Wayne Barton
March 14, 1840 - Feb. 27, 1841
A.C. McFarlane
Feb. 27, 1841 - Oct. 30, 1841
Charles F. King
Oct. 30, 1841; April 8, 1843 - Oct. 21, 1844
James H. Matthews
Oct. 21, 1844 - late 1845 or Feb. 18, 1846
(exact dates are unclear in the State Election Register)
C.C. Hornsby
1845;(unknown if he was elected or appointed)
Charles F. King
Feb. 4, 1846 - July 13, 1846
James H. Matthews
July 13, 1846 - Aug. 5, 1850
Harvey Smith
Aug. 5, 1850 - December 1850
Thomas C. Collins
December 1850 - October 1851
George W. Scott
Oct. 4, 1851 - March 1855
John T. Price
March 3, 1855 - March 1857
Adolfus Y. Weir
March 9, 1857 - March 1858
J. M. Blackwell
March 29, 1858 - Aug. 6, 1860
John T. Price
Aug. 6, 1860 - Oct. 12, 1861
Thomas C. Collins
Oct. 12, 1861 - June 25, 1866
George B. Zimplemann
June 25, 1866 - Nov. 1, 1867
Radcliff Platt
Nov. 1, 1867 - Dec. 3, 1869
George B. Zimplemann
Dec. 3, 1869 - Feb.15, 1876
Dennis Corwin
Feb. 15, 1876 - Nov. 2, 1880
Ed Creary
Nov. 2, 1880 - Nov. 7, 1882
Malcom Hornsby
Nov. 7, 1882 - Nov. 6, 1888
Robert E. White
Nov. 6, 1888 - Nov. 6, 1900
J. M. Davis
Nov. 6, 1900 - Nov. 4, 1902
George S. Matthews
Nov. 4, 1902 - Nov. 2, 1920
W. D. Miller
Nov. 2, 1920 - Jan. 27, 1927
Horace E. Burleson
Nov. 2, 1926 - Nov. 1, 1929
Coley C. White
Nov. 6, 1929 - Dec. 31, 1932
Lee O. Allen
Jan. 1, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1939
Jim McCoy
Appointed in 1940 and served until 1941
H. W. “Rip” Collins
Jan. 1, 1942 - Dec. 31, 1948
Ernest Best
Jan. 1, 1949 - Dec. 31, 1952
T. O. Lang
Jan. 1, 1953 - Dec. 31, 1972
(longest serving Sheriff in Travis County history)
Raymond Frank
Jan. 1, 1973 - Dec. 31, 1980
Doyne Bailey
Jan. 1, 1981 - July 1992
Dan T. Richards
Appointed July 1992;
served until November 1992
Terrence (Terry) M. Keel
Jan. 1, 1993 - Dec. 31, 1995
Margo Frasier
Jan. 1, 1996 - Dec. 31, 2004
(first female sheriff in Travis County history)
Greg Hamilton
Jan. 1, 2005 - Dec. 31, 2016