GARRETT COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

SHERIFFS

Elected by Voters to 2-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 44):
1873-1875 Edmund Jamison (D)
1875-1877 John C. Dunham
1877-1879 Thomas Coddington
1879-1881 George D. White (R)
1881-1883 Edmund Jamison (D)
1883-1885 Moses R. Hammil
1885-1887 John H. Riley
1887-1889 Edward R. Sollers
1889-1891 Edward N. Casteel
1891-1893 Edmund Jamison (D)
1893-1895 Charles E. Wegman
1895-1897 Austin Brown (R)
1897-1899 William P. Lee
1899-1901 Andrew J. Oester
1901-1903 William A. Maffett (R)
1903-1905 Edward J. Frantz
1905-1907 Albert L. Lee
1907-1909 Austin Brown (R)
1909-1911 Andrew Shartzer (R)
1911-1913 William A. Maffett (R)
1913-1915 Bert C. Scott
1915-1917 Albert Ashby
1917-1921 Roy A. Winters
1922-1923 Jesse J. Ashby, Jr. (R)
1923-1926 Guy Yutzy (R)

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 D. Casteel (R)
1930-1934 Walter H. Haenftling (D)
1934-1938 Clarence Spear (D)
1938-1942 George E. Coddington (R)
1942-1943 J. William Owens (D)
1943-1946 George E. Coddington (R)

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 Juniper S. Teats (R)
1950-1957 Paul W. Fisher (resigned June 1957)
1957-1970 James E. Frantz (R)
1970-1974 John F. Browning (D)
1974-1982 John (June) Evans, Jr.
1982-1985 Franklin G. Finch (died June 23, 1985)
1985-1994 M. Van Scott Evans (R)
1994-1996 Robert E. Comes (D)
1996-1997 Randy L. Sines (R) (resigned Sept. 4, 1997)
1997-2006 P. Richard Sanders, Jr. (R)
2006-2010 Gary A. Berkebile (R)
2010- Robert E. Corley (R)

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