Longest-serving State Attorneys General in the US

[TX Conservative Dem]

Here's a list of the longest-serving State Attorneys General in the United States in NO particular order:
1.) Greg Abbott (R):50th Texas State AG since December 2, 2002

2.) Ulysses S. Webb (R): 19th California State AG from September 15, 1902 to January 3, 1939: appointed by then-Gov. Henry Gage; elected to full 4-year term that year and reelected in 1906, 1910, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1930 and again in 1934.

3.) Duke W. Dunbar (R): 31st Colorado State AG from 1951 to 1973

4.) Bob Corbin (R): 21st Arizona State AG from January 8, 1979-January 7, 1991

5.) Richard Blumenthal (D): 23rd Connecticut State AG from January 9, 1991-January 5, 2011

6.) Charles M. Oberly, III., (D): 41st Delaware State AG from January 4, 1983-January 3, 1995

7.) Bob Butterworth (D): 33rd Florida State AG from January 6, 1987 until 2002

8.) Thurbert Baker (D): Georgia State AG from July 1, 1997-January 10, 2011

9.) Mike Bowers (D/R): Georgia State AG from 1981 until his resignation in 1997

10.) Lawrence Wasden (R): 32nd Idaho State AG since January 6, 2003

11.) Lisa Madigan (D): 41st Illinois State AG since January 13, 2003

12.) William J. Scott (R): 36th Illinois State AG from January 13, 1969 until 1980

13.) Linley Pearson (R): 37th Indiana State AG from January 12, 1981-January 11, 1993

14.) Theodore L. Sendak (R): 36th Indiana State AG from January 13, 1969-January 12, 1981

15.) Edwin K. Steers (R): 34th Indiana State AG from January 12, 1953-January 11, 1965

16.) Tom Miller (D): 31st and 33rd Iowa State AG from 1979-1991; 1995-

17.) Robert Stephan (R): 39th Kansas State AG from January 8, 1979-January 9, 1995

18.) Richard Ieyoub (D): Louisiana State AG from January 13, 1992-January 12, 2004

19.) William J. Guste (D): Louisiana State AG from May 9, 1972-January 13, 1992

20.) Jack P.F. Gremillion (D): Louisiana State AG from May 8, 1956-May 9, 1972

21.) J. Joseph Curran, Jr., (D): 44th Maryland State AG from 1987-2007

22.) Francis Burch (D): Maryland State AG from 1966-1978

23.) Francis X. Belloti (D): 50th Massachusetts State AG from January 2, 1975-January 8, 1987

24.) Mike Greely: Montana State AG from 1977-1989

25.) Forest H. Anderson (D): Montana State AG from 1957-1969

26.) Clarence A.H. Meyer (R): Nebraska State AG from 1961-1975

27.) Frankie Sue Del Papa (D): 29th Nevada State AG from January 7, 1991-January 6, 2003: term-limited from seeking a 4th term in 2002.

28.) Robert Abrams (D): 60th NY State AG from January 1, 1979-December 31, 1993

29.) Louis J. Lefkowitz (R): 59th NY State AG from January 10, 1957-January 1, 1979: first elected by the NY State Legislature in 1957 following Javits' resignation (who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1956) and elected to full term in 1958 and re-elected in 1962, 1966, 1970 and 1974: serving for a total of 22 years in office.

30.) Frank J. Kelley (D): 50th Michigan State AG from December 28, 1961-January 1, 1999

31.) Skip Humphrey (D): 27th Minnesota State AG from January 3, 1983-January 8, 1999

32.) Warren Spannaus (D): 26th Minnesota State AG from January 4, 1971-January 3, 1983

33.) Joseph A.A. Burnquist (R): Minnesota State AG from January 2, 1939-January 3, 1955

34.) Mike Moore (D): 38th Mississippi State AG from January 12, 1988-January 13, 2004

35.) Greek Lent Rice (D): Mississippi State AG from 1932-1950

36.) Jay Nixon (D): 40th Missouri State AG from January 11, 1993-January 12, 2009

37.) Roy McKrittick (D): Missouri State AG from 1933-1945

38.) Roy Cooper (D): 48th North Carolina State AG since January 6, 2001

39.) Wayne Stenehjem (R): 29th North Dakota State AG since January 1, 2001

40.) William J. Brown (D): 42nd Ohio State AG from January 11, 1971-January 10, 1983

41.) Drew Edmondson (D): 16th Oklahoma State AG from January 9, 1995-January 10, 2011

42.) Mac Q. Williamson (D): Oklahoma State AG from 1946-1963

43.) Hardy Myers (D): 15th Oregon State AG from January 4, 1997-January 5, 2009

44.) Robert Y. Thornton (D): 8th Oregon State AG from January 5, 1953-May 20, 1969

45.) Darrell McGraw (D): 35th West Virginia State AG from January 18, 1993-January 14, 2013

Anyone else I left out, let me know.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Kelley was AG so long here in Michigan, his nickname was the "Eternal General."

[Meursault]

"Greek Lent Rice"

Oh, boy!

[TX Conservative Dem]

Kelley was reportedly angry that the GOPers placed term limits on statewide officeholders, so he chose not to seek reelection in 1998 (when he was eligible for one final term), but decided to go out on his own terms rather than have retirement placed on him.

[Del Tachi]

Wouldn't Jim Hood make the cut?  He's been Mississippi AG since January 14, 2004 - 10 years, 5 months and 4 days in office thus far. 

[TX Conservative Dem]

Damn ! Totally forgot about Hood (D-MS). Is he planning a gubernatorial bid in 2019 ?

[jimrtex]

Here's a list of the longest-serving State Attorneys General in the United States in NO particular order:
1.) Greg Abbott (R):50th Texas State AG since December 2, 2002

Three of the last four AGs have been the longest serving.  Jim Mattox and Dan Morales both served 8 years.  Presumably the switch to 4-year terms led some to stay a little longer before running for governor or other office.

9 of the last eleven have run for governor or senator.  Crawford Martin died in office in 1972.  The last to simply to leave office was John Shepperd in 1957.

[TX Conservative Dem]

Morales didn't seek reelection in 1998 due to pissing off fellow Texas Democrats over Morales being staunchly anti-affirmative action, etc.,

In 2002, he ran a piss poor campaign for the governorship in the Democratic primary: getting smoked by Laredo oilman Tony Sanchez (D): 60%-33%.

Morales later went to prison for obvious reasons