From 1889 until 1966, Payne County’s prosecutor was called County Attorney and served only one county. In 1966, Districts were established, and Payne and Logan Counties became the Ninth Judicial District , and the District Attorney began serving both Payne and Logan Counties.

County Attorneys:
1889 – 1892 Frank J. Wikoff
1893 – 1894 Frank A. Hutto
1895 – 1896 W. B. Williams
1897 – 1898 A. T. Neill
1899 – 1900 Sterling P. King
1901 – 1904 Carley L. Burdick
1905 – 1906 Jerome S. Workman
1907 – 1908 J.W. Reece
1909 – 1912 Dan Welden
1913 – 1914 Charles S. Suman
1915 – 1917 J. E. Turner
1917 – 1920 Charles C. Suman
1921 – 1922 John Vaughn
1923 – 1924 J. W. Reece
1925 – 1928 Charles C. Suman
1929 – 1932 Earnest Jenkins
1933 – 1935 Guy Horton
1936 – 1940 Leon York
1941 – 1946 David Hervey, Curtis Williams, William A. Berry,
                     James M. Springer, Jr., and Dr. K. D. Greiner
1947 – 1949 Chilton Swank
1950 – 1951 Max E. Sater
1952 – 1955 Robert M. Murphy
1956 – 1959 K. D. Greiner
1960 – 1961 Richard Stead
1962 – 1965 James Tourtelotte

District Attorneys:
1966 – 1973 K. D. Greiner
1974 – 1977 Charles Headrick
1978 – 1982 Jim Langley
1983 – 1996 Paul Anderson
1996 – 2011 Robert L. Hudson
2011 – ____ Tom Lee