Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Luther Strange | 2010 – 2017 |
| Troy King | 2004 – 2010 |
| Bill Pryor | 1997 – 2004 |
| Jeff Sessions | 1995 – 1997 |
| Jimmy Evans | 1991 – 1995 |
| Don Siegelman | 1987 – 1991 |
| Charles A. Graddick | 1979 – 1987 |
| William J. Baxley | 1971 – 1979 |
| MacDonald Gallion | 1967 – 1971 |
| Richmond M. Flowers | 1963 – 1967 |
| MacDonald Gallion | 1959 – 1963 |
| John Patterson | 1955 – 1959 |
| Bernard Sykes | 1954 – 1955 |
| S.I. Garrett | 1951 – 1954 |
| A.A. Carmichael | 1947 – 1951 |
| William N. McQueen | 1943 – 1947 |
| Thomas S. Lawson | 1939 – 1942 |
| A.A. Carmichael | 1935 – 1939 |
| Thomas E. Knight, Jr. | 1931 – 1935 |
| Charlie C. McCall | 1927 – 1931 |
| Harwell G. Davis | 1921 – 1927 |
| J.Q. Smith | 1919 – 1921 |
| Emmet S. Thigpen | 1918 – 1919 |
| F. Lloyd Tate | 1918 |
| William L. Martin | 1915 – 1918 |
| Robert Brickell | 1911 – 1915 |
| Alexander M. Garber | 1907 – 1911 |
| Massey Wilson | 1903 – 1907 |
| Charles G. Brown | 1898 – 1903 |
| William C. Fitts | 1894 – 1898 |
| William L. Martin | 1889 – 1894 |
| Thomas McClellan | 1884 – 1889 |
| Henry Tompkins | 1878 – 1884 |
| John W.A. Sanford | 1870 – 1872 |
| Benjamin Gardner | 1868 – 1870 |
| John W.A. Sanford | 1865 – 1868 |
| Marion A. Baldwin | 1847 – 1865 |
| William H. Martin | 1847 – 1847 |
| Thomas D. Clarke | 1843 – 1847 |
| Matthew W Lindsay | 1839 – 1843 |
| Lincoln Clark | 1838 – 1839 |
| John D. Phelan | 1836 – 1838 |
| Alexander Meek | 1836 |
| Peter Martin | 1832 – 1836 |
| Constantine Perkins | 1825 – 1832 |
| Thomas White | 1823 – 1825 |
| Henry Hitchcock | 1819 – 1823 |