History of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office

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History of the Sheriff's Office

Jimmy Dorney Term: 2007-Present	Wesley Kendrick Term: 1997-2006
Charles D. Nicklas Term: 1993-1996	Eddie L. King Term: 1987-1992
Elton Brown Term: 1981-1986	Donald Meek Term: 1973-1980
Walter T. Looper Term: 1967-1972	H. C. Arnold Term: 1961-1966
Robert Hardwicke Term: 1957-1960	Ethel H. Blackard Term: 1951-1956
Lloyd Yarbrough Term: 1947-1950	R. L. Thompson 1941-1946
Carl L. Arrington Term: 1939-1940 Appointed to fill the term vacated by Virgil Kolb	Virgil Kolb Term: 1937-1939
George W. Ladd Term: 1933-1936	Fred Russell Term: 1927-1932
R. C. Temple Term: 1923-1926	Daniel Boone Bartlett Term: 1919-1922
Edward Jacobs Term: 1916-1918	Ben H. Phillips Term: 1914-1915
Ewell Love Term: 1910-1913	W. A. McPherson Term: 1906-1909
Joe B. King Term: 1902-1905 Appointed to fill the term of John Powers, who was killed in the line of duty, 1902	John Powers Term: 1888-1902 Killed in the line of duty during a shoot-out with bank robbers, 1902
W. S. Jett Term: 1884-1888	E. T. McConnell Term: 1878-1883
J. M. Armstrong Term: 1874-1877	R. S. Crampton Term: 1872-1873
P. Hixson Term: 1868-1871	E. N. Griffith Term: 1866-1867
James Monroe Laster Term: 1865-1866	W. L. Craven Term: 1864-1865
J. F. Hill Term: 1858-1863
Past Sheriffs in office prior to 1858 (No photos available). W.D. Griffith - 1856-1857 C.B. Mann - 1850-1855 J.M. Hamilton - 1846-1849 W.M.H. Newton - 1842-1845 A. Sinclair - 1838-1841 W.J. Parks - 1835-1837 A. Sinclair - 1833-1834 S.F. Mason - 1832-1833