CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

SHERIFFS


Appointed by Governor to 1-year terms:
1773 Thomas Hughlett
1774-1775 William Hopper

Elected by Voters to 3-year terms (Constitution of 1776, sec. 42):
1777-1778 Nathaniel Potter
1778 William Hopper
1778-1782 Henry Downes
1782-1785 Peter Edmondson
1785 William Banckes [Banks]
1786
1787-1791 Thomas Hughlett
1791-1794 Peter Edmondson
1794-1797 Hawkin Downes
1797-1800 Dekar Thompson
1800-1803 James Summers (R)
1803-1806 John Mitchell (F)
1806-1809 Robert Orrell (R)
1809-1812 Thomas Saulsbury (R)
1812-1815 James Keen (F)
1815-1818 George A. Smith (R)
1818-1821 William MacDaniel (F)
1821-1824 Frederick Holbrook (R)
1824-1827 Thomas Burchenal
1827-1830
1830-1833
1833-1836 William Orrell
1836-1839
1839-1842 Tilghman Johnson
1843-1845 John Jump
1845-1847 William Delahay
1849-1851 Edward L. Young

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 20):
1851-1853 James H. Barwick
1853-1855 Thomas S. Saulsbury
1855-1857 Francis A. Sisk
1857-1859 Alexander Knotts
1859-1861 James G. Reddul (A)
1861-1863 J. W. Saulsbury
1863-1865 William M. McMahan

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 Rufus K. Richardson
1871-1873
1873-1875 J. E. Johnson (D)
1875-1877 Jonathan Evitts (P)
1877-1879
1879-1881 Frank A. Sisk
1881-1883
1883-1885 John W. Stevens
1885-1887 Thomas B. Curry (R)
1887-1889
1889-1891
1891-1893
1893-1895
1895-1897 Thomas R. Green
1897-1899 Robert C. Rice (R)
1899-1901 Edward C. Liden
1901-1903 Isaac L. Dukes (R)
1903-1905 William T. Higgnutt (D)
1905-1907 T. Frank Seward (R)
1907-1909 William Henry Beck (D)
1909-1911 Thomas L. Chaffinch (D)
1911-1913 Alcenus E. Cooper (D)
1913-1915 James Temple (D)
1915-1917 Josiah A. Beck (D)
1917-1919 Robert C. Rice (R)
1919-1921 Owen N. Dulin (D)
1921-1923 William C. Andrew (D)
1923-1926 James Temple (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 William F. Jackson (D)
1930-1934 Gurney H. Tarbutton (D)
1934-1938 H. Saulsbury Sparks (D)
1938-1946 William E. Andrew (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 H. Saulsbury Sparks (D)
1950-1961 William E. Andrew (D) (died July 29, 1961)
1961-1994 Louis C. Andrew (D)
1994 A. Curtis Andrew (acting) (D)
1995-2010 Philip L. Brown (D)
2010- John R. (Randy) Bounds (R)

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