Van Zandt County has historically been divided into four precincts, with one commissioner being elected from each precinct. The list below does not indicate which precinct each commissioner represented. This information was not available for the earlier commissioners and the precinct boundaries have changed several times. Additions, corrections, complaints and compliments about this page or any other page on this web site should be submitted to Betty Miller and Patsy Vinson.
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| JORDAN, John | 1848-1849 |
| HORSELEY, Thomas | 1848-1849 |
| FISHER, Joseph | 1848-1849 |
| CLARK, Isaac | 1848-1849 |
| BUNDY, James | 1850-1853 |
| WHISENHUNT, Geo | 1853 |
| JAMES, William | 1853 |
| MARRS, John | 1853 |
| PATTERSON, Jno. M. | 1854 |
| COLLINS, J. A. | 1854 |
| SHERLY, Z. T. | 1854-1856 |
| STIRMAN, W. W. | 1854-1856 |
| WILLS, William | 1854-1856 |
| HUBBARD, I. B. | 1854-1856 |
| BENNETT, William P. | 1856-1857 |
| BENTON, P. S. | 1856-1857 |
| AUSTIN, J. L. | 1856-1858 |
| AUSTIN, J. L. | 1856-1857 |
| INMON, John | 1857-1858 |
| DAVIDSON, John W. | 1857-1858 |
| MARTIN, John R. | 1858-1859 |
| BOSEN, Henry | 1859 |
| HASSELL, James M. | 1859 |
| McSPADDEN, Geo. M. | 1859 |
| LOGGINS, C. M. | 1860 |
| BORNE, H. | 1860 |
| McSPADDEN. C. M. | 1860 |
| CARTER, John P. | 1860-1861 |
| FLOWERS, Ben | 1860-1862 |
| CARMICHAEL, Wm. | 1860-1865 |
| WHITE, John N. | 1861-1864 |
| GRAHAM, C. B. | 1861 |
| HUMBLE, Jack | 1862 |
| FALK, C. B. | 1862 |
| WHITE, John N. | 1861-1864 |
| GIBBS, E. W. | 1862-1865 |
| NORMAN, A. | 1863-1864 |
| SWANK, Wesley | 1864-1865 |
| RUSSELL, David | 1864-1865 |
| CARTER, J. P. | 1865-1866 |
| FLOWERS, Ben | 1865-1866 |
| ROSENBAUM, John | 1865-1866 |
| CARTER, William P. | 1865-1869 |
| BURNS, J. M. | 1866-1868 |
| RILEY, A. W. | 1866 |
| VINSON, R. M. | 1866 |
| SIMPSON, R. H. | 1866 |
| GIBBS, E. W. | 1867 |
| COX, Marion A. | 1867-1870 |
| SIMPSON, R. H. | 1868-1869 |
| FLOWERS, Bennett F. | 1869-1870 |
| DEEN, I. R. | 1871-1873 |
| DARBY, J. G. | 1871-1873 |
| MURPHEY, S. W. | 1872-1875 |
| WRIGHT, J. C. | 1874-1875 |
| McKINSEY, R. C. | 1874-1875 |
| BARFIELD, A. M. | 1872-1875 |
| HUFFER, J. N. | 1874-1875 |
| THURSTON, R. C. | 1875-1876 |
| GOODWIN, G. W. | 1876-1884; 1886-1887 |
| HARPER, A. J. | 1876-1878 |
| HAYNES, W. L. | 1876-1878; 1882-1884 |
| ATWOOD, A. C. | 1876-1878 |
| HALL, E. A. | 1879-1880 |
| DAVIDSON, L. | 1879-1880 |
| CARTER, W. P. | 1879-1880 |
| KUYKENDALL, E. R. | 1881 |
| WOLVERTON, T. B. | 1881 |
| JONES. R. S. | 1881-1884 |
| GREEN, James | 1881 |
| BAILEY, J. A. | 1882-1884 |
| BURNS, M. V. | 1885-1886 |
| FUGATE, William | 1885-1886 |
| ELLIS, M. W. | 1885-1888 |
| STANGER, J. J. | 1885-1888; 1891-1892 |
| MULLINS, H. W. | 1878-1890 |
| FOSTER, T. J. | 1888 |
| DOWNING, E. B. | 1889-1890 |
| HARDEN, Ben | 1889-1890 |
| STEWART, J. C. | 1889-1890 |
| RODDY, S. G. | 1891-1894 |
| ELLIS, M. W. | 1891-1892 |
| CHANCEY, David | 1891-1892 |
| CARMACK, H. H. | 1893-1894 |
| WEST, J. A. | 1893-1894 |
| HATTON, J. T. | 1893-1894 |
| FISHER, W. J. | 1895-1896 |
| MORRIS, J. P. | 1895-1896 |
| SIMMS, J. M. | 1895-1896 |
| HOLLIFIELD, W. L. | 1895-1896 |
| BARFIELD, J. F. | 1897-1898 |
| ELLIS, M. W. | 1897-1898 |
| STEWART, J. C. | 1897-1898 |
| ANDERS, L. J. | 1897-1898; 1901-1902 |
| COLE, JR., N. D. | 1899-1900 |
| BYRD, W. C. | 1899-1900 |
| TAPLEY, T. L. | 1899-1900 |
| HERRIN, R. S. | 1899-1900 |
| SANDLIN, J. R. | 1901-1902 |
| TUNNELL, C. W. | 1901-1904 |
| WOOD, J. W. | 1903-1904 |
| DORSEY, D. J. | 1903-1904 |
| MARTIN, R. L. | 1905-1910 |
| WILSON, J. H. | 1905 |
| WOODS, W. F. | 1905-1908 |
| WALSH, BERT | 1906-1912 |
| McDONALD, J. W. | 1906-1910 |
| ELLIS, Mont | 1909-1910 |
| FLOWERS, J. H. | 1911-1912 |
| COATES, Nathan *see photo | 1911-1912 |
| WILSON, N. V. | 1911 |
| STEWART, J. C. | 1912-1913 |
| DYER, J. W. | 1913-1918 |
| MARTIN, F. H. | 1913-1919 |
| BYRD, W. H. | 1913-1916 |
| SIDES, A. E. | 1914-1918 |
| McDONALD, J. W. | 1917-1918; 1921-1922 |
| ASHWORTH, C. W. | 1919 |
| MILLS, Ed H. | 1919 |
| JOHNSON, G. R. | 1919-1920 |
| HENDLEY, W. J. | 1920-1922 |
| DYER, J. W. | 1920 |
| BYRD, W. H. | 1920 |
| WAGES, J. H. | 1921-1924 |
| MURPHY, R. W. | 1921-1924 |
| PARKER, C. C. | 1923-1926 |
| DENTON, T. D. | 1923-1930 |
| GIBBS, J. C. | 1925-1935 |
| WILLIAMS, W. A. | 1925-1932 |
| WILEMON, W. B. | 1927-1934 |
| RUCKER, J. H. | 1931-1934 |
| WATTS, Fred | 1933-1935 |
| TUNNELL, Homer | 1935-1938 |
| GREEN, F. B. | 1935-1938 |
| SMITH, E. E. | 1935-1936 |
| CHAMBLEE, J. M. | 1937-1940; 1945-1946 |
| STRINGER, Geo. W. | 1937-1942 |
| MELTON, Perry | 1939-1942 |
| BLASINGAME, Martin | 1939-1942 |
| PRIEST, J. Lee | 1941-1942 |
| AYERS, D. J. | 1943-1944 |
| McPHAIL, Levy | 1943-1946 |
| BASS, W. A. | 1943-1946 |
| KNIGHT, Curtis | 1947-1958 |
| GWINN, Eddy | 1947-1958 |
| THOMPSON, Forest | 1947-1949 |
| SCOTT, Russell | 1947-1949 |
| BROWN, Buster | 1947-1949 |
| FISHER, Bill | 1949-1972 |
| SLOAN, Herbert | 1973-1979 |
| HERRON, A. L. "Bud" | 1980-1992 |
| HAZEL, O. D. | 1993-2001 |
| WALTERS, L. W. "Lertis" | 1959-1966 |
| WYCOUGH, E. E. | 1967-1982 |
| FREEMAN, BILL | 1983-1986 |
| WARREN, JR., W. A. "Jr" | 1987-1994 |
| HILLIARD, Carey | 1995-1998 |
| DURGIN, John | 1999-Present |
| GILBERT, M. W. | 1953-1954 |
| HOLLAND, Raymond | 1955-1968 |
| FLOWERS, Bill | 1969-1976 |
| WILEMON, Bruce | 1977-1988 |
| HOLLAND, Charles | 1989-1992 |
| MORRIS, Leonard | 1993-1997 (died in office) |
| MITCHELL, Bob | 1997-11/1998 (appointed/ran/not elected) |
| WILSON, Jimmy Don | 11/1998-Present (elected) |
| AMMONS, Merlon | 1953-1958 |
| STRICKLIN, Jodie | 1959-1974 |
| GRACE, J. R. | 1975-1978 |
| SMITH, Carbon C. "Cob" | 1979-1986 |
| ANDREWS, Ebb J. | 1987-1990 |
| VEASEY, John | 1991-11/1993 (died in office) |
| VEASEY, Billie | 11/1993-1994 (wife appointed) |
| HUTCHINS, Loy Dean | 1995-1998 |
| WISE, Jim | 1999- 2003 |
| Ricky LaPrade | 2001 - Present |
| Ron Carroll | 2003 - Present |
| David Risner | 2003 - 2005 |
| Virgil Melton | 2005 - Present |
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Finley Vinson