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The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is a local county law enforcement agency that serves both Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,223,348; making it the second most populous county in Pennsylvania, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh...

. It primarily provides court, warrant, bailiff, and jail/prisoner transport services for the county. In some jurisdictions it also supplements local law enforcement by providing detectives, labs, SWAT, and reserve forces for backup.

History

The first Sheriff to assume office was James Morrison in January 1789 http://web.archive.org/web/20051126014019/http://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/history.html

James Morrison - 1789-1792
Samuel Ewalt - 1792-1795
James Sample
James Sample
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- 1795-1798
Ephraim Jones
Ephraim Jones
Ephraim Jones was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Weston, Massachusetts in 1750. His father, Ephraim and five of his brothers served with the British during the American Revolution. He was taken prisoner in the Saratoga Campaign of 1777 and later served with...

- 1798-1801
William Wusthoff - 1804-1809
William McCandless
William McCandless
William McCandless was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commanding a regiment and then a brigade in the Pennsylvania Reserve Division.-Biography:...

- 1804-1809
William Woods - 1809-1810
L. Stewart - 1816-1819
Morgan Neville - 1819-1822
L. Stewart - 1822-1825
William Leckey - 1825-1828
W. Caven - 1828-1831
William Leckey - 1831-1834
Elijah Trovillo - 1834-1837
Andrew Bayne - 1837-1840
Benjamin Weaver - 1840-1843
Elijah Trovillo - 1843-1846
John Forsyth - 1846-1850
Carter Curtis - 1850-1852
William Magill - 1852-1856
Rody Patterson - 1856-1857
James L. Grahm - 1857-1861
Harry Woods -1861-1863
John H. Stewart - 1864-1867
Samuel Cluley - 1867-1870
H.S. Fleming - 1870-1873
John H. Hare - 1873-1875
Richard H. Fife - 1876-1878
T.H. Hunter - 1879-1882
William McCallin
William McCallin
William McCallin , served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1887 to 1890.-Early life:Mayor McCallin was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania north of Pittsburgh in 1842 into a livery family...

- 1882-1884
Joseph H. Gray - 1884-1888
A. McCandless - 1888-1890
William H. McCleary
William McCleary
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- 1890-1894
James F. Richards - 1894-1896
Harvey A. Lowry - 1896-1900
William C. McKinley
William McKinley
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- 1900-1904
James W. Dickson
James Dickson
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- 1904-1906
Addison Gumbert - 1906-1910
Judd H. Bruff - 1910-1914
George Richards - 1914-1918
William S. Haddock - 1918-1922
Robert Woodside - 1922-1926
Robert H. Braun - 1926-1930
Robert S. Cain - 12/1930-1/1932
Frank I. Gollmar - 1932-1938
John Heinz
H. J. Heinz II
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- 1938-1942
Robert J. Corbett
Robert J. Corbett
Robert James Corbett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

- 1942-1944 (elected to Congress 1944)
John Montgomery - 1944-1945 (appointed by Governor)
Walter C. Monahan - 1946-1951 (died Sept. 19, 1951)
William D. McClelland
William McClelland
William McClelland was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William McClelland was born in Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania. He attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He served in the American Civil War for four years...

- 1951 (Sept 19 1951-Dec 28 1951 while he served as Coroner)
Thomas E. Whitten Dec 28 1951-1954
William H. Davis
William H. Davis (Pittsburgh)
William H. Davis served as Allegheny County Sheriff from 1954 to 1970. -See also:* Police chief* Allegheny County Sheriff* List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania-External Links:...

1954-1970
Eugene L. Coon
Eugene Coon
Eugene L. "Gene" Coon was a long-time Sheriff of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and an influential figure in the local Democratic party.-Early Life:...

1970-1997
Pete DeFazio
Pete DeFazio
Pete DeFazio served as Allegheny County Sheriff from 1997 until 2006.-See also:* Police chief* Allegheny County Sheriff* List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania-External Links:...

1997-2006 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06291/731144-100.stm
William Mullen 2006-Present

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