WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

SHERIFFS

Appointed by Governor to 1-year terms:
1742-1745 James Martin
1745-1746 Benton Harris

1750 John Scarborough
1751
1752-1755 Ephraim Waggaman
1755-1758 John Dennis, Jr.
1758-1761 Benjamin Handy

1770-1773 Parker Selby
1773-1775 John Done

Elected by Voters to 3-year terms (Constitution of 1776, sec. 42):
1777 Philip Quinton (resigned)
1777-1779 William Selby, Jr.
1779-1782 John Selby, Jr.
1782-1785
1785-1788 Joshua Townsend
1788-1791 Zadock Sturgis
1791-1794 George Purnell
1794-1797 John Curtis Handy
1797-1800 Zadock Sturgis
1800-1803 Levin Pollett
1803-1806 Robert Nairn (F)
1806-1809 Joshua Duer (R)
1809-1812 Levin Derrickson (R)
1812-1815 George Hayward (F)
1815-1818 George Parsons (F)
1818-1821 Jonathan Fooks (F)
1821-1824 Cord Hazzard (R)
1824-1827 James Powell (F)
1827-1830
1830-1833
1833-1836
1836-1839
1839-1842
1842-1845 Matthew Lindsey

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 20):
1851-1853 Samuel H. Jarmon
1853-1855 Zadock Marshall
1855-1857
1857-1859
1859-1861 William Harper
1861-1863 George E. Bowen
1863-1865 Joseph Godfrey

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 49):
1865-1867

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44):
1867-1869
1869-1871 Zadock Marshall
1871-1873 John P. Hargis
1873-1875 Stephen E. Mason (I)
1875-1876 Levin Houston
1876-1879 DeWitt C. Fooks
1879-1881 Christopher C. Lloyd
1881-1883
1883-1885 Charles W. Clayville
1885-1887
1887-1889
1889-1891
1891-1893
1893-1895
1895-1897 Henry Young
1897-1899 Joseph G. Harrison
1899-1901 William E. Lankford
1901-1903 William Whaley
1903-1905 William E. Lankford
1905-1907 Henry J. Anderson (D)
1907-1909 Calvin E. Townsend (D)
1909-1911 Charles G. Dale (D)
1911-1913 George A. Harrison (D)
1913-1915 Charles Bishop
1915-1917 George D. Truitt
1917-1921 Lemuel W. Olney (D)
1921-1923 William O. Shockley
1923-1926 Wilmer S. Purnell (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 Walter R. Dennis
1930-1934 Wilmer S. Purnell (D)
1934-1938 Ernest C. West
1938-1942 J. William Hall (D)
1942-1946 Edward D. Lynch (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):
1946-1950 Arthur W. Duer (R)
1950-1958 Edwin D. Lynch (D)
1958-1966 William Kenneth Tyler
1966-1974 R. Calvin Hall (D)
1974-1975 Carroll C. Serman (D) (died Oct. 3, 1975)
1975-1985 Michael Galeone (D)
1985-1994 G. Daniel McAllister (R)
1994-2010 Charles T. Martin (D)
2010-2018 Reggie T. Mason, Sr. (R)
2018- Matthew Crisafulli (R)

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