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The Greater Cincinnati Police Museum
“Preserving the History of Law Enforcement in the Greater Cincinnati Area”
Sheriffs of Hamilton County
| Name | Yr | to | Yr | Total Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, John | 1790 | to | 1792 | 3 |
| Ludlow, John | 1793 | to | 1794 | 2 |
| Symmes, Daniel | 1795 | to | 1796 | 2 |
| Smith, James | 1797 | to | 1804 | 8 |
| McFarland, William | 1805 | to | 1806 | 2 |
| Goforth, Aaron | 1806 | to | 1810 | 5 |
| Jenkinson, Joseph | 1811 | to | 1812 | 2 |
| Wallace, John S. | 1813 | to | 1814 | 2 |
| Hosbrook, David | 1816 | to | 1816 | 1 |
| Ruffin, William | 1817 | to | 1817 | 1 |
| Ayers, Stephen | 1818 | to | 1822 | 5 |
| Ruffin, William | 1823 | to | 1825 | 3 |
| Avery, John C. | 1829 | to | 1829 | 1 |
| Hulse, Ebenezer | 1831 | to | 1834 | 4 |
| Fostick, Samuel | 1836 | to | 1838 | 3 |
| Avery, John C. | 1839 | to | 1842 | 4 |
| Garrard, John H. | 1843 | to | 1846 | 4 |
| Weaver, Thomas S. | 1847 | to | 1848 | 2 |
| Cooper, Joseph | 1849 | to | 1850 | 2 |
| Smith, Charles W. | 1851 | to | 1852 | 2 |
| Higdon, Benjamin | 1853 | to | 1854 | 2 |
| Brashears, Gassaway | 1855 | to | 1856 | 2 |
| Mathers, Richard | 1857 | to | 1858 | 2 |
| Kessler, Henry | 1859 | to | 1860 | 2 |
| Armstrong, John B. | 1861 | to | 1862 | 2 |
| Long, William | 1863 | to | 1864 | 2 |
| Calvin, Richard | 1865 | to | 1866 | 2 |
| Schlotman, Henry S. | 1867 | to | 1868 | 2 |
| Weber, Daniel | 1869 | to | 1870 | 2 |
| Heart, Joseph E. | 1871 | to | 1872 | 2 |
| Ziegler, George W. | 1873 | to | 1874 | 2 |
| Springmeier, Ferdinand | 1875 | to | 1876 | 2 |
| Wallace, William P. | 1877 | to | 1878 | 2 |
| Weber, George | 1879 | to | 1880 | 2 |
| Bailey, Samuel, Jr. | 1881 | to | 1882 | 2 |
| Hawkins, Morton L. | 1883 | to | 1884 | 2 |
| Beresford, Samuel M., Jr. | 1885 | to | 1886 | 2 |
| Schott, Leo | 1887 | to | 1890 | 4 |
| Heim, Valentine H. | 1891 | to | 1892 | 2 |
| Archibald, Robert M. | 1893 | to | 1897 | 5 |
| Reichel, Chris | 1898 | to | 1898 | 1 |
| Taylor, Thomas A. | 1899 | to | 1902 | 4 |
| Jones, Salmon | 1903 | to | 1906 | 4 |
| Hamann, Henry W. | 1907 | to | 1910 | 4 |
| Cooper, Charles | 1911 | to | 1914 | 4 |
| Schott, George F. | 1915 | to | 1918 | 4 |
| Bader, Ferd | 1919 | to | 1922 | 4 |
| Witt, Richard B. | 1923 | to | 1926 | 4 |
| Anderson, William | 1927 | to | 1930 | 4 |
| Butterfield, Asa V. | 1931 | to | 1934 | 4 |
| Lutz, George A., Sr. | 1935 | to | 1936 | 2 |
| Lutz, George A., Jr. | 1937 | to | 1938 | 2 |
| Sperber, Fred | 1939 | to | 1942 | 4 |
| Handman, C. Taylor | 1943 | to | 1948 | 6 |
| Tehan, Dan P. | 1949 | to | 1972 | 24 |
| Fricker, Paul J. | 1973 | to | 1976 | 4 |
| Stokes, Lincoln J. | 1977 | to | 1987 | 11 |
| Leis, Simon L., Jr. | 1987 | to | 2012 | 26 |
| Neil, James | 2013 | to | 2020 | 8 |
| McGuffey, Charmaine | 2021 | to | present |