Attorney General J. Joseph Curran.

The Attorney General of Maryland, as of 2005 former Lieutenant Governor J. Joseph Curran, is the chief legal officer of the State and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have resided and practiced law in the state for at least ten years. Image File history File links Some information or images have been taken from a non-password protected section of the Maryland State Archives. ... Joseph Curran J. Joseph Curran, Jr. ... 2005 (Roman: MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Curran J. Joseph Curran, Jr. ...

The Attorney General has general charge, supervision and direction of the legal business of the State. He or she is the legal advisor and representative of the Governor, the General Assembly, the Judiciary, and the major departments, various boards, commissions, officials and institutions of State Government. The Office further represents the State in all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, and in the United States Supreme Court and lower Federal Courts. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States...

Chronological list of Attorneys General of Maryland

• 1777-1778 James Tilghman

• 1778-1805 Luther Martin

• 1805-1806 William Pinkney

• 1806 John Thomson Mason

• 1806-1811 John Johnson

• 1811-1818 John Montgomery

• 1818-1822 Luther Martin

• 1822-1824 Thomas Beale Dorsey

• 1824-1827 Thomas Kell

• 1827-1831 Roger B. Taney

• 1831-1846 Josiah Bayly

• 1846-1851 George R. Richardson

• 1851 Robert J. Brent

• 1865-1867 Alexander Randall

• 1867-1871 Isaac Dashiell Jones

• 1871-1875 Andrew K. Syester

• 1875-1883 Charles J. M. Gwinn

• 1883-1887 Charles Boyle Roberts

• 1887-1891 William Pinkney Whyte

• 1891-1895 John Prentiss Poe

• 1895-1899 Harry M. Clabaugh

• 1899 George Riggs Gaither, Jr.

• 1899-1903 Isidor Rayner

• 1903-1907 William Shepard Bryan, Jr.

• 1907-1911 Isaac Lobe Straus

• 1911-1915 Edgar Allan Poe

• 1915 Albert C. Ritchie

• 1918-1919 Ogle Marbury

• 1919-1923 Alexander Armstrong

• 1923-1930 Thomas H. Robinson

• 1930-1934 William Preston Lane, Jr.

• 1934 Herbert R. O'Conor

• 1938-1945 William C. Walsh

• 1945-1946 William Curran

• 1946-1952 Hall Hammond

• 1952-1954 Edward D. E. Rollins

• 1954-1961 C. Ferdinand Sybert

• 1961-1966 Thomas B. Finan

• 1966 Robert C. Murphy

• 1966-1978 Francis B. Burch

• 1979, Jan. 1 Jon F. Oster

• 1979, Jan. 2 George A. Nilson

• 1979-1987 Stephen H. Sachs

• 1987- J. Joseph Curran, Jr.

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External links

• http://www.oag.state.md.us/index.htm - Maryland Attorney General website.