Former attorneys general are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Former Attorney General | Term of Service |
|---|---|
| Holly Shikada | 2021 – 2023 |
| Clare E. Connors | 2019 – 2021 |
| Russell Suzuki | 2018 – 2019 |
| Douglas S. Chin | 2015 – 2018 |
| David M. Louie | 2011 – 2014 |
| Mark Bennett | 2003 – 2010 |
| Earl Anzai | 1999 – 2002 |
| Margery S. Bronster | 1995 – 1998 |
| Robert A. Marks | 1992 – 1995 |
| Michael A. Lilly | 1984 – 1985 |
| Warren Price,III | 1986 - 1992 |
| Corinne K.A. Watanabe | 1985 - 1986 |
| Tany S. Hong | 1981 |
| Wayne Minami | 1974 |
| Ronald Y. Amemiya | 1974 - 1978 |
| George T.H. Pai | 1971 |
| Shiro Kashiwa | 1959 - 1963 |
| Jack Mizuha | 1958 - 1959 |
| Herbert Young Cho Choy | 1957 - 1958 |
| Shiro Kashiwa | 1957 |
| Richard K. Sharpless | 1956 - 1957 |
| Edward N. Sylva | 1953 - 1956 |
| Michiro Watanabe | 1952 - 1953 |
| Walter D. Ackerman Jr. | 1947 - 1952 |
| Cyrus Nils Tavares | 1944 - 1947 |
| J. Garner Anthony | 1942 - 1943 |
| Ernest K. Kai | 1942 |
| Joseph V. Hodgson | 1938 - 1942 |
| S. B. Kemp | 1937 - 1938 |
| William B. Pittman | 1934 - 1936 |
| Harry P. Hewitt | 1928 - 1934 |
| William B. Lymer | 1925 - 1928 |
| John A. Matthewman | 1922 - 1925 |
| Harry Irwin | 1918 - 1922 |
| Arthur G. Smith | 1918 |
| Ingram M. Stainback | 1914 - 1918 |
| Wade Warren Thayer | 1913 - 1914 |
| Alexander Lindsay, Jr. | 1910 - 1912 |
| Charles R. Hemenway | 1907 - 1910 |
| Emil C. Peters | 1905 - 1907 |
| Lorrin Andrews | 1903 - 1905 |
| Edmund Pearson Dole | 1900 - 1903 |
| Henry Ernest Cooper | 1899 - 1900 |
| William Owen Smith | 1897 - 1899 |
| Henry E. Cooper | 1897 |
| William Owen Smith | 1895 - 1897 |
| Henry E. Cooper | 1895 |
| Francis M. Hatch | 1895 |
| William Owen Smith | 1893 - 1895 |
| Arthur P. Peterson | 1893 |
| Cecil Brown | 1892 - 1893 |
| Charles F. Creighton | 1892 |
| Paul Neumann | 1892 |
| William A Whiting | 1891 - 1892 |
| Arthur P. Peterson | 1890 - 1891 |
| Clarence W. Ashford | 1887 - 1890 |
| Antone Rosa | 1886 - 1887 |
| John Lot Kaulukou | 1886 |
| John T. Dare | 1886 |
| Walter M. Gibson | 1884 - 1885 |
| Paul Neumann | 1883 - 1884 |
| Walter M. Gibson | 1883 |
| Edward Preston | 1878 - 1880 |
| Alfred S. Hartwell | 1876 - 1878 |
| William Richards Castle | 1876 |
| John Smith Walker | 1875 - 1876 |
| Richard H. Stanley | 1874 - 1875 |
| Alfred S. Hartwell | 1874 |
| Albert Francis Judd | 1873 - 1874 |
| Stephen Henry Phillips | 1866 - 1873 |
| Charles Coffin Harris | 1862 - 1866 |
| John Ricord | 1844 - 1847 |