The Sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Wake County, North Carolina. [1] Sheriffs within the State of North Carolina are directly elected to four-year terms. [2] Prior to 1938, sheriffs were elected to two-year terms. [2] The Wake County Sheriff's Office is headquartered within the Wake County John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. [1]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term | Party [lower-alpha 1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rogers [3] (1738 - 1797) | 1771 – 1774 [3] | |||
| 2 | Thomas Hines [3] (? - 1808 [4] ) | 1774 – 1777 [3] | |||
| 3 | Thomas Wooten [3] (? - ?) | 1777 – 1780 [3] | |||
| 4 | Hardy Sanders [3] (? - 1806 [5] [6] ) | 1780 – 1782 [3] | |||
| 5 | Britain Sanders [3] (? - 1808 [7] ) | 1782 – [3] | |||
| 6 | Nathaniel Jones [3] (? - 1810 [8] ) | 1785 – 1787 [3] | |||
| 7 | Tignal Jones [3] (? - 1807 [9] ) | 1787 – 1787 [3] | |||
| 8 | Tignal Jones, Jr. [3] (? - 1824 [10] ) | 1787 – 1788 [3] | |||
| 9 | John Hinton [3] (? - ?) | 1788 – 1789 [3] | |||
| 10 | William Hinton [3] (? - ?) | 1789 – 1790 [3] | |||
| 11 | John Davis [3] (? - 1829 [11] [12] ) | 1790 – 1792 [3] | |||
| 12 | Richard Banks [3] (? - ?) | 1792 – 1794 [3] | |||
| 13 | Lodwick Alford [3] (? - ?) | 1794 – 1796 [3] | |||
| 14 | Samuel High [3] [13] (? - 1812 [14] ) | 1796 – 1798 [3] [13] | |||
| 15 | Jacob Bledsoe [3] (? - ?) | 1798 – 1799 [3] | |||
| 16 | Lewis Bledsoe [3] [15] (? - 1831 [16] ) | 1799 – 1800 [3] [15] | |||
| 17 | David Justice [3] (? - ?) | 1800 – 1801 [3] | |||
| 18 | John Davis [3] (? - 1829 [11] [12] ) | 1801 – 1803 [3] [17] | |||
| 19 | John Martin [3] [18] (? - 1833) [19] | 1803 – 1804 [3] [18] | |||
| 20 | John Davis [3] (? - 1829 [11] [12] ) | 1804 – 1805 [3] [20] | |||
| 21 | John Martin [3] [21] (? - 1833) [19] | 1805 – 1806 [3] [21] | |||
| 22 | Nathaniel (Crabtree) Jones [22] [3] [23] (? - 1828 [24] ) | 1806 – 1808 [3] [23] | Federalist [22] | ||
| 23 | Willie Jones [3] [25] (? - 1846 [25] ) | 1808 – 1810 [3] | |||
| 24 | John Grant Rencher [3] [26] [27] (? - 1812 [28] ) | 1810 – 1812 [3] [27] | |||
| 25 | Matthew McCullers [3] (? - 1825 [29] ) | 1812 – 1814 [3] [30] | |||
| 26 | Edward Pride [3] (? - ?) | 1814 – 1815 [3] | |||
| 27 | Isaac Lane [3] [31] (? - ?) | 1815 – 1816 [3] [31] | Democratic-Republican [32] | ||
| 28 | William Hinton [3] (? - ?) | 1816 – 1817 [3] | |||
| 29 | Henry Moring [3] (? - ?) | 1817 – 1819 [3] | |||
| 30 | Samuel Whitaker [3] (? - 1857 [33] ) | 1819 – 1821 [3] | Democratic-Republican [34] | ||
| 31 | Woodson Clements [3] [35] (? - 1837 [36] ) | 1821 – 1823 [3] [35] | Democratic-Republican [37] | ||
| 32 | Turner Pullen [3] (? - 1867 [38] ) | 1823 – 1825 [3] | Whig [39] [40] | ||
| 33 | John Dunn [3] [41] (? - ?) | 1825 – 1827 [3] [41] [42] | |||
| 34 | William R. Hinton [42] [43] (? - 1839 [44] ) | 1827 – 1832 [42] [43] | Democratic [45] | ||
| 35 | Paschal B. Burt [3] (? - 1859 [46] ) | 1832 – 1840 [3] | Democratic [47] | ||
| 36 | James Edwards [3] [48] (? - 1847 [49] ) | 1840 – 1847 [3] [48] | Democratic [50] | ||
| 37 | Willis Scott [3] [48] [49] (? - 1858 [51] ) | 1847 – 1847 [3] [48] [49] | Whig [52] | ||
| 38 | Willie Pope [3] [48] (? - 1854 [53] ) | 1847 – 1848 [3] [48] | Democratic [54] | ||
| 39 | Calvin Jobe Rogers [3] [55] [56] [57] (? - 1876 [58] ) | 1848 – 1850 [3] [55] | Whig [55] [56] | ||
| 40 | William Henderson High [3] [59] [60] [61] (1820 - 1897) [62] | 1850 – 1865 [3] [60] | Democratic [59] [56] | ||
| 41 | John P. H. Russ [3] [63] [64] (? - 1879 [65] ) | 1865 – 1866 [3] [66] | Democratic [64] | ||
| 42 | Erastus H. Ray [3] [67] [68] (? - ?) | 1866 – 1868 [3] [67] [68] [69] | Democratic [70] | ||
| 43 | Rufus King Ferrell [3] [68] [71] (? - 1900 [72] ) | 1868 – 1868 [3] [68] | Democratic [73] | ||
| 44 | Timothy Francis Lee [3] [74] (? - 1912 [75] ) | 1868 – 1874 [3] | Republican [76] | ||
| 45 | Sidney M. Dunn [3] [77] (? - 1891 [78] ) | 1874 – 1876 [3] [77] | Democratic [77] | ||
| 46 | Jeremiah James Nowell [3] [79] [80] (? - 1882 [81] ) | 1876 – 1882 [3] [79] | Republican [82] | ||
| 47 | Jesse Robert Nowell [79] [83] [84] (? - 1897 [85] ) | 1882 – 1886 [79] [86] | Democratic [86] | ||
| 48 | Julius Rowan Rogers [87] [88] [89] [90] (1843 - 1931) [91] | 1886 – 1890 [88] [89] | Republican [92] | ||
| 49 | Malcus Williamson Page [93] [94] (1835 [95] - 1910 [96] ) | 1890 – 1906 [88] [93] [97] | Democratic [97] | ||
| 50 | Joseph Haywood Sears [98] [99] (1872 - 1941) [99] [100] | 1906 – 1920 [98] | Democratic [101] | ||
| 51 | David Bryant Harrison [102] [103] (1861 - 1952) [103] [104] | 1920 – 1926 [98] [102] | Democratic [102] | ||
| 52 | Numa Fletcher Turner [102] [105] [106] (1877 - 1955) [107] [108] | 1926 – 1946 [105] [106] | Democratic [106] | ||
| 53 | Robert James Pleasants [109] [110] (1913 - 1989) [111] | 1946 – 1978 [109] | Democratic [112] | ||
| 54 | John Haywood Baker, Jr. [109] [113] [114] [115] (1935 - 2007) [116] | 1978 – 2002 [109] [115] | Democratic [115] | ||
| 55 | Donnie Harrison [114] [115] (b. 1946) [117] | 2002 – 2018 [114] | Republican [114] | ||
| 56 | Gerald M. Baker [114] [118] [119] | 2018 – 2022 [114] [119] | Democratic [114] [119] | ||
| 57 | Willie Rowe [119] | 2022 – Incumbent [119] | Democratic [119] | ||
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