DISTRICT CLERK

          Clerks of the District Courts were elected from the beginning of the Republic.  The Constitution of 1836 Article IV, Section 6 state. " The Clerks of the District Courts shall be elected by the qualified voters in the counties where the courts are established and shall hold thier offices for four years, subject to removal by presentment of a grand jury, and conviction of a petit jury.

          The Constitution of 1845, 1866 and 1868 specified the Constitution changed the term to 2 years.  This was the law until the amendment in 1956 changing the term of office to 4 years.  In 1837 there were 2 cases filed with the District Clerk while in 1970 there were17,262 cases filed.

May 1, 1837
Manuel Perez

February 1, 1841
John R. Block

March 4, 1841
James L. Truehart
* John James - Pro-Tem while Truehart was a prisoner of General Adrian Woll and in Perote prison in Mexico.

February 3, 1845
Rafael C. Garza

July 17, 1846
John M. Carolan

August 3, 1850
John M. Carolan

August 7, 1854
John M. Carolan

August 4, 1856
John M. Carolan

August 4, 1860
John M. Carolan*
* Killed in Civil War

August 4, 1862
Nat Mitchell
(appt. to fill seat, elected in 1862
Resigned Jan. 21, 1865)

Fall 1865
John A. Forbes
(appt. by John H. Duncan, Judge 4th admin. dist.)

Aug. 12, 1865
Conrad Seabough
(appt. by Provisional Governor A. J. Hamilton.)

June 26,1866
W.H. Jackson
(Brigade General in Confederacy - elected)

Nov. 5, 1867
Mortimer Slocum
(appt. by General J.J. Reynolds)

Nov. 2, 1869
Mortimer Slocum

Dec. 2, 1872
Samuel S. Smith

Feb. 15, 1876
George R. Dashiell

Nov. 3, 1878
George R. Dashiell

Nov. 2, 1880
George R. Dashiell

Nov. 7, 1882
Theordore Boldus

Nov. 4, 1884
George R. Dashiell

Nov. 2, 1886
George R. Dashiell

Nov. 4, 1888
George R. Dashiell

Nov. 4, 1890
George R. Dashiell

Nov. 4, 1892
Henry Umcheid

Nov. 4, 1894
Nat Lewis

Nov. 3, 1896
Nat Lewis

Nov. 3, 1898
Nat Lewis

Nov. 4, 1900
George Surkey

Nov. 4, 1902
George Surkey
(appt. June 14, 1906 see, "S.A. Light Thru the Years"
1976 for 1906)

Nov. 3, 1904
C.L. Nevil
(died in office and succeeded by daughter, Alice Nevil to finish term)

Nov. 4, 1906 - (19)
Andres Coy, Jr.

Jan. 1, 1917 - (26)
Osceola Archer
(died in 1925)

1925 - Dec. 31, 1926
Howard Archer
(appointed to complete wife, Osceola´s term)

Jan. 1, 1927 - (66)
Hart McCormick

Jan. 1, 1967 (79)
Elton R. Cude

Jan. 1, 1980
Tom Rickhoff

1981
Herb Schaefer

David Garcia

1999-2002
Reagan Greer

Jan. 1, 2003 - present
Margaret Montemayor