From when our Department was founded in the late 1700s to now, here is a list of the Sheriffs that have been elected to serve Addison County.
Our Sheriffs
Michael R. Elmore
Years of Service: 2023- Present
Hometown: Addison
Peter Newton
Years of Service: 2019- 2023
Hometown: Middlebury
Donald M. Keeler
Years of Service: 2012- 2019
Hometown: Middlebury
James B. Coons
Years of Service: 1983- 2012
Hometown: Middlebury
Paul Munson
Years of Service: 1975- 1983
Hometown: Weybridge
Allen J. Chandler
Years of Service: 1973-1975
Hometown: Middlebury
Morton A. Coons
Years of Service: 1955-1961
Hometown: Middlebury
Ralph C. Sweet
Years of Service: 1933-1955
Hometown: Bristol
George A. Farr
Years of Service: 1919-1927
Hometown: Bristol
Olin A. Smith
Years of Service: 1904-1919
Hometown: Addison
William H. Cobb
Years of Service: 1904
Hometown: Middlebury
Thad M. Chapman
Years of Service: 1898-1904
Hometown: Middlebury
Kent W. Merritt
Years of Service: 1892-1898
Hometown: Shoreham
Howard Clark II
Years of Service: 1884-1892
Hometown: Lincoln
Howard Clark II
Years of Service: 1878-1884
Hometown: Middlebury
Isaac M. Tripp
Years of Service: 1867-1878
Hometown: New Haven
Gajus A. Collamer
Years of Service: 1859-1867
Hometown: Bristol
William Joslin
Years of Service: 1859
Hometown: Vergennes
David S. Church
Years of Service: 1844- 1859
Hometown: Middlebury
Gajus A. Collamer
Years of Service: 1842- 1844
Hometown: Bristol
Adnah Smith
Years of Service: 1840- 1842
Hometown: Middlebury
William B. Martin
Years of Service: 1839- 1840
Hometown: Middlebury
Ethan Smith
Years of Service: 1837- 1839
Hometown: Monkton
Azariah Rood
Years of Service: 1836- 1837
Hometown: Middlebury
William B. Martin
Years of Service: 1835- 1836
Hometown: Middlebury
Azariah Rood
Years of Service: 1833- 1835
Hometown: Middlebury
Marshall S. Doty
Years of Service: 1831- 1833
Hometown: Addison
Seymour Selleck
Years of Service: 1828- 1831
Hometown: Middlebury
Stephen Haight
Years of Service: 1824- 1828
Hometown: Monkton
Abel Tomlinson
Years of Service: 1819- 1824
Hometown: Vergennes
Johnathan Hoyt Jr
Years of Service: 1815- 1819
Hometown: New Haven
Samual Mattocks
Years of Service: 1813- 1815
Hometown: Middlebury
John Willard
Years of Service: 1812- 1813
Hometown: Middlebury
Johnathan Hoyt Jr.
Years of Service: 1811- 1812
Hometown: New Haven
William Slade
Years of Service: 1801- 1811
Hometown: Cornwall
John Chipman
Years of Service: 1789- 1801
Hometown: Middlebury
Samual Strong
Years of Service: 1787- 1789
Hometown: Addison
Gamaliel Painter
Years of Service: 1786- 1787
Hometown: Middlebury
Noah Chittenden
Years of Service: 1785- 1786
Hometown: Jericho