The following is a list of attorneys general of North Dakota. Attorneys general previously were elected to a two year-term, which was extended to four in 1964.
| Party | Attorneys general | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 26 | |
| Republican | 21 | |
| Republican/NPL | 5 | |
| Democratic | 3 | |
| Democratic-NPL | 2 | |
| Democratic-Independent | 1 | |
| # | Name | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George F. Goodwin | 1889–1890 | Republican |
| 2 | Clarence A.M. Spencer | 1891–1892 | Republican |
| 3 | William H. Standish | 1893–1894 | Democratic-Independent |
| 4 | John F. Cowan | 1895–1900 | Republican |
| 5 | Oliver D. Comstock | 1901–1902 | Republican |
| 6 | Carl N. Frich | 1903–1906 | Republican |
| 7 | Thomas F. McCue | 1907–1908 | Republican |
| 8 | Andrew Miller | 1909–1914 | Republican |
| 9 | Henry Linde | 1915–1916 | Republican |
| 10 | William Langer | 1917–1920 | Republican/NPL |
| 11 | William Lemke | 1921 | Republican/NPL |
| 12 | Sveinbjorn Johnson | 1921–1922 | Republican/IVA |
| 13 | George F. Shafer | 1923–1928 | Republican/IVA |
| 14 | James Morris | 1929–1932 | Republican |
| 15 | Arthur J. Gronna | 1933–1933 | Republican/NPL |
| 16 | Peter O. Sathre | 1933–1937 | Republican/NPL |
| 17 | Alvin C. Strutz | 1937–1944 | Republican/NPL |
| 18 | Nels G. Johnson | 1945–1948 | Republican |
| 19 | Peter O. Sathre | 1948–1948 | Republican |
| 20 | Wallace E. Warner | 1949–1950 | Republican |
| 21 | Elmo T. Christianson | 1951–1954 | Republican |
| 22 | Paul Benson | 1954–1954 | Republican |
| 23 | Leslie R. Burgum | 1955–1962 | Republican |
| 24 | Helgi Johanneson | 1963–1972 | Republican |
| 25 | Allen I. Olson | 1973–1980 | Republican |
| 26 | Robert Wefald | 1981–1984 | Republican |
| 27 | Nicholas Spaeth | 1985–1992 | Democratic-NPL |
| 28 | Heidi Heitkamp | 1993–2000 | Democratic-NPL |
| 29 | Wayne Stenehjem | 2001–2022 | Republican |
| 30 | Drew Wrigley | 2022–Incumbent | Republican |