THE COMPLETE LIST OF LOS ANGELES CITY MARSHALS
 

Samuel Whiting, elected July 1,1850 resigns September 24 1850

Thomas Cox, elected October 5, 1850 resigns January 4, 1851.

Alexander Gibson, elected January 16,1851, resigns August 16,1851.

William Reader, elected September 11, 1851 resigns June 8, 1852.

George Bachelor, elected September 2, 1852 to May 2, 1853.

A.J. Beard, elected May 3, 1853 forced from office on February 16, 1854.

George Washington Whitehorn, elected Marshal on February 20, 1854 with 122 votes, to May 2, 1854.

George W. Cole, elected May 3, 1854 to January 1855 removed from office.

Alfred Shelby, elected January 20, 1855 to May 5, 1856

William Getman, elected May 6, 1856, reelected May 6 1857, runs for and is elected County Sheriff on September 6. Is not replaced as Marshal until after his death, killed

Ely M. Smith appointed interim Marshal on January 8, 1858, elected on January 23, 1858.

Frank H. Alexander elected May 3, 1858 to May 8, 1860.

Thomas Trafford elected May 9, 1860 to May 5, 1864.

J.P. Owensby, elected May 6, 1864 to April 30, 1865.

William Crossman Warren, elected May 1, 1865, killed in the line of duty November 1, 1870.

Francis K. Baker, appointed November 5, 1870 (City Council notes state: “appointed Chief of Police”), elected Marshal on December 9, 1870 to December 4, 1872.

R.J. Wolf, elected December 5, 1872 to December 9, 1874.

Juan J. Carrillo elected December 10, 1874 to December 6, 1876