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CCSO History
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C C SO 2 0 2 1 Yea r in R e v iew
Sheriff John R.
Shaver, killed in
the line of duty
in April 1906.
Sheriffs
of CLACK AM AS CO U N T Y
1845 – 2021
relocated to Portland.
Guard unit in Woodburn at the time
— was also killed during the April
28 arrest attempt.
The county’s colorful past also
includes one of the first Sheriffs in
the Oregon Territory — William
Frank Smith was pursued by
Livingston Holmes. He
a large posse, and killed several
was elected to the position in 1845
days later by Harry Draper of
and served until 1852; he also
Spokane, who collected $750 of a
served as interim Sheriff from 1853posted $1,500 reward.
55 after his successor William C.
According to an article in the
Sheriff
Dement resigned. Holmes was an
May
4, 1906 edition of the Oregon
William
interesting man who also dabbled
Livingston
City
Enterprise,
“Shaver was a nain politics and education. His historHolmes
tive
of
this
state,
having been born
ic home, the Rose Farm, has been
in
Silverton
...
of
pioneer
stock, his
preserved as a museum in Oregon
parents
having
crossed
the
plains
City. It was the second-oldest mansion in
in
1851.
When
a
young
man
Mr.
Shaver
the city in 1847. In 1848, Territorial Governor
was engaged in the livery stable business in
Joseph Lane was inaugurated on the balcony
East Portland, at one time serving as deputy
and held the first Territorial legislative session
assessor for East Portland before that district
in the ballroom of the home.
was incorporated into the city proper. SubHolmes was the first of the county’s 33
sequently he removed to Clackamas County
Sheriffs. Many street names in the older parts
and located on a farm near Molalla, where he
of Oregon City — including Holmes Lane —
resided until July, 1902, when, following his
reflect the names of some of the county’s
election as Sheriff, he removed with his family
early law-enforcement leaders.
to this city.
Clackamas County’s 21st Sheriff, John
R. Shaver, is one of only eight Sheriffs in
the state to be killed in the line of duty.
On April 28, 1906, Shaver was shot in
Woodburn while attempting to arrest Frank
Smith — the suspect wanted for murdering
Oregon City Police Officer George Hanlon
one week earlier. Shaver died in a Salem
hospital on April 30. He was survived by his
wife, two sons, three daughters, mother, two
brothers and three sisters.
Oregon Army National Guard Captain O.
D. Henderson — commander of the National
“Sheriff Shaver had one of the best farms
in the county and was an extensive raiser of
blooded cattle, with which his farm is very
plentifully supplied. At the close of his first
term as Sheriff, Mr. Shaver was renominated
and re-elected and would have concluded his
second term in July [1906].
“Sheriff Shaver was a thorough, careful,
painstaking and conscientious official. He was
one of the substantial citizens of the county
and his friends were legion. He was a faithful
official, an esteemed neighbor and a valued
friend.”
1845 – 1852
William Livingston Holmes
1852 – 1853
William C. Dement
1853 – 1855
William Livingston Holmes
1855 – 1857
Septimus Heulat
1857 – 1859
Almond Holcomb
1859 – 1860
Lewis Day
1860 – 1862
John Towson Thomas
1862 – 1868
William P. Burns
1868 – 1870
John Myers
1870 – 1872
Arthur Warner
1872 – 1874
Absalom Fouts Hedges
1874 – 5/1878
John T. Apperson
5/1878 – 7/1878
Thomas M. Miller
7/1878 – 1882
John G. Pillsbury
1882 – 1884
Adolphus Schoeps
1884 – 1888
William Knight
1888 – 1892
William W.H. Samson
1892 – 1894
Charles W. Ganong
1894 – 1896
Eli Cook Maddock
1896 – 1898
George W. Grace
1898 – 1902
John J. Cooke
1902 – 4/1906
John R. Shaver
4/1906 – 1911
Robert Breckenridge Beatie
1911 – 1915
Ernest T. Mass
1915 – 1925
William J. Wilson
1925 – 1941
Ernest T. Mass
1941 – 1957
Noble Fred Reaksecker
1957 – 1977
Joseph Everett Shobe
1977 – 1981
John R. Renfro
1981 – 8/1983
Paul McAllister
8/1983 – 1993
Bill Brooks
1993 – 2000
Ris Bradshaw
2000 – 2005
Pat Detloff
2005 – 2020
Craig Roberts
2021 – present
Angela Brandenburg
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