| Governor | Number | Period | Political party |
|---|
| | Felipe J. Serra | 2nd Term | July 22, 1863 – October 4, 1864 | |
| | Gregorio Méndez Magaña | 32nd | October 4, 1864 – June 6, 1867 | |
| | Felipe J. Serra | 3rd Term | June 6, 1867 – December 31, 1867 | |
| January 1, 1868 – July 19, 1871 |
| | Victorio Victorino Dueñas | 5th Term | July 25, 1871 – July 30, 1871 | |
| | Ignacio Vado Ruz | 33rd | July 31, 1871 – December 31, 1871 | |
| | Victorio Victorino Dueñas | 6th Term | January 1, 1872 – December 1, 1873 | |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 34th | December 1, 1873 – April 1, 1874 | |
| | Victorio Victorino Dueñas | 7th Term | April 1, 1874 – December 31, 1875 | |
| | Santiago Cruces Zentella | 35th | January 1, 1876 – May 8, 1876 | |
| | Pedro Carrillo | 36th | May 8, 1876 – May 17, 1876 | |
| | Jesús Oliver Beristain | 37th | May 17, 1876 – June 8, 1876 | |
| | Pedro Baranda | 38th | June 8, 1876 – December 21, 1876 | |
| | Carlos Borda | 39th | December 21, 1876 – December 24, 1876 | |
| | Juan Ramírez Calzada | 40th | December 24, 1876 – May 31, 1877 | |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 2nd Term | June 1, 1877 – September 30, 1879 | |
| | José Francisco de Lanz y Rolderat | 41st | September 30, 1879 – November 30, 1879 | |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 3rd Term | November 30, 1879 – May 24, 1880 | |
| | Manuel Foucher | 42nd | May 25, 1880 – July 6, 1880 | |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 4th Term | July 7, 1880 – December 31, 1880 | |
| | José Francisco de Lanz y Rolderat | 2nd Term | January 1, 1880 – March 18, 1881 | |
| | Manuel Foucher | 2nd Term | March 18, 1881 – November 2, 1882 | |
| | Wenceslao Briseño Bonilla | 43rd | November 2, 1882 – December 10, 1882 | |
| | Lauro León Vázquez | 44th | December 10, 1882 – December 11, 1882 | |
| | Francisco de Paula Aguilar | 45th | December 11, 1882 – December 25, 1882 | |
| | Eusebio Castillo Zamudio | 46th | December 25, 1882 – January 4, 1883 | |
| | Francisco de Paula Aguilar | 2nd Term | January 4, 1883 – May 15, 1883 | |
| | Manuel Mestre Gorgoll | 47th | May 15, 1883 – September 10, 1883 | |
| | Lauro León Vázquez | 2nd Term | September 10, 1883 – October 1, 1883 | |
| | Manuel Mestre Gorgoll | 2nd Term | October 1, 1883 – February 1, 1884 | |
| | Lauro León Vázquez | 3rd Term | February 2, 1884 – July 24, 1884 | |
| | Manuel Mestre Gorgoll | 3rd Term | July 25, 1884 – December 31, 1884 | |
| | Eusebio Castillo Zamudio | 2nd Term | January 1, 1885 – March 11, 1886 | |
| | Policarpo Valenzuela | 48th | March 12, 1886 – April 5, 1886 | |
| | Eusebio Castillo Zamudio | 3rd Term | April 6, 1886 – March 21, 1887 | |
| | Policarpo Valenzuela | 2nd Term | March 21, 1887 – March 23, 1887 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 49th | March 25, 1887 – September 30, 1887 | Military |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 5th Term | October 1, 1887 – October 10, 1888 | |
| | Calixto Merino Jiménez | 50th | October 10, 1888 – January 1, 1889 | |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 6th Term | January 1, 1889 – March 20, 1890 | |
| | Calixto Merino Jiménez | 2nd Term | March 20, 1890 – June 13, 1890 | |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 7th Term | June 13, 1890 – December 31, 1890 | |
| January 1, 1891 – March 1, 1891 |
| | Calixto Merino Jiménez | 3rd Term | March 1, 1891 – September 11, 1891 | |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 8th Term | September 11, 1891 – August 17, 1892 | |
| | Joaquín Zeferino Kerlegand | 51st | August 17, 1892 – December 1, 1892 | Military |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 9th Term | December 1, 1892 – March 12, 1894 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 2nd Term | March 12, 1894 – August 15, 1894 | Military |
| | Simón Sarlat Nova | 10th Term | August 15, 1894 – December 31, 1894 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 3rd Term | January 1, 1895 – September 20, 1895 | Military |
| | Felipe J. Serra | 4th Term | September 20, 1895 – October 27, 1895 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 4th Term | October 27, 1895 – November 11, 1896 | Military |
| | Felipe J. Serra | 5th Term | November 11, 1896 – January 10, 1897 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 5th Term | January 10, 1897 – November 20, 1897 | Military |
| | Felipe J. Serra | 6th Term | November 20, 1897 – January 12, 1898 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 6th Term | January 12, 1898 – December 31, 1898 | Military |
| January 1, 1899 – November 10, 1899 |
| | Felipe J. Serra | 7th Term | November 10, 1899 – December 29, 1899 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 7th Term | December 29, 1899 – November 3, 1900 | Military |
| | Felipe J. Serra | 8th Term | November 3, 1900 – December 24, 1900 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 8th Term | December 24, 1900 – November 1, 1901 | Military |
| | Manuel Martínez Guido | 52nd | November 1, 1901 – January 2, 1902 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 9th Term | January 2, 1902 – February 27, 1902 | Military |
| | Manuel Martínez Guido | 2nd Term | February 27, 1902 – March 10, 1902 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 10th Term | March 10, 1902 – December 31, 1902 | Military |
| January 1, 1903 – October 23, 1903 |
| | Manuel Martínez Guido | 3rd Term | October 23, 1903 – December 1, 1903 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 11th Term | December 1, 1903 – October 26, 1904 | Military |
| | Manuel Martínez Guido | 4th Term | October 27, 1904 – December 24, 1904 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 12th Term | December 24, 1904 – October 27, 1905 | Military |
| | Manuel Martínez Guido | 5th Term | October 27, 1905 – December 20, 1905 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 13th Term | December 20, 1905 – December 31, 1906 | Military |
| January 1, 1907 – October 17, 1907 |
| | Gonzalo Acuña Pardo | 53rd | October 17, 1907 – November 27, 1907 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 14th Term | November 27, 1907 – February 21, 1910 | Military |
| | Nicandro Melo | 54th | February 21, 1910 – May 9, 1910 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 15th Term | May 9, 1910 – August 27, 1910 | Military |
| | Nicandro Melo | 2nd Term | August 27, 1910 – September 8, 1910 | |
| | Abraham Bandala Patiño | 16th Term | September 8, 1910 – December 31, 1910 | Military |
| | Policarpo Valenzuela | 3rd Term | January 1, 1911 – June 9, 1911 | |
| | Manuel Mestre Ghigliazza | 55th | June 9, 1911 – July 3, 1911 | |
| | Domingo Borrego Moreno | 56th | July 3, 1911 – August 31, 1911 | |
| | Manuel Mestre Ghigliazza | 2nd Term | September 1, 1911 – April 28, 1913 | |
| | Agustín A. Valdez | 57th | April 28, 1913 – August 20, 1913 | Military |
| | Alberto Yarza Gutiérrez | 58th | August 20, 1913 – September 1, 1914 | Military |
| | Luis Felipe Domínguez Suárez | 59th | September 1, 1914 – November 1, 1914 | Military |
| | Carlos Greene Ramírez | 60th | November 1, 1914 – February 2, 1915 | Military |
| | Aquileo Juárez | 61st | February 2, 1915 – August 28, 1915 | Military |
| | Pedro C. Colorado | 62nd | August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1915 (5:00 PM to 1:15 AM) | |
| | José Gil Morales | 63rd | August 29, 1915 – September 5, 1915 | Military |
| | Aquileo Juárez | 2nd Term | September 5, 1915 – September 18, 1915 | Military |
| | Francisco J. Mújica | 64th | September 18, 1915 – January 11, 1916 | Military |
| | Aureliano Colorado | 65th | January 11, 1916 – February 24, 1916 | |
| | Francisco J. Mújica | 2nd Term | February 24, 1916 – September 15, 1916 | Military |
| | Luis Felipe Domínguez Suárez | 2nd Term | September 16, 1916 – May 10, 1917 | Military |
| | Joaquín Ruiz | 66th | May 10, 1917 – July 5, 1918 | |
| | Luis M. Hernández | 67th | July 5, 1918 – November 1, 1918 | Military |
| | Heriberto Jara | 68th | November 1, 1918 – January 6, 1919 | Military |
| | Carlos A. Vidal | 69th | January 6, 1919 – March 9, 1919 | Military |
| | Carlos Greene Ramírez | 2nd Term | March 9, 1919 – August 21, 1919 | Military |
| | Luis Felipe Domínguez Suárez | 3rd Term | March 9, 1919 | Military |
| | Esteban Abreu Domínguez | 70th | March 10, 1919 – September 14, 1919 | |
| | Francisco Castellanos Díaz | 71st | September 14, 1919 – September 27, 1919 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 72nd | August 21, 1919 – December 30, 1919 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Carlos Greene Ramírez | 3rd Term | December 30, 1919 – February 6, 1920 | Military |
| | Juan Ricárdez Broca | 73rd | February 6, 1920 – April 6, 1920 | |
| | Carlos Greene Ramírez | 4th Term | April 6, 1920 – June 10, 1920 | Military |
| | Guillermo Escoffié | 74th | June 11, 1920 – August 1, 1920 | |
| | Carlos Greene Ramírez | 5th Term | August 1, 1920 – October 1920 | Military |
| | Primitivo Aguilar Suárez | 75th | October 28, 1920 – January 11, 1921 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 2nd Term | October 28, 1920 – May 14, 1921 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Manuel Garrido Lacroix | 76th | May 14, 1921 – May 21, 1921 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 3rd Term | May 21, 1921 – July 9, 1921 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Tobías Magaña | 77th | July 9, 1921 – August 8, 1921 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 4th Term | August 9, 1921 – November 6, 1921 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Leonel Magaña | 78th | November 7, 1921 – December 3, 1921 | |
| | Alejandro Lastra Ortiz | 79th | December 4, 1921 – January 3, 1922 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 5th Term | January 4, 1922 – January 31, 1922 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Pedro Casanova Casao | 80th | February 1, 1922 – May 19, 1922 | |
| | Santiago Ruiz Sobredo | 81st | May 20, 1922 – June 6, 1922 | |
| | Miguel Torruco Jiménez | 82nd | June 7, 1922 – July 6, 1922 | |
| | Pedro Casanova Casao | 2nd Term | July 7, 1922 – December 31, 1922 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 6th Term | January 1, 1923 – February 4, 1923 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Manuel Garrido Lacroix | 2nd Term | February 5, 1923 – May 5, 1923 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 7th Term | May 6, 1923 – September 20, 1923 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Alejandro Lastra Ortiz | 2nd Term | September 21, 1923 – December 24, 1923 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 8th Term | December 25, 1923 – January 14, 1924 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Manuel Ferrer Vega | 83rd | January 18, 1924 – January 20, 1924 | Military |
| | Manuel Antonio Romero | 84th | January 21, 1924 – June 7, 1924 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 9th Term | June 8, 1924 – July 5, 1924 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Santiago Ruiz Sobredo | 2nd Term | July 5, 1924 – December 5, 1924 | |
| | Ausencio C. Cruz | 85th | December 6, 1924 – January 2, 1925 | |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 10th Term | January 2, 1925 – April 4, 1926 | Tabasco Radical Socialist Party |
| | Santiago Ruiz Sobredo | 3rd Term | April 4, 1926 – October 28, 1926 | |
| | Augusto Hernández Olivé | 86th | October 29, 1926 – December 31, 1926 | |
| | Ausencio C. Cruz | 2nd Term | January 1, 1927 – April 23, 1928 | |
| | Límbano Correa | 87th | April 24, 1928 – May 2, 1928 | |
| | Tomás Taracena | 88th | May 2, 1928 – May 22, 1928 | |
| | Ausencio C. Cruz | 3rd Term | May 23, 1928 – March 22, 1929 | |
| | Nicanor González | 89th | March 23, 1929 – April 19, 1929 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Lastra Ortiz | 90th | April 19, 1929 – May 5, 1929 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Ausencio C. Cruz | 4th Term | May 5, 1929 – September 13, 1929 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Lastra Ortiz | 2nd Term | September 13, 1929 – December 4, 1929 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Isidro María Diez | 91st | December 4, 1929 – February 27, 1930 | |
| | Ausencio C. Cruz | 5th Term | February 27, 1930 – May 15, 1930 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Lastra Ortiz | 3rd Term | May 15, 1930 – May 20, 1930 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Ausencio C. Cruz | 6th Term | May 27, 1930 – October 12, 1930 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Nicanor González | 92nd | October 13, 1929 – October 27, 1930 | |
| | Ausencio C. Cruz | 7th Term | October 28, 1929 – December 31, 1930 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 10th Term | January 1, 1931 – February 19, 1931 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Francisco Trujillo Gurría | 93rd | February 19, 1931 – February 23, 1931 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 11th Term | February 23, 1931 – June 16, 1931 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Francisco Trujillo Gurría | 2nd Term | June 17, 1931 – June 27, 1931 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Tomás Garrido Canabal | 12th Term | June 27, 1931 – December 31, 1934 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Lastra Ortiz | 4th Term | January 1, 1935 – March 1, 1935 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Graniel González | 94th | March 2, 1935 – April 1, 1935 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Lastra Ortiz | 5th Term | April 2, 1935 – July 18, 1935 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Aureo L. Calles Pardo | 95th | July 19, 1935 – March 31, 1936 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Víctor Fernández Manero | 96th | April 1, 1936 – December 31, 1938 | National Revolutionary Party |
| | Francisco Trujillo Gurría | 3rd Term | January 1, 1939 – December 31, 1942 | Party of the Mexican Revolution |
| | Noé de la Flor Casanova | 97th | January 1, 1943 – December 31, 1946 | Party of the Mexican Revolution |
| | Francisco J. Santamaría | 98th | January 1, 1947 – December 31, 1952 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Bartlett Bautista | 99th | January 1, 1953 – March 22, 1955 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Miguel Orrico de los Llanos | 100th | March 23, 1955 – December 31, 1958 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Carlos Alberto Madrazo Becerra | 101st | January 1, 1959 – December 31, 1964 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel R. Mora | 102nd | January 1, 1965 – December 31, 1970 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Mario Trujillo García | 103rd | January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1976 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Leandro Rovirosa Wade | 104th | January 1, 1977 – December 31, 1982 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Enrique González Pedrero | 105th | January 1, 1983 – December 14, 1987 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | José María Peralta López | 106th | December 14, 1987 – December 31, 1988 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Salvador Neme Castillo | 107th | January 1, 1989 – January 28, 1992 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Gurría Ordóñez | 108th | January 28, 1992 – December 31, 1994 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Roberto Madrazo Pintado | 109th | January 1, 1995 – June 14, 1999 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Víctor Manuel Barceló | 110th | June 14, 1999 – December 7, 1999 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Roberto Madrazo Pintado | 2nd Term | December 8, 1999 – December 31, 2000 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Enrique Priego Oropeza | 111th | January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2001 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Manuel Andrade Díaz | 112th | January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2006 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Andrés Granier Melo | 113th | January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2012 | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| | Arturo Núñez Jiménez | 114th | January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2018 | Party of the Democratic Revolution |
| | Adán Augusto López Hernández | 115th | January 1, 2019 – August 26, 2021 | National Regeneration Movement |
| | Carlos Manuel Merino Campos | 116th | August 26, 2021 – October 1, 2024 | National Regeneration Movement |
| | Javier May Rodríguez | 117th | From October 1, 2024 | National Regeneration Movement |