Lancaster County Sheriff
April 27, 2010
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office was officially established with the election of October 8th, 1861. 2011 will be the sesquicentennial (150 year anniversary) of the Sheriff’s Office. As part of the commemoration, we will be publishing a history of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.
Some of the descendants of our Sheriffs and former employees live in the Lincoln, Lancaster County area. We are asking for their help in providing photographs and other memorabilia so that we can include this information in our book. We would also like to display personal memorabilia at the Sheriff’s Office for the sesquicentennial year.
The following is a list of the Sheriffs who have served Lancaster County since 1861:
| 1861-1862 | Louis J. Loder | 1908-1911 | Henry Hoagland |
| 1863-1864 | Josiah Chambers | 1912-1917 | Gus Hyers |
| 1865 | William Pemberton | 1918-1919 | L. A. Simmons |
| 1865 | Joel Mason | 1920-1921 | Ira Miller |
| 1866-1867 | R. M. Pursell | 1922-1938 | Claude P. Hensel |
| 1868-1869 | J. H. Hawk | 1938-1940 | James Davis |
| 1870-1877 | Samuel McClay | 1940-1941 | E. Cecil Ward |
| 1878-1879 | J. S. Hoagland | 1942-1950 | Myles Holloway |
| 1880-1883 | Granville Ensign | 1951-1979 | Merle C. Karnopp |
| 1884-1889 | Samuel M Melick | 1980-1987 | Dale A. Adams |
| 1890-1893 | Samuel McClay | 1988-1991 | Ron H. Tussing |
| 1894-1895 | Fred Miller | 1991-1994 | Thomas K. Casady |
| 1896-1899 | John Trompen | 1994 | John D. Packett |
| 1900-1903 | Z. S. Branson | 1994 | Samuel Van Pelt |
| 1904- 1907 | Nicholas Ress | 1994-Present | Terry T. Wagner |
Anyone who can provide us with information should contact Captain Gary Juilfs at the Sheriff’s Office at 575 S. 10th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, by phone at 402-441-6500 or email at gjuilfs@lancaster.ne.gov