CHITTENDEN COUNTY SHERIFFS
1787 TO PRESENT
| 1. 1787-1790 Noah Chittenden * | Jericho |
| 2. 1790-1797 Stephen Pearl | Burlington |
| 3. 1797-1803 James Sawyer | Burlington |
| 4. 1803-1808 Daniel Staniford | Burlington |
| 5. 1808-1810 Herman Allen | Colchester |
6. 1810-1814 Herman Lowry Jericho
7. 1814-1815 Jacob Davis Milton
8. 1815-1828 Herman Lowry Burlington
9. 1828-1831 Moses Bliss Shelburne
10. 1831-1832 Roswell Butler Essex
11. 1832-1835 George Allen Burlington
12. 1835-1836 Herman Lowry Burlington
13. 1836-1842 George Allen Burlington
14. 1842-1845 Rolla Gleason Richmond
15. 1845-1847 Horace Ferris St. George
16. 1847-1848 Luther Blodgett Burlington
17. 1848-1849 Edwin Mason Richmond
18. 1849-1851 Samuel Taylor Richmond
19. 1851-1852 Issac Sherwood Burlington
20. 1852-1854 Nathan Bowman Westford
21. 1854-1857 Humphrey Paul Burlington
22. 1857-1864 Noble Flanagan Hinesburg
23. 1864-1868 William Munson Colchester
24. 1868-1869 John Griffin Williston
25. 1869-1882 Luman Drew Burlington
26. 1882-1890 Joseph Barton Charlotte
27. 1890-1902 Thomas Reeves Underhill
28. 1902-1906 Edward Horton Burlington
29. 1906-1921 James Allen Burlington
30. 1921-1931 Henry Todd Burlington
31. 1931-1935 Paul Dimick Hinesburg
32. 1935-1943 J. Frederick Lynch Burlington
33. 1943-1953 Dewey Perry Essex
34. 1953-1955 Charles Barber Burlington
35. 1955-1977 Earle McLaughlin** Burlington
36. 1977-1987 Ronald Duell Winooski
37. 1987-present Kevin McLaughlin*** Burlington
* Noah Chittenden was also the first Sheriff of Addison County from 1785-1787. Although Noah lived in Jericho at the time, Jericho was part of Addison County until October 1787 when Chittenden County was Incorporated. Noah was brother to Thomas Chittenden the first Governor of Vermont.
**Earl McLaughlin was the last Sheriff of Chittenden County to live in the County Jail. Sheriffs in Vermont ran and lived in the County Jails until the Vermont Department of Corrections took over the County Jail function on April 1, 1969. Sheriff McLaughlin lived in the County Jail with his wife Theresa McLaughlin and their 11 Children, 8 of whom have the distinction of saying they were born in a “County Jail.”
***Kevin McLaughlin became Chittenden County’s longest serving Sheriff since 1787 on August 1, 2009 only to surpass his father, Earl McLaughlin who had served for 22 years 6 months before becoming US Marshal for the District of Vermont under the Carter Administration in 1977. Sheriff Kevin McLaughlin is also the longest serving full time officer of the Chittenden County Sheriffs Office. He started his career there on May 1, 1973
County Officers in Vermont went to four year terms in 1974 when Vermont changed the Constitution to allow this change.