Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Sam Olens | 2011 – 2016 |
| Thurbert E. Baker | 1997 – 2011 |
| Michael J. Bower | 1981 – 1997 |
| Arthur K. Bolton | 1965 – 1981 |
| Eugene Cook | 1945 – 1965 |
| Grady Head | 1943 – 1945 |
| Ellis G. Arnall | 1939 – 1943 |
| M.J. Yeomans | 1933 – 1939 |
| Lawrence S. Camp | 1932 |
| George M. Napier | 1921 – 1932 |
| R.A. Denny | 1920 – 1921 |
| Clifford Walker | 1915 – 1920 |
| Warren Grice | 1914 – 1915 |
| Thomas S. Felder | 1911 – 1914 |
| Hewlett A. Hall | 1910 – 1911 |
| John C. Hart | 1902 – 1910 |
| Boykin Wright | 1902 |
| J. M. Terrell | 1892 – 1902 |
| W. A. Little | 1891 – 1892 |
| George N. Lester | 1890 – 1891 |
| Clifford Anderson | 1880 – 1890 |
| Robert N. Ely | 1877 – 1880 |
| Nathaniel Job Hammond | 1872 – 1877 |
| Henry P. Farrow | 1868 – 1872 |
| John Philpot Curren Whitehead | 1866 – 1868 |
| George Thomas Barnes | 1865 – 1866 |
| William Watts Montgomery | 1861 – 1865 |
| Winder P. Johnson | 1861 |
| Alpheus M. Rogers | 1859 – 1861 |
| William R. McLaws | 1855 – 1859 |
| John Troup Shewmake | 1851 – 1855 |
| Alpheus Colvard | 1847 – 1851 |
| John J. R. Flournoy | 1843 – 1847 |
| James Gardner | 1840 – 1843 |
| Ebenezer Starnes | 1834 – 1840 |
| Charles Jones Jenkins | 1831 – 1834 |
| George W. Crawford | 1827 – 1831 |
| Thomas F. Wells | 1822 – 1827 |
| Roger Lawson Gamble | 1816 – 1822 |
| Alexander M. Allen | 1813 – 1816 |
| Richard Henry Wilde | 1811 – 1813 |
| Alexander M. Allen | 1811 |
| John Forsyth | 1808 – 1811 |
| John Hamil | 1808 |
| Robert Walker | 1807 – 1808 |
| David Brydie Mitchell | 1796 – 1806 |
| George Walker | 1792 – 1795 |
| Matthew McAllister | 1787 – 1791 |
| Nathaniel Pendleton | 1785 – 1786 |
| Samuel Stirk | 1781 – 1785 |
| John Milledge | 1780 – 1781 |
| Williams Stephens | 1776 – 1780 |
| Charles Pryce | 1764 – 1776 |
| William Clifton | 1754 – 1764 |