BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

SHERIFFS


Appointed by Governor to 1-year terms:
1661 Francis Wright

1664-1665 George Goldsmith
1666-1667 George Utie
1668 George Utie

1670 Nathaniel Styles

1676-1679 Thomas Long
1679-1682 John Stansby
1683-1686 Miles Gibson
1687-1690 Thomas Long
1691-1694 John Hall
1694-1696 John Thomas
1696-1699 James Maxwell
1700 Thomas Staley
1701-1703 James Maxwell
1703-1706 Aquila Paca
1706-1709 Francis Dollahyde

1713-1715 John Dorsey

1719-1722 Edward Hall

1725-1729 William Smith
1729-1730 Thomas Sheredine
1730-1734 John Hall
1734-1736 Edward Hall
1736-1738 William Hammond
1738-1742 Nicholas Ridgely
1742-1743 John Ridgely
1743-1744 William Dallam
1744-1748 John Risteau
1748-1752 Roger Boyce
1752 Thomas Sheredine (died May 28, 1752)
1752-1753 Thomas Franklin
1753-1756 William Young
1756-1757 Charles Christie
1757-1760 David McCullough
1760-1762 Roger Boyce
1762-1763 Aquila Hall (resigned)
1764-1768 Robert Adair
1768-1770 Daniel Chalmier
1770-1774 John R. Holliday
1774-1776 Robert Christie, Jr.

Elected by Voters to 3-year terms (Constitution of 1776, sec. 42, amended by Chapter 246, Acts of 1842, ratified 1843):
1777 William Aisquith (resigned)
1777-1778 Henry Stephenson
1778-1779 Edward Cockey
1779-1780 Joseph Baxter
1780-1782 Job Garritson
1782 William McLaughlin
1782-1785 Edmund Ford
1785-1788 Philip Graybill [Graybell]
1788 William Gibson
1788-1791 Thomas Rutter, Jr.
1791-1794 Robert Gorsuch
1794-1797 Henry Stephenson
1797-1800 Cornelius H. Gist
1800-1803 James Wilson
1803-1806 Thomas Bailey
1806-1809 John Hunter
1809-1812 William Merryman
1812-1813 John Hutchins (died in office)
1813-1815 John Chalmers
1815-1818 Matthew Murray (R)
1818-1821 John Stevenson
1821-1824 Sheppard C. Leakin (R)
1824-1827 Standish Barry
1827-1830 William Bale
1830-1833 Henry Green
1833-1836 Henry S. Sanderson
1839-1839 John W. Walker
1839-1842 William D. Ball
1842-1845 Nicholas Tracy
1845-1848 John Kettlewell
1848-1851 Joshua F. Hynes

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 20):
1851-1853 Samuel P. Storm
1853-1855 Pleasant Hunter
1855-1857 William Pole
1857-1859 Richard W. Hook
1859-1861 Francis J. Wheeler (D)
1861-1863 Joseph Walker
1863-1864 Daniel S. Armstrong (died Nov. 9, 1864)
1864-1865 James Thompson

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 49):
1865-1867 John K. Harvey

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44):
1867-1869 Thomas Baldwin
1869-1871 Nicholas Burke
1871-1873 Samuel J. Robinson
1873-1874 Samuel F. Butler (D)
1874 Samuel W. Worthington
1875-1877 Stephen Barton
1877-1879 Samuel W. Worthington (D)
1879-1881 William A. Slade
1881-1883 Richard C. Tracey
1883-1885 Joseph R. Knight
1885-1887 Silas V. Miller
1887-1889 Joshua Tracey
1889-1891 Charles J. Beckley
1891-1893 Thomas R. Jenifer
1893-1895 Charles H. Holmes
1895-1897 William P. Cole
1897-1899 Joshua T. Whittle
1899-1901 William H. Todd
1901-1903 William J. Oeligrath (D)
1903-1905 James Rittenhouse
1905-1907 Jacob Elliott
1907-1909 Abram T. Street (D)
1909-1911 James Rittenhouse (D)
1911-1913 Michael J. Gaff (D)
1913-1915 Leonard G. Quinlin
1915-1917 Samuel C. Mahle
1917-1919 Abram T. Street (D)
1919-1921 Samuel C. Mahle
1921-1923 J. Carroll Ensor
1923-1926 Caleb C. Burton

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII; added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1930 Samuel A. Brooks
1930-1934 Bremen A. Trail
1934-1938 T. J. Randolph Nicholas
1938-1942 William G. Lynch (D)
1942-1946 Gilbert G. Miller (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44, amended by Chapter 786, Acts of 1945, ratified Nov. 5, 1946):
1946-1950 Clarence E. Deitz
1950-1962 Gilbert G. Miller (D)
1962-1966 Edward G. Mueller
1966-1973 Gilbert L. Deyle (died Dec. 1973)
1973-1974 Leonard M. Carpenter (D)
1974-1984 Charles H. Hickey, Jr. (died May 14, 1984)
1984-1986 Frank B. Wiers, Jr. (acting)
1986-1990 J. Edward (Ned) Malone, Sr. (D)
1990-1998 Norman M. Pepersack, Jr. (D)
1998-2002 Anne K. Strasdauskas (D)
2002- R. Jay Fisher (D)

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