Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 20):
1851-1853 Seth W. Warfield
1853-1855 Edward A. Talbott
1855-1857 Joshua McCauley
1857-1859 John Orem
1859-1861 Thomas Burgess (D)
1861-1863 J. P. Ijams
Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 49):
1864-1867 David E. Hopkins
Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44):
1867 Edward McCauley
1867-1869 William A. Webb
1869-1871 Claudius Stewart
1871-1873 John S. Tracey
1873-1875 Walter Dorsey (R)
1875-1877 G. Washington Carr
1877-1879 Joseph Hunt
1879-1881 Joseph McCauley
1881-1883
1883-1885 Nicholas T. Hutchins
1885-1887 Frank Shipley
1887-1889 George D. Day
1889-1891 Stephen R. Hobbs
1891-1893 William G. Owings
1893-1895 Gilbert E. Flower
1895-1896 Greenbury Johnson, Jr. (died July 2, 1896)
1896-1897 Frank Oldfield
1897-1899 Charles D. Pickett
1899-1901 Lewis E. Phelps
1901-1903 James L. Hobbs (D)
1903-1905 John F. Kyne
1905-1907 Joseph Hunt
1907-1909 George W. Howard (D)
1909-1911 James L. Hobbs (D)
1911-1913 Sandy T. Mullinix (D)
1913-1915 John V. Long
1915-1917 James L. Hobbs (D)
1917-1921 James H. Hudson
1921-1923 Arthur A. Brosenne
1923-1926 Philip S. Brown
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 John H. Hardy
1930-1934 George D. Day, Jr.
1934-1938 J. Frank Curtis
1938-1942 C. Dorsey Hobbs (D)
1942-1946 L. Edwin Carr (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):
1946-1950 Frederick C. Kramer (R)
1950-1958 W. Harvey Hill
1958-1970 Norman O. Howard
1970-1974 Charles C. Senseney
1974-1982 John J. Votta
1982-1986 Virginia L. Donnelly
1986-1990 Herbert Stonesifer
1990-1998 Michael A. Chiuchiolo (D)
1998-2006 Charles M. Cave (D)
2006-2016 James F. Fitzgerald (D)
2016-2018 William J. McMahon (R)
2018- Marcus Harris (D)
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