# Regents of the University of Michigan

The Regents of the University of Michigan, sometimes referred to as the Board of Regents, is a constitutional office of the U.S. state of Michigan which forms the governing body of the University of Michigan, University of Michigan–Flint, and University of Michigan–Dearborn.
The Board of Regents was first created by legislative act in 1837, and the regents as a body corporate have been defined in the Constitution of Michigan since 1850. There are eight regents, two of whom are elected to an eight-year term by statewide ballot every two years, plus the president of the University of Michigan, who serves ex officio but does not vote.
The board of regents is one of three elected university governing boards defined by the constitution of Michigan; the Michigan State University board of trustees and the Wayne State University board of governors are also elected in a similar manner. Michigan is one of four states with public university governing boards elected directly by the people (along with Colorado, Nebraska, and Nevada). In contrast, the state universities and the consolidated or coordinating boards in other states are controlled by governors and legislatures.

## Current board

The current board of regents consists of eight regents, two of whom are elected on a partisan statewide ballot every two years to an eight-year term, plus the president of the University of Michigan as an ex officio member. The regents (excepting the president) serve without compensation, and meet once a month in public session.
As of December 2023, the board consists of six Democrats and two Republicans as well as the university president ex officio:
| Name | City | First Elected | Party |
| Santa Ono | ex officio | 2022 | President of the University |
| Jordan Acker | Huntington Woods | 2018 | Democrat |
| Michael J. Behm | Grand Blanc | 2014 | Democrat |
| Mark Bernstein | Ann Arbor | 2012 | Democrat |
| Paul W. Brown | Ann Arbor | 2018 | Democrat |
| Sarah Hubbard | Lansing | 2020 | Republican |
| Denise Ilitch | Bingham Farms | 2008 | Democrat |
| Ronald Weiser | Ann Arbor | 2016 | Republican |
| Katherine White | Ann Arbor | 1998 | Democrat |

## History

The board of regents was created by the Organic Act of March 18, 1837, that established the modern University of Michigan. The terms of the regents and their method of selection have undergone several changes since 1837, but the board has served as a continuous body since then. Although the board of regents was formed as a new legal entity in 1837, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in 1856 that it was legally continuous with the board of trustees of the University of Michigan that was formed in 1821, and with the Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania that was formed in 1817.
In 1817, Michigan Chief Justice Augustus B. Woodward drafted a territorial act establishing a "Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania. The territorial act was signed into law August 26, 1817, by Woodward, Judge John Griffin, and acting governor William Woodbridge (in place of Governor Lewis Cass, who was absent on a trip with President James Monroe). In consequence of the foregoing territorial act and the 1856 ruling, the present-day University of Michigan recognizes 1817 as the year of its founding.

### Controversy over the homeopathic school

Prior to 1850, the University of Michigan in its various incarnations was a product of the Michigan Legislature (or its territorial equivalents), and the Board of Regents and its predecessors were subject to oversight and control by the Legislature. The state constitution of 1850 elevated the Board of Regents to the level of a constitutional corporation, making the University of Michigan the first public institution of higher education in the country so organized. The Legislature did not give up its control easily, and the Board of Regents engaged in a number of battles with legislators before the matter was settled, several of them involving the establishment of a school of homeopathy.
In 1851, a group of citizens who supported the homeopathy movement petitioned the Legislature to force the Board of Regents to add professors of homeopathy to the medical school staff. The board took no action, but Zina Pitcher wrote a detailed account of their thinking to leave for their incoming replacements (the first class of elected regents in 1852):
   ...shall the accumulated results of three thousand years of experience be laid aside, because there has arisen in the world a sect which, by engrafting a medical dogma upon a spurious theology, have built up a system (so-called) and baptized it Homœopathy? Shall the High Priests of this spiritual school be specially commissioned by the Regents of the University of Michigan, to teach the grown up men of this age that the decillionth of a grain of sulphur will, if administered homœopathically, cure seven-tenths of their diseases, whilst in every mouthful of albuminous food they swallow, every hair upon their heads, and every drop of urine distilled from the kidneys, carries into or out of their system as much of that article as would make a body, if incorporated with the required amount of sugar, as large as the planet Saturn?
Nothing further happened until 1855, when the Legislature revisited the subject and modified the Organic Act to include the provision that "there shall always be one Professor of Homœopathy in the Department of Medicine." The Board of Regents again took no action to comply. In 1867, the Legislature used the power of the purse and passed a statewide property tax to benefit the university "provided the board of regents would comply with the law of 1855, and appoint at least one professor in the medical department of the university." Although the money was desperately needed, the regents again refused to comply, and two years later the money was released by the Legislature without restriction. By 1871, the expressed public desire for a Homeopathic School led the Board of Regents to consider establishing one at Detroit, separate from the Medical School. In 1875, the school was actually established, but in Ann Arbor, not Detroit.
In 1895, the positions were reversed, and the Legislature tried to force the regents to move the Homeopathic School from Ann Arbor to Detroit. The regents refused, and the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution explicitly defined the powers of the Board of Regents independently of the Legislature, while every other corporation the constitution created had its powers specified by the Legislature. Justice Claudius Grant wrote: "No other conclusion was...possible than that the intention was to place the institution in the direct and exclusive control of the people themselves, through a constitutional body elected by them."
This ruling established the precedent that regents are constitutional officers and the Board of Regents is an independent body answerable to the people of the state, not to the Governor or Legislature. The Homeopathic School at the center of the battle was eventually merged into the Medical School in 1922.

## List of members

The name, size, and method of filling the body now known as the Regents of the University Michigan has changed several times in its history.

### Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania (1817–1821)

The Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania, was established by the Governor and Judges of Michigan Territory in 1817, following a plan devised by Chief Justice Augustus Woodward. The Catholepistemiad was self-governed by the professors (or Didactors) that held its thirteen professorships (didaxiim). In fact, the thirteen didaxiim were divided up between just two men, who thus controlled the entire institution:
* Rev. John Monteith, President (and holder of seven professorships)
* Father Gabriel Richard, vice-president (and holder of six professorships)

### Board of Trustees of the University of Michigan (1821–1837)

In 1821, the Governor and Judges of Michigan Territory renamed the Catholepistemiad to the University of Michigan, and placed control of the university in the hands of a board of trustees consisting of 20 citizens plus the Governor. Their previous positions abolished, Father Richard and Rev. Monteith were both appointed to the board of trustees; Monteith left that summer for a professorship at Hamilton College, while Richard remained on the board until his death in 1832.
As it was common during this era for the Governor to be absent, the various men who served as Acting Governor are included in this list in italics, but no specific dates should be inferred as to when exactly they were Acting Governor. Also, no predecessor/successor relationship among specific Trustees should be inferred from their relative position in the table. Using the terms in office cited in the historical sources, at some points there are up to 22 simultaneous Trustees, even though only 20 were called for.
| Year | Governor (ex officio) | Governor (ex officio) | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees | Appointed Trustees |
| 1821 | Lewis Cass | William Woodbridge | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Rev. John Monteith | Henry Jackson Hunt | John Hunt | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Benjamin Stead | Christian Clemens | William H. Puthuff | |
| 1822 | Lewis Cass | William Woodbridge | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Henry Jackson Hunt | John Hunt | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | | William H. Puthuff | |
| 1823 | Lewis Cass | William Woodbridge | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Henry Jackson Hunt | John Hunt | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | | William H. Puthuff | |
| 1824 | Lewis Cass | William Woodbridge | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Henry Jackson Hunt | John Hunt | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | | William H. Puthuff | |
| 1825 | Lewis Cass | William Woodbridge | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Henry Jackson Hunt | John Hunt | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | | | |
| 1826 | Lewis Cass | William Woodbridge | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Henry Jackson Hunt | John Hunt | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | | | |
| 1827 | Lewis Cass | William Woodbridge | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | | John Hunt | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | | | |
| 1827 | Lewis Cass | | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1828 | Lewis Cass | | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1829 | Lewis Cass | | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1830 | Lewis Cass | James Witherell | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1830 | Lewis Cass | John T. Mason | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1831 | Lewis Cass | John T. Mason | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1831 | George B. Porter | Stevens T. Mason | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1832 | George B. Porter | Stevens T. Mason | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1833 | George B. Porter | Stevens T. Mason | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Noah M. Wells | Charles Larned | Philip Lecuyer | | Thomas Rowland | James Kingsley | L. Humphrey | Richard Berry |
| 1834 | Stevens T. Mason | | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | | | | | Thomas Rowland | | | |
| 1835 | Stevens T. Mason | John S. Horner | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | | | | John McDonnell | Thomas Rowland | | | |
| 1836 | Stevens T. Mason | | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | | | | John McDonnell | Thomas Rowland | | | |
| 1837 | Stevens T. Mason | | John Biddle,Nicholas Boilvin,Daniel LeRoy,John Anderson,John R. Williams,Solomon Sibley,John L. Leib,Peter J. Desnoyers,Austin E. Wing,William Woodbridge,William Brown(all served 1821–1837) | Abraham Edwards | Jonathan Kearsley | Ross Wilkins | John Norvell | | John McDonnell | Thomas Rowland | | | |
Source: (Shaw 1942)

### Appointed Regents of the University of Michigan (1837–1852)

The Organic Act of March 18, 1837, created the modern board of regents. In its original form, it consisted of 12 members appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate, along with the Governor himself, the Lieutenant Governor, the Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, and the Chancellor of the state. The act also created the office of chancellor of the university, who was to be appointed by the Regents and serve as ex officio President of the board. In fact, however, the Regents never appointed a chancellor, instead leaving administrative duties up to a rotating roster of professors, and the Governor chaired the board himself.
Although the name of the institution they governed was the same, the Board of Regents was a distinct legal entity from the board of trustees. The Board of Trustees transferred all of their property to the new board of regents, but forgot to include the lot in Detroit where the Catholepistemiad had first been located. The court case involving the eventual recovery of this property led to the Michigan Supreme Court deciding in 1856 that the board of regents, the board of trustees, and the Didactors of the Catholepistemiad were a legally continuous entity. The Regents continued to treat 1837 as the founding year of the University of Michigan until 1929, when they reversed policy and adopted 1817 as the official founding date. That act makes the University of Michigan officially, if not actually, the oldest university in the Big Ten; in actuality, Indiana University, founded in 1820 and granting degrees before the University of Michigan was in existence, is the oldest Big Ten school.
Note: Successorship is well-defined for the ex officio Regents, but no specific predecessor/successor relationships is implied for the appointed Regents, except where specifically noted by an asterisk (*) which denotes Regents explicitly named as a successor to the previous one.
| Year | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents |
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Chancellor | Supreme Court Justices | Supreme Court Justices | Supreme Court Justices | Supreme Court Justices | Supreme Court Justices | | | | | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents | Appointed Regents |
| 1837 | Stevens T. Mason | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | | | Thomas Fitzgerald | Ross Wilkins | John Norvell | Lucius Lyon | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Michael Hoffman | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Robert McClelland | Gideon O. Whittemore |
| 1837 | Stevens T. Mason | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | | | John F. Porter* | Ross Wilkins | John Norvell | Lucius Lyon | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Michael Hoffman | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Seba Murphy* | Gideon O. Whittemore |
| 1838 | Stevens T. Mason | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | | | John F. Porter* | Ross Wilkins | John Norvell | Lucius Lyon | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Michael Hoffman | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Seba Murphy* | Gideon O. Whittemore |
| 1838 | Stevens T. Mason | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | John Norvell | Lucius Lyon | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Gurdon C. Leech* | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Seba Murphy* | Gideon O. Whittemore |
| 1839 | Stevens T. Mason | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | John Norvell | Lucius Lyon | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Gurdon C. Leech* | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Seba Murphy* | Gideon O. Whittemore |
| 1839 | Stevens T. Mason | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | Charles C. Trowbridge* | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Gurdon C. Leech* | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Joseph W. Brown* | Gideon O. Whittemore |
| 1840 | Stevens T. Mason | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | Charles C. Trowbridge* | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Gurdon C. Leech* | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Joseph W. Brown* | Gideon O. Whittemore |
| 1840 | William Woodbridge | James Wright Gordon | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | Charles C. Trowbridge* | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel W. Dexter | Michael A. Patterson* | Francis J. Higginson | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Daniel Hudson* | William Draper |
| 1841 | William Woodbridge | James Wright Gordon | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | Charles C. Trowbridge* | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Samuel W. Dexter | Michael A. Patterson* | Francis J. Higginson | Zina Pitcher | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Daniel Hudson* | William Draper |
| 1841 | James Wright Gordon | Thomas J. Drake? | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | Charles C. Trowbridge* | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Oliver C. Comstock* | Michael A. Patterson* | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | George Goodman | William Draper |
| 1842 | James Wright Gordon | Thomas J. Drake? | Elon Farnsworth | William A. Fletcher | George Morell | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Ross Wilkins | Charles C. Trowbridge* | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Oliver C. Comstock* | Michael A. Patterson* | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | George Goodman | William Draper |
| 1842 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Alpheus Felch | George Morell | | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Oliver C. Comstock* | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | George Goodman | William Draper |
| 1843 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Alpheus Felch | George Morell | | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | George Duffield* | Isaac E. Crary | Oliver C. Comstock* | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | George Goodman | William Draper |
| 1843 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Alpheus Felch | Daniel Goodwin | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | Marvin Allen | | Lewis Cass* | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | Dewitt C. Walker* | William Draper |
| 1844 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Alpheus Felch | Daniel Goodwin | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | Marvin Allen | | Lewis Cass* | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | Dewitt C. Walker* | William Draper |
| 1844 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Alpheus Felch | Daniel Goodwin | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | Robert R. Kellogg* | George Duffield |
| 1845 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Alpheus Felch | Daniel Goodwin | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Martin Kundig | Robert R. Kellogg* | George Duffield |
| 1845 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Warner Wing | Daniel Goodwin | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | George Duffield |
| 1846 | John S. Barry | Origen D. Richardson | Randolph Manning | Warner Wing | Daniel Goodwin | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | William A. Fletcher | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | George Duffield |
| 1846 | Alpheus Felch | William L. Greenly | Elon Farnsworth | Warner Wing | George Miles | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | George Duffield |
| 1847 | Alpheus Felch | William L. Greenly | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | George Miles | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | George Duffield |
| 1847 | William L. Greenly | Charles P. Bush | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | George Miles | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | George Duffield |
| 1848 | William L. Greenly | Charles P. Bush | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | George Miles | Epaphroditus Ransom | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy | Elon Farnsworth | John Owen* | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | George Duffield |
| 1848 | Epaphroditus Ransom | William Matthew Fenton | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | George Miles | Sanford M. Green | Charles W. Whipple | Edward Mundy | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | John Guest Atterbury | Elon Farnsworth | Justus Goodman | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | Benjamin F. H. Witherell |
| 1849 | Epaphroditus Ransom | William Matthew Fenton | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | George Miles | Sanford M. Green | Charles W. Whipple | Edward Mundy | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | John Guest Atterbury | Elon Farnsworth | Justus Goodman | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | Benjamin F. H. Witherell |
| 1849 | Epaphroditus Ransom | William Matthew Fenton | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | George Miles | Sanford M. Green | Charles W. Whipple | Edward Mundy | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | John Guest Atterbury | Elon Farnsworth | Justus Goodman | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | Edwin M. Cust | Benjamin F. H. Witherell |
| 1850 | Epaphroditus Ransom | William Matthew Fenton | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | George Miles | Sanford M. Green | Charles W. Whipple | Edward Mundy | Jonathan Kearsley* | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | John Guest Atterbury | Elon Farnsworth | Justus Goodman | Zina Pitcher | Austin E. Wing | | Benjamin F. H. Witherell |
| 1850 | John S. Barry | William Matthew Fenton | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | Abner Pratt | Sanford M. Green | Charles W. Whipple | Edward Mundy | Jonathan Kearsley* | Robert McClelland | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | John Guest Atterbury | Elon Farnsworth | Justus Goodman | Zina Pitcher | Gustavus Lemuel Foster* | Epaphroditus Ransom* | Benjamin F. H. Witherell |
| 1851 | John S. Barry | William Matthew Fenton | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | Abner Pratt | Sanford M. Green | Charles W. Whipple | | Jonathan Kearsley* | Robert McClelland | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | John Guest Atterbury | Elon Farnsworth | Justus Goodman | Zina Pitcher | Gustavus Lemuel Foster* | Epaphroditus Ransom* | Benjamin F. H. Witherell |
| 1851 | John S. Barry | William Matthew Fenton | (office abolished) | Warner Wing | Abner Pratt | Sanford M. Green | | George Martin | Jonathan Kearsley* | Robert McClelland | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Marvin Allen | Alexander H. Redfield* | John Guest Atterbury | Elon Farnsworth | Justus Goodman | Zina Pitcher | Gustavus Lemuel Foster* | Epaphroditus Ransom* | Benjamin F. H. Witherell |
Source: (Bentley Historical Library 2006)

### Elected Regents of the University of Michigan (1852–present)

The state constitution of 1850 made the Regents of the University of Michigan a statewide elected body, and also created the office of President of the University of Michigan, who was to be an ex officio member and preside over the Board without a vote. The first regents elected under the new system were elected in 1852.
Originally, one regent was elected from each of the eight judicial circuits in Michigan, for a six-year term, with all regents up for election simultaneously. By the time of the next election, the number of circuits had grown to ten, so ten regents were elected for the term beginning in 1858. This fluctuation in the size of the board, combined with the controversy over the regents' firing of President Henry Philip Tappan just before the end of their term in 1863, led to a new law that fixed the size of the board at eight members, elected on a statewide basis to an eight-year term, with terms staggered such that two are up for election every two years. The constitutional convention of 1908 added the Superintendent of Public Instruction as an ex officio member of the board, a move which was reversed by the constitutional convention of 1963.
| Year | Ex officio Regents | Ex officio Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents |
| Year | President | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents | Elected Regents |
| 1852 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Andrew Parsons | Elisha Ely | James Kingsley | Edward S. Moore | Charles H. Palmer | William Upjohn | Michael A. Patterson | Elon Farnsworth | | |
| 1853 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry H. Northrop | Elisha Ely | James Kingsley | Edward S. Moore | Charles H. Palmer | William Upjohn | Michael A. Patterson | Elon Farnsworth | | |
| 1854 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry H. Northrop | Elisha Ely | James Kingsley | Edward S. Moore | Charles H. Palmer | William Upjohn | Michael A. Patterson | Elon Farnsworth | | |
| 1855 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry H. Northrop | | James Kingsley | Edward S. Moore | Charles H. Palmer | William Upjohn | Michael A. Patterson | Elon Farnsworth | | |
| 1856 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry H. Northrop | | James Kingsley | Edward S. Moore | Charles H. Palmer | William Upjohn | Michael A. Patterson | Elon Farnsworth | | |
| 1857 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry H. Northrop | | James Kingsley | Edward S. Moore | Charles H. Palmer | William Upjohn | Michael A. Patterson | Elon Farnsworth | | |
| 1858 | Henry Philip Tappan | | George W. Pack | John Van Vleck | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry |
| 1858 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry Whiting | Oliver L. Spaulding | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry |
| 1859 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry Whiting | Oliver L. Spaulding | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry |
| 1860 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry Whiting | Oliver L. Spaulding | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry |
| 1861 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry Whiting | Oliver L. Spaulding | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry |
| 1862 | Henry Philip Tappan | | Henry Whiting | Oliver L. Spaulding | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry |
| 1863 | Erastus Otis Haven | | Henry Whiting | Oliver L. Spaulding | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry |
| 1864 | Erastus Otis Haven | | Alvah Sweetzer | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Thomas J. Joslin | Thomas D. Gilbert | Henry C. Knight | James E. Johnson | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1865 | Erastus Otis Haven | | Cyrus M. Stockwell | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Thomas J. Joslin | Thomas D. Gilbert | Henry C. Knight | James E. Johnson | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1866 | Erastus Otis Haven | | Cyrus M. Stockwell | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Thomas J. Joslin | Thomas D. Gilbert | Henry C. Knight | James E. Johnson | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1867 | Erastus Otis Haven | | Cyrus M. Stockwell | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Thomas J. Joslin | Thomas D. Gilbert | John M.B. Sill | James E. Johnson | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1868 | Erastus Otis Haven | | Cyrus M. Stockwell | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | John M.B. Sill | James E. Johnson | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1869 | Henry Simmons Frieze | | Cyrus M. Stockwell | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | John M.B. Sill | James E. Johnson | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1870 | Henry Simmons Frieze | | Cyrus M. Stockwell | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1871 | James Burrill Angell | | Cyrus M. Stockwell | James A. Sweezey | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1872 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1873 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | George Willard | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1874 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1875 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Hiram A. Burt | Thomas D. Gilbert | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1876 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1877 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | Joseph Estabrook | Victory P. Collier | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1877 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | Joseph Estabrook | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1878 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | George L. Maltz | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1879 | James Burrill Angell | | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | George L. Maltz | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1880 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Andrew Climie | Edward C. Walker | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | Jacob J. Van Riper | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1881 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Austin Blair | Edward C. Walker | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | Jacob J. Van Riper | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1882 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Austin Blair | James F. Joy | Byron M. Cutcheon | Samuel S. Walker | Jacob J. Van Riper | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1883 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Austin Blair | James F. Joy | Lyman D. Norris | Samuel S. Walker | Jacob J. Van Riper | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1884 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Austin Blair | James F. Joy | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Jacob J. Van Riper | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1885 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Austin Blair | James F. Joy | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Jacob J. Van Riper | George Duffield, Jr. | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1886 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Austin Blair | Charles S. Draper | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Moses W. Field | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1887 | James Burrill Angell | | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | James Shearer | Austin Blair | Charles S. Draper | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Moses W. Field | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1888 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | Austin Blair | Charles S. Draper | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Moses W. Field | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1889 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | Austin Blair | Charles S. Draper | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Hermann Kiefer | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1890 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Charles S. Draper | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Hermann Kiefer | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1891 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Charles S. Draper | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | Hermann Kiefer | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1892 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Levi L. Barbour | Henry Howard | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1893 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Levi L. Barbour | Henry Howard | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Charles R. Whitman | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1894 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Levi L. Barbour | Henry S. Dean | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1895 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Levi L. Barbour | Henry S. Dean | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1896 | James Burrill Angell | | Charles H. Hackley | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Levi L. Barbour | Henry S. Dean | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1896 | James Burrill Angell | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Levi L. Barbour | Henry S. Dean | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1897 | Harry Burns Hutchins | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Levi L. Barbour | Henry S. Dean | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1898 | James Burrill Angell | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1899 | James Burrill Angell | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Peter N. Cook | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1900 | James Burrill Angell | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | William J. Cocker | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Eli R. Sutton | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1901 | James Burrill Angell | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | Arthur Hill | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Eli R. Sutton | Hermann Kiefer | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1902 | James Burrill Angell | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | Arthur Hill | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Levi L. Barbour | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1903 | James Burrill Angell | | George A. Farr | Roger W. Butterfield | Arthur Hill | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Levi L. Barbour | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1904 | James Burrill Angell | | Peter White | Loyal Edwin Knappen | Arthur Hill | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Levi L. Barbour | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1905 | James Burrill Angell | | Peter White | Loyal Edwin Knappen | Arthur Hill | Charles D. Lawton | Henry S. Dean | Levi L. Barbour | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1906 | James Burrill Angell | | Peter White | Loyal Edwin Knappen | Arthur Hill | Walter H. Sawyer | Henry S. Dean | Levi L. Barbour | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1907 | James Burrill Angell | | Peter White | Loyal Edwin Knappen | Arthur Hill | Walter H. Sawyer | Henry S. Dean | Levi L. Barbour | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1908 | James Burrill Angell | | Chase S. Osborn | Loyal Edwin Knappen | Arthur Hill | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1909 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Luther L. Wright | Chase S. Osborn | Loyal Edwin Knappen | John H. Grant | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Henry W. Carey | Frank W. Fletcher | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1910 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Luther L. Wright | Chase S. Osborn | Loyal Edwin Knappen | John H. Grant | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | George P. Codd | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1911 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Luther L. Wright | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | John H. Grant | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Harry C. Bulkley | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1912 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Luther L. Wright | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | John H. Grant | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Harry C. Bulkley | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1913 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Fred L. Keeler | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | William A. Comstock | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Harry C. Bulkley | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1914 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Fred L. Keeler | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Harry C. Bulkley | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1915 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Fred L. Keeler | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Harry C. Bulkley | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1916 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Fred L. Keeler | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Harry C. Bulkley | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1917 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Fred L. Keeler | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | Harry C. Bulkley | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1918 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Fred L. Keeler | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1919 | Harry Burns Hutchins | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1920 | Marion LeRoy Burton | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1921 | Marion LeRoy Burton | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1922 | Marion LeRoy Burton | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1923 | Marion LeRoy Burton | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1924 | Marion LeRoy Burton | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1925 | Alfred Henry Lloyd | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1925 | C. C. Little | Thomas E. Johnson | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1926 | C. C. Little | Wilford L. Coffey | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1927 | C. C. Little | Webster H. Pearce | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1928 | C. C. Little | Webster H. Pearce | Lucius L. Hubbard | Benjamin S. Hanchett | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1929 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Webster H. Pearce | Lucius L. Hubbard | Esther M. Cram | Victor M. Gore | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1930 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Webster H. Pearce | Lucius L. Hubbard | Esther M. Cram | R. Perry Shorts | Walter H. Sawyer | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1931 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Webster H. Pearce | Lucius L. Hubbard | Esther M. Cram | R. Perry Shorts | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1932 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Webster H. Pearce | Lucius L. Hubbard | Esther M. Cram | R. Perry Shorts | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1933 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Paul F. Voelker | Edmund C. Shields | Esther M. Cram | R. Perry Shorts | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | James O. Murfin | William L. Clements | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1934 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Paul F. Voelker | Edmund C. Shields | Esther M. Cram | James O. Murfin | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1935 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Maurice R. Keyworth | Edmund C. Shields | Esther M. Cram | James O. Murfin | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1935 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | Edmund C. Shields | Esther M. Cram | James O. Murfin | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1936 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | James O. Murfin | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1937 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | James O. Murfin | Richard R. Smith | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1938 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1939 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Ralph Stone | Junius E. Beal | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1940 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1941 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Charles F. Hemans | Franklin M. Cook | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1942 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Earl L. Burhans | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1942 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Franklin M. Cook | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1943 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | David H. Crowley | Esther M. Cram | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1944 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | Ralph A. Hayward | R. Spencer Bishop | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1945 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | Ralph A. Hayward | R. Spencer Bishop | Edmund C. Shields | John D. Lynch | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1946 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | Ralph A. Hayward | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1947 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | Ralph A. Hayward | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Harry Kipke | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1948 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Eugene B. Elliott | Ralph A. Hayward | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1949 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Lee M. Thurston | Ralph A. Hayward | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1950 | Alexander Grant Ruthven | Lee M. Thurston | Ralph A. Hayward | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1951 | Harlan Hatcher | Lee M. Thurston | Murray D. Van Wagoner | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1952 | Harlan Hatcher | Lee M. Thurston | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1953 | Harlan Hatcher | Clair L. Taylor | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1954 | Harlan Hatcher | Clair L. Taylor | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1955 | Harlan Hatcher | Clair L. Taylor | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Kenneth M. Stevens | J. Joseph Herbert | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1956 | Harlan Hatcher | Clair L. Taylor | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Paul L. Adams | Eugene B. Power | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1957 | Harlan Hatcher | Lynn M. Bartlett | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Paul L. Adams | Eugene B. Power | Vera B. Baits | Alfred B. Connable | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1958 | Harlan Hatcher | Lynn M. Bartlett | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Donald M.D. Thurber | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1959 | Harlan Hatcher | Lynn M. Bartlett | Leland I. Doan | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Donald M.D. Thurber | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1960 | Harlan Hatcher | Lynn M. Bartlett | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | William K. McInally | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Donald M.D. Thurber | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1961 | Harlan Hatcher | Lynn M. Bartlett | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | William K. McInally | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | Donald M.D. Thurber | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1962 | Harlan Hatcher | Lynn M. Bartlett | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | William K. McInally | Allan R. Sorenson | Paul G. Goebel | Donald M.D. Thurber | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1963 | Harlan Hatcher | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | William K. McInally | Allan R. Sorenson | Paul G. Goebel | Donald M.D. Thurber | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1964 | Harlan Hatcher | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | Robert P. Briggs | Allan R. Sorenson | Paul G. Goebel | William B. Cudlip | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1965 | Harlan Hatcher | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | Robert P. Briggs | Allan R. Sorenson | Paul G. Goebel | William B. Cudlip | Eugene B. Power | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1966 | Harlan Hatcher | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | Robert P. Briggs | Allan R. Sorenson | Paul G. Goebel | William B. Cudlip | Alvin M. Bentley | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1967 | Harlan Hatcher | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr. | Robert P. Briggs | Otis M. Smith | Paul G. Goebel | William B. Cudlip | Alvin M. Bentley | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1968 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr. | Lawrence B. Lindemer | Otis M. Smith | Paul G. Goebel | William B. Cudlip | Alvin M. Bentley | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1969 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | Otis M. Smith | Paul G. Goebel | William B. Cudlip | Lawrence B. Lindemer | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1970 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | Otis M. Smith | Paul G. Goebel | William B. Cudlip | Lawrence B. Lindemer | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1971 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | William B. Cudlip | Lawrence B. Lindemer | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1972 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | William B. Cudlip | Lawrence B. Lindemer | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1973 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Lawrence B. Lindemer | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1974 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Lawrence B. Lindemer | Robert J. Brown | Gertrude V. Huebner | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1975 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | David Laro | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1976 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | David Laro | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1977 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | David Laro | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1978 | Robben Wright Fleming | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | David Laro | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1979 | Allan F. Smith | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | David Laro | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1980 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | David Laro | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1981 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1982 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1983 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1984 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1985 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1986 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Sarah Goddard Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1987 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1988 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1989 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1990 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Thomas A. Roach | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1991 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1992 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1993 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1994 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1995 | James Johnson Duderstadt | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1996 | Homer Neal | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1996 | Lee C. Bollinger | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Deane Baker | Nellie M. Varner | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1997 | Lee C. Bollinger | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1998 | Lee C. Bollinger | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Philip H. Power | Shirley M. McFee | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 1999 | Lee C. Bollinger | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2000 | Lee C. Bollinger | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2001 | Lee C. Bollinger | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2002 | B. Joseph White | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2002 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2003 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2004 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2005 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2006 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Dave Brandon | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2007 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2008 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2009 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2010 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2011 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2012 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2013 | Mary Sue Coleman | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2014 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Julia Donovan Darlow | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2015 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2016 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Laurence B. Deitch | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2017 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Ron Weiser | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2018 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Ron Weiser | Denise Ilitch | Andrea F. Newman | Andrew Richner | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2019 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Ron Weiser | Denise Ilitch | Jordan B. Acker | Paul W. Brown | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2020 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Ron Weiser | Denise Ilitch | Jordan B. Acker | Paul W. Brown | Mark Bernstein | Shauna Ryder-Diggs | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2021 | Mark Schlissel | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Ron Weiser | Denise Ilitch | Jordan B. Acker | Paul W. Brown | Mark Bernstein | Sarah Hubbard | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2022 | Santa Ono | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Ron Weiser | Denise Ilitch | Jordan B. Acker | Paul W. Brown | Mark Bernstein | Sarah Hubbard | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| 2023 | Santa Ono | (no longer ex officio Regent) | Ron Weiser | Denise Ilitch | Jordan B. Acker | Paul W. Brown | Mark Bernstein | Sarah Hubbard | Mike Behm | Katherine E. White | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
| Next election | n/a | n/a | 2024 | 2024 | 2026 | 2026 | 2028 | 2028 | 2030 | 2030 | | seats eliminated | seats eliminated |
Source: Names and dates (Bentley Historical Library 2006), party affiliations (Kestenbaum)