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Sheriffs of Berrien County
Name | Term | Born | Death |
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Augustus B. Newell | 1831-1835 | 1808 Dayton, OH | 13 March 1872 Ohio |
Fowler J. Preston | 1836-1838 | 1800 St. Joseph, MI | 18 November 1843 St. Joseph, MI |
Ezra S. Chapman | 1839-1840 | 1798 Vermont | |
Ambrose B. Munger | 1841-1842 | 24 June 1812 Smithfield, NY | 1842 Michigan |
John B. Wittenmyer | 1843-1846 | | |
Orson Ragotz Willard | 1847-1850 | 29 January 1814 New York | 22 June 1850 Niles, MI |
Thomas Comins | 1851-1854 | 1817 New York | |
Nathan Fitch | 1855-1858 | 12 October 1810 Ohio | 19 September 1893 Niles, MI |
James Graham | 1859-1862 | 1831 Pennsylvania | 5 June 1877 Berrien Springs, MI |
Charles D. Nichols | 1863-1864 | 23 January 1822 Ithaca, NY | 8 September 1910 Petoskey, MI |
Julian M. Seward | 1865-1868 | 1829 New York | circa 1915 Jackson, MI |
Linus Fuller Warner | 1869-1874 | 2 March 1822 Kent, CT | 1897 |
Joseph W. Weimer | 1875-1876 | 13 February 1841 Pennsylvania | 27 December 1891 Benton Harbor, MI |
Richard A. DeMont | 1877-1880 | May 1841 Michigan | 28 March 1912 French Lick, IN |
James R. Clarke | 1881-1884 | 21 February 1844 Montreal, Canada | 21 January 1895 Lake Michigan |
Wallace Peck | 1885-1886 | | |
Benton Riley Stearns | 1887-1890 | December 1842 Delaware, OH | 1917 MI |
John Johnson, Jr. | 1891-1892 | 24 May 1845 Berrien Township, MI | |
Charles Henry Whitcomb | 1893-1896 | 4 August 1844 Ashby, MA | 23 March 1924 St. Joseph, MI |
Edgar Henry Ferguson | 1897-1900 | 10 January 1853 Jasper, MI | 17 Jul 1931 Eau Claire, MI |
Fred Bell Collins | 1901-1904 | 23 June 1869 Menden, MI | 7 March 1951 Benton Harbor, MI |
Joseph Tennant | 1905-1908 | 22 September 1846 Glasgow, Scotland | 23 January 1923 Sodus, MI |
Charles A. Johnson | 1909-1912 | | |
Frederick C. Franz | 1913-1916 | 8 January 1871 Niles, MI | 13 December 1959 Niles, MI |
Harry Harmon Hogue | 1917-1920 | 26 January 1886 Eau Claire, MI | 18 May 1960 Benton Harbor, MI |
George C. Bridgman | 1921-1924 | 13 April 1882 Lake Township, MI | 11 June 1938 Ann Arbor, MI |
Frederick C. Franz | 1925-1926 | 8 January 1871 Niles, MI | 13 December 1959 Niles, MI |
Fred G. Bryant | 1927-1930 | 25 December 1881 Benton Harbor, MI | 24 September 1942 Benton Harbor, MI |
Fred J. Cutler | 1931-1932 | 25 January 1870 | 5 February 1932 Benton Harbor, MI |
Jane Irene Cutler | 1932-1932 | 5 February 1875 Madison, WI | 3 September 1958 St. Joseph, MI |
Charles Leslie Miller | 1933-1941 | 20 November 1877 Baroda, MI | 9 February 1953 LaPorte, IN |
Al J. Hastings | 1942-1944 | 24 August 1893 Niles, MI | 17 October 1958 St. Joseph, MI |
Erwin H. Kubath | 1945-1957 | 22 August 1898 Kalamazoo, MI | 24 August 1974 Berrien Center, MI |
Henry E. Griese | 1958-1968 | 25 September 1904 St. Joseph, MI | 10 January 1978 Benton Harbor, MI |
Forrest Lynn Jewell | 1969-1990 | Eau Claire, MI | |
Steven Marschke | 1991-1991 | Benton Harbor, MI | |
Robert E. Kimmerly | 1992-1999 | 15 March 1937 Benton Harbor, MI | 11 Jul 2004 St. Joseph, MI |
Leonard Paul Bailey | 2000-present | Benton Harbor, MI | |
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L. Paul Bailey
Sheriff
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Sheriff's Department
Physical Address
919 Port Street
St. Joseph , MI 49085
Phone: 269-983-7141Emergency Phone: 911