List of Sheriffs of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The Sheriff is elected to serve a six-year term and oversees the Norfolk County House of Correction.

List of Sheriffs of Norfolk County, Massachusetts

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Table Section Text: This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The Sheriff is elected to serve a six-year term and oversees the Norfolk County House of Correction.

#	Sheriff	Picture	Term	Party	Note

1st	Ebeneezer Thayer	1793 - 1794

2nd	Atherton Thayer	1794 - 1798

3rd	Benjamin Clark Cutler	1798 - 1810

4th	Elijah Crane	1810 - 1811

5th	William Brewer	1811 - 1812

6th	Elijah Crane	1812 - 1834

7th	John Baker, II	1834 - 1843

8th	Jerauld N. E. Mann	1843 - 1848

9th	Thomas Adams	1848 - 1852	Whig

10th	John W. Thomas	1852 - 1853	Democratic

11th	Thomas Adams	1853 - January 1, 1857	Whig

12th	John W. Thomas	January 1, 1857 - January 1, 1878	Republican	First popularly elected sheriff of Norfolk County.

13th	Rufus Corbin Wood	1878 - 1885	Republican

14th	Augustus Bradford Endicott	-	1885 - 1898	Republican

15th	Samuel Capen	1898–1939	Republican

16th	Samuel H. Wragg	1939 - 1959	Republican	Died in office

Acting	Edwin H. Downs	1959 - 1959

17th	Peter M. McCormack	1959–1961	Democrat

18th	Charles Hedges	1961–1975	Republican

19th	Clifford H. Marshall	1975–1996	Democrat

20th	John H. Flood	1996–1999	Republican	Flood was originally a Democrat was but appointed to the seat and ran as a Republican. He was defeated by Bellotti.

21st	Michael G. Bellotti	1999 - 2018	Democratic	Resigned to become president of Quincy College.

Acting	Robert Harnais	October 2018 - December 2018

22nd	Jerry McDermott	2018 - present	Republican	Was appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker

Sentence(s)

Rufus Corbin Wood was sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1878 to 1885.

final_sentence: Rufus Corbin Wood was sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1878 to 1885.