Historical List of Polk County Commissioners
HISTORIC LIST
POLK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
NAME TERM RESIDENCE
1. James Howard 1846 - 1850 Polk Co.
2. Isaac Staats 1847 - 1850 Parker
3. Thomas Lovelady (Judge) 1852 - 1856 Dallas
4. Isaac Ball 1853, 1865 - 1868 Ballston
5. A. J. Welch 1853
6. C. C. Cram 1858 – 1859
7. A.C.R. (Alva) Shaw (Judge) 1856 - 1858 Eola
8. Benjamin Hayden 1859 - 1862 Eola
9. Chas. (Chet) E. Moor (Judge) 1862 - 1866 Pedee
10. W. C. Whitson 1866 - 1868
11. Richard Tatom 1868 - 1872 Rickreall
12. James Collins (Judge) 1869 - 1870
13. Isaac Levens 1869 - 1870 Dallas
14. S. D. Gibson 1872 - 1874, 1882 West Salem
15. James Tatom 1872 - 1879 Rickreall
16. H. C. Rowell 1874 - 1876 Valley Junction
17. Jas. D. Smith 1874 - 1876 Dallas
18. Warren Truitt (Judge) 1874 - 1878 Dallas
19. Henry Byerley 1876 - 1880, 1892 - 1896 Perrydale
20. Dr. J. B. Williams 1876 - 1880
21. Frank Collins 1878 - 1880 Dallas
22. Ira F. M. Butler (Judge) 1878 - 1882 Monmouth
23. L. L. Hannum 1880 - 1882
24. James Morrison 1880 - 1882 Rickreall
25. Isaac S. Smith (Judge) 1882 Bridgeport
26. Charles A. Johns (Judge) 1882 - 1884 Dallas
27. Joseph Craven 1882 - 1884 Monmouth
28. Scott A. Riggs 1882 - 1884 Salt Creek
29. P. A. Syron 1884 - 1886 Dallas
30. L. L. Dempsey (Judge) 1884 - 1887 Rickreall
31. J. W. Kirkland 1886 - 1888 Independence
32. N. L. Butler 1886 - 1888 Dallas
33. W. W. Collins 1886 - 1888
34. George A. Wells II 1888 - 1890 Buena Vista
35. George W. McBee 1888 - 1890 Dallas
36. B. F. McLench 1888 - 1891 Ballston
37. J. Stouffer (Judge) 1888 - 1892
38. Isaac M. Simpson 1890 - 1894 Parker
39. S. T. Burch (Judge) 1892 - 1896 Rickreall
40. James Helmick 1894 - 1898 Parker
41. William L. Wells 1896 - 1900 Buena Vista
42. I. P. Reese 1896 - 1900
43. Seth Riggs 1898 - 1906 Dallas
44. John B. Teal (Judge) (3 6-yr. terms) 1898 - 1916 Falls City
45. J. E. Sibley 1900 - 1904 Dallas
46. William Riddle, Sr. 1904 - 1913 Monmouth
47. Ed F. Coad (Judge) 1904 - 1913 Dallas
48. S. H. Petre 1911 - 1914 Airlie/Pedee
49. C. W. Beckett 1915 - 1919 West Salem
50. E. C. Kirkpatric 1916 - 1919 Dallas
51. Moses Manston 1917 - 1919 Dallas
52. T. J. (Tom) Graves 1919 - 1922 Bethel
53. A.B. Asa Robinson (Judge) 1919 - 1924 Independence
54. Ezra Hart 1921 - 1924 Salt Creek
55. William Riddell, Jr. 1923 - 1926 Monmouth
56. George Hawkins (Judge) 1925 - 1936 Dallas
57. C. C. (Chet) Gardner 1925 - 1936 Bridgeport
58. Frank Farmer 1926 - 1935 Oak Grove
59. Fred Gibson 1936 - 1947 West Salem
60. Harrison Brandt 1937 - 1948 Independence
61. Herman VanWell (Judge) 1937 - 1948 Dallas
62. Bill Knower 1949 - 1952 Oak Grove
63. C. F. (Jack) Hayes (Judge) 1949 - 1954 Dallas
64. Cliff Burbank 1949 - 1956, 1961 - 1964 Pedee
65. Gay Rempel 1951 - 1957 Dallas
66. Cal Barnhart (Judge) 1955 - 1966 Dallas
67. Frank Crawford 1957 - 1960 West Salem
68. Allen A. Dunn 1957 - 1964 Dallas
69. Henry Hildebrand 1965 - 1976 Dallas
70. Cliff Jones 1967 - 1974 Dallas
71. Clinton Forbes 1967 - 1974 West Salem
72. Walter Gjersvold 1975 - 1978 Dallas
73. Alan Miller 1975 - 1978 Monmouth
74. Hank Dougherty 1977 - 1984 Monmouth
75. Lyn Hardy 1979 - 1983 Oak Grove
76. Benjamin F. Magill 1979 - 1990 Independence
77. Robert C. Landon 1983 - 1986 Dallas
78. Craig Hanneman 1985 - 1988 West Salem
79. Bill Harland 1987 - 1990 Rickreall
80. Mike Propes 1989 - 2003, 2005 - 2011 Sheridan
81. Ron Dodge 1991 - 2011 Dallas
82. C. Ralph Blanchard 1991 - 1998 Dallas
83. Phillip Walker 1998, 2003 - 2004 West Salem
84. Tom Ritchey 1998 - 2011 Independence
85. Craig A. Pope 2011 - Present Monmouth
86. Mike Ainsworth 2011-2021 Monmouth
87. Jennifer Wheeler 2011 - 2018 Independence
88. Lyle Mordhorst 2019 - Present Salem
89. Jeremy Gordon 2021 - Present Falls City
