| # | NAME | YEARS SERVED | PARTY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stevens T. Mason | 1835-1840 | D |
| 2 | William Woodbridge * | 1840-1841 | W |
| 3 | James Wright Gordon | 1841 | W |
| 4 | John S. Barry | 1842-1846 | D |
| 5 | Alpheus Felch ** | 1846-1847 | D |
| 6 | William L. Greenly | 1847 | D |
| 7 | Epaphroditus Ransom | 1848-1850 | D |
| 8 | John S. Barry | 1850-1851 | D |
| 9 | Robert McClelland | 1852-1853 | D |
| 10 | Andrew Parsons | 1853-1854 | D |
| 11 | Kinsley S. Bingham | 1855-1858 | R |
| 12 | Moses Wisner | 1859-1860 | R |
| 13 | Austin Blair | 1861-1864 | R |
| 14 | Henry H. Crapo | 1865-1868 | R |
| 15 | Henry P. Baldwin | 1869-1872 | R |
| 16 | John J. Bagley | 1873-1876 | R |
| 17 | Charles M. Croswell | 1877-1880 | R |
| 18 | David H. Jerome | 1881-1882 | R |
| 19 | Josiah W. Begole | 1883-1884 | D (Fusionist) |
| 20 | Russell A. Alger | 1885-1886 | R |
| 21 | Cyrus G. Luce | 1887-1890 | R |
| 22 | Edwin B. Winans | 1891-1892 | D |
| 23 | John T. Rich | 1893-1896 | R |
| 24 | Hazen S. Pingree | 1897-1900 | R |
| 25 | Aaron T. Bliss | 1901-1904 | R |
| 26 | Fred M. Warner | 1905-1910 | R |
| 27 | Chase S. Osborn | 1911-1912 | R |
| 28 | Woodbridge N. Ferris | 1913-1916 | D |
| 29 | Albert E. Sleeper | 1917-1920 | R |
| 30 | Alexander J. Groesbeck | 1921-1926 | R |
| 31 | Fred W. Green | 1927-1930 | R |
| 32 | Wilber M. Brucker | 1931-1932 | R |
| 33 | William A. Comstock | 1933-1934 | D |
| 34 | Frank D. Fitzgerald | 1935-1936 | R |
| 35 | Frank Murphy | 1937-1938 | D |
| 36 | Frank D. Fitzgerald *** | 1939 | R |
| 37 | Luren D. Dickinson | 1939-1940 | R |
| 38 | Murray D. Van Wagoner | 1941-1942 | D |
| 39 | Harry F. Kelly | 1943-1946 | R |
| 40 | Kim Sigler | 1947-1948 | R |
| 41 | G. Mennen Williams | 1949-1960 | D |
| 42 | John B. Swainson | 1961-1962 | D |
| 43 | George Romney | 1963-1969 | R |
| 44 | William G. Milliken | 1969-1982 | R |
| 45 | James J. Blanchard | 1983-1990 | D |
| 46 | John M. Engler | 1991-2002 | R |
| 47 | Jennifer M. Granholm | 2003-2010 | D |
| 48 | Rick Snyder | 2011-2018 | R |
| 49 | Gretchen Whitmer | 2019- | D |
- D = Democrat
- R = Republican
- W = Whig
- * Resigned February 24, 1841, to become a U.S. senator
- ** Resigned March 3, 1847, to become a U.S. senator
- *** Died in office, March 16, 1939