| | Name Elected Term began Term ended |
| | Henry A. Atkins appointed December 2, 1869\nelected July 11, 1870 1869 1871 |
| | John T. Jordan elected July 10, 1871 1871 1872 |
| | Corliss P. Stone elected July 8, 1872\nabandoned office: left for San Francisco February 23, 1873 after allegedly embezzling $15,000 1872 1873 |
| | John T. Jordan appointed 1873 1873 |
| | Moses R. Maddocks Elected 1873 1873 |
| | John Collins elected July 14, 1873 1873 1874 |
| | Henry Yesler elected July 13, 1874 1874 1875 |
| | Bailey Gatzert elected August 2, 1875 1875 1876 |
| | Gideon A. Weed elected July 10, 1876\nand July 9, 1877 1876 1878 |
| | Beriah Brown elected July 8, 1878 1878 1879 |
| | Orange Jacobs elected July 14, 1879 1879 1880 |
| | Leonard Purley Smith elected July 12, 1880\nand July 11, 1881 1880 1882 |
| | Henry G. Struve elected July 10, 1882\nand July 9, 1883 1882 1884 |
| | John Leary elected July 14, 1884 1884 1885 |
| | Henry Yesler elected July 13, 1885 1885 1886 |
| | William H. Shoudy elected July 12, 1886 1886 1887 |
| | Dr. Thomas T. Minor elected July 11, 1887 1887 1888 |
| | Robert Moran elected July 9, 1888\nand July 8, 1889 1888 1890 |
| | Harry White elected July 14, 1890\nresigned under pressure November 30, 1891. 1890 1891 |
| | George W. Hall appointed December 9, 1891 1891 1892 |
| | James T. Ronald elected March 8, 1892 1892 1894 |
| | Byron Phelps elected March 12, 1894 1894 1896 |
| | Frank D. Black elected March 9, 1896\nresigned after three weeks in office 1896 1896 |
| | W. D. Wood appointed April 6, 1896\nresigned July 1897 1896 1897 |
| | Thomas J. Humes appointed November 19, 1897\nand elected March 13, 1900 1897 1904 |
| | Richard A. Ballinger elected March 8, 1904 1904 1906 |
| | William Hickman Moore elected March 6, 1906 1906 1908 |
| | John F. Miller elected March 3, 1908 1908 1910 |
| | Hiram C. Gill elected March 8, 1910\nrecalled February 9, 1911 1910 1911 |
| | George W. Dilling appointed February 10, 1911[citation needed] 1912 |
| | George F. Cotterill elected March 5, 1912 1912 1914 |
| | Hiram C. Gill elected March 3, 1914 1914 1918 |
| | Ole Hanson elected March 5, 1918\nresigned August 28, 1919 after several months out of town 1918 1919 |
| | C. B. Fitzgerald appointed August 28, 1919 1919 1920 |
| | Hugh M. Caldwell elected March 2, 1920 1920 1922 |
| | Edwin J. Brown elected May 2, 1922\nand March 4, 1924 1922 1926 |
| | Bertha Knight Landes elected March 9, 1926 1926 1928 |
| | Frank E. Edwards elected March 6, 1928\nand March 4, 1930\nrecalled July 13, 1931 1928 1931 |
| | Robert H. Harlin appointed July 14, 1931 1931 1932 |
| | John F. Dore elected March 8, 1932 1932 1934 |
| | Charles L. Smith elected March 6, 1934 1934 1936 |
| | John F. Dore elected March 3, 1936\nbecame gravely ill and was relieved of office April 13, 1938, already a lame duck after the 1938 election. He died five days later. 1936 1938 |
| | Arthur B. Langlie elected March 8, 1938\nappointed to take office early, April 27, 1938, after Dore's death.\nelected March 5, 1940\nresigned January 11, 1941, to become Governor of Washington 1938 1941 |
| | John E. Carroll appointed January 27, 1941 1941 1941 |
| | Earl Millikin elected March 4, 1941 1941 1942 |
| | William F. Devin elected March 3, 1942, March 7, 1944, March 5, 1946, and March 2, 1948 1942 1952 |
| | Allan Pomeroy elected March 4, 1952 1952 1956 |
| | Gordon S. Clinton elected March 6, 1956\nand March 8, 1960 1956 1964 |
| | James d'Orma Braman elected March 10, 1964\nresigned March 23, 1969, to accept an appointment as an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transportation in the Nixon administration. 1964 1969 |
| | Floyd C. Miller appointed March 23, 1969 1969 1969 |
| | Wesley C. Uhlman elected November 4, 1969\nand November 6, 1973\nsurvived recall attempt on July 1, 1975 December 1, 1969 January 1, 1978 |
| | Charles Royer elected November 8, 1977, November 3, 1981, and November 5, 1985 January 1, 1978 January 1, 1990 |
| | Norman B. Rice elected November 7, 1989 January 1, 1990 January 1, 1998 |
| | Paul Schell elected November 4, 1997 January 1, 1998 January 1, 2002 |
| | Gregory J. Nickels elected November 6, 2001\nand November 8, 2005 January 1, 2002 January 1, 2010 |
| | Michael McGinn elected November 3, 2009 January 1, 2010 January 1, 2014 |
| | Ed Murray elected November 5, 2013 January 1, 2014 present |
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