April 18, 2022. AG Ferguson: Washington Attorney General’s Office defends Hanford workers’ comp law at the Supreme Court today. Today the Washington Attorney General’s Office stood up for Hanford workers at the United States Supreme Court. The Office is defending Washington’s bipartisan state law designed to make it easier...
Jones was Washington's first elected Attorney General. He litigated four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during his tenure. Three of the four were concerned with the ability of the new state to establish harbor lines in and around Puget Sound in order to aid the safe expansion of commerce. In one of the cases, General Jones faced the ...
May 10, 2022 · Shawn Garrett. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday his office has completed its project to collect DNA samples from registered Washington sex offenders who are required to provide DNA, but have never provided DNA. The completion of the project yielded 372 new DNA profiles which have been entered into the Combined DNA ...
Apr 18, 2022 · Washington’s Attorney General serves the people and the state of Washington. As the state’s largest law firm, the Attorney General’s Office provides legal representation to every state agency, board, and commission in Washington.
# | Attorney General | Term of office |
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15 | Ken Eikenberry | 1993 |
16 | Christine Gregoire | 2005 |
17 | Rob McKenna | 2013 |
18 | Bob Ferguson | present |
Office and current official | Salary |
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Attorney General of Washington Bob Ferguson | $156,270, |
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs | |
Washington Commissioner of Insurance Mike Kreidler | $121,628 |
Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy | $120,459 |
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
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Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
In his early adulthood he was a teacher, cattleman, farmer, and steamship purser before becoming a lawyer. Prior to becoming Attorney General, he was the Snohomish City Attorney and Snohomish County Prosecutor.
General Eastvold ran for Governor in the 1956 election, but was defeated. After this election loss he left politics and went into real estate development, promoting a number of large scale developments on the Washington coast. He passed away in 1998. John J. O'Connell (AG from 1957-1968).
Rob McKenna (AG from 2005-2012). McKenna, a Republican, is an Eagle Scout and was student body president at the University of Washington. He went to law school at the University of Chicago where he was on the law review.
John Dunbar (AG from 1923-1933). Dunbar, a native Washingtonian, was appointed to succeed Thompson. General Dunbar's parents were early settlers in Washington. Dunbar's father was also a distinguished Washington attorney serving as a Washington Supreme Court Justice from 1889 to 1912.
Just minutes later, the Senate approved the appointment of Alexander Hamilton unanimously as the Secretary of the Treasury. The group came to be known as the cabinet based on a reference made by James Madison, who described the meetings as “the president’s cabinet.”.
One prominent individual who did not attend cabinet meetings was Vice President John Adams.