The sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Wake County, North Carolina. Sheriffs within the State of North Carolina are directly elected to four-year terms. Prior to 1938, sheriffs were elected to two-year terms. The Wake County Sheriff's Office is headquartered within the Wake County John H. Baker Jr. Public Safety Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina

+ Portrait Name Term Party 1 Michael Rogers – 2 Thomas Hines – 3 Thomas Wooten – Patriot (American Revolution) 4 Hardy Sanders – 5 Britain Sanders – 6 Nathaniel Jones – 7 Tignal Jones – 8 Tignal Jones, Jr. – 9 John Hinton – 10 William Hinton – 11 John Davis – 12 Richard Banks – 13 Lodwick Alford – 14 Samuel High – 15 Jacob Bledsoe – 16 Lewis Bledsoe – 17 David Justice – 18 John Davis – 19 John Martin – 20 John Davis – 21 John Martin – 22 Nathaniel (Crabtree) Jones – Federalist 23 Willie Jones – 24 John Grant Rencher – 25 Matthew McCullers – 26 Edward Pride – 27 Isaac Lane – Democratic-Republican 28 William Hinton – 29 Henry Moring – 30 Samuel Whitaker – Democratic-Republican 31 Woodson Clements – Democratic-Republican 32 Turner Pullen – Whig 33 John Dunn – 34 William R. Hinton – Democratic 35 Paschal B. Burt – Democratic 36 James Edwards – Democratic 37 Willis Scott – Whig 38 Willie Pope – Democratic 39 Calvin Jobe Rogers – Whig 40 William Henderson High – Democratic 41 John P. H. Russ – National Union 42 Erastus Hugh Ray, Sr. –1868 Democratic 43 Rufus King Ferrell – Democratic 44 Timothy Francis Lee – Republican 45 Sidney Moring Dunn – Democratic 46 Jeremiah James Nowell – Republican 47 Jesse Robert Nowell – Democratic 48 Julius Rowan Rogers – Republican 49 Malcus Williamson Page – Democratic 50 Joseph Haywood Sears – Democratic 51 David Bryant Harrison – Democratic 52 Numa Fletcher Turner – Democratic 53 Robert James Pleasants – Democratic 54 John Haywood Baker, Jr. – Democratic 55 Donnie Harrison – Republican 56 Gerald Maruoka Baker – Democratic 57 Willie Rowe –Incumbent Democratic

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