List of Sheriffs of Worcester County, Massachusetts

This is a list of Sheriffs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. The Sheriff originally was an appointed office, it has been an elected position since 1857. The Sheriff is elected to serve a six year term.

The current Worcester County Sheriff is Lewis Evangelidis

#	Sheriff	Term	Party	Note
1^st	Daniel Gookin	1731-June 1743
2^nd	Benjamin Flagg	1743–1751
3^rd	John Chandler	1751-August 7, 1762
4^th	Gardner Chandler	1762–1775
5^th	Simon Dwight	1775–1778
6^th	William Greenleaf	1778–1788		Impeached and removed for misconduct.
7^th	John Sprague	1788–1792
8^th	Dwight Foster	1792–1793	Federalist
9^th	William Caldwell	1793–1805
10^th	Thomas Walker Ward	1805–1824
11^th	Calvin Willard	1824–1844		Resigned rather than hang a condemned prisoner.
12^th	John W. Lincoln	1844–1851
13^th	James Estabrook	1851–1853
14^th	George W. Richardson	1854–1856	Know Nothing
15^th	John S.C. Knowlton	1857–1871	Democratic	First Sheriff elected by popular vote.
16^th	Augustus B. R. Sprague	1871-January 1890
17^th	Samuel D. Nye	1890–1892	Democratic
18^th	Robert H. Chamberlain	1894–1910	Republican
19^th	Benjamin D. Dwinnell	1910 – December 15, 1916		Died on December 15, 1916.
20^th	Albert F. Richardson	December 1916 - March 13, 1932	Republican	Died on March 13, 1932.
21^st	Henri Oscar Rocheleau	March 23, 1932 - January 1945	Democratic	Appointed to the office by Joseph B. Ely to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sheriff Albert F. Richardson.
22^nd	William A. Bennett	January 1945-January 1963	Republican
23^rd	Joseph A. Smith	January 1963–1977	Democratic

	Theodore M. Herman	January 4, 1983 - 1987		Appointed Worcester County Sheriff, to fill vacancy; on January 4, 1983, by Governor Edward J. King.
	John M. Flynn	1987–2005	Democratic
	Guy Glodis	2005–January 5, 2011	Democratic
	Lewis Evangelidis	January 5, 2011 –	Republican