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Attorneys General of Indiana

Name

Political Party

Term of Service

Town or County

1

James Morrison

Rep.

3/5/1855-12/1856

Charleston

2

Joseph E. McDonald

Dem.

12/18/1856-12/31/60

Crawfordsville

3

James G. Jones

Rep.

11/1/1861-12/31/1860

Evansville

4

John P. Usher

Rep.

11/23/1861-3/19/1862

Indianapolis

5

John F. Kibbey

Rep.

3/19/1862-11/3/1862

Richmond

6

Oscar B. Hord

Dem.

11/3/1862-11/3/1864

Decatur County

7

Delano E. Williamson

Rep.

11/3/1864-11/3/1870

Greencastle

8

Bayless W. Hanna

Dem.

11/3/1870-11/3/1872

Terre Haute

9

James C. Denny

Rep.

11/3/1872-11/6/1874

Vincennes

10

Clarence A. Buskirk

Dem.

11/6/1874-11/6/1878

Princeton

11

Thomas W. Woollen

Dem.

11/6/1878-11/6/1880

Franklin

12

Daniel P. Baldwin

Rep.

11/6/1880-11/6/1882

Logansport

13

Francis T. Hord

Dem.

11/6/1882-11/22/1886

Columbus

14

Louis T. Michener

Rep.

11/22/1886-11/22/1890

Shelbyville

15

Alonzo G. Smith

Dem.

11/22/1890-11/22/1894

North Vernon

16

William A. Ketcham

Rep.

11/22/1894-11/22/1898

Indianapolis

17

William L. Taylor

Rep.

11/18/1898-1/1/1903

Indianapolis

18

Charles W. Miller

Rep.

1/1/1903-1/1/1907

Goshen

19

James Bingham

Rep.

1/1/1907-1/1/1911

Fountain City

20

Thomas M. Honan

Dem.

1/1/1911-1/1/1915

Seymour

21

Richard M. Milburn

Dem.

1/1/1915-11/9/1915

Jasper

22

Evan B. Stotsenburg

Dem.

11/11/1915-1/1/1917

New Albany

23

Ele Stansbury

Rep.

1/1/1917-1/1/1921

Williamsport

24

U. S. Lesh

Rep.

1/1/1921-1/1/1925

Huntington

25

Arthur L. Gilliom

Rep.

1/1/1925-1/1/1929

South Bend

26

James M. Ogden

Rep.

1/1/1929-1/1/1933

Indianapolis

27

Philip Lutz, Jr.

Dem.

1/1/1933-1/1/1937

Boonville

28

Omer Stokes Jackson

Dem.

1/1/1937-6/1/1940

Greenfield

29

Samuel D. Jackson

Dem.

6/1/1940-1/15/1941

Fort Wayne

30

George N. Beamer

Dem.

1/15/1941-1/11/1943

South Bend

31

James A. Emmert

Rep.

1/11/1943-1/6/1947

Shelbyville

32

Cleon H. Foust

Rep.

1/6/1947-1/6/1949

Columbia City

33

J. Emmett McManamon

Dem.

1/6/1949-1/10/1953

Indianapolis

34

Edwin K. Steers

Rep.

1/10/1953-1/11/1965

Indianapolis

35

John J. Dillon

Dem.

1/11/1965-1/13/1969

Indianapolis

36

Theodore L. Sendak

Rep.

1/13/1969-1/12/1981

Crown Point

37

Linley E. Pearson

Rep.

1/12/1981-1/11/1993

Frankfort

38

Pamela Carter

Dem.

1/11/1993-1/13/1997

Indianapolis

39

Jeff Modisett

Dem.

1/13/1997-2/21/2000

Windfall

40

Karen Freeman-Wilson

Dem.

2/21/2000-1/8/2001

Gary

41

Steve Carter

Rep.

1/8/2001-

Indianapolis

This information was compiled by staff from the Indiana Division of the Indiana State Library. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the Indiana Division.

This page was last updated in February 2001.