List of Los Angeles County sheriffs
Appearance
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Sheriff of Los Angeles County | |
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![]() Badge of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | |
since December 5, 2022 | |
Inaugural holder | George T. Burrill |
Formation | 1850 |
The following is a list of sheriffs who have served Los Angeles County, California:
No. | Portrait | Officeholder | Tenure start | Tenure end |
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1 | George T. Burrill | 1852 | 1855 | |
2 | James R. Barton | 1852 | 1855 | |
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David W. Alexander | 1856 | 1856 |
4 | Charles Egbert Hale | 1856 | 1856 | |
5 | James R. Barton † | 1856 | 1856 | |
6 | Elijah Bettis* | 1857 | 1857 | |
7 | William C. Getman † | 1858 | 1858 | |
8 | James P. Thompson* | 1858 | 1859 | |
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Tomas Avila Sanchez | 1860 | 1867 |
10 | James F. Burns | 1868 | 1871 | |
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William R. Rowland | 1871 | 1875 |
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David W. Alexander | 1876 | 1877 |
13 | Henry M. Mitchell | 1878 | 1879 | |
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William R. Rowland | 1880 | 1882 |
15 | Alvan T. Currier | 1883 | 1884 | |
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George E. Gard | 1885 | 1886 |
17 | James C. Kays | 1887 | 1888 | |
18 | Martin G. Aguirre | 1889 | 1890 | |
19 | E. D. Gibson | 1890 | 1892 | |
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John C. Cline | 1893 | 1894 |
21 | John Burr | 1895 | 1898 | |
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William A. Hammel | 1899 | 1902 |
23 | Will A. White | 1903 | 1906 | |
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William A. Hammel | 1907 | 1914 |
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John C. Cline | 1915 | 1921 |
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William I. Traeger* | 1921 | 1932 |
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Eugene W. Biscailuz* | 1932 | 1958 |
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Peter J. Pitchess | 1959 | 1982 |
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Sherman Block* | 1982 | 1998 |
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Lee Baca | 1998 | 2014 |
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John Scott* | 2014 | 2014 |
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Jim McDonnell | 2014 | 2018 |
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Alex Villanueva | 2018 | 2022 |
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Robert Luna | 2022 | Incumbent |
- * Appointed to fill the unexpired term of the predecessor
- † Killed in the line of duty
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- The 150 Year History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
- Sheriffs of Los Angeles County
- Sven Crongeyer, 2006, Six Gun Sound : The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Linden Publishing, ISBN 978-1-933502-00-7