List of Sheriffs of Daviess County, Kentucky


This is a list of Sheriffs of Daviess County, Kentucky. The Sheriff is elected to serve a four-year term.
The current Daviess County Sheriff is Keith Cain
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1stCharles Y. Duncan1815-1821
2ndWilliam Glenn1821-1823
3rdJohn Piles1823-1825
4thRemus Griffith1825-1827
5thJ. Leman1827-1829
6thWarner Crow1829-1931
7thJohn Daveiss1831-1833
8thRichard C. Jett1833-1835
9thS. Hawes1835-1837
10thElijah McCreery1837-1838
11thRichard C. Jett1838-1839
12thWilliam Newton1839-1841
13thWilliam B. Baird1841
14thJoseph M. Potts1841-1843
15thJohn G. Howard1843-1845
16thHenry Dugan1845-1847
17thAbner Lee1847-1849
18thC.D. Jackson1849-1851
19thThomas Landrum1851-1855
20thJoseph G. Harrison1855-1859
21stJon Locke1859-1863
22ndJoseph G. Harrison1841-1843
23rdW.H. Perkins1866-1868
24thH.W. Scott1868-1872
25thW.H. Perkins1872-1874
26thH.W. Scott1874-1876
27thJ.H. Gates1876-1878
28thEd C. Davis1878-1882
29thA.B. Miller1882-1886
30thB.E.W. Stout1886-1890
31stJoe W. Jones1890-1902
32ndIke Short1902-1906
33rdJesse Harl1906-1910
34thIke Winstead1910-1914
35thBush Milton1914-1918
36thGeorge Bales1918-1922
37thJohn Howard1922-1926
38thLen Dawson1926-1930
39thCharles L. Robey1930-1932
40thRobert M. Stuart1932-1934
41stEverett Thompson1934-1936Died while in Office.
42ndFlorence Shoemaker Thompson1936-1938Served out remainder of husband's Term. Presided over last public execution in the United States.
43rdSimon B. Smith1938-1942
44thWilliam "Pack" Morris1942-1946
45thCarl B. Harrison1946-1950
46thMorton Estes1950-1954
47thWm. Pendleton Jr.1954-1958
48thWilliam Pence1958-1962
49thJames Tinius1962-1966
50thGeorge F. Keown1966-1970
51stHarold E. Ranson1970-1974
52ndCharles C. Norris1974-1978
53rdHarold N. Taylor1978-1982
54thJohn E. Bouvier1982-1999
55thKeith R. Cain1999–Present