Office of the Attorney General 1850 until 1999
| NAMES | DATES IN OFFICE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward J. C. Kewen | Dec. 1849 | - | Aug. 1850 |
| James A. McDougall | Oct. 1850 | - | Dec. 1851 |
| S. Clinton Hastings | Jan. 1852 | - | Jan. 1854 |
| John R. McConnell | Jan. 1854 | - | Jan. 1856 |
| William M. Stewart | June 1854 | - | (Temporary) |
| William T. Wallace | Jan. 1856 | - | Jan. 1858 |
| Thomas H. Williams | Jan. 1858 | - | Jan. 1862 |
| Frank M. Pixley | Jan. 1862 | - | Dec. 1863 |
| John C. McCullough | Dec. 1863 | - | Dec. 1867 |
| Jo Hamilton | Dec. 1867 | - | Dec. 1871 |
| John Lord Love | Dec. 1871 | - | Dec. 1875 |
| Jo Hamilton | Dec. 1875 | - | Jan. 1880 |
| Augustus L. Hart | Jan. 1880 | - | Jan. 1883 |
| Edward C. Marshall | Jan. 1883 | - | Jan. 1887 |
| George A. Johnson | Jan. 1887 | - | Jan. 1891 |
| William H. H. Hart | Jan. 1891 | - | Jan. 1895 |
| William F. Fitzgerald | Jan. 1895 | - | Jan. 1899 |
| Tirey L. Ford | Jan. 1899 | - | Sep. 1902 |
| Ulysses S. Webb | Sep. 1902 | - | Jan. 1939 |
| Earl Warren | Jan. 1939 | - | Jan. 1943 |
| Robert W. Kenny | Jan. 1943 | - | Jan. 1947 |
| Frederick N. Howser | Jan. 1947 | - | Jan. 1951 |
| Edmund G. Brown Sr. | Jan. 1951 | - | Jan. 1959 |
| Stanley Mosk | Jan. 1959 | - | Sep. 1964 |
| Thomas C. Lynch | Sep. 1964 | - | Jan. 1971 |
| Evelle J. Younger | Jan. 1971 | - | Jan. 1979 |
| George Deukmejian | Jan. 1979 | - | Jan. 1983 |
| John K. Van de Kamp | Jan. 1983 | - | Jan. 1991 |
| Daniel E. Lungren | Jan. 1991 | - | Jan. 1999 |
| Bill Lockyer | Jan. 1999 | - | Jan. 2007 |
| Edmund G. Brown Jr. | Jan. 2007 | - | Present |