Sheriffs of Escambia County

Name	Tenure
Henri Peire	1821
Charles Bradford	1821–1822
William Davison William Davison William Davison was secretary to Queen Elizabeth I. He played a key functional role in the 1587 execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, and was made the scapegoat for this event in British history.-Court official:...	1823–1826
Charles Mifflin	1827
Henry Wilson Henry Wilson Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...	1828
Adam Gordon	1829
James Pendleton	1829–1830
Florencio Commyns	1830–1837
Jesse Allen	1837–1840
Peter Woodbine	1840–1842
Ebenezer Dorr IV	1842–1846
Mortimar Bright	1846
Angus Nicholson	1846–1847
Antoine Collins	1847–1851
Francis de la Rua	1851–1852
Francis Maura	1852–1854
Joseph Crosby	1854–1857
William Jordan William Jordan William Jordan may refer to:*Hamilton Jordan , American politician, chief of staff to President Carter*William-Jordan , Crusader baron*William Jordan , American Olympic gold medalist rower...	1857–1859
Daniel Williams Daniel Williams Sir Daniel Charles Williams, GCMG was a Governor-General of Grenada, from August 8, 1996 until November 18, 2008. He was formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on August 9, 1996 after having been nominated by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell.In 1997, he was Knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...	1859–1865
James B. Roberts	1865–1868
George Wentworth	1868–1870
Henry Campbell Henry Campbell Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell MC KCVO PC was a Church of England clergyman and Bishop of London from 1956–1961.-Early life and career:...	1870
E. R. Payne	1870
George Wells George Wells George Wells may refer to:* George Albert Wells , Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London* George H. Wells , American soldier, lawyer and politician* George Wells , Anglican bishop in Canada...	1870–1874
J. N. Coombs	1874–1875
A. M. Green	1875–1877
W. H. Hutchison	1877–1885
Joseph Wilkins	1885–1893
George E. Smith George E. Smith George Elwood Smith is an American scientist, applied physicist, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor".Smith was born in White Plains, New York...	1893–1903
James C. Van Pelt	1903–1913
A. Cary Ellis	1913–1917
James C. Van Pelt	1917–1919
Hurdis S. Whitaker	1919–1921
A. Cary Ellis	1921–1923
Mose S. Penton	1923–1932
H. E. Gandy	1932–1941
Howard L. Mayes	1941–1945
R. L. Kendrick	1945–1957
Emmett Shelby	1957–1961
Bill Davis Bill Davis William Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education...	1961–1970
Royal Untreiner	1970–1981
Joseph "Vince" Sealy	1981–1989
Charlie Johnson	1989–1993
Jim Lowman	1993–2001
Ron McNesby	2001–2009
David Morgan David Morgan David Morgan may refer to:*David Morgan , professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison*David Morgan , British sociologist*David Morgan , American frontiersman...	2009–present

The Escambia County Sheriff is the chief law enforcement official of Escambia County

Escambia County, Florida

Escambia County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Florida. The 2010 population was 297,619. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 296,772. Its county seat is Pensacola.- History :...

, which was established with the transfer from Spain in 1821, and the head of the Escambia County Sheriff's Office

Escambia County Sheriff's Office

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office or Escambia Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency of unincorporated Escambia County and the Town of Century....

. The current sheriff is David Morgan

David Morgan

David Morgan may refer to:*David Morgan , professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison*David Morgan , British sociologist*David Morgan , American frontiersman...

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History

Henri Peire, a former privateer and colonel in the United States army, was named the first sheriff (then called "alguazil") by General Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

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Duties

The duties are law enforcement within Escambia County as prescribed by constitutional law.

Election

Sheriffs are elected to four-year terms in partisan elections.