13 Facts About Thurbert Baker

Thurbert Earl Baker was born on December 16,1952 and served as the first African American Attorney General of the US state of Georgia.

Thurbert Baker was appointed to the position in 1997 by Governor Zell Miller and served until January 10,2011.

Thurbert Baker served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1989 to 1997.

Thurbert Baker served as the President of the National Association of Attorneys General from 2006 to 2007.

Thurbert Baker advocated for the abolition of parole for persons convicted of violent crimes, which the Georgia General Assembly did not enact.

When Thurbert Baker refused to drop the appeal, Perdue sued him.

In 2010, Perdue and Thurbert Baker clashed again when Perdue asked Thurbert Baker to sue the federal government over the passage of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Thurbert Baker declined, arguing that he saw no legal basis for the suit, believed it would ultimately fail, and decrying it as "frivolous" and a "waste of taxpayer money".

Thurbert Baker was defeated in the Democratic primary by former governor Roy Barnes.

Thurbert Baker was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in 1952.

Thurbert Baker grew up with Mike Easley, the former Governor of North Carolina and former Attorney General of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, another former Attorney General of North Carolina and current Governor of North Carolina, and Gregory O Griffin, the current Chief Legal Counsel for the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Thurbert Baker moved to Georgia in the 1970s to practice law.

Thurbert Baker is a practicing Baptist and a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.