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Missouri: State Attorneys General

Missouri State Attorneys General, 1820-2012 (May be incomplete!)
Edward Bates 1820-21 Rufus Easton 1821-26 Robert William Wells 1826-36 William B. Napton 1836-39 Samuel Mansfield Bay 1839-45 Benjamin F. Stringfellow 1845-49 William A. Robards 1849-51 James B. Gardenhire 1851-56 Ephraim B. Ewing 1856-58 J. Proctor Knott 1858-61 Aikman Welch 1861-64 Thomas T. Crittenden 1864-65 Robert F. Wingate 1865-69 Horace B. Johnson 1869-71 Andrew Jackson Baker 1871-73 Henry Clay Ewing 1873-75 John A. Hockaday 1875-77 Jackson Leonidas Smith 1877-81 Daniel H. McIntyre 1881-85 Banton Gallatin Boone 1885-89 John M. Wood 1889-93 Robert F. Walker 1893-97 Edward C. Crow 1897-1905 Herbert S. Hadley 1905-09 Elliot W. Major 1909-13 John T. Barker 1913-17 Frank W. McAllister 1917-21 Jesse W. Barrett 1921-25 Robert W. Otto 1925 North T. Gentry 1925-28 Stratton Shartel 1928-33 Roy McKittrick 1933-45 Jonathan E. Taylor 1945-53 John M. Dalton 1953-61 Thomas F. Eagleton 1961-65 Norman H. Anderson 1965-69 John C. Danforth 1969-77 John Ashcroft 1977-85 William L. Webster 1985-93 Jay Nixon 1993-2009

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1851 Sep 3: William A. Robards, died in office.
  • 1864 Jul 29: Aikman Welch, died in office.
  • 1870: Andrew Jackson Baker (Rep), elected.
  • 1880 Nov 2: Daniel H. McIntyre (Dem), elected; H. H. Harding (Rep), defeated; A. McGindley (Greenback), defeated.
  • 1886: John Kennish (Rep), defeated.
  • 1896: John Kennish (Rep), defeated.
  • 1908: Frank B. Fulkerson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1912: Arthur M. Hyde (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1916 Aug 1: Frank W. McAllister (Dem), nominated; Joseph T. Davis (Dem), defeated in primary; Ernest A. Green (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Aug 1: James H. Mason (Rep), nominated; Conway Elder (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Aug 1: Mancil E. Morrow (Progressive), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.
  • 1916 Aug 1: Frank P. O'Hare (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Frank W. McAllister (Dem), elected; James H. Mason (Rep), defeated; Frank P. O'Hare (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Jesse W. Barrett (Rep), elected; Willis H. Meredith (Dem), defeated; Jul Anderson (Farmer-Workers), defeated; George Hartwig (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Robert W. Otto (Rep), elected; Elmer O. Jones (Dem), defeated; Edward T. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Theodore Baeff (Socialist Labor), defeated; Elmer O. Jones (Dem), defeated.
  • 1936 Aug 4: J. Grant Frye (Rep), nominated.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Roy McKittrick (Dem), elected; J. Grant Frye (Rep), defeated; Theodore Vaszily (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Roy McKittrick (Dem), elected; Ray Mabee (Rep), defeated; Edward J. Flynn (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1944 Aug 1: Jonathan E. Taylor (Dem), nominated; Dwight Roberts (Dem), defeated in primary; L. N. Searcy (Dem), defeated in primary; Oliver W. Nolen (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1944 Aug 1: George H. Miller (Rep), nominated; Walter E. Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary; John J. Robison (Rep), defeated in primary; Lawrence Presley (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Jonathan E. Taylor (Dem), elected; George H. Miller (Rep), defeated.
  • 1948: John M. Hadley (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Aug 5: John M. Dalton (Dem), nominated; Delton L. Houtchens (Dem), defeated in primary; Michael J. Kennedy (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Aug 5: Richard M. Webster (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1952 Nov 4: John M. Dalton (Dem), elected; Richard M. Webster (Rep), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: John M. Dalton (Dem), elected; Vincent E. Baker (Rep), defeated.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Norman H. Anderson (Dem), elected; Daniel Bartlett, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1984 Nov 6: William L. Webster (Rep), elected.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Chris Koster (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Ed Martin (Rep), nominated; Adam Lee Warren (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Dave Browning (Libertarian), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Chris Koster (Dem), elected; Ed Martin (Rep), defeated; Dave Browning (Libertarian), defeated.
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