List of Los Angeles County sheriffs

The following is a list of sheriffs who have served Los Angeles County, California:

# Term (start) Term (end) Name Notes
1 1850 1851 George T. Burrill
2 1852 1855 James R. Barton
3 1856 1856 David W. Alexander
4 1856 1856 C. E. Hale*. Charles Egbert Hale
5 1856 1856 James R. Barton
6 1857 1857 Elijah Bettis*
7 1858 1858 William C. Getman
8 1858 1859 James P. Thompson*
9 1860 1867 Tomas Avila Sanchez
10 1868 1871 James F. Burns
11 1871 1875 William R. Rowland [1]
12 1876 1877 David W. Alexander
13 1878 1879 H. M. Mitchell
14 1880 1882 William R. Rowland
15 1883 1884 Alvan T. Currier
16 1885 1886 George E. Gard
17 1887 1888 James C. Kays
18 1889 1890 Martin G. Aguirre
19 1890 1892 E. D. Gibson
20 1893 1894 John C. Cline
21 1895 1898 John Burr
22 1899 1902 William A. Hammel
23 1903 1906 Will A. White
24 1907 1914 William A. Hammel
25 1915 1921 John C. Cline
26 1921 1932 William I. Traeger*
27 1932 1958 Eugene W. Biscailuz*
28 1959 1982 Peter J. Pitchess
29 1982 1998 Sherman Block*
30 1998 2014 Lee Baca
31 2014 2014 John Scott*
32 2014 2018 Jim McDonnell [2]
33 2018 present Alex Villanueva
* Appointed to fill the unexpired term of the predecessor
Killed in the line of duty

See also

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

References
  1. "Rowland Rites at Cathedral," Los Angeles Times, February 6, 1926, page A5
  2. Chang, Cindy (November 6, 2014). "L.A. County Sheriff-elect Jim McDonnell has his work cut out for him". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
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