List of Sheriffs of Worcester County, Massachusetts
This is a list of Sheriffs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. The Sheriff originally was an appointed office, it has been an elected position since 1856.[1] The Sheriff is elected to serve a six-year term.
The current Worcester County Sheriff is Lewis Evangelidis
# | Sheriff | Picture | Term | Party | Note |
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1st | Daniel Gookin | June 30, 1731 - June 1743 | |||
2nd | Benjamin Flagg | 1743–1751 | |||
3rd | John Chandler | 1751-August 7, 1762 | |||
4th | Gardner Chandler | 1762–1775 | Last of Worcester County's Sheriff during the period of the royal Province of Massachusetts Bay. | ||
5th | Simon Dwight | 1775–1778 | |||
6th | William Greenleaf | 1778–1788 | Impeached and removed for misconduct. | ||
7th | John Sprague | 1788–1792 | |||
8th | Dwight Foster | 1792–1793 | Federalist | ||
9th | William Caldwell | 1793–1805 | |||
10th | Thomas Walker Ward | 1805–1824 | |||
11th | Calvin Willard | 1824–1844 | Resigned rather than hang a condemned prisoner. | ||
12th | John W. Lincoln | 1844–1851 | |||
13th | James Estabrook | 1851–1853 | |||
14th | George W. Richardson | 1854–1856 | Know Nothing | ||
15th | John S.C. Knowlton | 1857–1871 | Democratic | First Sheriff elected by popular vote. | |
16th | Augustus B. R. Sprague | 1871-January 1890 | |||
17th | Samuel D. Nye | 1890–1892 | Democratic | ||
18th | Robert H. Chamberlain | 1892–January 14, 1910 | Republican | Resigned on January 14, 1910 | |
19th | Benjamin D. Dwinnell | 1910 – December 15, 1916 | Republican | Died on December 15, 1916. | |
20th | Albert F. Richardson | December 1916 - March 13, 1932 | Republican | Died on March 13, 1932. | |
21st | Henri Oscar Rocheleau | March 23, 1932 - January 1945 | Democratic | Appointed to the office by Joseph B. Ely to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff Albert F. Richardson. | |
22nd | William A. Bennett | January 1945-January 1963 | Republican | ||
23rd | Joseph A. Smith | January 1963 – 1977 | Democratic | ||
24th | Francis J."Bud" Deignan, Jr. | January 1977 - 1983 | Democratic | ||
25th | Theodore M. Herman | January 4, 1983 - 1987 | Democratic | Appointed Worcester County Sheriff, to fill vacancy; on January 4, 1983, by Governor Edward J. King. Herman won the 1984 Democratic primary and the subsequent November 1984 election to fill the unexpired term. | |
26th | John M. Flynn | 1987–2005 | Democratic | ||
27th | Guy Glodis | 2005–January 5, 2011 | Democratic | ||
28th | Lewis Evangelidis | January 5, 2011 – | Republican | ||
- ↑ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume I., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. W. Lewis & Company, p. xi.
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