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Sheriff 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.
Click here for the history of the Macomb County Jail.
A special thanks to Cindy Donahue at Macomb County Facilities and Operations for
helping us with the following information:
# NAME
TERM
45 Mark A. Hackel 2001 - Present
44 Ronald P. Tuscany 2000 - 2001
43 William H. Hackel 1977-2000
42 Lester A. Almstadt 1961-1976
41 Harley Ensign 1949-1960
40 F. Scott Burke 1947-1948
39 Harley Ensign 1945-1946
38 Jacob F. Theut 1941-1944
37 Robert C. Havel 1937-1940
36 George T. Smith 1933-1936
35 Wylie R. Wilkinson 1931-1932
34 Percy L. Moore 1927-1930
33 George T. Smith 1921-1926
32 William Coldwell 1919-1920
31 Will C. Hartway 1915-1918
30 George H. Harris 1911-1914
29 Joachim Matthews 1907-1910
28 George P. Eckstein 1905-1906
27 Alexander McInnis 1903-1904
26 Louis T. Cady 1899-1902
25 William F. Nank 1895-1898
24 Frank Culver 1889-1892
23 Samuel L. DeKay 1887-1888
22 Louis Groesbeck 1883-1886
21 Thomas W. Newton 1881-1882
20 Louis Groesbeck 1879-1880
19 Winfield S. Hathaway 1875-1878
18 Frederick G. Kendrick 1871-1874
17 Haswell 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 Marcus Nye 1829-1830
02 William Meldrum 1822-1828
01 James Fulton 1818-1822 | 
