List of sheriffs of Norfolk County, Massachusetts

This is a list of sheriffs of Norfolk County, Massachusetts.^[1] The sheriff is elected to serve a six-year term and oversees the Norfolk County House of Correction.^[2]

The current sheriff is Patrick W. McDermott.

No.	Sheriff	Picture	Term	Party	Note
1	Ebenezer Thayer		1793–1794
2	Atherton Thayer		1794–1798
3	Benjamin Clark Cutler		1798–1810
4	Elijah Crane		1810–1811
5	William Brewer		1811–1812
6	Elijah Crane		1812–1834
7	John Baker, II		1834–1843
8	Jerauld N. E. Mann		1843–1848
9	Thomas Adams		1848–1852	Whig
10	John W. Thomas		1852 – 1853	Democratic
11	Thomas Adams		1853 – January 1, 1857	Whig
12	John W. Thomas		January 1, 1857 – January 1, 1878	Republican	First popularly elected sheriff of Norfolk County.
13	Rufus Corbin Wood		1878–1885	Republican
14	Augustus Bradford Endicott		1885–1898	Republican
15	Samuel Capen		1898–1939	Republican
16	Samuel H. Wragg		1939–1959	Republican	Died in office
–	Edwin H. Downs		1959–1959
17	Peter M. McCormack		1959–1961	Democrat
18	Charles Hedges		1961–1975	Republican
19	Clifford H. Marshall		1975–1996	Democrat
20	John H. Flood		1996–1999	Republican	Flood was originally a Democrat was but appointed to the seat and ran as a Republican. He was defeated by Bellotti.[2]
21	Michael G. Bellotti		1999–2018	Democratic	Resigned to become president of Quincy College.[2]
–	Robert Harnais		October 2018 – December 2018
22	Jerry McDermott		2018–2021	Republican	Was appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker[2]
23	Patrick W. McDermott		2021–present	Democratic	Former Register of Probate (2002-2020). McDermott (D) ran against Jerry McDermott (R) in the 2020 election. The two are not related.

References

1. "History". Norfolk County Sheriff's Office. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
2. Stout, Matt (December 17, 2018). "Baker taps former city councilor as Norfolk County sheriff". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2018-12-18.