History
The Office of the Sheriff is more than 1,000 years old. From the beginning of English and Scottish law, the sheriff's office was the center of the local administration of justice. The word "reeve" meant an administrative office and the word "shire" was the equivalent of a county. Therefore, the first office title was "Shire-Reeve", which was in time, shortened to the word "Sheriff" as we know it today.
A special thanks to Cindy Donahue at Macomb County Facilities and Operations for helping us with the following information:
# NAME TERM
- 52 Anthony Wickersham 2011 - Present
- 51 Mark A. Hackel 2001 - 2011
- 50 Ronald P. Tuscany 2000 - 2001
- 49 William H. Hackel 1977-2000
- 48 Lester A. Almstadt 1961-1976
- 47 Harley Ensign 1949-1960
- 46 F. Scott Burke 1947-1948
- 45 Harley Ensign 1945-1946
- 44 Jacob F. Theut 1941-1944
- 43 Robert C. Havel 1937-1940
- 42 George T. Smith 1933-1936
- 41 Wylie R. Wilkinson 1931-1932
- 40 Percy L. Moore 1927-1930
- 39 George T. Smith 1921-1926
- 38 John Spaller 1921 - 1923
- 37 William Caldwell 1919-1920
- 36 William C. Hartway 1915-1918
- 35 George H. Harris 1911-1914
- 34 John Matthews 12/02/1910 - 01/05/1911
- 33 Joachim Matthews 1907-1910
- 32 George P. Eckstein 1905-1906
- 31 Alexander McInnis 1903-1904
- 30 Louis T. Cady 1899-1902
- 29 William F. Nank 1895-1898
- 28 Leonard Schneider 1892 - 1894
- 27 Frank Culver 1889-1892
- 26 William Longstaff 1888 - 1889
- 25 Samuel L. DeKay 1887-1888
- 24 Louis Groesbeck 1883-1886
- 23 Thomas W. Newton 1881-1882
- 22 Louis Groesbeck 1879-1880
- 21 Winfield S. Hathaway 1875-1878
- 20 Frederick G. Kendrick 1871 - 1874
- 19 Haswell Homer Church 01/01/1865 - 01/28/1865
- 18 George E. Adair 1865 - 1866
- 17 Haswell Homer Church 1865-1870
- 16 Joseph Hubbard 1861-1864
- 15 Charles C. Lamb 1857-1860
- 14 Thomas Golby 1853-1856
- 13 Walter Porter 1851-1852
- 12 Milo Selleck 1849-1850
- 11 Varnum Lufkin 1847-1848
- 10 John G. Dixon 1845-1846
- 09 Amos B. Cooley 1843-1844
- 08 Lyman B. Price 1841-1842
- 07 Calvin Davis 1839-1840
- 06 Abraham Freeland 1837-1838
- 05 William Canfield 1833-1836
- 04 Addison Chamberlain 1831-1832
- 03 Nathan Nye 1829-1830
- 02 William Meldrum 1822-1828
- 01 James Fulton 1818-1822