Below is a list of chief commissioners of Coorg Province:
| Name | Assumed office | Left office | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewin Bentham Bowring | 24 February 1869 | 21 February 1870 | ||
| 2 | Sir Richard John Meade | 21 February 1870 | 5 June 1876 | ||
| 3 | Charles Burslem Saunders | 5 June 1876 | 1 April 1878 | ||
| 4 | Sir James Davidson Gordon | 1 April 1878 | 8 June 1883 | ||
| 5 | Sir James Broadwood Lyall | 8 June 1883 | 15 January 1889 | ||
| 6 | Sir Oliver St John | 15 January 1889 | 1 June 1891 | ||
| 7 | Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast | 1 June 1891 | 16 April 1892 | Acting | |
| 8 | Philip Durham Henderson | 16 April 1892 | 20 February 1895 | ||
| 9 | William Lee-Warner | 20 February 1895 | 18 September 1895 | ||
| 10 | Sir William Mackworth Young | 18 September 1895 | 7 December 1896 | ||
| 11 | Donald Robertson | 7 December 1896 | 5 November 1903 | ||
| 12 | Sir James Austin Bourdillon | 5 November 1903 | 22 November 1905 | ||
| 13 | Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser | 22 November 1905 | 26 August 1910 | ||
| 14 | Sir Hugh Daly | 26 August 1910 | 7 April 1916 | ||
| 15 | Henry Venn Cobb | 7 April 1916 | 8 March 1920 | ||
| 16 | Sir William Pell Barton | 8 March 1920 | 29 June 1925 | ||
| 17 | Sir Steuart Edmund Pears | 29 June 1925 | 23 June 1930 | ||
| 18 | Richard John Charles Burke | 23 June 1930 | 5 May 1933 | ||
| 18 | Charles Terence Chichele Plowden | 5 May 1933 | 9 December 1937 | ||
| 18 | John de la Hay Gordon | 9 December 1937 | 1 July 1940 | ||
| 19 | J. W. Pritchard | 1 July 1940 | 26 April 1943 | ||
| 20 | Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa | 26 April 1943 | 1949 | ||
| 21 | C. T. Mudaliar | 1949 | 1952 | ||
| 22 | Daya Singh Bedi | 1952 | 1956 |
a The Acting Governors were appointed for a temporary period until the post of Governor was filled.