1720 Abraham Downs
1720-1721 Thomas Trueman Greenfield
1724-1726 Richard Hopewell
1727-1729 John Baker
1729-1732 George Clarke
1732 John Hicks
1735-1738 Richard Hopewell
1738-1741 John Cartwright
1741-1744 William Cartwright
1744-1745 Philip Key
1745-1748 Gilbert Ireland
1748-1751 Robert Chesley
1751-1754 Meverell Locke
1754-1755 Philip Barton Key
1755-1758 Meverell Locke
1758-1761 John Eden
1761-1764 Normand Bruce
1764-1767 Jeremiah Jordan
1767-1770 Robert Watts
1770-1773 Jenifer Taylor
1773-1776 Hugh Hopewell
Elected by Voters to 3-year terms (Constitution of 1776, sec. 42):
1777-1778 James Mills (resigned)
1778-1782 Zachariah Forrest
1782-1785 Samuel Abell, Jr.
1785-1788 John Cartwright
1788-1791 Philip Ford
1791-1794 Francis Hammersley
1794-1797 Samuel Abell, Jr.
1797-1800 Zachariah Forrest (F)
1800-1803 Francis Millard (F)
1803-1806 James Cooke (F)
1806-1809 John McWilliams
1809-1812 Joseph Gough
1812-1815 Enoch Combs (F)
1815-1818 John Cole (F)
1818-1821 William T. Maddox (F)
1821-1824 James Hayden (F)
1824-1827 William Williams
1827-1830 Thomas W. Morgan
1830-1833 Benjamin G. Cole
1833-1836 George H. Morgan
1836-1839 Thomas W. Morgan
1839-1842 George W. Morgan
1842-1845 Stephen H. Gough
1845-1848 John Greenwell
1848-1851 John B. Haydin
Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 20):
1851-1853 James Johnson
1853-1855 Clark J. Durant
1855-1857 Madrid P. Blakistone
1857-1859 Thomas L. Davis
1859-1861 J. Thompson Yates (D)
1861-1863 Thomas L. Davis
1863-1865 Philip H. Dorsey
Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 49):
1865-1867 Francis M. Goddard
Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44):
1867-1869 Richard A. Clarke
1869-1871 James R. Alvey
1871-1873 Bennet R. Abel
1873-1875 Benjamin G. Foxwell (R)
1875-1877 Bennet R. Abel
1877-1879 John F. Smith
1879-1881 William Frank Ford (R)
1881-1883 William J. Wathen
1883-1885 John F. Fenwick
1885-1887 John Philip Greenwell
1887-1889 John F. Ching
1889-1891 Leo M. Wathen
1891 Francis X. Thompson (D) (resigned 1891)
1891-1893 Samuel Chapman Thompson
1893-1895 Leo M. Wathen
1895-1897 J. Oscar Jones
1897-1899 Benedict B. Love
1899-1901 William T. Bailey
1901-1903 Francis X. Thompson (D)
1903-1905 J. Wesley Freeman
1905-1907 Oscar G. Wathen
1907-1909 Henry C. Dent (D)
1909-1911 J. Bernard Love (D)
1911-1913 Henry C. Dent (D)
1913-1915 John B. Love
1915-1917 Daniel T. Bowles
1917-1919 John B. Love
1919-1921 Daniel J. Bowles
1921-1923 William E. Clarke (D)
1923-1926 J. Gerald Abell
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII; added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1930 William E. Clarke (D)
1930-1934 Richard T. Hammett
1934-1938 J. Bernard Love
1938-1943 William E. Clarke (D)
1943-1946 Howard V. Hammett (D)
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44, amended by Chapter 786, Acts of 1945, ratified Nov. 5, 1946):
1946-1954 Willard B. Long
1954-1966 Robert Miedinski (D)
1966-1970 Benjamin H. Burroughs, Jr.
1970-1974 Lawrence Williams
1974-1976 George F. Sanger (died Sept. 10, 1976)
1976 Eugene Pellilo (acting)
1977-1982 Joseph Lee Somerville
1982-1994 Wayne L. Pettit (D)
1994-2002 Richard J. Voorhaar (R)
2002-2006 David D. Zylak (D)
2006-2022 Timothy K. Cameron (R)
2022- Steven A. Hall (R)
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