Marion County Commissioners

Listing of County Commissioners by Year (Past to Present)

(NOTE: Originally, the Marion County Court was a Probate Court and the Commissioners were judges.)

Benjamin Walden: Nov. 1849-July 1850; July 1851-April 1853.

Turner Crump: Nov. 1849-July 1850.

Isaac N. Gilbert, Clerk: Nov. 1849-July 1850.

John W. Grim: July 1850-Sep. 1851; July 1855-Apr. 1858.

Jacob Conser: July 1850-July 1853.

Joseph Garrison: Apr. 1851-July 1851.

Lafayette Grover, Clerk: Dec. 1851-Apr. 1852.

Elisha J. Harding, Clerk: July 1852-June 1859; Commissioner: July 1859-Dec. 1859.

Robert Childers: July 1853-Apr. 1855.

John Harrison: July 1853-Apr. 1855.

William P. Harpole: July 1853-Mar. 1854.

(NOTE: In August of 1853, the Probate Court became the Marion County Commissioners Court, with 1 judge and 2 Commissioners.)

Richard Miller: July 1854-Apr. 1857.

William J. Herren: July 1855-Apr. 1856.

Oliver Pickard: July 1856-Dec. 1858.

John Kays: July 1857-Dec. 1858.

Robert Newell: July 1858-Dec. 1858.

Milton V. Shannon: Apr. 1859-July 1862.

N.T. Caton, Clerk: July 1859-July 1862.

Francis X. Matthieu: Feb. 1861-July 1861.

William H. Baker: Feb. 1861-July 1861.

John C. Peebles: July 1862-June 1870.

William M. Case: July 1862-Apr. 1866; Aug. 1868-June 1870; July 1872-July 1874.

H.L. Turner: July 1862-Apr. 1864.

George A. Edes, Clerk: July 1862-June 1868; July 1878-July 1880.

Thomas C. Shaw: July 1864-July 1866.

J.H. Bridges: July 1866-June 1868.

Ai Coolidge: July 1868-July 1872.

Ralph C. Geer, Clerk: July 1868-June 1870.

Charles N. Terry: Joly 1870-June 1878.

John Giesy: July 1l870-July 18l72; July 1874-July 1878.

A.B. Cosper, Clerk: July 1870-July 1872.

William Porter: July 1872-July 1874.

J.A. Huffman: July 1874-July 1876.

D.H. Murphy, Clerk: July 1872-July 1878.

John J. Shaw: July 1878-June 1882.

Jean Baptiste P. Piette: July 1878-June 1880.

1884. Condit: July 1878-June 1884.

M.L. Chamberlain, Clerk: July 1880-June 1884.

D.J. Pendleton: July 1880-June 1882.

Thomas C. Shaw: July 1882-June 1890.

William C. Hubbard: July 1882-June 1886; July 1892-June 1896.

George P. Terrell: July 1884-June 1886; July 1896-June 1900.

M.N. Chapman, Clerk: July 1884-June 1888.

Henry Warren: July 1886-June 1888.

A.H. Cornelius: July 1888-June 1890.

W.T. Grimm: July 1888-June 1891.

E.M. Croisan, Clerk: July 1888-Apr. 1890.

Frelon J. Babcock, Clerk: May 1890-June 1891.

William Waldo: July 1890-June 1891.

J.M. Watson: July 1890-May 1896.

J.F. Anderson: July 1892-June 1896.

W.H. Egan, Clerk: July 1892-July 1894.

L.V. Ehlen, Clerk: August 1894-June 1898.

J.N. Davis: July 1896-July 1896-June 1900.

William Miley: June 1898-(?)

W.W. Hall, Clerk: July 1898-June 1903.- – – – –

Volume XVII – – Oct. 1903-Apr. 1908 – – is missing- – – – –

I.C. Needham: July 1900-June 1908.

John W. Roland, Clerk: June 1903-(?)

John H. Scott: (?)-June 1908.

W.H. Goulet: (?)-Jan. 1923.

R.D. Allen, Clerk: (?)-June 1914.

W.M. Bushey: July 1908-Dec. 1916.

J.T. Beckwith: July 1908-Dec. 1916.

Max Gehlar, Clerk: July 1914-June 1916.

J.T. Hunt: Jan. 1917-Jan. 1925.

U.G. Boyer, Clerk: July 1916-Jan. 1925.

Jim E. Smith: Jan. 1923-Jan. 1935; Jan 1939-Jan. 1947.

J.H. Porter: Jan. 1925-Jan. 1933.

Roy S. Melson: Jan. 1935-Jan. 1941.

Leroy Hewlett: Jan 1935-Jan. 1939.

Harlan A. Judd, Clerk: Jan. 1941-Jan. 1949.

(During his absence in military service, Henry Mattson served as clerk.)

Ralph A. Girod: Jan. 1941-Jan. 1945.

Roy Rice: Jan. 1943-Jan. 1961.

E.L. Rogers: Jan. 1947-Jan. 1959.

(NOTE: As of 1959, County officers were elected, not appointed.)

Pat McCarthy: Jan 1961-Jan. 1980.

Harry Carson, Jr.: Jan 1967-Jan. 1982.

Rex Hartley: Jan. 1965-Jan. 1967.

1976. Harold Tomlinson, Clerk: Jan 1965-Jan. 1976.

Walter R. Heine: Jan. 1975-1979.

Edwin R. Morgan, Clerk: Jan. 1977-Jan. 1983.

Randall Franke: Jan. 1979-2003.

Gary Heer: Jan. 1981-Jan. 1998.

Ed Hill, Clerk: Jan. 1987-Jan. 1989.

Mary B. Pearmine: Jan 1991-Jan. 1999.

Al Davidson, Clerk: Jan. 1989-Jan. 2005.

Patricia Milne: Jan. 1999-Present.

Mike Ryan: Jan. 1999-Jan. 2005.

Compiled by Sue Bell

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Source: Marion County Government, 2003

This article originally appeared on the original Salem Online History site and has not been updated since 2006.