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The attorney general in Tennessee is appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term. [1] [2] In Maine, the attorney general is elected by the state Legislature for a two-year term. [1] [2] The District of Columbia and two U.S. territories, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, elect their attorneys general for a four-year term ...
In 1693, the attorney general earned a salary of 50 pounds. From 1777 to 1822, the attorney general was appointed by the Council of Appointment. From 1823 to 1846, the attorney general was elected by the New York State Legislature for a three-year term. Attorneys general have been elected by the voters since 1847.
The California attorney general carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice. The department employs over 1,100 attorneys and 3,700 non-attorney employees. [citation needed] The California attorney general is elected to a four-year term, with a maximum of two terms.
James Tierney, a former attorney general in Maine, one of the seven states where attorneys general are appointed rather than elected, teaches about the office at Harvard Law School.
The state attorney general is an appointed position, not elected. The office of Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said it will appeal Monday's decision, which affects death row inmate Larry McKay ...
Bailey was tapped by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in 2022 to be the state’s top prosecutor after then-state Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate.
The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state, and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs. The office is one of Florida's three elected state cabinet posts, along with the chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
As former Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley (R) once put it, “the most powerful elected position in the United States today … is not the Congress, the House of Representatives or the ...