Sheriff’s of Bent County

Jake R. Six

Elected

November 6, 2018

Term
2019-2022

David Encinias

Served Two Terms

2011-2018

Garry Oyen

Served Two Terms

2003-2010

Nate Valdez

Served One Term

1998-2003

Brian Spencer

Served One Term

1994-1998

Greg Trujillo

Served Two Terms

1986-1993

W. Darell Emrie

Served Three Terms

1975-1985

Norm Roberts

Served Four Terms

1958-1974

Dick Hudnall

Served One Term

1952-1957

L.E. Brookshire

Served Three Terms

1942-1951

Lank Coffelt

Served One Term

1938-1941

Casto Dunavin

Served One Term

1932-1937

Dan Gates

Served Two Terms

1926-1931

Father of Curtis Gates
(Ken Curtis)

J. Newt Neill

Served One Term

1924-1925

Richard Thaxton

Served One Term

1920-1923

O.M. Fitzgerrald

Served One Term

1918-1919

Al Murphy

Served One Term

1916-1917

William E. Evans

Served One Term

1914-1915

F.W. McCune

Served One Term

1912-1913

William G. McAfee

Served One Term

1910-1911

John Gruber

Served One Term

1906-1909

John D. Brown

Served One Term

1904-1905

J. Frank Dean

Served Two Terms

1899-1903

John D. Brown

Served Two Terms

1894-1898

J.M. Marchall

Served One Term

1893-1893

John D. Brown

Served One Term

1891-1892

Thomas Jefferson Hickman

Appointed 1877 to fulfil the remainder of Spiers term

First Sheriff with current County Boarders 1889

Elected 1878-1890
Served Six Terms

1877-1890

John Spiers

Elected March 27, 1874

Served One and a half terms. Spiers was injured and resigned Office during his second term.

1874-1877

L.A. Allen

First Elected Sheriff of Bent County
Elected September 13, 1870

Allen Served Two Terms

1870-1873

Thomas Oliver Boggs

Appointed First Sheriff
of Bent County
March 12, 1870

Served until the 1870 Election was completed