WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

SHERIFFS

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44):
1867-1869 William Howard
1869-1871 John D. Johnson
1871-1873 William Twilley
1873-1875 William S. Moore (D)
1875-1877 Levin R. Dorman
1877-1879 Joshua H. Trader
1879-1881 William S. Moore (D)
1881-1883 V. J. Collier
1883-1885 William S. Gordy
1885-1887 Edward L. Austin
1887-1889 Isaac H. White
1889-1891 James Jones
1891-1893 Thomas S. Roberts
1893-1895 John W. Farlow
1895-1897 James C. Johnson
1897-1899 John W. Dashiell
1899-1901 Jesse H. Bratton
1901-1903 George W. Fooks (D)
1903-1905 William Gillis
1905-1907 Elmer E. Bradley
1907-1909 William W. Laramore (D)
1909-1911 Josiah Clayton Kelly (D)
1911-1913 Roy E. Smith (D)
1913-1915 William C. Brady
1915-1917 Walter J. Dryden (D)
1917-1919 James S. Chatham
1919-1921 William W. Lawrence
1921-1923 John H. Farlow
1923-1926 G. Murray Phillips (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII; added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1930 Ralph C. Duffy
1930-1934 G. Murray Phillips (D)
1934-1938 Charles H. Truitt
1938-1942 Marvin Bounds Gordy (D)
1942-1946 Leroy H. Brewington (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44, amended by Chapter 786, Acts of 1945, ratified Nov. 5, 1946):
1946-1958 Jesse Morris Pollitt
1958-1968 Samuel A. Graham (died Dec. 8, 1968)
1968-1970 Eugene McLaughlin Carey
1970-1982 William E. Shockley
1982-1984 John W. Baker
1984-2006 R. Hunter Nelms (R)
2006- Michael A. Lewis (R)

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