| George Read, II | 1789 -1816 |
| George Read, III | 1816 - 1837 |
| James Asheton Bayard | 1837 - 1843 |
| William Horsey Rogers | 1843 - 1849 |
| Perry Sheward Johnson | 1849 - 1853 |
| Thomas Francis Bayard | 1853 - 1855 |
| Daniel Moore Bates | 1855 - 1861 |
| Edward Green Bradford | 1861 - 1866 |
| John Lockwood Pratt | 1866 - 1869 |
| Anthony Higgins | 1869 - 1876 |
| William Corbit Spruance | 1876 - 1880 |
| John Cunningham Patterson | 1880 - 1888 |
| Alexander Bradshaw Cooper | 1888 - 1891 |
| Beniah Watson | 1891 - 1894 |
| Lewis Cass Vandergrift | 1894 - 1899 |
| William Michael Byrne | 1899 - 1903 |
| John P. Nields | 1903 - 1916 |
| Charles F. Curley | 1916 - 1920 |
| James H. Hughes, Jr. | 1920 - 1924 |
| David J. Reinhardt | 1924 - 1927 |
| Leonard E. Wales | 1927 - 1935 |
| John J. Morris, Jr. | 1935 - 1939; 1944 - 1948 |
| Charles Stewart Lynch | 1939 - 1944 |
| William Marvel | 1948 - 1953 |
| Leonard G. Hagner | 1953 - 1961 |
| Alexander Greenfeld | 1961 - 1969 |
| F. L. Peter Stone | 1969 - 1973 |
| Ralph F. Keil | 1973 - 1975 |
| W. Laird Stabler, Jr. | 1975 - 1977 |
| James W. Gavin, Jr. | 1977 - 1981 |
| Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. | 1981 - 1985 |
| William C. Carpenter, Jr. | 1985 - 1993 |
| Gregory M. Sleet | 1993 - 1998 |
| Carl Schnee | 1999 - 2001 |
| Colm F. Connolly | 2001 - Present |