# Kern County Board of Supervisors

The Kern County Board of Supervisors is the legislative and executive body that governs Kern County, California.

## Modern

As of December 2024, the members were:
* 1st District, Phillip Peters.
* 2nd District, Chris Parlier.
* 3rd District, Jeff Flores.
* 4th District, David Couch.
* 5th District, Leticia Perez.

## Historic
### District 1

Established 1866
1. Henry Hammel, 1866–67 2. D.W. Weber, 1868 3. F.W. Craig, 1868–73 4. A.H. Denker, 1873–74 5. F.W. Goodale, 1874–78 6. William Lightner, 1878–80 7. Alvin Fay, 1881–82 8. R.H. Evans, 1883–88 9. Charles F. Bennett, 1889–92, 1913–16 10. C.J.E. Taylor, 1893–1900 11. J.W. Kelly, 1901–02 12. Neils Petersen, 1902–08 13. William Houser, 1909–12 14. F. Rinaldi, 1912 15. C.C. Paxton, 1917–20 16. J.B. McFarland, 1920–28 17. W.R. Woollomes. 1929–48, 1953–64 18. Ardis M. Walker, 1949–52 19. Morton V. Slater, 1964 20. LeRoy M. Jackson, 1965–77 21. Eldon E. (Gene) Tackett, 1977–85 22. Roy Ashburn, 1985–96 23. Jon McQuiston 1997–2012 24. Mick Gleason, 2012–2020 25. Phillip Peters, 2020–present

### District 2

Established 1866
1. J.J. Rhymes, 1866–69 2. C.T. White, 1870–73 3. Solomon Jewett, 1873–76 4. T.F. Kerr, 1876 5. T.E. Harding, 1876–79 6. A.J. Halbert, 1880–82 7. G.H. Wheeler, 1882 8. J.M. McKamy, 1883–84 9. John M. Brite, 1885 10. L.F. Gates, 1886 11. J. Fontaine, 1888–95 12. Jeremiah Shields, 1895–1902 13. Lucas F. Brite, 1903–18 14. James I. Wagy, 1919–26 15. J. Perry Brite, 1927–34 16. George W. Parish, 1935–38 17. C.W. Harty, 1939–50 18. John W. Holt, 1951–70 19. David A. Head, 1971–82 20. Ben Austin, 1983–94 21. Steve Perez, 1995–2002 22. Don Maben, 2003–10 22. Zack Scrivner, 2011–24 23. Chris Parlier, 2024-present

### District 3

Established 1866
1. Samuel A. Bishop, 1866 2. J.M. Brite, 1866–73, 1877–80 3. John Narboe, 1877–80 4. P.O. O'Hare, 1880–82 5. L. Crusoe, 1883–84 6. J.M. McKamy, 1885–90 7. E.A. McGee, 1891–94 8. Henry Bohns, 1895–98 9. J.W. Shaffer, 1899–1902 10. A.J. Woody, 1903–10 11. John O. Hart, 1911–18, 1923–34 12. Harry Rambo, 1919–32 13. Jay Hinman, 1934–38 14. Ralph Lavin, 1939–46 15. Leo G. Pauly, 1946 16. Barney L. Barnes, 1947–50 17. Floyd L. Ming, 1951–62 18. David S. Fairbairn, 1963–71 19. Eugene Young, 1971–83 20. Pauline Larwood, 1983–94 21. Barbara Patrick, 1994–2006 22. Mike Maggard, 2007–22 23. Jeff Flores, 2023-present

### District 4

Established 1884
1. L. Crusoe, 1885–88 2. Alfred Morgan, 1889–92 3. J.W. White, 1893–96 4. T.J. Bottoms, 1897–1903 5. F.H. Corsett, 1903–08 6. J.M. Bush, 1909–16 7. Stanley Abel, 1917–40 8. A.W. Noon, 1941–52 9. Herbert Evans, 1952 10. Vance A. Webb, 1953–77 11. Trice Harvey, 1977–86 12. Karl Hettinger, 1987–92 13. Ken Peterson, 1993–2002 14. Raymond Watson, 2002–12 15. David Couch, 2012–present

### District 5

Established 1884
1. G.C. Doherty, 1885–97 2. E.M. Roberts, 1887–92 3. Henry Jastro, 1893–1916 4. H.I. Tupman, 1917–20 5. Ira Williams, 1921–28 6. Richard Ashe, 1929–32 7. Charles Wimmer, 1933–44 8. Charles P. Salzer, 1945–50, 1961–69 9. John Hanning, 1951–60 10. Milton Miller, 1969–73 11. John Mitchell, 1973–85 12. Mary K. Shell, 1985–96 13. Pete Parra, 1997–2004 14. Michael J. Rubio, 2005–10 15. Karen Goh, 2010–12 16. Leticia Perez, 2012—present