| Bill Anoatubby |
1987-present |
| Overton James |
1971-1987 |
| Overton James (appointed) |
1963-1971 |
| Hugh Maytubby (appointed) |
1963 |
| Floyd E. Maytubby (appointed) |
1939-1963 |
| Douglas H. Johnston (appointed) |
1906-1939 |
| Peter Maytubby |
1906 |
| Douglas H. Johnston |
1904-1906 |
| Palmer S. Mosley |
1902-1904 |
| Douglas H. Johnston |
1898-1902 |
| Robert M. Harris |
1896-1898 |
| Palmer S. Mosley |
1894-1896 |
| T. A. McClure (acting) |
1894 |
| Jonas Wolf |
1892-1894 |
| William L. Byrd |
1888-1892 |
| William M. Guy |
1886-1888 |
| Jonas Wolf |
1884-1886 |
| Hickeyubbee (acting) |
1881 |
| B. F. Overton |
1880-1884 |
| B. C. Burney |
1878-1880 |
| B. F. Overton |
1874-1878 |
| Cyrus Harris |
1872-1874 |
| Jackson Kemp (acting) |
1866 |
| Horace Pratt (acting) |
1864 |
| Dougherty Colbert |
1862-1866 |
| Cyrus Harris |
1860-1862 |
| Daughtery Winchester Colbert |
1858-1860 |
| Cyrus Harris |
1856-1858 |
For more information about the governors, see the Journal of Chickasaw History, Volume 7, Numbers 3 and 4 and also check the current exhibit of governors at the Chickasaw Council House Museum.