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DescriptionThe Missouri Attorney General's Office was created in 1806 when Missouri was part of the Louisiana Territory. Missouri's first Constitution in 1820 provided for an appointed Attorney General, but since the 1865 Constitution, the Attorney General has been elected. To date there have been 40 attorneys general in Missouri.

By law, the attorney general is a member of the Board of Fund Commissioners, the Board of Public Buildings, the Governor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation, the Missouri Highway Reciprocity Commission and the Missouri Housing Development Commission.

Offices of the Attorney General are located throughout the state of Missouri with the main office being in the Supreme Court building in Jefferson City.

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Date Type Results
Nov 05, 2024 General Election
 Elad Gross
0
0.00% 		  Republican Primary Winner
0
0.00% 		 Ryan L. Munro
0
0.00%
Nov 23, 2022 Appointment
 Andrew Bailey
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
 Eric Schmitt(I)
1,752,792
59.38% 		 Rich Finneran
1,117,713
37.87% 		 Kevin C. Babcock
81,100
2.75%
Nov 13, 2018 Appointment
 Eric Schmitt
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 2016 General Election
 Josh Hawley
1,607,550
58.50% 		 Teresa Hensley
1,140,252
41.50%
Nov 06, 2012 General Election
 Chris Koster(I)
1,491,139
55.89% 		 Edward R. "Ed" Martin Jr.
1,084,106
40.63% 		 David R. Browning
92,819
3.48%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
 Chris Koster
1,471,647
52.85% 		 Michael R. Gibbons
1,312,719
47.15%
Nov 02, 2004 General Election
 Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon(I)
1,592,842
59.96% 		 Chris Byrd
1,000,503
37.66% 		 David R. Browning
43,538
1.64% 		 David Fry
19,802
0.75%
Nov 07, 2000 General Election
 Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon(I)
1,378,296
60.25% 		 Sam Jones
855,814
37.41% 		 Mitchell J. Moore
53,363
2.33%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
 Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon(I)
1,243,091
59.42% 		 Mark J. Bredemeier
767,962
36.71% 		 Kimberly Lowe
81,074
3.88%
Nov 03, 1992 General Election
 Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon
1,154,714
49.94% 		 David L. Steelman
1,064,814
46.05% 		 Mitchell J. Moore
92,576
4.00%
Nov 08, 1988 General Election
 William L. Webster(I)
1,224,346
60.59% 		 Michael A. Wolff
796,217
39.41%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
 William L. Webster
1,131,715
55.66% 		 Richard P. Beard
901,394
44.34%
Nov 04, 1980 General Election
 John Ashcroft(I)
1,298,741
64.45% 		 Robert Baine
716,300
35.55%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 John Ashcroft
961,782
51.21% 		 James G. Baker
916,163
48.79%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 John C. Danforth(I)
1,146,926
62.54% 		 James E. Spain
687,066
37.46%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 John C. Danforth
891,498
52.11% 		 Norman H. Anderson(I)
819,365
47.89%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 Norman H. Anderson
1,120,555
63.94% 		 Daniel Bartlett, Jr.
631,953
36.06%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Thomas F. Eagleton
1,076,074
57.60% 		 Donald J. Stohr
792,242
42.40%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 John M. Dalton(I)
987,111
55.16% 		 Vincent E. Baker
802,561
44.84%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 John M. Dalton
964,507
52.01% 		 Richard M. Webster
889,868
47.99%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 J. E. "Buck" Taylor(I)
900,943
58.04% 		 Herbert Douglas
648,553
41.78% 		 Douglas MacLeod
2,889
0.19%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 J. E. "Buck" Taylor
787,878
50.86% 		 George H. Miller
761,191
49.14%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Roy McKittrick(I)
955,225
52.59% 		 Ray Mabee
859,619
47.32% 		 Edward J. Flynn
1,605
0.09%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Roy McKittrick(I)
1,090,914
60.42% 		 J. Grant Frye
714,158
39.56% 		 Theodore Vaszily
370
0.02%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Roy McKittrick
998,856
62.18% 		 Henry Depping
595,879
37.09% 		 Burl O. Hereford
11,787
0.73%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Stratton Shartel(I)
800,607
52.86% 		 Elmer O. Jones
713,661
47.12% 		 Theodore Baeff
300
0.02%
Jun 21, 1928 Appointment
 Stratton Shartel
1
100.00%
Nov 18, 1925 Appointment
 North Todd Gentry
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Robert William Otto
653,784
51.63% 		 Elmer O. Jones
611,571
48.30% 		 Edward G. Middlecoff
848
0.07%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Jesse W. Barrett
722,405
55.17% 		 Willis H. Meredith
582,117
44.46% 		 Julian Andersen
3,157
0.24% 		 George Hartwig
1,723
0.13%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Frank W. McAllister
394,440
50.36% 		 James H. Mason
374,076
47.76% 		 Frank P. O'Hare
14,795
1.89%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 John T. Barker
332,885
47.63% 		 James H. Mason
215,016
30.77% 		 Arthur M. Hyde
115,494
16.53% 		 Walter Bundy
28,417
4.07% 		 Richard B. Wilcox
5,215
0.75% 		 George H. Bloebaum
1,837
0.26%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 Elliott W. Major
349,123
50.12% 		 Frank B. Fulkerson
347,444
49.88% 		 Henry H. Artz
0
0.00% 		 John F. Williams
0
0.00%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Herbert S. Hadley
316,579
49.10% 		 Elliott W. Major
303,660
47.10% 		 George Bullock
12,431
1.93% 		 Austin F. Butts
6,887
1.07% 		 Charles J. Anderson
3,599
0.56% 		 Joseph Stief
1,550
0.24%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 Edward C. Crow(I)
352,517
51.64% 		 Samuel F. O'Fallon
314,065
46.01% 		 John F. Delaney
6,146
0.90% 		 Lewis G. Adams
5,616
0.82% 		 Zachary Taylor
4,296
0.63%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 Edward C. Crow
340,585
50.58% 		 John Kennish
304,686
45.25% 		 Frank E. Richey
24,062
3.57% 		 George E. Bowling
2,053
0.30% 		 Nicholas D. Thurmond
2,008
0.30%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 Robert F. Walker
267,885
49.52% 		 David Murphy
228,144
42.17% 		 William R. Littell
40,856
7.55% 		 Walter Emmett Johnson
4,066
0.75%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 John M. Wood
261,814
50.50% 		 L. L. Bridges
252,163
48.64% 		 George E. Bowling
4,464
0.86%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 Banton Gallatin Boone
1
100.00% 		 Dan Murphy
0
0.00%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
 Daniel H. McIntyre
207,944
52.45% 		 H. H. Harding
153,473
38.71% 		 A. McGindley
35,062
8.84%
Nov 07, 1876 General Election
 Jackson Leonidas Smith
202,703
58.16% 		 A. W. Mullins
145,816
41.84%
Nov 03, 1874 General Election
 John A. Hockaday
150,808
57.71% 		 Daniel S. Twitchell
110,535
42.29%
Nov 05, 1872 General Election
 Henry Clay Ewing
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1870 General Election
 Andrew J. Baker
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1868 General Election
 Horace B. Johnson
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1864 General Election
 Robert F. Wingate
1
100.00% 		 A. M. Woodfolk
0
0.00%
Aug 06, 1860 General Election
 James Proctor Knott
82,166
55.77% 		 Odon Guitar
56,845
38.59% 		 Arnold Krekel
8,311
5.64%
Aug 01, 1851 Appointment
 James B. Gardenhire
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1849 Appointment
 William A. Robards
1
100.00%
Mar 01, 1845 Appointment
 Benjamin F. Stringfellow
1
100.00%
Feb 01, 1839 Appointment
 Samuel M. Bay
1
100.00%
Aug 01, 1836 Appointment
 William B. Napton
1
100.00%
Jan 01, 1826 Appointment
 Robert W. Wells
1
100.00%
Nov 01, 1821 Appointment
 Rufus Easton
1
100.00%
Sep 01, 1820 Appointment
 Edward Bates
1
100.00%

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