Submitted by Roy Dean Bradford
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The first Sheriff's served a two-year term and could succeed themselves. In 1876 this was changed to a four-year term and the Sheriff was not to succeed himself. The new Illinois Constitution, ratified in 1976, changed this again stating that a Sheriff could succeed himself. |
1. Lewis Watkins 1818-1824 3 two-year terms 2. W. L. Howell 1824-1826 3. Nicholas Wren 1826-1828 4. James Bowman 1828-1842 7 two-year terms 5. W. J. Stephenson 1842-1848 3 two-year terms 6. Wiley Piper 1848-1850 7. J. R. Satterfield 1850-1852 8. William Dodds 1852-1854 9. John R. Allen 1854-1856 10. James Wescott 1856-1858 11. John Bagwell 1858-1860 12. C. G. Vaughn 1860-1862 13. J. B. Goodrich 1862-1864 14. C. G. Vaughn 1864-1866 15. William Dodds 1866-1868 16. W. E. Coffey 1868-1874 3 two-year terms 17. J. B. Goodrich 1874-1876 18. George W. Yost 1876-1882 1 two-year term and 1 four-year term. 19. Thomas M. Gray 1882-1886 20. Sam Cooper 1886-1890 21. Thomas M. Gray 1890-1894 22. John R. Ward 1894-1898 23. Tom E. Manion 1898-1902 24. Sam S. Howe 1902-1906 25. Grant Irvin 1906-1910 26. W. S. Payne 1910-1914 27. Tom Pasley 1914-1918 28. Grant Holcomb 1918-1919 Dec. 18, 1918 to Oct. 1919 29. Grant Irvin 1919-1922 Oct., 1919 to Dec., 1922 30. Grant Holcomb 1922-1926 31. T. Hal Smith 1926-1930 32. Bill Groves 1930-1934 33. Clyde Mitchell 1934-1938 34. Arthur Owens 1938-1942 35. Glenn Murphy 1942-1946 36. Chris Johnson 1946-1950 37. Roy Taylor 1950-1954 38. Leonard "Smokey" Wood 1954-1958 39. Robert Ruddick 1958-1962 40. Dewey E. Barton 1962-1966 41. Robert Ruddick 1966-1970 42. Dayton Harlan 1970-1974 43. Bill Hill 1974-1978 44. Bob D. Pitchford 1978-May 4,1993 (died in office) 45. Roy Dean Bradford June,1993 - 46. Roger Mulch - 2014 47. Travis Allen 2014 - ?? ?? - Jeff Bullard Sr. 2022 |
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