Escambia County Sheriff

The following people have served as Sheriff of Escambia County:

Sheriffs of Escambia County

Name	Tenure
Henri Peire	1821
Charles Bradford	1821 - 1822
William Davison	1823 - 1826
Charles Mifflin	1827
Henry Wilson	1828
Adam Gordon	1829
James Pendleton	1829 - 1830
Florencio Commyns	1830[date uncertain] - 1837
Jesse Allen	1837 - 1839
Peter Woodbine	1840 - 1842
Ebenezer Dorr IV	1842 - 1846
Mortimar Bright	1846
Angus Nicholson	1846 - 1847
Antoine Collins	1847 - 1851
Francis de la Rua	1851 - 1852
Francis Maura	1852 - 1854
Joseph Crosby	1854 - 1857
William Jordan	1857 - 1859
Daniel Williams	1859 - 1865
James B. Roberts	1865 - 1868
George Wentworth	1868 - 1870
Henry Campbell	1870
E. R. Payne	1870
George Wells	1870 - 1874
J. N. Coombs	1874 - 1875
A. M. Green	1875 - 1877
W. H. Hutchison	1877 - 1885
Joseph Wilkins	1885 - 1893
George E. Smith	1893 - 1903
James C. Van Pelt	1903 - 1913
A. Cary Ellis	1913 - 1917
James C. Van Pelt	1917 - 1919
Curtis S. Whitaker	1919 - 1921
A. Cary Ellis	1921 - 1923
Mose S. Penton	1923 - 1932
H. E. Gandy	1932 - 1941
Howard L. Mayes	1941 - 1945
R. L. Kendrick	1945 - 1957
Emmett Shelby	1957 - 1961
Bill Davis	1961 - 1970
Royal Untreiner	1970 - 1981
Joseph "Vince" Sealy	1981 - 1989
Charlie Johnson	1989 - 1993
Jim Lowman	1993 - 2001
Ron McNesby	2001 - present

References

• John Appleyard. The Peacekeepers: the Story of Escambia County, Florida's 43 Sheriffs. 2007.