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

# Sheriff Picture Term Note
1st Charles Y. Duncan 1815-1821
2nd William Glenn 1821-1823
3rd John Piles 1823-1825
4th Remus Griffith 1825-1827
5th J. Leman 1827-1829
6th Warner Crow 1829-1931
7th John Daveiss 1831-1833
8th Richard C. Jett 1833-1835
9th S. Hawes 1835-1837
10th Elijah McCreery 1837-1838
11th Richard C. Jett 1838-1839
12th William Newton 1839-1841
13th William B. Baird 1841
14th Joseph M. Potts 1841-1843
15th John G. Howard 1843-1845
16th Henry Dugan 1845-1847
17th Abner Lee 1847-1849
18th C.D. Jackson 1849-1851
19th Thomas Landrum 1851-1855
20th Joseph G. Harrison 1855-1859
21st Jon Locke 1859-1863
22nd Joseph G. Harrison 1841-1843
23rd W.H. Perkins 1866-1868
24th H.W. Scott 1868-1872
25th W.H. Perkins 1872-1874
26th H.W. Scott 1874-1876
27th J.H. Gates 1876-1878
28th Ed C. Davis 1878-1882
29th A.B. Miller 1882-1886
30th B.E.W. Stout 1886-1890
31st Joe W. Jones 1890-1902
32nd Ike Short 1902-1906
33rd Jesse Harl 1906-1910
34th Ike Winstead 1910-1914
35th Bush Milton 1914-1918
36th George Bales 1918-1922
37th John Howard 1922-1926
38th Len Dawson 1926-1930
39th Charles L. Robey 1930-1932
40th Robert M. Stuart 1932-1934
41st Everett Thompson 1934-1936 Died while in Office.
42nd Florence Shoemaker Thompson 1936-1938 Served out remainder of husband's Term. Presided over last public execution in the United States(See: Rainey Bethea).
43rd Simon B. Smith 1938-1942
44th William "Pack" Morris 1942-1946
45th Carl B. Harrison 1946-1950
46th Morton Estes 1950-1954
47th Wm. Pendleton Jr. 1954-1958
48th William Pence 1958-1962
49th James Tinius 1962-1966
50th George F. Keown 1966-1970
51st Harold E. Ranson 1970-1974
52nd Charles C. Norris 1974-1978
53rd Harold N. Taylor 1978-1982
54th John E. Bouvier 1982-1999
55th Keith R. Cain 1999–Present
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