Grant County Sheriffs
Sheriffs that appear as a link have biographical information available.
- 1835 - 1836 James H. D. Street
- 1837 - 1838 Peter Coyle
- 1839 - 1842 Harvey Pepper
- 1843 - 1844 Enos S. Raker
- 1845 - 1846 N. W. Kendall
- 1847 - 1850 Matthew Wood
- 1851 - 1852 George R Stuntz
- 1853 - 1854 William McGonigal
- 1855 - 1856 Lorenzo Preston
- 1857 - 1858 Dexter Ward
- 1859 - 1860 William H. Foster
- 1861 - 1862 Johnathan B. Moore
- 1863 - 1864 N. Goodenough
- 1865 - 1866 William H. Clise
- 1865 - 1866 J. P. Cox
- 1869 - 1870 William H. Clise
- 1871 - 1872 William E. Sloat
- 1873 - 1874 Terrence Carrier
- 1875 - 1876 J. B. McCoy
- 1877 - 1878 Matt H. Birchard
- 1879 - 1880 Gay D. Streeter
| - 1879 - 1880 John Cover
- 1881 - 1882 Jno F. Lane
- 1883 - 1884 J. L. Rewey
- 1885 - 1886 Ora Richards
- 1887 - 1888 John Dolphin
- 1889 - 1890 F. D. Thompson
- 1891 - 1892 M. V. Burris
- 1893 - 1894 Jacob Miller
- 1895 - 1896 William J. Dyer
- 1897 - 1898 Horace Hymer
- 1899 - 1900 John Faecett
- 1901 - 1902 Charles F. Dickenson
- 1903 - 1904 John W. Watson
- 1905 - 1906 Robert Glenn
- 1907 - 1908 Albert Budworth
- 1909 - 1910 James M. Harchroad
- 1911 - 1912 Wesley C. Hymer
- 1913 - 1914 William B. Dyer
- 1915 - 1916 Frank Heil
- 1917 - 1918 Wesley C. Hymer
- 1919 - 1920 Frank Heil
| - 1921 - 1922 R. P. Holmes
- 1923 - 1924 Joseph Edge
- 1925 - 1926 Harry Livingston
- 1927 - 1928 Burt L. Morse
- 1929 - 1932 Joe R. Greer
- 1939 - 1940 Harry E. Greer
- 1941 - 1942 Joe R. Greer
- 1943 - 1946 Aloys M. Klaas
- 1947 - 1950 Melvin Gillen
- 1951 - 1954 Aloys M. Klaas
- 1955 - 1958 Robert Seemeyer
- 1959 - 1960 Naomi Seemeyer
- 1961 - 1964 J. Dallas Wepking
- 1965 - 1968 Roy Graney
- 1969 - 1974 John Heer
- 1975 - 1980 Percy Stich
- 1981 - 1996 Herbert Hottenstein
- 1997 - 2012 Keith D. Govier
- 2012 - 2014 Nathan Dreckman
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On May 29th, 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state in the union. At that time, Grant County had already been protected by elected sheriffs for the previous 12 years. Grant County's first sheriff was James H.D. Street who served from 1835 to 1836. Sheriff Matthew Wood, Grant County's sixth sheriff was in office at the time of statehood.
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Up until the late 1960's sheriffs in Wisconsin could only serve two terms. Because of this law there were many sheriffs who served two terms, let an election pass, and then ran again and were elected to the office of sheriff for another term.
One of those situations happened in the 1930's and 1940's when Joe Greer was elected sheriff first in 1929. After serving two terms Joe's son Harry Greer was elected. Joe Greer was then re-elected in 1935 and served two terms. Harry Greer was re-elected for one term in 1939. Joe Greer was then re-elected in 1941 and served one term. In addition to being the Grant County Sheriff, the flamboyant Joe Greer ran a Wild West Show that toured the Midwest and the South. Joe Greer was known nationally for his wild west show.
Read more about Joe.
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In 1955 Robert Seemeyer was elected as Grant County's 55th sheriff and was re-elected in 1957. Not being able to again succeed himself in office his wife, Naomi Seemeyer was elected as Grant County's 56th sheriff. Naomi was the first woman to have been elected Sheriff in Grant County.
In 1969 John Heer was elected sheriff in Grant County. With the change in the sheriff's succession law, Sheriff Heer was the first sheriff to serve more than two consecutive terms.
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