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Spangler
Flagg
E. Raines
Hamm

1870s
1-year term
Nathan J. Stark
1871 - 1872
1872 - 1874
John A. Cannon
1874 - 1875
Nathan J. Stark
1875 - 1876
Edward Berg
1876 - 1877
Dave Rorick
1877 - 1878
A. M. Dunham
1878 - 1879
James Durbin
1879 - 1881
A. M. Dunham
1880s
Millard F. Taylor
1881 - 1882
1882 - 1883
Dr. David Surber
1883 - 1884
Henry W. Spangler
1884 - 1886
Tom Kirby
1886 - 1889
Thomas Lee
1889 - 1890
Dr. Eldridge D. Flagg
1890s
L. E. Merrill
1890 - 1891
1891 - 1893
Benjamin F. Empie
1893 - 1894
Millard F. Taylor
1894 - 1895
Dr. Patrick Burns
1895 - 1896
Millard F. Taylor
1896 - 1899
James L. Raines
1899 - 1911
Fred L. Diggs
1899 - 1901
1901 - 1902
Thomas Lee
1902 - 1903
William C. Ingle
1903 - 1907
Dr. Eldridge D. Flagg
1907 - 1908
Edmund T. Arnold
1908 - 1909
Stephen. J. Pemberton
1909 - 1910
E. W. Jette
Ernest L. Raines
1910 - 1911
1911 - 1939
1911 - 1913
Dr. Eldridge D. Flagg
2-year term
1913 - 1919
Merrill L. Taylor
Arthur C. Elswick
1919 - 1921
1921 - 1923
W. B. Dunham
1923 - 1925
Willard B. Good
1925 - 1933
P. H. Oliver
1933 - 1939
Leonard Knapp
1939 - 1955
Paul R. LeGer
1939 - 1941
1941 - 1947
Jack W. Welter
1947 - 1951
William W. Oliver
1951 - 1953
Norman R. Hamm
1953 - 1955
Willard B. Good
1955 - 1959
No records have been found (yet...)
1959 - 1979
Roy Dent
1959 - 1963
1963 - 1965
Paul Wood
1965 - 1967
Frank Obenland
1967 - 1973
Norman R. Hamm
Hugh Seetin
1973 - 1979
1979 - Present
4-year term
1979 - 1991
James Abel
1991 - 2007
Matt Wilkomm
Michael Lang
2007 - 2019
2019 - 2023
Clay McHardie
2023 -
Ramon C. Gonzalez II
Bibliography:
County Clerk's Office, County of Jefferson, Kansas.
Kaw Valley Chief (or The Perry Monitor), 1879-1884. Perry, Kansas. https://newspapers.com
Oskaloosa Independent, 1860-2001. Oskaloosa, Kansas. https://newspapers.com
Oskaloosa Sickle, 1873-1886. Oskaloosa, Kansas. https://newspapers.com
Perry Mirror, 1898-1923, 1954. Perry, Kansas. https://newspapers.com
Perry Pride History Committee and Mr. Thomas Hotchkiss
Complied by: Bryan Karten
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