- Michigan Attorney General
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Attorney General of State of Michigan 
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 1851–1854 Jacob M. Howard 1855–1860 Charles Upson 1861–1862 Albert Williams 1863–1866 William L. Stoughton 1867–1868 Dwight May 1869–1872 Byron D. Ball 1873–1874 Isaac Marston 1874 Andrew J. Smith 1875–1876 Otto Kirchner 1877–1880 Jacob J. Van Riper 1881-1884 Moses Taggart 1885-1888 Stephen V. R. Trowbridge 1889–1890 Benjamin W. Huston 1890 Adolphus A. Ellis 1891–1894 Fred A. Maynard 1895–1898 Horace M. Oren 1899-1902 Charles A. Blair 1903-1904 John E. Bird 1905-1910 Franz C. Kuhn 1910-1912 Roger I. Wykes 1912 Grant Fellows 1913-1916 Alexander J. Groesbeck 1917-1920 Merlin Wiley 1921-1923 Andrew B. Dougherty 1923-1926 Clare Retan 1926 William W. Potter 1927-1928 Wilber M. Brucker 1928-1930 Paul W. Voorhies 1931-1932 Patrick H. O’Brien 1933-1934 Harry S. Toy 1935 David H. Crowley 1935-1936 Raymond Wesley Starr 1937-1938 Thomas Read 1939-1940 Herbert J. Rushton 1941-1944 John R. Dethmers 1945-1946 Foss O. Eldred 1946 Eugene F. Black 1947-1948 Stephen John Roth 1949-1950 Frank G. Millard 1951-1954 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 Incumbent Since 2011 Republican Source: Michigan Manual 2003-2004, Chapter IV, Former Officials of Michigan
External links
Categories:- Government of Michigan
- Michigan Attorneys General
- State Attorneys General in the United States
- 1837 establishments
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