COUNTY OF RICHLAND ILLINOIS SHERIFF’S OFFICE

ESTABLISHED 1841

PAST AND PRESENT SHERIFFS
OF RICHLAND COUNTY

1841-1842    Lewis Sawyer           1906-1910    Harvey Elliott  

1842-1844    Thomas Decker        1910-1914    Edward W. Houser

1844-1848    Lewis Sawyer            1914-1918    Charles West

1848-1850    James Parker            1918-1922    Frank Craig

1850-1852    R. B. Marney             1922-1926    Harvey Moore   

1852-1853    James H. Parker        1926-1930    Sam Ashmore

1853-1855    Ryan McIntire            1930-1934    Harvey Moore

1855-1855     Horace Hayward        1934-1938    Charles West

1855-1856    John Wolf                  1938-1942    Harvey Moore

1856-1857    James H. Parker         1942-1944    Perry T. Long

1857-1860    W. T. Shelby              1944-1950    Charles Hixon

1860-1862     F. A. Johns               1950-1954    Jesse Shipley

1862-1864    Thomas L. Stewart     1954-1958    George Shipley

1864-1866    William Covertry        1958-1962    William Shipley

1866-1868    Archibald Springs      1962-1966    Gilbert VanCleve

1868-1872    M.M. St. John            1966-1970    William Shipley

1872-1878    Hiram Sharp               1970-1974    Glen King

1887-1882    James I. Richey           1974-1980    Harry McPheron

1882-1886    Archibald Springs       1980-1990    Joe Willis

1886-1890    Wickliff Higgins           1990-1993    Randy Stevenson

1890-1894    G. M. Swain                 1993-1998    Gary W. Dowty

1894-1898    Jeff McWilliams           1998-2006    Robert E. Foerster

1898-1902    Ed W. Houser               2006-2010    Andrew R. Hires

1902-1906    William C. Shake