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Here is a list of people who have served as sheriff of Sangamon County since the county was established on Jan. 30, 1821. Dates indicate when the sheriffs were commissioned unless noted.
John Taylor: 1821, ’22, ’24, ‘26
James D. Henry: 1828, ’30, ‘32
Garrett Elkin: 1834, ’36, ‘38
William Elkin: 1840, ‘42
William Harvey: 1844, ‘46
Charles Arnold: 1848
Josiah Francis: 1850
Charles Arnold: 1852
John Webber: 1854
John Cook: 1856
Joseph Pirkins: 1858
John W. Smith: 1860
Milton Hicks: 1862
William Crafton: 1864
Samuel Shoup: 1866
Dwight Brown: 1868
A.B. McConnell: 1872
William Barrett: 1872
Louis Ticknor: 1874
Temp Elliott: 1876
Samuel Shoup: 1878
Hampton Gibson: 1880
Alfred Malone: 1882
John Condell Jr.: 1886
Patrick Murray: 1890 (4-year terms commence)
Edward Baxter: 1894
Charles Woods: 1898
B.H. Brainerd: 1902
Charles Werner: 1906
Henry Mester: 1910
John Wheeler: 1914
Henry Mester: 1918
O.E. Lemon: 1922
James Kent: 1926
Samuel Metcalf: 1930 (removed for reason of insanity in September 1933)
Allan Cole: Appointed Sept. 12, 1933; died Oct. 19, 1934
William Natterman: Appointed Oct. 23, 1934
Luke Gaule: Commissioned Nov. 15, 1934
Harry Eielson: 1938
Walter Hagler: 1943
Meredith Rhule: 1947
James Walsh: 1951
Harold Barrow: 1953
Arthur Gross: 1955
Hugh Campbell: 1959
James Christensen: 1963
Edward Ryan: 1967
Hugh Campbell: 1971
Martin Gutschenritter: 1975
James Purdon: 1978 (resigned 1985)
Bill DeMarco: appointed 1985; elected 1986
Neil Williamson: 1994
Wes Barr: 2014
Jack Campbell, 2018 (resigned 2024)
Jim Allmon, 2024 (interim)
Paula Crouch (appointed 2024)
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