_Territorial._
Robert Lucas Democrat 1838-1841
John Chambers Whig 1841-1845
James Clark Democrat 1845-1846
_State._
Ansel Briggs Democrat 1846-1850
Stephen Hempstead " 1850-1854
James Wilson Grimes Whig and Free-Soil
Democrat 1854-1858
Ralph P. Lowe Republican 1858-1860
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood " 1860-1864
William Milo Stone " 1864-1868
Samuel Merrill " 1868-1872
Cyrus Clay Carpenter " 1872-1876
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood " 1876-1877
Joshua Giddings Newbold[1] " 1877-1878
John Henry Gear " 1878-1882
Buren Robinson Sherman " 1882-1886
William Larrabee " 1886-1890
Horace Boies Democrat 1890-1894
Frank Darr Jackson Republican 1894-1896
Francis Marion Drake " 1896-1898
Leslie Mortier Shaw " 1898-1902
Albert Baird Cummins " 1902-1909
B. F. Carroll " 1909-
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