Hennepin County has had an elective Sheriff since the county was established in 1852. We thank the Hennepin History Museum for the following list. Sheriff Donald J. Omodt is making a comprehensive study of all of the Hennepin County sheriffs and will provide us with additional information and corrections for this site in the future.
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Isaac Brown |
1852-53 |
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Benjamin Messer |
1854-55 |
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Benjamin Baker |
1856-57 |
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Edward Lippincott |
1858-1861 |
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Richard Strout |
1862-1864 |
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Winslow M. Brackett |
1865-1866 |
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William Byrnes |
1867 |
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Henry Hicks |
1868-1870 |
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George H. Johnson |
1871-1876 |
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Nathaniel Thompson |
1877-1880 |
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J. Mace Eustis |
1881-1882 |
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James Stoddart |
1883-1884 |
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Winslow Brackett |
1885-1886 |
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Peter Swensen |
1887-1888 & 1891-1892 |
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James Ege |
1889-1890 & 1893-1894 |
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John Holmberg |
1895-1896 |
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Alonzo Phillips |
1897-1898 |
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Philip Megaarden |
1899-1901 |
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John Dreger |
1902-1908 |
| Otto S. Langum | 1909-1918 |
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Oscar Martinson |
1919-1920 |
| Earle Brown |
1920-1929 & 1942-1946 |
| John P. Wall |
1929-1942 |
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Ed Ryan |
1947-1966 |
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Don Omodt |
1967-1994 |
| Pat McGowan |
January 1995 through December 2006 |
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Richard W. Stanek |
January 2007 through January 2019 |
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David Hutchinson |
January 2019 through January 2023 |
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Dawanna Witt |
January 2023 & currently |