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Utah Attorney General

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Utah Attorney General
Incumbent
Sean Reyes
since 2013
Term lengthFour years
Websitehttps://attorneygeneral.utah.gov

The attorney general of Utah is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Utah. The attorney general is the chief legal officer and legal adviser in the state.[1] The office is elected, with a term of four years.

List of attorneys general

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Deseret (1849)

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Utah Territory (1850–1874)

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State of Utah (1896–present)

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# Image Name Term Party
1 A. C. Bishop 1896–1901 Republican
2 M. A. Breeden 1901–1909 Republican
3 A. R. Barnes 1909–1917 Republican
4 Dan B. Shields 1917–1921 Democratic
5 Harvey H. Cluff 1921–1929 Republican
6 George P. Parker 1929–1933 Republican
7 Joseph Chez 1933–1941 Democratic
8 Grover A. Giles 1941–1949 Democratic
9 Clinton D. Vernon 1949–1953 Democratic
10 E. R. Callister 1953–1959 Republican
11 Walter L. Budge 1959–1961 Republican
12 A. Pratt Kessler 1961–1965 Republican
13 Phil L. Hansen 1965–1969 Democratic
14 Vernon B. Romney 1969–1977 Republican
15 Robert B. Hansen 1977–1981 Republican
16 David L. Wilkinson 1981–1989 Republican
17 Paul Van Dam 1989–1993 Democratic
18 Jan Graham 1993–2001 Democratic
19 Mark Shurtleff 2001–2013 Republican
20 John Swallow 2013 Republican
21 Sean Reyes 2013–present[2] Republican

References

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  1. ^ "Duties of the Utah Attorney General - Utah Office of the Attorney General". attorneygeneral.utah.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
  2. ^ "Utah's Attorneys General 1896 – Present - Utah Office of the Attorney General". Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
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