LEGAL · TN · 1999-2006
Paul Summers
Attorney General · Democrat · Tennessee
On the record
Appointed by TN Supreme Court (TN AG is judicially appointed)
Background
Paul Summers served as Attorney General of Tennessee from 1999–2006 (7 years). Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Robert Cooper. Note: Appointed by TN Supreme Court (TN AG is judicially appointed). Same-year political environment (1999): Governor Don Sundquist; Secretary of State Riley Darnell; Treasurer Steve Adams.
Auto-synthesized summary from Officium's indexed fields (tenure, predecessor / successor chain, career arc, FEC matches). Treat as derived metadata, not primary source.
Others who held this office in Tennessee
- Jonathan Skrmetti (2022-present)
- Herbert Slatery (2014-2022)
- Robert Cooper (2006-2014)
- Charles W. Burson (1988-1996)
- W. J. Michael Cody (1984-1988)
- William M. Leech Jr. (1978-1984)
- Milton P. Rice (1974-1978)
- R. A. Ashley Jr. (1972-1974)
- David Pack (1966-1972)
- George F. McCanless (1956-1966)
- Knox Bigham (1954-1956)
- Roy H. Beeler (1942-1954)