John A. Watson

Robert Schenko

Robert C. Allen

Emil Dosenbach

John Garrett

Peter Kerth

Edmund C. Hencken

George Herpel

John Grueninger

George A. Bode

Louis H. Bopp

John F. Willmann

Albert Wilmas

Alfred G. Lill

Phil G. Deuser

A.J.Otto Frank

Arnold Willmann

Arthur C. Mosley

David Hollis

Orion J Litzinger

Frank L. Malone

Fred Joseph

Harold W. Hoeh

W. David Blackwell

Gene Overall

Jim Buckles

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SHERIFF'S

1877--PRESENT DAY

( 2011 )

The old county jail prior to 1877

Arnold J. Willmann

Sheriff of St. Louis County

1941---1945

   Mr. Willmann was born in St. Louis County Missouri on August 23, 1903. His father, John Willmann had been the Sheriff of St. Louis County in the 1920’s.

  Mr. Willmann began his law enforcement career in 1928 when he became a Deputy Sheriff for St. Louis County. He served as a deputy and chief deputy under 3 sheriffs’s before being elected as Sheriff for St. Louis County in 1941.

 

  After leaving the sheriff’s office in 1945, Willmann was elected as the St. Louis County Coroner. After serving three four terms, he returned to his private practice. Mr. Willmann died in St. Louis County on September 3, 1969.

ARNOLD  J.  WILLMANN

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ARTHUR C. MOSLEY

Sheriff Mosley's re-election paper badge 1949

ARTHUR C. MOSLEY

SHERIFF 

ST. LOUIS COUNTY

(1945---1956)

     Arthur Mosley was born in St. Louis County Missouri in 1903. Mr. Mosley began his law enforcement career in 1936 as a deputy constable for Clayton Township. In 1940, he was elected as the Constable for Clayton, a position he held until 1945.

     In November of 1945 Mosley was elected as the St. Louis County Sheriff. Mr. Mosley was the first sheriff allowed to succeed himself. Sheriff Mosley retired in January 1956, and died in 1967 at his home in Kirkwood, Mo.

SHERIFF’S

OF

ST. LOUIS COUNTY

     In 1877, the voters in the City of St. Louis and the county of St. Louis voted to split the city from the county thereby making the City of St. Louis an independent city.

     The sheriffs were elected to a four term by the voters of St. Louis County. The county charter restricted a sheriff to run for a second term. In 1949, Sheriff Arthur Mosley who was elected in 1945 persuaded the Missouri law makers to change the law and allow a sheriff to succeed themselves.

     In 1955, the primary law enforcement responsibility for the county was changed from the Sheriff’s Department to the newly created St. Louis County Police Department. The county voters approved this measure in 1954. The Sheriff’s only responsibility was to the courts. They had no police powers.

     In 1968 the elected position for the sheriff was changed to an appointed position. Fred Joseph was the first appointed Sheriff for St. Louis County in 1968.

HAROLD W. HOEH

SHERIFF

ST. LOUIS COUNTY

  1971---1984

     Harold Hoeh was born August 26, 1910 in St. Louis County Missouri. Mr. Hoeh began his law enforcement career in 1936 when he was appointed as a deputy constable in the Clayton Township. Hoeh held this position until 1950, at which time he became a deputy sheriff for the county and rose to the rank of Captain in a short time.

     In 1964, Hoeh was elected as the Constable for the 3rd District, a position he held until 1970. In 1970 Hoeh returned to the sheriff’s office as the Chief Deputy and a year later in 1971 he was appointed as the Sheriff due to the death of Sheriff Fred Joseph. Sheriff Hoeh retired in 1984 and died in St. Louis County in 1988.

LOUIS  H.  BOPP

LOUIS H. BOPP

SHERIFF

ST. LOUIS COUNTY

1917--1921

     Mr. Bopp was born in St. Louis County on December 31, 1871. Mr. Bopp’s law enforcement career began in 1912 when he was elected as the coroner for St. Louis County. He held this position until 1916.

     In 1917, Mr. Bopp was elected as the Sheriff for St. Louis County, a position he held until 1921.  

HAROLD W. HOEH

Article when he ran for coroner in 1940

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1923 Photo of Sheriff John Willmann and his deputy's.