Nevada_Attorney_General

Attorney General of Nevada
Attorney General of Nevada
	Incumbent; Aaron D. Ford; since January 7, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, two term limit
Inaugural holder	George A. Nourse; 1864
Formation	Constitution of Nevada
Website	Office of the Attorney General

Nevada Attorney General

Chief legal officer for the U.S. state of Nevada

The Nevada Attorney General is the chief legal officer for the U.S. state of Nevada. The functions of the office are set forth in Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 228. The Attorney General represents the people of Nevada in civil and criminal matters before trial, appellate and the supreme courts of Nevada and the United States. The Attorney General also serves as legal counsel to state officers and, with few exceptions, to state agencies, boards and commissions.

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The Attorney General may also work with or help district attorneys, local law enforcement, and federal and international criminal justice agencies in the administration of justice. In addition, the Attorney General establishes and operates projects and programs to protect Nevadans from fraud or illegal activities that target consumers or threaten public safety, and enforces laws that safeguard the environment and natural resources. Under the state Constitution, the Attorney General is elected to a four-year term. To meet its statutory obligations the office is divided into the following:

The current Nevada Attorney General is Democrat Aaron D. Ford.

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[fn1-1] Officially listed as a Democrat, but was elected as a Silver-Democrat.

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Party		Attorneys General
Democratic		19
Republican		11
Silver		4

#	Name	Term of service	Political party
1	George A. Nourse	1864–1867	Republican
2	Robert M. Clark	1867–1871	Republican
3	Luther A. Buckner	1871–1875	Democratic
4	John R. Kittrell	1875–1879	Democratic
5	Michael A. Murphy	1879–1883	Republican
6	William H. Davenport	1883–1887	Republican
7	John F. Alexander	1887–1891	Republican
8	James D. Torreyson	1891–1895	Republican
9	Robert M. Beatty	1895–1896	Silver
10	James R. Judge	1896–1899	Silver
11	William D. Jones	1899–1901	Silver
12	William Woodburn	1901–1903	Silver
13	James G. Sweeney	1903–1907	Democratic^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	Richard C. Stoddard	1907–1911	Democratic^{[lower-alpha 1]}
15	Cleveland H. Baker	1911–1912	Democratic
16	George B. Thatcher	1912–1919	Democratic
17	Leonard B. Fowler	1919–1923	Democratic
18	Michael A. Diskin	1923–1931	Democratic
19	Gray Mashburn	1931–1943	Democratic
20	Alan Bible	1943–1951	Democratic
21	William T. Mathews	1951–1955	Democratic
22	Harvey Dickerson	1955–1959	Democratic
23	Roger D. Foley	1959–1962	Democratic
24	Charles E. Springer	1962–1963	Democratic
25	Harvey Dickerson	1963–1971	Democratic
26	Robert List	1971–1979	Republican
27	Richard Bryan	1979–1983	Democratic
28	Brian McKay	1983–1991	Republican
29	Frankie Sue Del Papa	1991–2003	Democratic
30	Brian Sandoval	2003–2005	Republican
31	George Chanos	2005–2007	Republican
32	Catherine Cortez Masto	2007–2015	Democratic
33	Adam Laxalt	2015–2019	Republican
34	Aaron Ford	2019–present	Democratic

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Nevada Attorney General

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Attorney General of Nevada
Incumbent Aaron D. Ford since January 7, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, two term limit
Inaugural holder	George A. Nourse 1864
Formation	Constitution of Nevada
Website	Office of the Attorney General