Missouri's Attorneys General
| # | Attorney General and party | Term | County | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 |  Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon (D) Jay Nixon is Missouri's 40th Attorney General and the longest serving Attorney General. He began his fourth term in January 2005. |
1993-97 1997-2001 2001-05 2005-09 |
Jefferson Cole Cole Cole |
02-13-1956 | |
| 39 | William L. Webster (R) | 1985–93 | Jasper | 09-17-1953 | |
| 38 | John D. Ashcroft (R) | 1977–85 | Greene | 05-09-1942 | |
| 37 | John C. Danforth
(R) |
1969–73 1973–77 |
St.
Louis Cole |
09-05-1936 | |
| 36 | Norman H. Anderson (D) | 1965–69 | St. Louis | 03-24-1924 | 06-16-1997 |
| 35 | Thomas F. Eagleton (D) | 1961–65 | St. Louis city | 09-04-1929 | 03-04-2007 |
| 34 | John M. Dalton (D) | 1953–61 | Dunklin | 11-09-1900 | 07-07-1972 |
| 33 | Jonathan E. "Buck" Taylor (D) | 1945–53 | Livingston | 11-26-1906 | 12-27-1981 |
| 32 | Roy M. McKittrick (D) | 1933–45 | Chariton | 08-24-1888 | 01-22-1961 |
| 31 | Stratton Shartel (R) | 1928–33 | Newton | 12-25-1895 | 02-02-1956 |
| 30 | North Todd Gentry (R) | 1925–28 | Boone | 03-02-1866 | 09-18-1944 |
| 29 | Robert William Otto (R) | 1925 | Franklin | 12-25-1892 | 05-05-1977 |
| 28 | Jesse W. Barrett (R) | 1921–25 | Lewis | 03-17-1884 | 11-12-1953 |
| 27 | Frank Winton McAllister (D) | 1917–21 | Monroe | 01-26-1873 | 06-11-1948 |
| 26 | John Tull Barker (D) | 1913–17 | Macon | 08-02-1877 | 12-07-1958 |
| 25 | Elliott Woolfolk Major (D) | 1909–13 | Pike | 10-20-1864 | 07-09-1949 |
| 24 | Herbert Spencer Hadley (R) | 1905–09 | Jackson | 02-20-1872 | 12-01-1927 |
| 23 | Edward Coke Crow (D) | 1897–1905 | Jasper | 12-19-1861 | 05-09-1945 |
| 22 | Robert Franklin Walker (D) | 1893–97 | Morgan | 11-29-1850 | 11-19-1930 |
| 21 | John M. Wood (D) | 1889–93 | Clark | 1850 | 01-25-1926 |
| 20 | Banton Gallitin Boone (D) | 1885–89 | Henry | 10-23-1838 | 02-11-1900 |
| 19 | Daniel Harrison McIntyre (D) | 1881–85 | Audrain | 05-05-1833 | 01-01-1910 |
| 18 | Jackson Leonidas Smith (D) | 1877–81 | Cole | 01-31-1837 | 11-13-1908 |
| 17 | John A. Hockaday (D) | 1875–77 | Callaway | 1837 | 11-20-1903 |
| 16 | Henry Clay Ewing (D) | 1873–75 | Cole | 08-15-1828 | 03-22-1907 |
| 15 | Andrew Jackson Baker (R) Was a Liberal. |
1871–72 | Schuyler | 06-06-1832 | 04-23-1911 |
| 14 | Horace B. Johnson (R) | 1869–71 | Cole | 08-14-1842 | 03-30-1904 |
| 13 | Robert Franklin Wingate (D) | 1865–69 | St. Louis | 01-24-1822 | 11-12-1897 |
| 12 | Thomas Theodore Crittenden (D) | 1864 | Johnson | 01-22-1832 | 05-29-1909 |
| 11 | Aikman Welch
(D) Was appointed by provisional Governor Gamble when Knott refused to take loyalty oath. |
1861–64 | Johnson | 05-25-1827 | 07-28-1864 |
| 10 | J. Proctor Knott (D) | 1858–61 | Scotland | 08-29-1830 | 06-18-1911 |
| 9 | Ephraim B. Ewing (D) | 1857–58 | Ray | 05-1819 | 06-02-1873 |
| 8 | James B. Gardenhire (Whig) | 1851–57 | Buchanan | 1821 | 02-20-1862 |
| 7 | William A. Robards (D) | 1849–51 | Boone | 05-03-1817 | 09-03-1851 |
| 6 | Benjamin F. Stringfellow (D) | 1845–49 | Chariton | 09-03-1816 | 04-25-1891 |
| 5 | Samuel Mansfield Bay (D) | 1839–45 | Cole | 1810 | 07-1849 |
| 4 | William Barclay Napton (D) | 1836–39 | Howard | 1808 | 01-08-1883 |
| 3 | Robert William Wells (D) | 1826–36 | St. Charles | 11-29-1795 | 09-22-1861 |
| 2 | Rufus Easton (D) | 1821–26 | St. Louis | 03-04-1774 | 07-05-1834 |
| 1 | Edward Bates (D) | 1820–21 | St. Louis | 09-04-1793 | 03-25-1869 |
