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.

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A special thanks to Cindy Donahue at Macomb County Facilities and Operations for helping us with the following information:
#    NAME                 TERM
52 Anthony Wickersham
51 Mark A. Hackel 2001 - Present
50 Ronald P. Tuscany 2000 - 2001
49 William H. Hackel 1977-2000
48 Lester A. Almstadt 1961-1976
47 Harley Ensign 1949-1960
46 F. Scott Burke 1947-1948
45 Harley Ensign 1945-1946
44 Jacob F. Theut 1941-1944
43 Robert C. Havel 1937-1940
42 George T. Smith 1933-1936
41 Wylie R. Wilkinson 1931-1932
40 Percy L. Moore 1927-1930
39 George T. Smith 1921-1926
38 John Spaller 1921 - 1923
37 William Caldwell 1919-1920
36 William C. Hartway 1915-1918
35 George H. Harris 1911-1914
34 John Matthews 12/02/1910 - 01/05/1911
33 Joachim Matthews 1907-1910
32 George P. Eckstein 1905-1906
31 Alexander McInnis 1903-1904
30 Louis T. Cady 1899-1902
29 William F. Nank 1895-1898
28 Leonard Schneider 1892 - 1894
27 Frank Culver 1889-1892
26 William Longstaff 1888 - 1889
25 Samuel L. DeKay 1887-1888
24 Louis Groesbeck 1883-1886
23 Thomas W. Newton 1881-1882
22 Louis Groesbeck 1879-1880
21 Winfield S. Hathaway 1875-1878
20 Frederick G. Kendrick 1871 - 1874
19 Haswell Homer Church 01/01/1865 - 01/28/1865
18 George E. Adair 1865 - 1866
17 Haswell Homer 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 Nathan Nye 1829-1830
02 William Meldrum 1822-1828
01 James Fulton 1818-1822