List of sheriffs of Worcester County, Massachusetts explained

This is a list of sheriffs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. The sheriff originally was an appointed office, it has been an elected position since 1856. The sheriff is elected to serve a six-year term.

The current Worcester County Sheriff is Lewis Evangelidis

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	Sheriff	Term	Note
1	Daniel Gookin	June 30, 1731 – June 1743
2	Benjamin Flagg	1743–1751
3	John Chandler	1751 – August 7, 1762
4	Gardner Chandler	1762–1775	Last Worcester County sheriff of the royal Province of Massachusetts Bay.
5	Simon Dwight	1775–1778
6	William Greenleaf	1778–1788	Impeached and removed for misconduct.
7	John Sprague	1788–1792
8	Dwight Foster	1792–1793	Federalist
9	William Caldwell	1793–1805
10	Thomas Walker Ward	1805–1824
11	Calvin Willard	1824–1844	Resigned rather than hang a condemned prisoner.
12	John W. Lincoln	1844–1851
13	James Estabrook	1851–1853
14		1854–1856	Know Nothing
15	John S.C. Knowlton	1857–June 11, 1871	Democratic	First sheriff elected by popular vote. Died in office on June 11, 1871.
16	Augustus B. R. Sprague	July 5, 1871 – January 1890	Appointed to fill the vacancycaused by the death of sheriff John S.C. Knowlton who died in office. Subsequently elected for six three year terms.
17	Samuel D. Nye	1890–1892
18		1892 – January 14, 1910	Republican	Resigned on January 14, 1910.
19		1910 – December 15, 1916		Died on December 15, 1916.
20	Albert F. Richardson	December 1916 – March 13, 1932	Republican	Died on March 13, 1932.
21	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		January 1945 – January 1963	Republican
23		January 1963 – 1977	Democratic
24		January 1977 – 1983
25	Theodore M. Herman	January 4, 1983 – 1987		Appointed Worcester County Sheriff, to fill vacancy; on January 4, 1983, by Governor Edward J. King. Herman won the 1984 Democratic primary and the subsequent November 1984 election to fill the unexpired term.
26	John M. Flynn	1987–2005	Democratic
27	Guy Glodis	2005 – January 5, 2011	Democratic
28	Lewis Evangelidis	January 5, 2011 – present	Republican