This list of the individuals who have served as freeholders in Ocean County is taken from the book by Pauline S. Miller and Cynthia H. Smith in Ocean County:
Four Centuries in the Making, Ocean County Department of Printing & Graphics, 2000. We encourage corrections and updates. From 1850 to (1912?), 2 board members were selected to represent each municipality in Ocean County. Since then, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners have been elected at large from the entire county population. In 1972, the board was expanded from three to five members.
| Commissioner Name | Year Begin | Year End | Hometown |
| Crea, Barbara Jo | 2022 | Present | Little Egg Harbor Township |
| Kelly, John P. | 1993 | Present | Eagleswood Township |
| Haines, Virginia E. | 2016 | Present | Toms River Township |
| Quinn, Gary | 2019 | Present | Lacey Township |
| Sadeghi, Frank | 2024 | Present | Island Heights Borough |
| Vicari, Joseph H. | 1981 | 2023 | Toms River Township |
| Little, Gerry P. | 2003 | 2021 | Surf City Borough |
| Bartlett Jr., John C. | 1980 | 2018 | Pine Beach Borough |
| Lacey, James F. | 1993 | 2015 | Point Pleasant Beach Borough |
| Mancini, James | 1982 | 2003 | Long Beach Township |
| Troncone, Mark | 1990 | 1992 | Point Pleasant Beach Borough |
| Brush, Paul | 1990 | 1992 | Dover Township |
| Murray, Damian G. | 1981 | 1989 | Dover Township |
| Buckwald, George | 1981 | 1989 | Lakewood Township |
| Connors, Leonard Jr. | 1971 | 1981 | Surf City Borough |
| Wolf, Warren | 1979 | 1981 | Brick Township |
| Hoffman, George | 1978 | 1980 | Lakewood Township |
| Gluck, Hazel | 1977 | 1979 | Lakewood Township |
| Gasser, Robert | 1975 | 1979 | Long Beach Township |
| Buhr, Ernest | 1973 | 1979 | Dover Township |
| Wolf, Warren | 1975 | 1977 | Brick Township |
| Flynn, Joseph | 1974 | 1976 | Point Pleasant Beach Borough |
| Seaman, Stanley | 1970 | 1976 | Tuckerton Borough |
| Portash, Joseph | 1971 | 1974 | Manchester Township |
| Buckelew, Joseph | 1972 | 1974 | Lakewood Township |
| Hornridge, William | 1972 | 1973 | Beachwood Borough |
| Makin, George | 1961 | 1972 | Point Pleasant Beach Borough |
| Lambertson, Howard | 1964 | 1970 | Long Beach Township |
| Miller, Robert | 1960 | 1969 | Dover Township |
| King, A. | 1936 | 1964 | Beach Haven Borough |
| Chafey, Harold | 1934 | 1960 | Point Pleasant Beach Borough |
| Allardice, James | 1955 | 1959 | Dover Township |
| Brown Jr, Alfred | 1944 | 1945 | Dover Township |
| Newman, Harry | 1936 | 1944 | Lakewood Township |
| Cox, Carrol | 1935 | 1936 | Lavallette Borough |
| Johnson, Forman | 1933 | 1936 | Lakewood Township |
| Brinley, Harold | 1932 | 1934 | Dover Township |
| Applegate, Howard | 1925 | 1933 | Lakewood Township |
| Mathis, E. | 1927 | 1932 | Tuckerton Borough |
| Grant, U. | 1926 | 1931 | Dover Township |
| Butler, Wlliam | 1907 | 1926 | Long Beach Township |
| Savage, W. | 1917 | 1925 | Lakewood Township |
| Holman, Frank | 1916 | 1924 | Jackson Township |
| Hopkins, Harry | 1917 | 1917 | Plumsted Township |
| Newman, Harvey | 1916 | 1917 | Lakewood Township |
| Toner, H. | 1916 | 1917 | Dover Township |
| Hance, Charles | 1907 | 1917 | Brick Township |
| Camp, Joseph | 1897 | 1917 | Plumbsted Township |
| Rogers, Charles | 1904 | 1917 | Manchester Township |
| Holman, J. | 1908 | 1917 | Jackson Township |
| Brand, Charles | 1916 | 1916 | Ocean Township |
| Brown, Oscar | 1916 | 1916 | Ocean Township |
| Yoder, Z. | 1916 | 1916 | Berkeley Township |
| Grant, Nelson | 1906 | 1916 | Lacey Township |
| Hyers, John | 1896 | 1916 | Berkeley Township |
| Disbrow, Dr. R. | 1908 | 1916 | Dover Township |
| Otis, Oscar | 1916 | 1916 | Little Egg Harbor Township |
| Butler, William | 1916 | 1916 | Long Beach Township |
| Kelly, C. | 1896 | 1916 | Eagleswood Township |
| LeCompte, C. | 1900 | 1914 | Brick Township |
| Conrad, David | 1906 | 1913 | Ocean Township |
| Cranmer, T. | 1913 | 1913 | Eagleswood Township |
| Cranmer, W. | 1911 | 1911 | Stafford Township |
| Wilsey, Asa | 1906 | 1908 | Dover Township |
| Chadwick, John | 1907 | 1907 | Brick Township |
| Tilton, John | 1900 | 1906 | Lacey Township |
| Disbrow, Dr. R. | 1899 | 1906 | Dover Township |
| Osborn, J. | 1903 | 1906 | Brick Township |
| Bennett, Edmund | 1891 | 1906 | Ocean Township |
| Rogers, Charles | 1898 | 1904 | Manchester Township |
| Wilbur, | 1901 | 1904 | Manchester Township |
| Sprague, Thomas | 1903 | 1903 | Stafford Township |
| Van Hise, Charles | 1897 | 1903 | Jackson Township |
| Carr, Courtney | 1895 | 1903 | Stafford Township |
| Blake Jr., D. | 1897 | 1900 | Lacey Township |
| Parker, David | 1896 | 1899 | Dover Township |
| Clayton, Edmund | 1897 | 1899 | Brick Township |
| Hayes, David | 1894 | 1898 | Manchester Township |
| Cottrell, Walter | 1890 | 1897 | Plumsted Township |
| Appleget, Barry | 1896 | 1897 | Jackson Township |
| Bennett, Charles | 1896 | 1897 | Lacey Township |
| Jeffery Jr., William | 1882 | 1896 | Berkeley Township |
| Cox, Joseph | 1881 | 1896 | Eagleswood Township |
| Disbrow, R. | 1885 | 1896 | Dover Township |
| Jeffery, Howard | 1887 | 1896 | Lacey Township |
| LeCompte, Charles | 1890 | 1896 | Brick Township |
| Sutton, Samuel | 1890 | 1894 | Manchester Township |
| Nutt, Joseph | 1879 | 1892 | Plumsted Township |
| Stokes, B. | 1885 | 1891 | Union Township |
| Kelley, C. | 1886 | 1891 | Eagleswood Township |
| Birdsall, Jacob | 1891 | 1891 | Beach Haven Borough |
| Cervard, William | 1887 | 1890 | Plumsted Township |
| Blackman, Thomas | 1878 | 1890 | Beach Haven Borough |
| Jones, A. | 1878 | 1890 | Ocean Township |
| Paper, John | 1890 | 1890 | Isalnd Heights Borough |
| Sawyer, | 1887 | 1890 | Manchester Township |
| Havens, Abraham | 1885 | 1889 | Brick Township |
| Hillard, Phinias | 1889 | 1889 | Stafford Township |
| Unknown, | 1888 | 1888 | Stafford Township |
| Williams, Thomas | 1888 | 1888 | Stafford Township |
| Hillard, Phinias | 1887 | 1888 | Stafford Township |
| Forsyth, John | 1887 | 1887 | Bay Head Borough |
| Smith, Charles | 1882 | 1887 | Lacey Township |
| Bean, James | 1882 | 1887 | Plumsted Township |
| Hazelton, Edward | 1883 | 1887 | Stafford Township |
| Schultz, W. | 1883 | 1887 | Manchester Township |
| Cranmer, Eugene | 1883 | 1886 | Eagleswood Township |
| Van Note, Lawrence | 1886 | 1886 | Point Pleasant Beach Borough |
| Giberson, George | 1880 | 1885 | Dover Township |
| Bennett, Edmund | 1878 | 1885 | Union Township |
| Clark, Roderick | 1880 | 1883 | Brick Township |
| Miles, William | 1882 | 1883 | Manchester Township |
| Sprague, William | 1882 | 1883 | Stafford Township |
| Leigh, James | 1881 | 1882 | Eagleswood Township |
| Stout, Benjamin | 1881 | 1882 | Lacey Township |
| Lawrence, Cornelius | 1875 | 1882 | Berkeley Township |
| Hillard, P. | 1874 | 1882 | Stafford Township |
| Holmes, Benjamin | 1879 | 1881 | Lacey Township |
| Pharo, Samuel | 1879 | 1881 | Eagleswood Township |
| Williams, David | 1874 | 1881 | Lacey Township |
| Aumack, John | 1871 | 1880 | Dover Township |
| Rogers, Charles | 1878 | 1879 | Manchester Township |
| Cox, Joseph | 1876 | 1879 | Eagleswood Township |
| Stidfold, A. | 1876 | 1879 | Plumsted Township |
| Bradshaw, Albert | 1878 | 1879 | Brick Township |
| Emely, A. | 1877 | 1878 | Manchester Township |
| Jeffery, William | 1876 | 1878 | Berkeley Township |
| Gulick, Henry | 1875 | 1878 | Union Township |
| Sutton, John | 1874 | 1877 | Manchester Township |
| Osborn, John | 1875 | 1877 | Brick Township |
| Jameson, Edwin | 1875 | 1876 | Plumsted Township |
| Pharo, Thomas | 1875 | 1876 | Eagleswood Township |
| Hartshore, Wright | 1872 | 1875 | Plumsted Township |
| Cox, William | 1874 | 1875 | Union Township |
| Wood, Richard | 1873 | 1874 | Stafford Township |
| Larabee, L. | 1874 | 1874 | Brick Township |
| Birdsall, Samuel | 1871 | 1874 | Union Township |
| Snyder, Benjamin | 1871 | 1874 | Brick Township |
| Blodgett, Rufus | 1873 | 1874 | Manchester Township |
| Cranmer, J. | 1869 | 1873 | Stafford Township |
| Bennett, A. | 1872 | 1873 | Manchester Township |
| Conover, R. | 1869 | 1872 | Plumsted Township |
| Montgomery, A. | 1871 | 1872 | Manchester Township |
| Montgomery, | 1871 | 1872 | Dover Township |
| Havens, John | 1861 | 1871 | Brick Township |
| Errickson, | 1869 | 1871 | Union Township |
| Hooper, Thomas | 1870 | 1871 | Dover Township |
| Jeffery, William | 1864 | 1870 | Dover Township |
| Shinn, J. | 1866 | 1869 | Plumsted Township |
| Pharo, Joseph | 1867 | 1869 | Union Township |
| Emson, Ephraim | 1867 | 1869 | Jackson Township |
| Oliphant, Samuel | 1868 | 1869 | Stafford Township |
| Cranmer, Isaiah | 1865 | 1868 | Stafford Township |
| Parker, | 1865 | 1867 | Union Township |
| Allen, John | 1861 | 1867 | Jackson Township |
| Collier, Charles | 1864 | 1866 | Plumsted Township |
| Predmore, Benjamin | 1862 | 1865 | Union Township |
| Jennings, Isaac | 1864 | 1865 | Stafford Township |
| Allen, | 1853 | 1863 | Plumsted Township |
| Haywood, Joel | 1862 | 1862 | Stafford Township |
| Gulick, Horatio | 1859 | 1862 | Union Township |
| Wilkins, Joseph | 1860 | 1862 | Stafford Township |
| Hulme, John | 1860 | 1862 | Plumsted Township |
| Stricklin, Cornelius | 1854 | 1860 | Brick Township |
| Applegat, Barry | 1858 | 1860 | Jackson Township |
| Willittis, John | 1858 | 1860 | Stafford Township |
| Parker, | 1854 | 1859 | Union Township |
| Brown, Amos | 1857 | 1858 | Stafford Township |
| Davis, | 1856 | 1858 | Jackson Township |
| Johnson, George | 1856 | 1857 | Stafford Township |
| Hull, Randolph | 1853 | 1857 | Stafford Township |
| , Cornelius | 1855 | 1856 | Dover Township |
| Unknown, | 1852 | 1856 | Dover Township |
| Mathews, Joseph | 1852 | 1856 | Jackson Township |
| Francis, William | 1850 | 1856 | Jackson Township |
| Johnson, George | 1853 | 1855 | Brick Township |
| Morgan, John | 1854 | 1855 | Plumsted Township |
| Hooper, William | 1854 | 1855 | Stafford Township |
| Shaffer, | 1854 | 1855 | Union Township |
| Cowperthwait, George | 1852 | 1854 | Dover Township |
| Falkinburg, Amos | 1850 | 1854 | Union Township |
| Emlay, William | 1852 | 1854 | Plumsted Township |
| Gulick, Horatio | 1851 | 1853 | Stafford Township |
| Tilton, James | 1851 | 1853 | Brick Township |
| Oliphant, Joseph | 1852 | 1853 | Stafford Township |
| Rogers, James | 1851 | 1853 | Plumsted Township |
| Stout, Benjamin | 1851 | 1853 | Union Township |
| Hill, William | 1850 | 1853 | Brick Township |
| Bennett, George | 1850 | 1852 | Jackson Township |
| Nutt, Joel | 1850 | 1852 | Plumsted Township |
| Oliphant, Samuel | 1850 | 1852 | Stafford Township |
| Ivins, Anthony | 1851 | 1852 | Dover Township |
| Irons, Aaron | 1850 | 1851 | Dover Township |
| Predmore, Hohn | 1850 | 1851 | Union Township |
| Shreve, Edwin | 1850 | 1851 | Plumsted Township |
| Dunham, Samuel | 1850 | 1851 | Dover Township |
| Hooper, William | 1850 | 1851 | Stafford Township |
| Snyder, Benjamin | 1850 | 1850 | Brick Township |