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1822-1824 Hervey Bates
1825-1828 Alexander Rupell
1829-1832 Jacob Sands
1833-1836 Israel Phillips
1837-1840 Corson Vickers
1841-1842 John B. Furgason
1843-1844 Banner Lawhead
1845-1848 Alexander Russell
1849-1952 Charles Campbell
1853-1854 Issac Hunter
1855-1858 John Foudray
1859-1859 William Wallace
1859-1860 John F. Gulick
1861-1862 William Wallace
1863-1866 William Robinson
1867-1870 George W. Parker
1871-1874 Nicholas Ruckle
1875-1876 Albert Reissner
1877-1880 John Tressley
1881-1882 Henry C. Adams
1883-1884 James W. Hess
1885-1886 George H. Carter
1887-1890 Issac King
1891-1892 Henry Langenberg
1893-1894 Robert F. Emmett
1895-1896 Albert A. Womack
1897-1898 Thomas P. Shafelton
1899-1900 Cyrus J. Clark
1901-1902 Eugene Sanley
1903-1904 Robert Metzer
1905-1906 Edward Sourbier
1907-1908 Joseph F. Clay
1909-1912 Jacob Woessner
1913-1914 Theodore Porttens
1915-1916 C.O. Dodson
1917-1918 George Coffin
1919-1920 Robert Miller
1921-1924 George Snider
1925-1928 Omer W. Hawkins
1929-1930 George Winkler
1931-1934 Charles L. Sumner
1935-1938 Otto Ray
1939-1942 Al Feeney
1943-1946 Otto Petit
1947-1948 Albert Magenheimer
1949-1950 James Cunningham
1951-1954 Dan W. Smith
1955-1962 Robert A. O'Neal
1962-1963 Robert F. Elliott
1963-1963 James O. Hiner
1963-1966 Robert H. Fields
1967-1974 Lee R.Eads
1975-1977 Lawrence F. Broderick
1977-1978 Donald E. Gilman
1979-1986 James L. Wells
1987-1994 Joseph G. McAtee
1995-2002 Jack L. Cottey
2003-
2010
Frank J. Anderson
2011- John R. Layton