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Attorney Generals
Photos of Select Attorney Generals
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Rufus Easton
1821-26
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Elliot Woolfolk Major
1909-13
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Thomas Eagleton
1961-65
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Missouri Attorney Generals
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Name and (party)
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Term
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County
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Born
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Died
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1. Edward Bates (D)
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1820–21
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St. Louis
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9/ 4/1793
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3/25/1869
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2. Rufus Easton (D)
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1821–26
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St. Louis
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3/ 4/1774
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7/ 5/1834
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3. Robert William Wells (D)
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1826–36
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St. Charles
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11/29/1795
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9/22/1861
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4. William Barclay Napton (D)
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1836–39
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Howard
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1808
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1/ 8/1883
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5. Samuel Mansfield Bay (D)
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1839–45
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Cole
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1810
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7/1849
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6. Benjamin F. Stringfellow (D)
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1845–49
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Chariton
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9/ 3/1816
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4/25/1891
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7. William A. Robards (D)
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1849–51
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Boone
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5/ 3/1817
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9/ 3/1851
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8. James B. Gardenhire (Whig)
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1851–57
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Buchanan
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1821
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2/20/1862
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9. Ephraim B. Ewing (D)
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1857–58
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Ray
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5/1819
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6/ 2/1873
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10. J. Proctor Knott (D)
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1858–61
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Scotland
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8/29/1830
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6/18/1911
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11. Aikman Welch (D)1
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1861–64
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Johnson
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5/25/1827
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7/28/1864
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12. Thomas Theodore Crittenden (D)
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1864
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Johnson
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1/22/1832
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5/29/1909
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13. Robert Franklin Wingate (D)
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1865–69
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St. Louis
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1/24/1822
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11/12/1897
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14. Horace B. Johnson (R)
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1869–71
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Cole
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8/14/1842
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3/30/1904
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15 .Andrew Jackson Baker (R)2
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1871–72
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Schuyler
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6/ 6/1832
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4/23/1911
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16. Henry Clay Ewing (D)
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1873–75
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Cole
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8/15/1828
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3/22/1907
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17. John A. Hockaday (D)
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1875–77
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Callaway
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1837
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11/20/1903
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18. Jackson Leonidas Smith (D)
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1877–81
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Cole
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1/31/1837
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11/13/1908
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19. Daniel Harrison McIntyre (D)
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1881–85
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Audrain
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5/ 5/1833
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1/1/1910
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20. Banton Gallitin Boone (D)
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1885–89
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Henry
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10/23/1838
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2/11/1900
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21. John M. Wood (D)
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1889–93
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Clark
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1850
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1/25/1926
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22. Robert Franklin Walker (D)
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1893–97
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Morgan
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11/29/1850
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11/19/1930
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23. Edward Coke Crow (D)
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1897–1905
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Jasper
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12/19/1861
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5/9/1945
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24. Herbert Spencer Hadley (R)
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1905–09
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Jackson
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2/20/1872
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12/1/1927
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25. Elliott Woolfolk Major (D)
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1909–13
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Pike
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10/20/1864
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7/9/1949
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26. John Tull Barker (D)
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1913–17
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Macon
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8/ 2/1877
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12/7/1958
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27. Frank Winton McAllister (D)
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1917–21
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Monroe
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1/26/1873
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6/11/1948
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28. Jesse W. Barrett (R)
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1921–25
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Lewis
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3/17/1884
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11/12/1953
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29. Robert William Otto (R)
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1925
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Franklin
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12/25/1892
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5/5/1977
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30. North Todd Gentry (R)
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1925–28
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Boone
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3/ 2/1866
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9/18/1944
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31. Stratton Shartel (R)
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1928–33
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Newton
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12/25/1895
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2/2/1956
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32. Roy M. McKittrick (D)
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1933–45
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Chariton
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8/24/1888
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1/22/1961
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33. Jonathan E. (Buck) Taylor (D)
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1945–53
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Livingston
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11/26/1906
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12/27/1981
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34. John M. Dalton (D)
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1953–61
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Dunklin
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11/9/1900
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7/7/1972
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35. Thomas F. Eagleton (D)
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1961–65
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St. Louis City
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9/4/1929
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3/4/2007
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36. Norman H. Anderson (D)
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1965–69
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St. Louis
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3/24/1924
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6/16/1997
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37. John C. Danforth (R)
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1969–77
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St. Louis/Cole
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9/5/1936
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38. John D. Ashcroft (R)
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1977–85
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Greene
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5/9/1942
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39. William L. Webster (R)
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1985–93
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Jasper
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9/17/1953
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40. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon (D)
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1993-2009
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Jefferson
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2/13/1956
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41. Chris Koster (D)
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2009-2017
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St. Louis
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8/31/1964
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42. Joshua D. Hawley (R) 3
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2017-2019
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Boone
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12/31/1979
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43. Eric S. Schmitt (R)3,4
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2019-2023
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St. Louis
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6/20/1975
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44. Andrew T. Bailey (R)4
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2023-
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Cole
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1 Welch was appointed attorney general by provisional Governor Gamble when Knott refused to take loyalty oath.
2 Liberal.
3 Hawley resigned January 3, 2019 after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Schmitt was appointed Attorney General.
4Schmitt resigned January 3, 2023 after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Bailey was appointed Attorney General January 3, 2023