List of Western lawmen

This is a list of western lawmen who served in various law enforcement positions as sheriff, marshal, Texas Rangers, Arizona Rangers and others in the American Old West.

A John Hicks Adams (1830–1878), Sheriff, Santa Clara County, California, Deputy U.S. Marshal, Arizona Territory William "Red" Angus (1849–1922), Sheriff, Johnson County, Wyoming Ira Aten (1862–1953), Sheriff and Texas Ranger, Castro County, Texas B Elfego Baca (1865–1945), New Mexico James W. Bell (18??–1881); Deputy Sheriff, Lincoln County, New Mexico Sam Bernard (1880–1964) Deputy Lincoln County, New Mexico, Hillsboro, New Mexico P.C. Baird (18??–1928), Sheriff and Texas Ranger, Mason County, Texas Mariano Barela (18??–18??) Sheriff and U.S. Marshal, Mesilla, New Mexico J.A. Bascom (1832–1912), Chief of Police, Mona town constable, Provo, Utah Charlie Bassett (1847–1896) John W. Bascom (1869–1947), Deputy Sheriff, Uintah County, Utah Johnny Behan (c. 1845 – 1912), Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory Charles Birkenfeld (c. 1910) Constable, Pima County, Arizona N. K. Boswell-{1841-1904} Sheriff, Laramie, Wyoming William Breakenridge (1846–1931), Deputy Sheriff and U.S. Marshal, Cochise County, Arizona Territory William L. Brooks (1832–1874), Marshal, Newton, Kansas and Dodge City, Kansas Hendry Brown (1857–1884), Marshal, Tascosa, Texas (ghost town) and Caldwell, Kansas Neal Brown (1850–????), Assistant Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; U. S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory Seth Bullock (1849–1919), Sheriff, Lewis and Clark County, Montana; Sheriff, Lawrence County, South Dakota; U. S. Marshal Dakota Territory C Mathew Caldwell - (1798–1842) Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers 1836, Sheriff of Gonzales (Guadalupe, Dewitt, Caldwell, Lavaca) Counties 1837, Gonzales & Seguin Texas Rangers 1839 Frank M. Canton - Joe Horner (1849–1927) Sheriff, Johnson County, Wyoming; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Under Sheriff, Q County, Oklahoma Charles Francis Colcord (1859–1934), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Chief of Police, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory David J. Cook (1842–1907), Marshal, Denver, Colorado Thomas Carl Cook (ca. 1880s), U.S. Marshal, Smith Center, Kansas "Longhair" Jim Courtright (1848–1887), Omaha, Nebraska Marshal, Marshal, Lake Valley, New Mexico; Sheriff, Fort Worth, Texas; Detective, Fort Worth, Texas E Morgan Earp (1851–1882), Deputy Sheriff, Ford County, Kansas; Marshal, Butte, Montana; U.S. Deputy Marshal, Arizona Territory; Deputy Policeman/Marshal, Arizona Territory Virgil Earp (1843–1906) Deputy Policeman and Assistant Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Deputy Sheriff, Prescott, Arizona; Deputy Sheriff, Tombstone, Arizona; Marshal/Chief of Police, Tombstone, Arizona; U.S. Deputy Marshal, Arizona Territory; Sheriff, Colton, California; Deputy Sheriff Esmeralda County, Nevada Warren Earp (1855–1900), U. S. Deputy Marshal, Cochise County, Arizona Territory; Special Ranger (Arizona Cattleman's Association) Wyatt Earp (1848–1929), Constable, Lamar, Missouri; Marshal (for 1 hour), Ellsworth, Kansas; Deputy Policeman, Wichita, Kansas; Assistant Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Deputy Sheriff, Pima County, Arizona, Arizona Territory); Deputy Policeman and Assistant Marshal, Tombstone, Arizona, Arizona Territory; U.S. Deputy Marshal, Arizona Territory; Peace Commissioner, Dodge City, Kansas

F John King Fisher (1854–1884), Sheriff, Texas Camillus Sidney Fly (1849–1901), Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory G Pat Garrett (1850–1908), Sheriff, Lincoln County, New Mexico; Sheriff, Doña Ana County, New Mexico; Customs Collector, El Paso, Texas; Texas Ranger Captain, Texas H Lee Hall (1849–1911), Texas Ranger. John Coffee Hays (1836–1848)," Captain Jack " leader of the Texas Rangers; 1st Sheriff of San Fransisco, Ca (1850) Wiley G. Haines (1860–1928), Undersheriff, County P, Oklahoma Territory; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Chief, Osage Indian Police. Jack Helm (c. 1838 – 1873), Sheriff, DeWitt County, Texas James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837–1876), Marshal, Abilene, Kansas and Hays City, Kansas John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851–1887), Special Police Officer, Tombstone, Arizona Territory;Deputy U.S. Marshal Arizona Territory John R. Hughes (1855–1946), Texas Ranger. James B. Hume (1827–1904), Marshal, Placerville, California; Undersheriff, El Dorado County, California; Sheriff, El Dorado County, California; Chief Detective, Wells, Fargo & Co.. J Grant Johnson (1858–1929), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory John Liver-Eating Johnson (1824–1900), Deputy Sheriff/Town Marshal John B. Jones (1834–1891), Texas Ranger K Jeff Kidder (1875–1908), Arizona Ranger L John M. Larn (1849–1877), outlaw and Sheriff, Shackelford County, Texas James Franklin "Bud" Ledbetter (1852–1937), Deputy Sheriff, Johnson County, Arkansas; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Sheriff, Muskogee County, Oklahoma Isaiah W. Lees (1830–1902), Detective, San Francisco, California William Sidney "Cap" Light (1864–1893), Deputy Sheriff, Belton, Texas, Temple, Texas and Creede, Colorado Harry Love (1809–1868), Captain, California State Rangers (1853–1855). Steve "Big Steve" Long (unk–1868), outlaw and Deputy Marshal, Laramie, Wyoming Territory M Leander H. McNelly (1844–1877), Texas Ranger Chris Madsen (1851–1944), U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory Ed Masterson (1852–1878), Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas James Masterson (1855–1895), Dodge City, Kansas, Ford County, Kansas, Ingalls, Kansas, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bat Masterson (1853–1921), Deputy Sheriff/Sheriff Ford County, Kansas; Marshal, Trinidad, Colorado; U. S. Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Peace Commissioner/Deputy U.S. Marshal, Southern District of New York Dave Mather (1851 – c. 1886), Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Assistant Marshal, El Paso, Texas; U. S. Deputy Marshal New Mexico Territory; R. C. M. P. Mike Meagher (1844–1881), Marshal, Wichita, Kansas Jeff Milton (November 7, 1861 – May 7, 1947) Texas Ranger; El Paso, Texas Police Chief Burton C. Mossman (1867–1956), Captain, Arizona Rangers Harry N. Morse (1835–1912), Sheriff, Alameda County, California

N David Neagle (1847–1926), Deputy Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona Territory; Marshal, Tombstone, Arizona Territory; Detective, U.S. Marshal, San Francisco, California O Robert "Bob" Ollinger (18??–1881), Deputy Sheriff, Lincoln County, New Mexico William Owen "Buckey" O'Neill (1860–1898), Sheriff, Yavapai County, Arizona Commodore Perry Owens (1852–1919), Sheriff, Apache County, Arizona P Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), Pinkerton Detective Agency Founder William A. Pinkerton (1846–1923), Pinkerton Detective Robert Pinkerton (1848–1907), Pinkerton Detective Henry Plummer (1837–1864), Marshal, Nevada City, California; Sheriff Bannack, Montana Robert Jack Price (1848–1930), Constable R Bass Reeves (1839–1910), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory Porter Rockwell (1813–1878), Utah Territory S George Scarborough (1859–1903) John Selman (1839–1896), El Paso, Texas Constable Sam Sixkiller (1842–1886), Captain, U.S. Indian Police, Indian Territory; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory Charles Sims (1879–1945), Town Marshal Rosedale, Oklahoma John Slaughter (1841–1922), Sheriff and Texas Ranger, Cochise County, Arizona, Arizona Territory Thomas Smith (1830–1870), Marshal and Deputy U.S. Marshal, Kit Carson, Colorado and Abilene, Kansas Con Stapleton (1848–1879), Marshal, Deadwood, South Dakota Dallas Stoudenmire (1845–1882), El Paso, Texas Marshal and Texas Ranger; Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Sughrue (1844–1901), Sheriff, Clark County, Kansas; Marshal Ashland, Kansas; Deputy Sheriff, Ford County, Kansas; Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas T Henry Andrew "Heck" Thomas (1850–1912), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory. Ben Thompson (1842–1884), Marshal, Austin, Texas Bill Tilghman (1854–1924), Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Deputy U.S. Marshal, Oklahoma Territory; Sheriff, Lincoln County, Oklahoma; Chief of Police, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Paden Tolbert (1863–1904), Deputy U.S. Marshal, Indian Territory. U V Max Ventura (1866-?), U.S. Marshal, Indian Affairs Delegate, North Dakota Territory W John Joshua Webb (1847–1882), Deputy Marshal, Dodge City, Kansas; Marshal, Las Vegas, New Mexico Fred White (1849–1880), Marshal Tombstone, Arizona Territory Died in the line of duty. Franklin Pierce West, Indian Territory Deputy Marshal X Y Z

See also

• List of cowboys and cowgirls
• List of Old West gunfighters
• List of the most famous and infamous people of the American Old West