Previous Sheriffs
CRAWFORD COUNTY'S SHERIFFS | ||||||
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- FROM 1826 THRU 2025 - | ||||||
- TWO YEAR TERMS - | ||||||
SHERIFF | YEARS SERVED | TERMS SERVED | ||||
Hugh McCracken | 1826 - 1828 Appointed | One | ||||
John Miller | 1829 - 1831 | One | ||||
John Moderwell | 1832 - 1834 | One | ||||
David Holm | 1835 - 1836 | One | ||||
John Shull | 1837 - 1838 | One | ||||
Samuel Andrews | 1839 - 1839 | Resigned | ||||
John L. Harper | 1839 - 1842 Appointed | One | ||||
John Caldwell | 1843 - 1844 | One | ||||
James Clements | 1845 - 1848 | One | ||||
Jonathan Kissinger | 1849 - 1852 | One | ||||
William C. Beale | 1853 - 1856 | Two | ||||
John Franz | 1857 - 1860 | Two | ||||
Job B. Franz | 1860 - 1860 Appointed | 47 days | ||||
Joseph Worden | 1861 - 1865 | Three | ||||
Daniel Keplinger | 1866 - 1868 | One | ||||
Jimmie "Uncle" Worden | 1869 - 1873 Appointed/Elected | Two | ||||
Henry J. Row | 1874 - 1876 | One | ||||
John A. Schaber | 1877 - 1879 | Two | ||||
1879 - 1880 | ||||||
John Keil | 1881 - 1882 | Two | ||||
1883 - 1884 | ||||||
Peter Faeth | 1885 - 1886 | Two | ||||
1887 - 1888 | ||||||
Christian Birk | 1889 - 1890 | Two | ||||
1891 - 1892 | ||||||
John Keil | 1893 - 1894 | Two | ||||
1895 - 1896 | ||||||
Charles George Vollmer | 1897 - 1898 | Two | ||||
1899 - 1900 | ||||||
John Gebhart | 1901 - 1902 | Two | ||||
1903 - 1904 | ||||||
August Ludwig Gerhart | 1905 - 1906 | Two | ||||
1907 - 1909 | ||||||
Solomon Crum | 1910 - 1911 | Two | ||||
1912 - 1914 | ||||||
John W. Stuckman | 1915 - 1916 | Two | ||||
1917 - 1918 | ||||||
Edward J. Knappenberger | 1919 - 1920 | Two | ||||
1921 - 1922 | ||||||
Ira Freese | 1923 - 01/05/1924 | Killed | ||||
Frankie Freese (Wife) | 1924 - 1924 Appointed | One | ||||
Harvey Ulmer | 1925 - 1926 | Two | ||||
1927 - 1928 | ||||||
George Davenport | 1929 - 1930 | Two | ||||
1930 - 1931 | Killed in Line of Duty | |||||
Carl Fred Vollmer | 1931 - 1932 Appointed | One | ||||
Arthur J. Stuckert | 1933 - 1934 | Two | ||||
1935 - 1936 | ||||||
NOTE: Four year terms of Office were established in 1936 and commenced in 1937 | ||||||
Albert H. French | 1937 - 1940 | Two | ||||
1941 - 1944 | ||||||
Ralph E. Schreck | 1945 - 1949 | Two | ||||
1950 - 1953 | ||||||
Elwood Jacobs | 1953 - 1957 | Three + | ||||
1958 - 1962 | ||||||
1963 - 1967 | ||||||
1968 - 1968 | Retired | |||||
Floyd Charles Smith | 1969 - 1972 | Three | ||||
1972 - 1976 | ||||||
1977 - 1980 | ||||||
Ronny J. Shawber | 1981 - 1984 | Eight | ||||
1985 - 1988 | ||||||
1989 - 1992 | ||||||
1993 - 1996 | ||||||
1997 - 2000 | ||||||
2001 - 2004 | ||||||
2005 - 2008 | ||||||
2009 - 2013 | ||||||
Scott M. Kent | 2013 - 2017 | |||||
2017 - 2021 | ||||||
2021 - 2025 |