Chronological List of San Francisco Sheriffs

John C. Hays
1850-1853


Thomas P. Johnson

1853

William H. Gorham
1853-1854

David Scannell

1855-1856

Charles Doane

1857-1861

John S. Ellis
1862-1864

Henry L. Davis
1864-1867

P. J. White
1868-1871

James Adams
1872-1873
William McKibbin
1874-1875
 
Matthew Nunan
1876-1879

Thomas Desmond
1880-1881

John Sedgwick

1882-1882

Patrick Connolly
1883-1884

Peter Hopkins
1885-1886

William McMann
1887-1888

Charles S. Laumeister
1889-1892

John J. McDade
1893-1894
Richard I. Whelan
1895-1898

Henry S. Martin
1899-1899

John Lackmann
1900-1904

Peter J. Curtis
1904-1906

Thomas F. O'Neil
1906-1908

Lawrence J. Dolan

1908-1910

Thomas F. Finn
1910-1911

Fred S. Eggers
1912-1915

Thomas F. Finn
1916-1927
William J. Fitzgerald
1928-1935

Daniel C. Murphy
1936-1951

Dan Gallagher
1952-1956

Matthew C. Carberry
1956-1971

Richard D. Hongisto
1972-1978

Eugene A. Brown
1978-1979

Michael Hennessey
1980-Present

Chronological List of Pre-statehood District of San Francisco Sheriffs

Erastus A. Burnham, Sheriff
August 14, 1846-February 1847

W. S. Thorp
Henry Smith, Constables

October 11,1847-September 1847

Thomas Kittleman, Constable
September 1847-October 1848

William Landers, Sheriff
October 1848-January 1849

John Pulis, Sheriff
January 1849-July 1849

John E. Townes, Sheriff
August 15, 1849-April 1850

Andrew Sublette, Sheriff
August 1849-April 1850

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