Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 18):
1851-1863 Benjamin E. Gantt
1863-1865 Richard Duvall
Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 46):
1865-1867 Richard Duvall
Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 41):
1867-1868 Mareen M. Duvall (died Sept. 3, 1868)
1868-1869 Thomas K. Carey
1869-1875 William Bryan
1875-1881 William T. Revell
1881-1887 John William Brashears (D)
1887-1893 Wilbur F. Petherbridge
1893-1899 Richard Baldwin
1899-1905 Luther A. Palmer (R)
1905-1910 Benjamin R. Davidson (D) (died May 1, 1910)
1910-1926 Oden B. Duckett (D)
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 Oden B. Duckett (D)
1930-1934 George T. Cromwell (D)
1934-1936 W. Meade Holladay (D)
1936-1938 Lucy S. Holladay
1938-1954 R. Glenn Prout (D)
1954-1956 H. Stanley Clark (D)
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 41, amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956):
1956-1958 H. Stanley Clark (D)
1958-1978 George M. Nutwell, Sr. (D)
1978-1985 Nan Edith Hatch
1985-1986 Hazel I. Moreland (D)
1986-2006 George M. Nutwell, Jr. (R)
2006- Lauren M. Parker (R)
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