Gem County Sheriffs 1915 to 1993
(county formed 15 March 1915)
Dave Nichols, term - July 5, 1915 to January 12, 1919
Fred Klepper - January 13, 1919 to January 9, 1921
Lynn Noland - January 10, 1921 to January 7, 1923
Boise G. Riggs, Jr. - January 8, 1923 to October 15, 1923 (resigned)
Ward M. Fuller - October 15, 1923 to January 11, 1925
N. H. Suitter - January 12, 1925 to May 24, 1926 (died while in office)
C. K. McAuley - May 24, 1926 to January 9, 1927
Merle E. Dillon - January 10, 1927 to January 11, 1931
Boise G. Riggs, Jr. - January 12, 1931 to January 9, 1945 (resigned)
Vance Joines - January 18, 1945 to January 2, 1947
Thomas E. Pritchard - January 13, 1947 to November 1, 1948 (resigned)
Carl Paynter - November 1, 1948 to January 9, 1949
Orlo M. Goslin - January 10, 1949 to December 3, 1951 (resigned)
Calvin Bernard - December 3, 1951 to April 20, 1954 (resigned)
Robert E. Harrington - April 20, 1954 to January 7, 1955
Tony Skoro - January 8, 1955 to June 20, 1961 (resigned)
Robert B. Worley - June 20, 1961 to January 11, 1965
Donald M. Rekow - January 12, 1965 to January 7, 1973
Tony Skoro - January 8, 1973 to September 20, 1977 (resigned)
William C. McConnel - September 2, 1977 to January 8, 1989
James H. Wood - January 9, 1989 to October 30, 1993 (died while in office)
Research courtesy of Faye Brock. See "Gem County Sheriff's Office, History," prepared April 1995 by Faye Brock and Mark D. John, Sheriff. Copy in the Gem County Historical Society archives.
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