Year |
Sheriff |
Notes |
| 1790 | Thomas Brady | |
| 1795 | William Biggs | |
| 1799 | George Blair | |
| 1802 | John Hays | |
| 1819 | William A. Baird | First Sheriff after Illinois became a state. |
| 1830 | John D. Hughes | |
| 1834 | John Claypool | |
| 1836 | Charles Sargent | |
| 1838 | S.B. Chandler | |
| 1846 | David W. Hopkins | |
| 1850 | John Irwin | |
| 1852 | Thomas Challenor | |
| 1854 | John Galbraith | |
| 1856 | George C. Hart | |
| 1858 | Frederick Mayer | |
| 1860 | Edward H. Fleming | |
| 1862 | John Galbraith | |
| 1864 | Frederick Ropiequet | |
| 1866 | Charles Becker | |
| 1868 | James M. Stookey | |
| 1870 | James W. Hughes | |
| 1874 | Herman G. Weber | In 1874 the Sheriff's Salary increased to $3000.00 per year |
| 1879 | David Hopkins | |
| 1880 | Frederick Ropiequet | |
| 1886 | John Ragland | |
| 1888 | Jefferson L. Langley | |
| 1890 | Alfred Dawson | died in office at age 42 |
| 1893 | Jefferson L. Langley | |
| 1894 | Fred Weckler | |
| 1895 | J.M. Campbell | (coroner became sheriff after Weckler's death) |
| 1895 | Phillip Rhein | |
| 1897 | D.M. Hopkins | |
| 1898 | Herman Barnickol | Died from wounds incurred in a jail break |
| 1900 | John Kickham | |
| 1902 | George W. Thompson | |
| 1906 | Charles Cashel | In 1906 the Sheriff's salary was raised to $3500.00. This made the Sheriff the highest paid St. Clair County official. Also on this date the County required the Sheriff to start feeding all the prisoners. The Sheriff was allotted $0.30 a day, per prisoner. |
| 1910 | William J. Mulconnery | |
| 1914 | Logan Mellon | |
| 1918 | Edward Petri | |
| 1921 | Martin Schnipper | |
| 1922 | Charles Ahrens | In 1922 the Sheriff's salary increased to $4000.00 per year |
| 1930 | Jerome Munie | |
| 1934 | Henry L. Siekmann | |
| 1938 | D.A. Prindable | |
| 1942 | George V. Gruenewald | |
| 1946 | A.A. Fischer | also called "Dolph" |
| 1950 | Max L. Hill | |
| 1954 | Leonard O. Reinhardt | |
| 1958 | Daniel F. Ring | |
| 1962 | Maurice F. Joseph | |
| 1966 | Dan E. Costello | |
| 1970 | Dave O'Neal | |
| 1977 | Paul J. Klincar | |
| 1978 | Raymond A. Herr | |
| 1982 | Mearl J. Justus |
Thanks to Deputy Roger McLean for the list and ‘trivia.’
