C. Bishop	1896–1901	Republican
2	M. A. Breeden	1901–1909	Republican
3	A. R. Barnes	1909–1917	Republican
4	Dan B. Shields	1917–1921	Democratic
5	Harvey H. Cluff	1921–1929	Republican
6	George P. Parker	1929–1933	Republican
7	Joseph Chez	1933–1941	Democratic
8	Grover A. Giles	1941–1949	Democratic
9	Clinton D. Vernon	1949–1953	Democratic
10	E. R. Callister	1953–1959	Republican
11	Walter L. Budge	1959–1961	Republican
12	A. Pratt Kessler	1961–1965	Republican
13	Phil L. Hansen	1965–1969	Democratic
14	Vernon B. Romney	1969–1977	Republican
15	Robert B. Hansen	1977–1981	Republican
16	David L. Wilkinson	1981–1989	Republican
17	Paul Van Dam	1989–1993	Democratic
18	Jan Graham	1993–2001	Democratic
19	Mark Shurtleff	2001–2013	Republican
20	John Swallow	2013	Republican
21	Sean Reyes	2013–present^[2]	Republican

References

^ "Duties of the Utah Attorney General - Utah Office of the Attorney General". attorneygeneral.utah.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
^ "Utah's Attorneys General 1896 – Present - Utah Office of the Attorney General". Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-14.

External links

Utah Attorney General official website
Utah Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
News and Commentary at FindLaw
Utah Code at Law.Justia.com
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Utah" at FindLaw
Utah State Bar
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes profile at National Association of Attorneys General
Press releases at Utah Attorney General

Attorneys general of the United States

United States Attorney General: ▌Merrick Garland (D)

▌Steve Marshall (R)

▌Treg Taylor (R)

▌Kris Mayes (D)

▌Tim Griffin (R)

▌Rob Bonta (D)

▌Phil Weiser (D)

▌William Tong (D)

▌Kathy Jennings (D)

▌Ashley Moody (R)

▌Christopher M. Carr (R)

▌Anne E. Lopez (D)

▌Raúl Labrador (R)

▌Kwame Raoul (D)

▌Todd Rokita (R)

▌Brenna Bird (R)

▌Kris Kobach (R)

▌Russell Coleman (R)

▌Liz Murrill (R)

▌Aaron Frey (D)

▌Anthony Brown (D)

▌Andrea Campbell (D)

▌Dana Nessel (D)

▌Keith Ellison (DFL)

▌Lynn Fitch (R)

▌Andrew Bailey (R)

▌Austin Knudsen (R)

▌Mike Hilgers (R)

▌Aaron D. Ford (D)

▌John Formella (R)

▌Matt Platkin (D)

▌Raúl Torrez (D)

▌Letitia James (D)

▌Josh Stein (D)

▌Drew Wrigley (R)

▌Dave Yost (R)

▌Gentner Drummond (R)

▌Ellen Rosenblum (D)

▌Michelle Henry (D)

▌Peter Neronha (D)

▌Alan Wilson (R)

▌Marty Jackley (R)

▌Jonathan Skrmetti (R)

▌Ken Paxton (R)

▌Sean Reyes (R)

▌Charity Clark (D)

▌Jason Miyares (R)

▌Bob Ferguson (D)

▌Patrick Morrisey (R)

▌Josh Kaul (D)

▌Bridget Hill (R)

Federal districts:

▌Brian Schwalb (D)

Territories:

▌Fainu'ulelei Alailima-Utu

▌Doug Moylan (R)

▌Ed Manibusan (D)

▌Domingo Emanuelli (NPP)

▌Ian Clement (acting)

Political party affiliations

▌28 Republicans (27 states, 1 territory)
▌25 Democrats (23 states, 1 territory, 1 district)
▌1 New Progressive (1 territory)
▌2 Unknown (2 territories)
An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.
State abbreviations link to position articles.