Idaho Attorney General

Attorney General of Idaho
Attorney General of Idaho
	Great Seal of the State of Idaho
	Incumbent; Raúl Labrador; since January 2, 2023
Term length	Four years
Website	Attorney General of Idaho

The attorney general of Idaho is an elected office that assists local law enforcement agencies in the state of Idaho. They provide legal representation for state agencies, state corporations and any persons holding ownership of property, as well as enforcing consumer protection laws.^[1] They advise state officials and entities in relation to the law. The incumbent attorney general is Raúl Labrador, who was first elected in 2022. Although the attorney general has a four-year term, there are no limits on how many attempts that an incumbent can run for office.^[2]

Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890. The Office of Attorney General of the State of Idaho was created by the Constitution of Idaho, 1889, Art. IV, Sec. 1.

Qualifications

Candidates for attorney general must be a good-standing member of the Idaho State Bar, a U.S. citizen, at least 30 years of age, and a resident of Idaho for at least two years prior to the election.^[3]

Attorneys general of the Territory of Idaho

Idaho Territory was created from Dakota Territory, Nebraska Territory, and Washington Territory on March 4, 1863.^[4]

The Office of Territorial Attorney General was created in 1885 (Laws of the Territory of Idaho, 1885, p. 31).

Attorneys general of the Territory of Idaho
#	Image	Name	Term of service	Political party
1		D. P. B. Pride	1885–1887
2		Richard Z. Johnson	1885–1890

Officeholders

Attorneys general by party affiliation
Party		Attorneys general
Republican		22
Democratic		10
Populist		1

Attorneys general of the State of Idaho
#	Name	Term of service	Political party
1	George H. Roberts	1891–1893	Republican
2	George M. Parsons	1893–1897	Republican
3	Robert McFarland	1897–1899	Populist
4	S. H. Hays	1899–1901	Democratic
5	Frank Martin	1901–1903	Democratic
6	John A. Bagley	1903–1905	Republican
7	John Guheen	1905–1909	Republican
8	D. C. McDougall	1909–1913	Republican
9	Joseph H. Peterson	1913–1917	Republican
10	T. A. Walters	1917–1919	Democratic
11	Roy L. Black	1919–1923	Republican
12	A. H. Conner	1923–1927	Republican
13	Frank L. Stephan	1927–1929	Republican
14	W. D. Gillis	1929–1931	Republican
15	Fred J. Babcock	1931–1933	Republican
16	Bert Miller	1933–1937	Democratic
17	J. W. Taylor	1937–1941	Democratic
18	Bert Miller	1941–1945	Democratic
19	Frank Langley	1945–1947	Democratic
20	Robert Ailshie	1947	Republican
21	Robert Smylie	1947–1955	Republican
22	Graydon W. Smith	1955–1959	Republican
23	Frank Benson	1959–1963	Democratic
24	Allan Shepard	1963–1969	Republican
25	Robert Robson	1969–1971	Republican
26	W. Anthony Park	1971–1975	Democratic
27	Wayne Kidwell	1975–1979	Republican
28	David Leroy	1979–1983	Republican
29	Jim Jones	1983–1991	Republican
30	Larry Echo Hawk	1991–1995	Democratic
31	Allan Lance	1995–2003	Republican
32	Lawrence Wasden	2003–2023	Republican
32	Raúl Labrador	2023–present	Republican