North Carolina Attorney General
The North Carolina Attorney General is one of the constitutional offices of the state of North Carolina . He is in charge of the North Carolina Department of Justice. The North Carolina Constitution (Article III, Section 7) provides for the election of an Attorney General. The Attorney General's duties include legal representation and advice to all government agencies. The framework conditions were the subject of some discussion. For example, United States Attorney General Eric Holder suggested that state attorney generals should not waste their states' resources defending laws they knew to be unconstitutional. Under the law, the Attorney General can initiate legal proceedings or intervene in negotiations on behalf of state agencies and citizens before any courts, competent officials, executive agencies or bodies - state or federal - do so to defend the public interest. The Attorney General will also provide legal or professional opinions on any legal questions presented by the North Carolina General Assembly , the Governor of North Carolina, or other state agencies. The attorney general's statements can be viewed on the Internet.
The current incumbent is Josh Stein , who took up his post on January 1, 2017.
history
The title “Attorney General” was used in colonial Carolina as early as 1677 . The first person to hold this post at the time was George Durant , who was appointed by Colonial Governor John Jenkins . In theory, the colonial Attorney Generals represented the British Attorney General, who represented the Crown.
The North Carolina State Attorney General was created with the first North Carolina Constitution of 1776. At the time, the Attorney General, like the Governor of North Carolina, was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly. The first Attorney General in the independent state of North Carolina was Waightstill Avery , who held his post from 1777 to 1779. Two of his successors, James Iredell and Alfred Moore , were federal judges in the United States Supreme Court . Under the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the Attorney General is elected by the electorate of North Carolina for a four-year term. There is no limit to the terms a person can serve. At the same time, the Attorney General became a voting member of the Council of State rather than a counsel to the Council of State.
The North Carolina Department of Justice was created by the legislature in the early 1970s.
The incumbents often run for governor of North Carolina or for the United States Senate . Among them are former Governor Mike Easley and current Governor Roy Cooper .
List of North Carolina Attorney Generals
| # | Attorney General | image | Term of office | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waightstill Avery | 1777-1779 | ||
| 2 | James Iredell |
|
1779-1782 | |
| 3 | Alfred Moore |
|
1782-1791 | |
| 4th | John Haywood |
|
1792-1795 | |
| 5 | Blake Baker | 1795-1803 | ||
| 6th | Henry Seawell | 1803-1808 | ||
| 7th | Oliver Fitts | 1808-1810 | ||
| 8th | William Miller |
|
1810 | Democratic Republican |
| 9 | Hutchins Gordon Burton |
|
1810-1816 | Democratic Republican |
| 10 | William P. Drew | 1816-1824 | ||
| 11 | James F. Taylor | 1825-1828 | ||
| 12 | Robert H. Jones | 1828 | ||
| 13 | Romulus Mitchell Saunders |
|
1828-1834 | Democratic Republican |
| 14th | John Reeves Jones Daniel | 1835-1841 | democrat | |
| 15th | Hugh McQueen | 1841-1842 | ||
| 16 | Spier Whitaker | 1842-1846 | ||
| 17th | Edward Stanly |
|
1846-1848 | Whig |
| 18th | Bartholomew F. Moore | 1848-1851 | ||
| 19th | William Eaton Junior | 1851-1852 | ||
| 20th | Matt Whitaker ransomware |
|
1853-1855 | democrat |
| 21st | Joseph B. Batchelor | 1855-1856 | ||
| 22nd | William H. Bailey | 1857 | ||
| 23 | William A. Jenkins | 1857-1862 | ||
| 24 | Sion Hart Rogers | 1863-1868 | democrat | |
| 25th | William M. Coleman | 1868-1869 | ||
| 26th | Lewis P. Olds | 1869-1870 | ||
| 27 | William M. Shipp | 1870-1873 | ||
| 28 | Tazewell L. Hargrove | 1873-1877 | ||
| 29 | Thomas S. Kenan |
|
1877-1885 | |
| 30th | Theodore F. Davidson | 1885-1893 | ||
| 31 | Frank I. Osborne | 1893-1897 | democrat | |
| 32 | Zeb V. Walser | 1897-1900 | republican | |
| 33 | Robert Dick Douglas | 1900-1901 | republican | |
| 34 | Robert D. Gilmer | 1901-1909 | democrat | |
| 35 | Thomas Walter Bickett |
|
1909-1917 | democrat |
| 36 | James S. Manning | 1917-1925 | democrat | |
| 37 | Dennis G. Brummitt | 1925-1935 | democrat | |
| 38 | Aaron AF Seawell |
|
1935-1938 | democrat |
| 39 | Harry McMullan | 1938-1955 | democrat | |
| 40 | William B. Rodman Jr. | 1955-1956 | democrat | |
| 41 | George B. Patton | 1956-1958 | democrat | |
| 42 | Malcolm B. Seawell | 1958-1960 | democrat | |
| 43 | T. Wade Bruton | 1960-1969 | democrat | |
| 44 | Robert Burren Morgan |
|
1969-1974 | democrat |
| 45 | James H. Carson Junior | 1974-1975 | republican | |
| 46 | Rufus L. Edmisten |
|
1975-1985 | democrat |
| 47 | Lacy Thornburg | 1985-1993 | democrat | |
| 48 | Mike Easley |
|
1993-2001 | democrat |
| 49 | Roy Cooper |
|
2001-2017 | democrat |
| 50 | Josh Stein |
|
since 2017 | democrat |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Constitution of North Carolina, Article III, Paragraph 7 ( Memento of the original of March 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Chapter 114 - Ministry of Justice (PDF document)
- ↑ Nunn, Sharon: US Attorney General Eric Holder, State attorneys should question laws , The Daily Tar Heel, June 5, 2014
- ^ Legal Opinions , North Carolina Attorney General
