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Appointed to Organize Ringgold County William N. Mc Efee May-August 1855 - Hiram Imus (Appointed Sheriff)

1855-1857 - Peter Doze (First Elected Sheriff)

1858 - Chas. H. Schooler (Resigned)

1858-1859 - Samuel Allison (Appointed Sheriff)

1860-1861 - John D. Carter

1862-1863 - John McGahuey

1864-1865 - Luther Tollotson

1866-1867 - David B. Marshall

1868-1869 - John A. Lesan, Jr.

1870-1873 - David B. Marshall
(He became Mayor of Mount Ayr in 1900.)

1874-1875 - J.R. Henderson

1876-1879 - Hugh A. White

1880-1881 - William A. Delashmutt
(He became Mayor of Mount Ayr in 1892.)

1882-1883 - John H. Been

1884-1889 - James Beard
(He became Mayor of Mount Ayr in 1916.)

1890-1891 - T.D. McQuigg

1892-1897 - Alexander Elliot "Alex" Holland

1898-1899 - J.P. Newton

1900-1907 - H.M. Miller

1908-1915 - Henry W. Terrell (first term)

1916-1918 - Chas. H. King

1919-1920 - Elmer Nichols

1921-1922 - Henry W. Terrrell (second term)

1923-1926 - Marion Stephens

1927-1930 - Rollo Stephens

1931-1932 - Henry W. Terrell (third term)

1933-1935 - Leslie E. Thompson

1935-1938 - O.K. Knight

1939-1955 - H.P. Todd

1955-1961 - Warren Drake

1961-1984 - Elbert T. Strange
(He was the longest-serving sheriff with a total of 23 years.)

1985-1999 - Lyle E. Minnick
(His time as both a deputy and as sheriff totaled a service of 24 years.)

1999-2004 - Robert "Bob" Bennett
(Grandfather of suceeding sheriff, Michael Sobotka) Appointed in 1999 to fill the unexpired term of Lyle Minnick; and then elected in 2000 for his own term.)

2005-2018 - Michael Sobotka
(Grandson of preceeding sheriff, Bob Bennett,
youngest sheriff in the state of Iowa)

2018-present - Rob Haley
(Appoined by County Supervisors after Sobotka retired before the end of his term)

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