List of Old West lawmen

This is a list of Old West lawmen; people who served in various law enforcement positions during the Old West period.

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A John Hicks Adams (1830–1878), Sheriff, Santa Clara County, California, Deputy U.S. Marshal, Arizona Territory Alfred Shea Addis, Territorial Marshal, Tucson, Arizona 1883-1886 William "Red" Angus (1849–1922), Sheriff, Johnson County, Wyoming Ira Aten (1862–1953), Sheriff and Texas Ranger, Castro County, Texas B Elfego Baca (1865–1945), New Mexico P.C. Baird (died 1928), Sheriff and Texas Ranger, Mason County, Texas Mariano Barela, Sheriff and U.S. Marshal, Mesilla, New Mexico Joel Almon Bascom (1832–1912), Chief of Police, Provo, Utah and constable of Mona, Utah John Watson Bell Bascom (1869–1948), Deputy Sheriff, Uintah County, Utah and constable of Naples, Utah Charlie Bassett (1847–1896), Sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, Marshal of Dodge City Johnny Behan (c. 1845–1912), Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory Horace Bell (1830-1918), Los Angeles Ranger James W. Bell (died 1881), Deputy Sheriff, Lincoln County, New Mexico Sam Bernard (1880–1964), Deputy Lincoln County, New Mexico, Hillsboro, New Mexico Charles Birkenfeld (c. 1910), Constable, Pima County, Arizona N. K. Boswell (1841-1904), Sheriff, Laramie, Wyoming William Breakenridge (1846–1931), Deputy Sheriff and U.S. Marshal, Cochise County, Arizona Territory William L. Brooks (1832–1874), Marshal, Newton, Kansas and Dodge City, Kansas Henry Newton Brown (1857–1884), Marshal, Tascosa, Texas (ghost town) and Caldwell, Kansas Neal Brown (born 1850), Assistant Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; U. S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory Seth Bullock (1849–1919), Sheriff, Lewis and Clark County, Montana; Sheriff, Lawrence County, South Dakota; U. S. Marshal Dakota Territory C Mathew Caldwell (1798–1842), Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers 1836, Sheriff of Gonzales (Guadalupe, Dewitt, Caldwell, Lavaca) Counties 1837, Gonzales & Seguin Texas Rangers 1839 Frank M. Canton (Joe Horner) (1849–1927), Sheriff, Johnson County, Wyoming; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Under Sheriff, Q County, Oklahoma James W. Carr (1845-1926), Marshal Silverton, Colorado; Marshal Rico, Colorado; Deputy Sheriff Ouray County, Colorado; Deputy Sheriff Dolores County, Colorado Charles Francis Colcord (1859–1934), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Chief of Police, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory David J. Cook (1842–1907), Marshal, Denver, Colorado Gary Cook NBC Tactical Response, RSO SO Presidential Advisor SWR George Washington Cook Sheriff Sierra County NM Robert Everett Cook, Warden New Mexico Penitentiary Pruitt NM Robert William Cook Shore Patrol USN 1945 San Francisco CA; Deputy Sheriff Sierra County NM; New Mexico State Police; Chief of Police, Grants NM "Longhair" Jim Courtright (1848–1887), Omaha, Nebraska Marshal, Marshal, Lake Valley, New Mexico; Sheriff, Fort Worth, Texas; Detective, Fort Worth, Texas D Frank Dalton (1859–1887), Deputy US Marshal, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Oklahoma Territory Ben Daniels (1852-1923), US Marshal, Pima County, Arizona sheriff, superintendent of Yuma Territorial Prison James "Jim" M. Dodson (1876-1890), Prescott, Arizona City Marshal; Arizona State Penitentiary Wall Guard (post retirement) Ed Drew (1865-1911), Pinal County, Arizona deputy sheriff E Morgan Earp (1851–1882), Deputy Sheriff, Ford County, Kansas; Marshal, Butte, Montana; U.S. Deputy Marshal, Arizona Territory; Deputy Policeman/Marshal, Arizona Territory Virgil Earp (1843–1906), Deputy Policeman and Assistant Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Prescott, Arizona; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Tombstone, Arizona; Marshal/Chief of Police, Tombstone, Arizona; Sheriff, Colton, California; Deputy Sheriff Esmeralda County, Nevada Warren Earp (1855–1900), U. S. Deputy Marshal, Cochise County, Arizona Territory; Special Ranger (Arizona Cattleman's Association) Wyatt Earp (1848–1929), Constable, Lamar, Missouri; Marshal (for 1 hour), Ellsworth, Kansas; Deputy Policeman, Wichita, Kansas; Assistant Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Deputy Sheriff, Pima County, Arizona, Arizona Territory); Deputy Policeman and Assistant Marshal, Tombstone, Arizona, Arizona Territory; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Arizona Territory F Stringer W Fenton (1865-1936), Marshal, Indian Territory, Oklahoma Osage County John King Fisher (1854–1884), Sheriff, Texas Camillus Sidney Fly (1849–1901), Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory G Pat Garrett (1850–1908), Sheriff, Lincoln County, New Mexico; Sheriff, Doña Ana County, New Mexico; Customs Collector, El Paso, Texas; Texas Ranger Captain, Texas H Lee Hall (1849–1911), Texas Ranger Wiley G. Haines (1860–1928), Undersheriff, County P, Oklahoma Territory; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Chief, Osage Indian Police John Coffee Hays (1817–1883), "Captain Jack", Captain in the Texas Rangers; first Sheriff of San Francisco (1850) Jack Helm (c. 1838–1873), Sheriff, DeWitt County, Texas James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837–1876), Marshal, Abilene, Kansas and Hays City, Kansas John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851–1887), Special Police Officer, Tombstone, Arizona Territory; Deputy U.S. Marshal Arizona Territory John R. Hughes (1855–1947), Texas Ranger James B. Hume (1827–1904), Marshal, Placerville, California; Undersheriff, El Dorado County, California; Sheriff, El Dorado County, California; Chief Detective, Wells, Fargo & Co. J Grant Johnson (1858–1929), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory John Liver-Eating Johnson (1824–1900), Deputy Sheriff/Town Marshal John B. Jones (1834–1891), Texas Ranger K Jeff Kidder (1875–1908), Arizona Ranger

L John M. Larn (1849–1877), outlaw and Sheriff, Shackelford County, Texas James Franklin "Bud" Ledbetter (1852–1937), Deputy Sheriff, Johnson County, Arkansas; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Sheriff, Muskogee County, Oklahoma Isaiah W. Lees (1830–1902), Detective, San Francisco, California William Sidney "Cap" Light (1864–1893), Deputy Sheriff, Belton, Texas, Temple, Texas and Creede, Colorado Steve "Big Steve" Long (unk–1868), outlaw and Deputy Marshal, Laramie, Wyoming Territory Harry Love (1809–1868), Captain, California State Rangers (1853–1855) M Chris Madsen (1851–1944), U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory Bat Masterson (1853–1921), Deputy Sheriff/Sheriff Ford County, Kansas; Marshal, Trinidad, Colorado; U. S. Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Peace Commissioner/Deputy U.S. Marshal, Southern District of New York Ed Masterson (1852–1878), Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas James Masterson (1855–1895), Dodge City, Kansas, Ford County, Kansas, Ingalls, Kansas, Deputy U.S. Marshal Andrew "Andy" Mather (1851-1929), Texas Ranger, Williamson County, Texas, Co. E, Frontier Battalion, under Captain Maltby Joseph McNulty (1841-1909), Sheriff, Rooks County, Kansas Tolbert "Tol" Fannin McKinney (1857-1938), Lt. Texas Ranger, Co. D & E.; Frontier Battalion under Captains John R. Hughes & John H Rogers; Deputy Sheriff in Uvalde, Zavala, Bandera, Brewster, and El Paso Counties, Texas Leander H. McNelly (1844–1877), Texas Ranger N David Neagle (1847–1926), Deputy Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory; Marshal, Tombstone, Arizona Territory; Detective, US Marshal, San Francisco, California Evett Dumas Nix (1861-1946), US Marshal, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Nasty Nate, Kansas O Robert "Bob" Ollinger (died 1881), Deputy Sheriff, Lincoln County, New Mexico William Owen "Buckey" O'Neill (1860–1898), Sheriff, Yavapai County, Arizona Commodore Perry Owens (1852–1919), Sheriff, Apache County, Arizona P Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), Pinkerton Detective Agency Founder Robert Pinkerton (1848–1907), Pinkerton Detective William A. Pinkerton (1846–1923), Pinkerton Detective Henry Plummer (1837–1864), Marshal, Nevada City, California; Sheriff Bannack, Montana Robert Jack Price (1848–1930), Constable R Alexander Ramsey (Old West lawman) (1847-1875), Marshall, Hays City, Kansas, later, Sheriff, Ellis County, Kansas, shot and captured Henry Born "Dutch Henry", shot and killed nine other outlaws in discharge of his duties Bass Reeves (1832–1910), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory Porter Rockwell (1813–1878), Utah Territory S George Scarborough (1859–1903), El Paso, Texas Sheriff, killed John Selman John Selman (1839–1896), El Paso, Texas Constable, killed John Wesley Hardin Charles Sims (1879–1945), Town Marshal Rosedale, Oklahoma Charlie Siringo (1855-1928), Pinkerton detective Sam Sixkiller (1842–1886), Captain, U.S. Indian Police, Indian Territory; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory John Slaughter (1841–1922), Sheriff and Texas Ranger, Cochise County, Arizona, Arizona Territory Lot Smith (1830-1892), Sheriff Davis County, Utah; in March 1853, Farmington, then known as Little Cottonwood, was approved by Utah Territorial Legislature as the County seat of Davis County; a year later, Lot Smith, who also served in Mormon Battalion at age 16, was appointed county's first sheriff Thomas Smith (1830–1870), Marshal and Deputy U.S. Marshal, Kit Carson, Colorado and Abilene, Kansas Con Stapleton (1848–1879), Marshal, Deadwood, South Dakota Dallas Stoudenmire (1845–1882), El Paso, Texas Marshal and Texas Ranger; Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Sughrue (1844–1901), Sheriff, Clark County, Kansas; Marshal Ashland, Kansas; Deputy Sheriff, Ford County, Kansas; Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas T Henry Andrew "Heck" Thomas (1850–1912), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory Ben Thompson (1842–1884), Marshal, Austin, Texas Bill Tilghman (1854–1924), Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Sheriff, Lincoln County, Oklahoma; Chief of Police, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma James Timberlake (1846-1891), Deputy Marshal, Liberty, Missouri; County Sheriff, Clay County, Missouri; Constable, Liberty, Missouri Paden Tolbert (1863–1904), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory V Max Ventura (born 1866), U.S. Marshal, Indian Affairs Delegate, North Dakota Territory W John Joshua Webb (1847–1882), Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Marshal, Las Vegas, New Mexico Franklin Pierce West, Indian Territory Deputy Marshal William Fletcher Wheeler (1824-1894), Montana Territory U.S. Marshal 1869-1878, Lt Col, 1st MN Vol Inf, 1858–61, Capt, Co F, 4th MN Inf, 1861-64 (WIA at Vicksburg, Mississippi), 3rd U.S. Marshal in the Montana Territory, 1869–78; founder of Montana Historical Society Fred White (1849–1880), Marshal Tombstone, Arizona Territory; died in the line of duty Robert Widdowfield (1846-1878), Wyoming Deputy sheriff, first Wyoming officer to be killed in the line of duty Robert Widenmann (1852-1930), Deputy U.S. Marshal New Mexico Territory

References

See also

• List of Arizona Rangers
• List of cowboys and cowgirls
• List of Old West gunfighters