Berks County Sheriff's Department History
| Name of Sheriff |
Years Served |
Name of Sheriff |
Years Served |
| Benjamin Lightfoot |
1752-1754 |
Alfred C. Kemp |
1878-1880 |
| William Boone |
1755-1756 |
Levi M. Gerhart |
1881-1883 |
| Thomas Lincoln |
1757-1758 |
George D. Boyer |
1884-1886 |
| Jacob Weaver |
1759-1760 |
George B. Schaeffer |
1887-1889 |
| Henry Christ |
1761-1762 |
Elias Beckey |
1890-1892 |
| Jacob Weaver |
1763-1764 |
George Fahrenbach |
1893-1895 |
| Jasper Scull |
1765-1767 |
Frank Schmeck |
1896-1898 |
| Jacob Shomaker |
1768-1770 |
Frank Brobst |
1899-1903 |
| George Nagle |
1771-1773 |
Albert F. Mogel |
1903-1905 |
| Henry Vanderslice |
1774-1776 |
Jacob Sassaman |
1905-1907 |
| Daniel Levan |
1777-1779 |
John C. Bradley |
1907-1911 |
| Henry Hoffa |
1780-1781 |
Thomas G. Werley |
1912-1916 |
| Phillip Kraemer |
1782-1784 |
James J. Merkel |
1916-1920 |
| Peter Philbert |
1785-1787 |
Edward R. Deem |
1920-1924 |
| Jacob Bower |
1788-1790 |
John S. Esterly |
1924-1928 |
| Peter Frailey |
1794-1796 |
Victor Goodhart |
1928-1931 |
| John Christ |
1797-1799 |
Harry Schlappig |
1932-1935 |
| Nicholas Dick |
1800-1802 |
John C. Cook |
1936-1939 |
| John Spycker |
1803-1805 |
Walter B. Ravel |
1940-1943 |
| Conrad Feger |
1806-1808 |
Joseph R. Dickinson |
1944-1947 |
| George Marx |
1809-1811 |
Frank E. Wert |
1948-1951 |
| Daniel Kerper |
1812-1814 |
Roy Schweitzer |
1952-1955 |
| Peter Aurand |
1815-1817 |
Harold A. Yetzer |
1956-1963 |
| John Miller |
1818-1820 |
Reese L. Davis |
1964-1967 |
| Henry Betz |
1821-1823 |
*Harold A. Yetzer |
1968-1975 |
| Daniel Kerper |
1824-1826 |
John H. Kramer |
1976-1996 |
| John Bickel |
1827-1829 |
Barry Jozwiak |
1996-2008 |
| James Sillyman |
1830-1832 |
Eric Weaknecht |
2008- |
| Henry Bowman |
1833-1835 |
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| George Fox |
1836-1838 |
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| Henry Binkley |
1838-1841 |
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| Daniel Esterly |
1841-1844 |
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| George Gernant |
1844-1847 |
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| John Schroeder |
1847-1850 |
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| John Potteiger |
1850-1853 |
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| Henry Manderbach |
1856-1859 |
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| Jeremiah D. Bitting |
1859-1862 |
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| John Manderbach |
1856-1856 |
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| Abraham R. Koenig |
1862-1865 |
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| Tobias Barto |
1865-1868 |
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| William B. Albright |
1868-1871 |
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| Evan Mishler |
1871-1874 |
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| George R. Yorgey |
1875-1877 |
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