Seniority List

The below seniority list reflects up-to-date sheriff terms; however, the list below may or may not reflect the annual license plate order that is submitted to Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles each year after the election. Any newly elected sheriffs will be listed below after they take office in January of a given year.

1 City of Martinsville Sheriff Steve M. Draper 1/1/1994
2 City of Buena Vista Sheriff Randolph Hamilton, Jr. 3/1/1996
3 Lee County Sheriff Gary B. Parsons 12/20/1996
4 King William County Sheriff J. S. Walton 1/1/2000
5 Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy C. Carter 1/1/2004
6 Prince William County Sheriff Glendell Hill 1/1/2004
7 Clarke County Sheriff Anthony W. Roper 1/1/2004
8 Madison County Sheriff Erik J. Weaver 1/1/2004
9 City of Radford Sheriff Mark R. Armentrout 11/8/2004
10 City of Petersburg Sheriff Vanessa R. Crawford 1/1/2006
11 City of Newport News Sheriff Gabe A. Morgan 1/1/2006
12 City of Colonial Heights Sheriff Todd B. Wilson 1/1/2006
13 Lunenburg County Sheriff Arthur Townsend, Jr. 8/9/2006
14 Orange County Sheriff Mark A. Amos 8/1/2007
15 Westmoreland County Sheriff C. O. Balderson 1/1/2008
16 Rappahannock County Sheriff Connie S. Compton 1/1/2008
17 Alleghany County Sheriff Kevin W. Hall 1/1/2008
18 Cumberland County Sheriff Darrell L. Hodges 1/1/2008
19 Buckingham County Sheriff W. G. “Billy” Kidd, Jr. 1/1/2008
20 Giles County Sheriff W. Morgan Millirons 1/1/2008
21 Brunswick County Sheriff Brian K. Roberts 1/1/2008
22 Patrick County Sheriff Daniel M. Smith 1/1/2008
23 Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael W. Taylor 1/1/2008
24 Grayson County Sheriff Richard A. Vaughan 1/1/2008
25 Amelia County Sheriff Ricky L. Walker 1/1/2008
26 City of Charlottesville Sheriff James E. Brown, III 1/1/2010
27 City of Danville Sheriff Michael S. “Mike” Mondul 1/1/2010
28 Hanover County Sheriff David R. Hines 9/16/2010
29 Northampton County Sheriff David L. Doughty, Jr. 1/1/2011
30 Dinwiddie County Sheriff D. T. “Duck” Adams 1/1/2012
31 Mathews County Sheriff L. Mark Barrick 1/1/2012
32 Middlesex County Sheriff David P. Bushey 1/1/2012
33 Loudoun County Sheriff Michael L. Chapman 1/1/2012
34 Halifax County Sheriff Fred S. Clark 1/1/2012
35 Spotsylvania County Sheriff Roger L. Harris 1/1/2012
36 Mecklenburg County Sheriff R. W. “Bobby” Hawkins, Jr. 1/1/2012
37 Tazewell County Sheriff Brian L. Hieatt 1/1/2012
38 Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan F. Hutcheson 1/1/2012
39 Culpeper County Sheriff Scott H. Jenkins 1/1/2012
40 Franklin County Sheriff W. Q. “Bill” Overton, Jr. 1/1/2012
41 Bath County Sheriff Robert W. Plecker 1/1/2012
42 Greene County Sheriff Steven S. Smith 1/1/2012
43 Gloucester County Sheriff Darrell W. Warren, Jr. 2/4/2012
44 City of Chesapeake Sheriff Jim O’Sullivan 10/1/2012
45 Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey A. Kincaid 11/26/2013
46 Chesterfield County Sheriff Karl S. Leonard 2/1/2014
47 Fluvanna County Sheriff Eric Hess 5/1/2014
48 Greensville County Sheriff William T. “Tim” Jarratt, Jr. 6/1/2015
49 Richmond County Sheriff Stephen B. Smith 6/1/2015
50 Craig County Sheriff L. Trevor N. Craddock 1/1/2016
51 Floyd County Sheriff Brian J. Craig 1/1/2016
52 Page County Sheriff Chadwick W. Cubbage 1/1/2016
53 Stafford County David P. “DP” Decatur, Jr. 1/1/2016
54 Nelson County Sheriff David W. Hill 1/1/2016
55 Charles City County Sheriff Alan M. Jones, Sr. 1/1/2016
56 Lancaster County Sheriff Patrick McCranie 1/1/2016
57 New Kent County Sheriff J. J. “Joe” McLaughlin, Jr. 1/1/2016
58 Frederick County Sheriff L. W. “Lenny” Millholland 1/1/2016
59 Powhatan County Sheriff Brad W. Nunnally 1/1/2016
60 Roanoke County Sheriff J. Eric Orange 1/1/2016
61 Montgomery County C. H. “Hank” Partin 1/1/2016
62 Smyth County Sheriff B. C. “Chip” Shuler 1/1/2016
63 Augusta County Sheriff Donald L. Smith 1/1/2016
64 Surry County Sheriff Carlos L. Turner 1/1/2016
65 Amherst County Sheriff Ernest “E.W.” Viar, Jr. 1/1/2016
66 City of Suffolk Sheriff E.C. Harris 1/1/2017
67 City of Norfolk Sheriff Joe Baron 2/1/2017
68 City of Lynchburg Sheriff Donald T. Sloan 4/1/2017
69 Sussex County Sheriff Ernest L. Giles, Sr. 6/3/2017
70 Pulaski County Sheriff Michael W. Worrell 7/1/2017
71 City of Richmond Sheriff Antionette V. Irving 1/1/2018
72 City of Portsmouth Sheriff Michael A. Moore 1/1/2018
73 City of Emporia Sheriff D. Keith Prince, Jr. 1/1/2018
74 City of Salem Sheriff April M. Staton 1/1/2018
75 Isle of Wight County Sheriff James R. Clarke 3/1/2018
76 Essex County Sheriff W. A. “Arnie” Holmes 7/1/2018
77 Bland County Sheriff Jason R. Ramsey 7/1/2019
78 Washington County Sheriff R. Blake Andis 1/1/2020
79 Northumberland County Sheriff Johnny A. Beauchamp 1/1/2020
80 Albemarle County Sheriff Chan R. Bryant 1/1/2020
81 Warren County Sheriff Mark A. Butler 1/1/2020
82 Campbell County Sheriff Whit W. Clark, III 1/1/2020
83 Goochland County Sheriff Steven N. Creasey 1/1/2020
84 Scott County Sheriff Jeff B. Edds 1/1/2020
85 Prince Edward County Sheriff L. A. “Tony” Epps 1/1/2020
86 Dickenson County Sheriff Jeremy D. Fleming 1/1/2020
87 Charlotte County Sheriff Royal S. Freeman 1/1/2020
88 Rockbridge County Sheriff G. Steve Funkhouser 1/1/2020
89 King George County Sheriff Chris A. Giles 1/1/2020
90 Henrico County Sheriff Alisa A. Gregory 1/1/2020
91 Williamsburg-James City County Sheriff David J. Hardin 1/1/2020
92 Nottoway County Sheriff Robert L. Jones 1/1/2020
93 Carroll County Sheriff Kevin A. Kemp 1/1/2020
94 Wise County Sheriff E. Grant Kilgore 1/1/2020
95 Louisa County Sheriff Donald A. “Donnie” Lowe 1/1/2020
96 Buchanan County Sheriff John C. McClanahan 1/1/2020
97 Bedford County Sheriff Mike W. Miller 1/1/2020
98 Appomattox County Sheriff Donald D. Simpson 1/1/2020
99 Botetourt County Sheriff Matthew T. Ward 1/1/2020
100 Accomack County Sheriff W. Todd Wessells 1/1/2020
101 Southampton County Sheriff Josh A. Wyche, Sr. 1/1/2020
102 City of Falls Church Sheriff Metin “Matt” Cay 8/15/2020
103 City of Hampton Sheriff Karen E. Bowden 12/28/2020
104 Wythe County Sheriff Charles W. Foster 8/1/2021
105 Alexandria Sheriff Sean Casey 1/1/2022
106 Bristol Sheriff R. Tyrone Foster 1/1/2022
107 Staunton Sheriff Christopher M. Hartless 1/1/2022
108 Roanoke Sheriff Antonio D. Hash 1/1/2022
109 Waynesboro Sheriff Christopher Johnson, Jr. 1/1/2022
110 Norton Sheriff Jason F. McConnell 1/1/2022
111 Hopewell Sheriff Travis L. Stanley 1/1/2022
112 Prince George County Sheriff R. W. “Buck” Vargo 1/1/2022
113 Fauquier County Sheriff Jeremy A. Falls 1/18/2022
114 Highland County Sheriff Ronald D. Wimer 9/1/2022
115 Winchester Sheriff William Sales 9/3/2022
116 Fredericksburg Sheriff Scott Foster 10/2/2022
117 King and Queen County Sheriff William R. “Rob” Balderson 1/1/2023
118 York County-Poquoson Sheriff Ronald G. Montgomery 1/1/2023
119 Caroline County Sheriff C. Scott Moser 1/1/2023
120 Arlington County Sheriff Jose Quiroz 1/7/2023
121 Henry County Sheriff Donald W. “Wayne” Davis, Jr. 7/1/2023
122 Russell County Sheriff William “Bill” J. Watson 7/1/2023
123 City of Virginia Beach Sheriff Rocky Holcomb 9/29/23

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