| No. | Image | Officer | State or territory | Tenure | Congress |
| 1 | | James Mathers | New York | April 7, 1789 – September 2, 1811 | 1st – 12th |
| 2 | | Mountjoy Bayly | Maryland | November 6, 1811 – December 9, 1833 | 12th – 23rd |
| 3 | | John Shackford | New Hampshire | December 9, 1833 – August 16, 1837 | 23rd – 25th |
| 4 | | Stephen Haight | New York | September 4, 1837 – January 12, 1841 | 25th – 26th |
| 5 | | Edward Dyer | Maryland | March 8, 1841 – September 16, 1845 | 27th – 29th |
| 6 | | Robert Beale | Virginia | December 9, 1845 – March 17, 1853 | 29th – 33rd |
| 7 | | Dunning R. McNair | Pennsylvania | March 17, 1853 – July 6, 1861 | 33rd – 37th |
| 8 | | mw- } }George T. Brown | Illinois | July 6, 1861 – March 22, 1869 | 37th – 41st |
| 9 | | John R. French | New Hampshire | March 22, 1869 – March 24, 1879 | 41st – 46th |
| 10 | | Richard J. Bright | Indiana | March 24, 1879 – December 18, 1883 | 46th – 48th |
| 11 | | William P. Canaday | North Carolina | December 18, 1883 – June 30, 1890 | 48th – 51st |
| 12 | | Edward K. Valentine | Nebraska | June 30, 1890 – August 7, 1893 | 51st – 53rd |
| 13 | | Richard J. Bright | Indiana | August 8, 1893 – February 1, 1900 | 53rd – 56th |
| 14 | | Daniel M. Ransdell | Indiana | February 1, 1900 – August 26, 1912 | 56th – 62nd |
| 15 | | E. Livingston Cornelius | Maryland | December 10, 1912 – March 4, 1913 | 62nd |
| 16 | | Charles P. Higgins | Missouri | March 13, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | 63rd – 65th |
| 17 | | David S. Barry | Rhode Island | May 19, 1919 – February 7, 1933 | 66th – 72nd |
| 18 | | Chesley W. Jurney | Texas | March 9, 1933 – January 31, 1943 | 73rd – 78th |
| 19 | | Wall Doxey | Mississippi | February 1, 1943 – January 3, 1947 | 78th – 79th |
| 20 | | Edward F. McGinnis | Illinois | January 4, 1947 – January 2, 1949 | 80th |
| 21 | | Joseph C. Duke | Arizona | January 3, 1949 – January 2, 1953 | 81st – 82nd |
| 22 | | Forest A. Harness | Indiana | January 3, 1953 – January 4, 1955 | 83rd – 84th |
| 23 | | Joseph C. Duke | Arizona | January 5, 1955 – December 30, 1965 | 84th – 89th |
| 24 | | Robert G. Dunphy | Rhode Island | January 14, 1966 – June 30, 1972 | 89th – 92nd |
| 25 | | William H. Wannall | Maryland | July 1, 1972 – December 17, 1975 | 92nd – 94th |
| 26 | | Frank "Nordy" Hoffman | Indiana | December 18, 1975 – January 4, 1981 | 94th – 97th |
| 27 | | Howard Liebengood | Virginia | January 5, 1981 – September 12, 1983 | 97th – 98th |
| 28 | | Larry E. Smith | Virginia | September 13, 1983 – June 2, 1985 | 98th – 99th |
| 29 | | Ernest E. Garcia | Kansas | June 3, 1985 – January 5, 1987 | 99th – 100th |
| 30 | | Henry K. Giugni | Hawaii | January 6, 1987 – December 31, 1990 | 100th – 101st |
| 31 | | Martha S. Pope | Connecticut | January 3, 1991 – April 14, 1994 | 102nd – 103rd |
| 32 | | Robert Laurent Benoit | Maine | April 15, 1994 – January 3, 1995 | 103rd |
| 33 | | Howard O. Greene Jr. | Delaware | January 4, 1995 – September 6, 1996 | 104th |
| 34 | | Gregory S. Casey | Idaho | September 6, 1996 – November 9, 1998 | 104th – 105th |
| 35 | | James W. Ziglar | Mississippi | November 9, 1998 – August 2, 2001 | 105th – 107th |
| 36 | | Alfonso E. Lenhardt | New York | September 4, 2001 – March 16, 2003 | 107th – 108th |
| 37 | | William H. Pickle | Colorado | March 17, 2003 – January 4, 2007 | 108th – 110th |
| 38 | | Terrance W. Gainer | Illinois | January 4, 2007 – May 2, 2014 | 110th – 113th |
| 39 | | Andrew B. Willison | Ohio | May 5, 2014 – January 6, 2015 | 113th – 114th |
| 40 | | Frank J. Larkin | Maryland | January 6, 2015 – April 16, 2018 | 114th – 115th |
| 41 | | Michael C. Stenger | New Jersey | April 16, 2018 – January 7, 2021 | 115th – 117th |
| – | | Jennifer Hemingway (acting) | Washington D.C. | January 7, 2021 - March 22, 2021 | 117th |
| 42 | | Karen Gibson | Montana | March 22, 2021 – January 3, 2025 | 117th – 118th |
| 43 | | Jennifer Hemingway | Washington D.C. | January 3, 2025 – present | 119th - Present |