The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has been in existence since the creation of Lee County in 1887,
which until then had been part of Monroe County. In the years since, only 13 people have served as sheriff.
2018 – Present
Carmine Marceno
2004 – 2018
Mike Scott
2001 – 2004
Rodney Shoap
1989 – 2000
John J. McDougall
1973 – 1988
Frank Wanicka
1949 – 1973
Flanders ‘Snag’ Thompson
1945 – 1949
Floyd Ellis
1941 – 1945
Fred Roberts
1933 – 1941
Robert King
1925 – 1932
Frank B. Tippins
1923 – 1925
J. Ed Albritton
1919 – 1923
Frank B. Tippins
1918 – 1919
Z. Tom Hand
1901 – 1918
Frank B. Tippins
1887 – 1901
Thomas W. Langford
