Following is a history of the sheriffs of St. Tammany Parish beginning in 1812, the year of our founding.
Sheriff |
Years of Service |
---|---|
James Gaines | 1812 - 1813 |
John Edwards | 1813 - 1814 |
William Roberts | 1814 - 1816 |
John Vernon | 1816 - 1819 |
William H. Lawerence | 1819 - 1820 |
Charles K. Porter | 1820 - 1822 |
William F. Ligon | 1822 - 1824 |
Alexander G. Penn | 1825 - 1829 |
James Daniel | 1829 - 1831 |
Uriah Smith | 1831 - 1833 |
John B. Baham | March 1833 - September 1833 |
Hugh D. Tarte | 1833 - 1835 |
Samuel Smith | 1835 - 1836 |
Hugh D. Tarte | 1839 - 1842 |
Abraham G. Penn | 1843 - 1848 |
Joseph Evans | 1848 - 1853 |
Charles Morgan | 1854 - 1856 |
Louis L. Morgan | 1856 - 1857 |
John Edis Smith | 1857 - 1858 |
Nicolas Galatas | 1858 - 1861 |
James T. Hosmer | 1861 - 1864 |
R. M. Lanier | 1864 - 1865 |
George R. Carradine | 1865 - 1866 |
Charles E. Stevens | 866 - 1868 |
George Ingram | April 1868 - November 1868 |
S. B. Staples | 1868 - 1869 |
Timothy Doherty | 1869 - 1871 |
Anatole Bosque | 1871 - 1873 |
Thomas Badeaux | 1873 - 1875 |
August Schoultz | 1875 - 1877 |
William M. Parker | 1877 - 1879 |
William T. Cook | 1879 - 1894 |
John Strobles | 1894 - 1900 |
Thomas Brewster | 1900 - 1920 |
Walter Galatas | 1920 - 1940 |
F. Fenwick Young, Jr. | 1940 - 1941 |
Compton L. Moise | 1941 - 1948 |
Andrew L. Erwin | 1948 -1964 |
George A. Broom | 1964 - 1980 |
Patrick J. Canulette | 1981 - 1996 |
Rodney Jack Strain Jr. | 1996 - 2016 |
Randy Smith | 2016 - |