Yuma County Sheriffs

Sheriffs of Yuma County

Early Sheriffs were appointed by the Governors.

Yuma County was established on 11-09-1864

Isaac A. Bradshaw 6-18-1864 to 9-10-1864 Office in La Paz	William A. Werringer 9-26-1864	Cornelius Sage 12-15-1864 to 5-03-1865 Killed in the line of duty
Alexander McKey 5-03-1865	William T. Flower 4-02-1866	David King 6-05-1867
Col. Marcus D. Dobbins late 1867	James T. Dana 6-03-1868 to 9-22-1871 Killed in the line of duty	Oscar Frank Townsend 1871
George Tyng 11-06-1871 Office in Arizona City (Yuma)	Dr. Francis H. Goodwin 5-03-1873	William A. Werringer 1874
Charles D. Baker 1876	Andy Tyner 1877	Francis Marion Hodges 7-12-1880 to 6-07-1881
Andy Tyner 1881 - 1886	Mike Nugent 1887 - 1892	Mel Greenleaf 1893 - 1898
John Speese 1899 - 1900	Gus Livingston 1901 - 1912 Livingston beat Speese by one vote	Mel Greenleaf 1913 - 1918
Jim Polhamus 1919 - 1922	Jim Chappell 1923 - 1928	Jim Polhamus 1929 - (died) J.C. Hunter, Undersheriff, finished 3 months of Polhamus’ term
J.C. Hunter 1931 - 1934	T.H. Newman 1935 - 1944	Jack Beard 1945 - 1950
Jim Washum 1951 - 1954	T.H. Newman 1955 - 1960	Lee E. Echols 1961 - 1962
Travis Yancey 1-01-1963 - 12-31-1980	John R. Phipps 1-01-1981 - 12-31-1992	Ralph E. Ogden 1-01-1993 - present