List of Los Angeles County sheriffs
Sheriff of Los Angeles County | |
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Badge of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | |
Incumbent Robert Luna 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 | |
3 | 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 | |
9 | Tomas Avila Sanchez | 1860 | 1867 | |
10 | James F. Burns | 1868 | 1871 | |
11 | William R. Rowland | 1871 | 1875 | |
12 | David W. Alexander | 1876 | 1877 | |
13 | Henry M. Mitchell | 1878 | 1879 | |
14 | William R. Rowland | 1880 | 1882 | |
15 | Alvan T. Currier | 1883 | 1884 | |
16 | George E. Gard | 1885 | 1886 | |
17 | James C. Kays | 1887 | 1888 | |
18 | Martin G. Aguirre | 1889 | 1890 | |
19 | E. D. Gibson | 1890 | 1892 | |
20 | John C. Cline | 1893 | 1894 | |
21 | John Burr | 1895 | 1898 | |
22 | William A. Hammel | 1899 | 1902 | |
23 | Will A. White | 1903 | 1906 | |
24 | William A. Hammel | 1907 | 1914 | |
25 | John C. Cline | 1915 | 1921 | |
26 | William I. Traeger* | 1921 | 1932 | |
27 | Eugene W. Biscailuz* | 1932 | 1958 | |
28 | Peter J. Pitchess | 1959 | 1982 | |
29 | Sherman Block* | 1982 | 1998 | |
30 | Lee Baca | 1998 | 2014 | |
31 | John Scott* | 2014 | 2014 | |
32 | Jim McDonnell | 2014 | 2018 | |
33 | Alex Villanueva | 2018 | 2022 | |
34 | Robert Luna | 2022 | Incumbent |
- * Appointed to fill the unexpired term of the predecessor
- † Killed in the line of duty
See also
References
External links
- 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
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