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Berks County Sheriff's Department History

Berks County Sheriff's Department History



Name of Sheriff

Years Served

Name of Sheriff

Years Served

Benjamin Lightfoot1752-1754Alfred C. Kemp1878-1880
William Boone1755-1756Levi M. Gerhart1881-1883
Thomas Lincoln1757-1758George D. Boyer1884-1886
Jacob Weaver1759-1760George B. Schaeffer1887-1889
Henry Christ1761-1762Elias Beckey1890-1892
Jacob Weaver1763-1764George Fahrenbach1893-1895
Jasper Scull1765-1767Frank Schmeck1896-1898
Jacob Shomaker1768-1770Frank Brobst1899-1903
George Nagle1771-1773Albert F. Mogel1903-1905
Henry Vanderslice1774-1776Jacob Sassaman1905-1907
Daniel Levan1777-1779John C. Bradley1907-1911
Henry Hoffa1780-1781Thomas G. Werley1912-1916
Phillip Kraemer1782-1784James J. Merkel1916-1920
Peter Philbert1785-1787Edward R. Deem1920-1924
Jacob Bower1788-1790John S. Esterly1924-1928
Peter Frailey1794-1796Victor Goodhart1928-1931
John Christ1797-1799Harry Schlappig1932-1935
Nicholas Dick1800-1802John C. Cook1936-1939
John Spycker1803-1805Walter B. Ravel1940-1943
Conrad Feger1806-1808Joseph R. Dickinson1944-1947
George Marx1809-1811Frank E. Wert1948-1951
Daniel Kerper1812-1814Roy Schweitzer1952-1955
Peter Aurand1815-1817Harold A. Yetzer1956-1963
John Miller1818-1820Reese L. Davis1964-1967
Henry Betz1821-1823*Harold A. Yetzer1968-1975
Daniel Kerper1824-1826John H. Kramer1976-1996
John Bickel1827-1829Barry Jozwiak1996-2008
James Sillyman1830-1832Eric Weaknecht2008-
Henry Bowman1833-1835

George Fox1836-1838

Henry Binkley1838-1841

Daniel Esterly1841-1844

George Gernant1844-1847

John Schroeder1847-1850

John Potteiger1850-1853

Henry Manderbach1856-1859

Jeremiah D. Bitting1859-1862

John Manderbach1856-1856

Abraham R. Koenig1862-1865

Tobias Barto1865-1868

William B. Albright1868-1871

Evan Mishler1871-1874

George R. Yorgey1875-1877