List of Los Angeles County sheriffs
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The following is a list of sheriffs who have served Los Angeles County, California:
| No. | Portrait | Officeholder | Tenure start | Tenure end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George T. Burrill | 1852 | 1855 | |
| 2 | James R. Barton | 1852 | 1855 | |
| 3 | David W. Alexander | 1856 | 1856 | |
| 4 | Charles Egbert Hale | 1856 | 1856 | |
| 5 | James R. Barton † | 1856 | 1856 | |
| 6 | Elijah Bettis* | 1857 | 1857 | |
| 7 | William C. Getman † | 1858 | 1858 | |
| 8 | James P. Thompson* | 1858 | 1859 | |
| 9 | Tomas Avila Sanchez | 1860 | 1867 | |
| 10 | James F. Burns | 1868 | 1871 | |
| 11 | William R. Rowland | 1871 | 1875 | |
| 12 | David W. Alexander | 1876 | 1877 | |
| 13 | Henry M. Mitchell | 1878 | 1879 | |
| 14 | William R. Rowland | 1880 | 1882 | |
| 15 | Alvan T. Currier | 1883 | 1884 | |
| 16 | George E. Gard | 1885 | 1886 | |
| 17 | James C. Kays | 1887 | 1888 | |
| 18 | Martin G. Aguirre | 1889 | 1890 | |
| 19 | E. D. Gibson | 1890 | 1892 | |
| 20 | John C. Cline | 1893 | 1894 | |
| 21 | John Burr | 1895 | 1898 | |
| 22 | William A. Hammel | 1899 | 1902 | |
| 23 | Will A. White | 1903 | 1906 | |
| 24 | William A. Hammel | 1907 | 1914 | |
| 25 | John C. Cline | 1915 | 1921 | |
| 26 | William I. Traeger* | 1921 | 1932 | |
| 27 | Eugene W. Biscailuz* | 1932 | 1958 | |
| 28 | Peter J. Pitchess | 1959 | 1982 | |
| 29 | Sherman Block* | 1982 | 1998 | |
| 30 | Lee Baca | 1998 | 2014 | |
| 31 | John Scott* | 2014 | 2014 | |
| 32 | Jim McDonnell | 2014 | 2018 | |
| 33 | Alex Villanueva | 2018 | 2022 | |
| 34 | Robert Luna | 2022 | Incumbent |
* Appointed to fill the unexpired term of the predecessor
† Killed in the line of duty
See also
External links
- Sven Crongeyer, 2006, Six Gun Sound : The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Linden Publishing, ISBN 978-1-933502-00-7