Attorney General of Washington

The attorney general of Washington is the chief legal officer of the U.S. stateofWashington and head of the Washington State Office of the Attorney General. The attorney general represents clients of the state and defends the public interest in accordance to state law. The office of the attorney general is an executive office elected by the citizens of Washington, and the officeholder serves a four-year term.^[1]

Attorney General of Washington
Incumbent Bob Ferguson since January 16, 2013
Office of the Attorney General
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years No limit
Constituting instrument	Washington State Constitution
Formation	1887

The powers and responsibilities of the Washington attorney general derive from the Washington State Constitution (Const. art. III, § 1)^[2] and the Revised Code of Washington (RCW 43.10).^[3]

The following is a list of individuals who have served as attorney general of the U.S. state of Washington.^[4]^[5] The attorney general is fifth (behind the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, and auditor, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Washington.^[6]

Denotes acting attorney general or time served as acting attorney general

#	Attorney General	Term of office		Political party
1	James B. Metcalfe	1887	1889	Democratic
2	William C. Jones	1889	1897	Republican
3	Patrick Henry Winston	1897	1901	People's Party
4	Wickliffe Stratton	1901	1905	Republican
5	John Atkinson	1905	1909	Republican
6	Walter Bell	1909	1911	Republican
7	William V. Tanner	1911	1912	Republican
7	William V. Tanner	1912	1919	Republican
8	L.L. Thompson	1919	1920	Republican
8	L.L. Thompson	1920	1923	Republican
9	John Dunbar	1923	1925	Republican
9	John Dunbar	1925	1933	Republican
10	Garrison Hamilton	1933	1940	Democratic
11	Smith Troy	1941	1944	Democratic
11	Smith Troy	1944	1952	Democratic
12	Don Eastvold	1953	1956	Republican
13	John J. O'Connell	1957	1969	Democratic
14	Slade Gorton	1969	1981	Republican
15	Ken Eikenberry	1981	1993	Republican
16	Christine Gregoire	1993	2005	Democratic
17	Rob McKenna	2005	2013	Republican
18	Bob Ferguson	2013	present	Democratic

^ "Office Information". Washington State Office of the Attorney General. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

^ "Code Reviser Washington State Constitution". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

^ "Chapter 43.10: Attorney General". Revised Code of Washington. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

^ Bowers, Todd; Scott, Drew; Scharber, Maureen (2006). "Historical Highlights: Office of the Washington State Attorney General". Office of the Washington State Attorney General. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.

^ Washington State Yearbook: The Evergreen State Government Directory. Olympia, WA: Washington Roll Call. 2017.

^ "Washington State Constitution". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved August 23, 2019.

Attorney General of Washington

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List of attorneys general of Washington

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