Jefferson County Sheriff

This is a list of sheriffs of Jefferson County:

• Levi Reid, 1819-1822
• John McWhorter, 1822-1824 (resigned)
• John B. Ayers, 1824 (appointed)
• James Murray, 1824-1826
• John B. Ayers, 1826-1829
• William A. Scott, 1829-1832
• Moses Kelley, 1832-1835
• Peter Anderson, 1835-1838
• Moses Kelley, 1838-1841
• Peter Anderson, 1841-1844
• Bayliss Grace, 1844-1847
• Peter Anderson, 1847-1850
• Abner Killough, 1850-1853
• Richard Hudson, 1853-1856
• William C. Eubanks, 1856-1859
• Richard Hudson, 1859-1862
• Abner Killough, 1862-1865
• William F. Hamby, 1865-1868
• Marion May, 1868-1871
• Jason T. Eubanks, 1871-1874
• R. H. Hagood, 1874-1877
• John T. Reed, 1877-1880
• Thomas A. Anderson, 1880-1885
• Samuel Truss, 1885-1888
• Joseph Smith, 1888-1892
• George Morrow, 1892-1896
• Frank P. O'Brine, 1896-1900
• Andrew Burgin, 1900-1907
• E. L. Higdon, 1907-1911
• Walter McAdory, 1911-1915
• Thomas Batson, 1915-1919
• J. Chris Hartsfield, 1919-1923
• T. J. Shirley, 1923-1927
• J. Chris Hartsfield, 1927-1928 (died in office)
• J. D. Russum, 1928 (coroner completed term)
• W. O. Downs, 1928-1931
• James Hawkins, 1931-1935
• Fred McDuff, 1935-1939
• Harry E. Smith, 1939-1940 (resigned for Army)
• Holt McDowell, 1940-1963 (appointed, then elected to 5 terms)
• Mel Bailey, 1963-1996 (nine terms, resigned due to illness)
• Robert Brissie, 1996 (medical examiner completed term)
• Jim Woodward, 1996-1999 (appointed)
• Mike Hale, 1999
• Jim Woodward, 1999-2003 (by recount of votes)
• Mike Hale, 2003-

Reference

• Past Sheriffs at jeffcosheriff.net