Past
Houghton County Sheriffs
(Organized
in 1846; reorganized in 1848)
Years
in Office
Sheriff
Years
in Office
Sheriff
1846-1848
Joseph
Raymond
1897-1900
Charles
F. Lean
1848-1850
John
Atwood
1901-1904
Joseph
Willis
1851-1852
Samuel
P. Bell
1905-1908
August
Beck
1853-1854
John
Q. McKernan
1909-1912
James
J. Byers
1855-1857
John
Burns1
1913-1916
James
A. Cruse
1857-1858
Francis
Mayworm2
1917-1920
Joseph
Trudell
1859-1860
Michael
Finnegan
1921-1924
Joseph
G. Kohlhaas
1861-1862
Mark
W. Fechheimer
1925-1928
John
T. Rowe
1863-1864
Edward
Ryan
1929
Gustav
Hamina3
1865-1868
August
Koppelkom
1929-1930
Frank
A. Francisco4
1869-1870
Michael
Foley
1931-1936
Frank
A. Francisco
1871-1872
Bartholomew
Shea
1937-1940
John G
Salmi
1873-1874
William
Wern
1941-1944
Jay R.
Pearce
1875-1876
Bartholomew
Shea
1945-1948
Emil
J. Schumacher
1877-1880
Henry
Northy
1949-1956
Fred
J. Paulson
1881-1884
James
T. Healy
1957-1962
Raymond
A. Smith
1885-1888
William
J. Ryan
1963-1980
John
W. Wiitanen
1889-1892
Frederick
J. Bawden
1981-1995
James
N. Ruotsala5
1893-1896
William
Alexander Dunn
1995-1996
Gary
Beachamp6
1Resigned
in 1857. 2Appointed upon
resignation of Burns.
3Died in office, December 25,
1929. 4Undersheriff. Served
Dec 25, 1929 to Dec 31, 1930. 5Resigned, Nov 2, 1995. 6Undersheriff. Served
Nov 3, 1995 to December 31, 1996.
