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.

The current sheriff is Patrick W. McDermott.

No.	Sheriff	Term	Party	Note
1	Ebenezer Thayer	1793–1794
2	Atherton Thayer	1794–1798
3	Benjamin Clark Cutler	1798–1810
4	Elijah Crane	1810–1811
5	William Brewer	1811–1812
6	Elijah Crane	1812–1834
7	John Baker, II	1834–1843
8	Jerauld N. E. Mann	1843–1848
9	Thomas Adams	1848–1852	Whig
10	John W. Thomas	1852 – 1853	Democratic
11	Thomas Adams	1853 – January 1, 1857	Whig
12	John W. Thomas	January 1, 1857 – January 1, 1878	Republican	First popularly elected sheriff of Norfolk County.
13	Rufus Corbin Wood	1878–1885	Republican
14	Augustus Bradford Endicott	1885–1898	Republican
15	Samuel Capen	1898–1939	Republican
16	Samuel H. Wragg	1939–1959	Republican	Died in office
–	Edwin H. Downs	1959–1959
17	Peter M. McCormack	1959–1961	Democrat
18	Charles Hedges	1961–1975	Republican
19	Clifford H. Marshall	1975–1996	Democrat
20	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.
21	Michael G. Bellotti	1999–2018	Democratic	Resigned to become president of Quincy College.
–	Robert Harnais	October 2018 – December 2018
22	Jerry McDermott	2018–2021	Republican	Was appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker
23	Patrick W. McDermott	2021–present	Democratic	Former Register of Probate (2002-2020). McDermott (D) ran against Jerry McDermott (R) in the 2020 election. The two are not related.

References

"History". Norfolk County Sheriff's Office. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
^ Stout, Matt (December 17, 2018). "Baker taps former city councilor as Norfolk County sheriff". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2018-12-18.