Sheriffs of Gibson County, IN.

SHERIFFS OF GIBSON COUNTY, INDIANA

Thanks to Gibson County Sheriff & Historian George Ballard we have been able to add this historical page to our website. This page is dedicated to previous Gibson County Sheriffs elected by the citizens of Gibson County.

INDIANA TERRITORY

NAME	DATE SERVED	POLITICAL PARTY	PICTURE
JAMES CROW SR.	3/31/1813 – 4/27/1815	UNKNOWN	NO
JAMES CROW JR.	4/28/1815 – 10/7/1816	UNKNOWN	NO
HENRY HOPKINS	10/15/1816 – 12/29/1816	UNKNOWN	NO

INDIANA JOINS THE UNION AS THE 19^TH STATE

NAME	DATE SERVED	POLITICAL PARTY	PICTURE
HENRY HOPKINS	12/30/1816 – 6/2/1818	UNKNOWN	NO
THOMAS STONE	6/3/1818 – 8/23/1818	UNKNOWN	NO
THOMAS STONE	8/24/1818 – 8/19/1820	UNKNOWN	NO
JAMES K. SLOAN JR.	8/20/1820 – 8/22/1822	UNKNOWN	NO
JAMES K. SLOAN JR.	8/23/1822 – 8/16/1824	UNKNOWN	NO
JAMES DEVIN	8/17/1824 – 8/17/1826	UNKNOWN	NO
JAMES DEVIN	8/18/1826 – 8/23/1828	UNKNOWN	NO
JOSEPH NEELY	8/24/1828 – 9/7/1830	UNKNOWN	NO
NICHOLAS J. HARGROVE	9/8/1830 – 8/23/1832	UNKNOWN	NO
NICHOLAS J. HARGROVE	8/24/1832 – 8/14/1834	UNKNOWN	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	8/15/1834 – 8/13/1836	WHIG	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	8/14/1836 – 8/12/1838	WHIG	NO
JOSEPH E. WOODS	8/13/1838 – 8/14/1840	UNKNOWN	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	8/15/1840 – 8/7/1842	WHIG	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	8/8/1842 – 8/22/1844	WHIG	NO
SAMUEL H. SHANNON	8/23/1844 – 8/18/1846	UNKNOWN	NO
SAMUEL H. SHANNON	8/19/1846 – 8/24/1848	UNKNOWN	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	8/25/1848 – 8/20/1850	WHIG	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	8/21/1850 – 10/12/1852	WHIG	NO
JESSE MOORE	10/13/1852 – 10/10/1854	DEMOCRAT	NO
JESSE MOORE	10/11/1854 – 10/14/1856	DEMOCRAT	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	10/15/1856 – 10/11/1858	REPUBLICAN	NO
JOSEPH J. KIRKMAN	10/12/1858 – 10/8/1860	REPUBLICAN	NO
AUGUSTA BOSWELL	10/9/1860 – 7/5/1862	DEMOCRAT	NO
JAMES M. ALVIS	7/10/1862 – 10/14/1862	DEMOCRAT	NO
HENRY AYRES	10/15/1862 – 10/11/1864	DEMOCRAT	NO
HENRY AYRES	10/12/1864 – 4/3/1866	DEMOCRAT	NO
JACOB G. VAIL	4/4/1866 – 10/8/1866	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
JACOB G. VAIL	10/9/1866 – 2/28/1868	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
JAMES M. RAGSDALE	3/1/1868 – 10/13/1868	DEMOCRAT	NO
JACOB G. VAIL	10/14/1868 – 11/7/1870	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
JOHN LOCKHART	11/8/1870 – 6/16/1871	DEMOCRAT	NO
FRANCIS W. HAUSS	6/19/1871 – 10/7/1872	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
FRANCIS W. HAUSS	10/8/1872 – 10/13/1874	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
FRANCIS W. HAUSS	10/14/1874 – 10/10/1876	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
JACOB G. VAIL	10/11/1876 – 10/8/1878	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
WILLIAM L. HARGROVE	10/9/1878 – 10/12/1880	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
HENRY P. CHAMBERS	10/13/1880 – 11/7/1882	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
HENRY P. CHAMBERS	11/8/1882 – 11/4/1884	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
HUGH MCGARY	11/5/1884 – 11/2/1886	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
HUGH MCGARY	11/3/1886 – 11/13/1888	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
MONROE KEY	11/14/1888 – 11/4/1890	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
MONROE KEY	11/5/1890 – 11/20/1892	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
D. WYATT GENTRY	11/21/1892 – 11/25/1894	DEMOCRAT	NO
JOHN TRIBLE	11/26/1894 – 11/30/1896	REPUBLICAN	NO
WILLIAM MURPHY	12/1/1896 – 11/8/1898	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
WILLIAM MURPHY	11/9/1898 – 12/31/1900	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
THOMAS BELOAT	1/1/1901 – 12/31/1902	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
THOMAS BELOAT	1/1/1903 – 12/31/1904	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
FRANK WHITING	1/1/1905 – 12/31/1906	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
FRANK WHITING	1/1/1907 – 12/31/1908	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
GEORGE SKELTON	1/1/1908 – 12/31/1910	DEMOCRAT	NO
GEORGE SKELTON	1/1/1911 – 12/31/1912	DEMOCRAT	NO
JOSEPH W. BARTON	1/1/1913 – 12/31/1914	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
JOSEPH W. BARTON	1/1/1915 – 12/31/1916	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
EDWIN W. PHILLIPS	1/1/1917 – 12/31/1918	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
DINK J. FLOWERS	1/1/1919 – 12/31/1920	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
DINK J. FLOWERS	1/1/1921 – 12/31/1922	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
JOHN W. HOLLEN	1/1/1923 – 12/31/1924	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
JOHN W. HOLLEN	1/1/1925 – 12/31/1926	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
SYLVESTER SUMMERS	1/1/1927 – 12/31/1928	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
SYLVESTER SUMMERS	1/1/1929 – 12/31/1930	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
GEORGE N. HITCH	1/1/1931 – 12/31/1932	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
GEORGE N. HITCH	1/1/1933 – 12/31/1934	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
JOHN CHESTER A. BRASELTON	1/1/1935 – 12/31/1936	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
STANCIL O. WILLIAMS	1/1/1937 – 12/31/1938	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
STANCIL O. WILLIAMS	1/1/1939 – 12/31/1940	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
CALVIN J. CAREY	1/1/1941 – 12/31/1942	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
RUSSELL L. FARMER SR.	1/1/1943 – 12/31/1944	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
RUSSELL L. FARMER SR.	1/1/1945 – 12/31/1946	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
JAMES G. MCDONALD SR.	1/1/1947 – 12/31/1948	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
MAURICE WOOD	1/1/1949 – 12/31/1950	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
MAURICE WOOD	1/1/1951 – 12/31/1954	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
H. EARL HOLLEN	1/1/1955 – 12/31/1958	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
H. EARL HOLLEN	1/1/1959 – 12/31/1962	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
ROGER J. EMMERT	1/1/1963 – 12/31/1966	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
ROGER J. EMMERT	1/1/1967 – 12/31/1970	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
JOHN SOLLY MITCHELL	1/1/1971 – 12/31/1974	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
JOHN SOLLY MITCHELL	1/1/1975 – 3/14/1976	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
ROGER J. EMMERT	3/17/1976 – 12/31/1978	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
ROGER J. EMMERT	1/1/1979 – 12/31/1982	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
GEORGE A. BALLARD	1/1/1983 – 12/31/1986	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
GEORGE A. BALLARD	1/1/1987 – 12/31/1990	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
E. BRUCE MCCLELLAN	1/1/1991 – 12/31/1994	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
GEORGE A. BALLARD	1/1/1995 – 12/31/1998	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
GEORGE A. BALLARD	1/1/1999 – 12/31/2002	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
R. ALLEN HARMON	1/1/2003 – 12/31/2006	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
R. ALLEN HARMON	1/1/2007 – 12/31/2010	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
GEORGE A. BALLARD	1/1/2011 – 12/31/2014	DEMOCRAT	VIEW
TIMOTHY W. BOTTOMS	1/1/2015 – 12/31/2018	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
TIMOTHY W. BOTTOMS	1/1/2019 – 12/31/2022	REPUBLICAN	VIEW
BRUCE L. VANOVEN	1/1/2023 –	REPUBLICAN	VIEW

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