Former Johnson County Commissioners

Former Chairs

  • 1978 - Robert C. Bacon
  • 1979 - John J. Franke, Jr.
  • 1980 - Clay L. Wirt
  • 1981 - Robert C. Bacon
  • 1982 - Johnna Lingle
  • 1983 - William E. Franklin
  • 1984 - Bruce R. Craig
  • 1985 - Janet D. Leick
  • 1986 - Kent E. Crippin
  • 1987 - Johnna Lingle
  • 1988 - William E. Franklin
  • 1989 - Bruce R. Craig
  • 1990 - Murray L. Nolte
  • 1991 - Danny Hosfield
  • 1992 - Johnna Lingle
  • 1993 - Sue E. Weltner
  • 1994 - Bruce R. Craig
  • 1995 - Annabeth Surbaugh
  • 1996 - Elaine Beckers-Braun
  • 1997 - Johnna Lingle
  • 1998 - David C. Wysong
  • 1999 - George R. Gross
  • 2000 - Annabeth Surbaugh
  • 2001 - Douglas E. Wood
  • 2002 - Susie Wolf
  • 2003 - Annabeth Surbaugh*
  • 2011 - Ed Eilert

* First countywide elected Chairman of the Board under the auspices of the Home Rule Charter.

Former Members

District No. 1

  • 1861 - W. B. Maupin
  • 1862 - A. H. Sheeds
  • 1864 - D. M. Williams
  • 1868 - B. Hollenback
  • 1870 - William H. Brady
  • 1872 - Thomas Douglass
  • 1874 - J. E. Bernard
  • 1876 - L. F. Watts
  • 1878 - Thomas Douglass
  • 1879 - C. Zehring
  • 1885 - David Hunt
  • 1888 - P. G. Cross
  • 1891 - A. N. Edgington
  • 1894 - Lewis W. Breyfogle
  • 1897 - W. S. Speer
  • 1903 - J. E. Young
  • 1907 - Robert Baker
  • 1911 - A. J. Calvert
  • 1915 - J. W. Jones
  • 1927 - B. F. Stanton
  • 1931 - Louis O. Krumm
  • 1947 - H. M. Beckett
  • 1949 - Martin J. Ziegler
  • 1959 - Carl Standiford
  • 1967 - Rex F. Price
  • 1975 - William B. Stringer
  • 1975 - Clay L. Wirt
  • 1981 - Jeffrey P. Hillelson
  • 1983 - William E. Franklin
  • 1989 - Sue E. Weltner
  • 1996 - David C. Wysong
  • 1999 - Gary A. Anderson
  • 2003 - C. Edward Peterson
  • 2015 - Ronald L. "Ron" Shaffer

District No. 2

  • 1861 - A. Payne
  • 1862 - G. W. Roberts
  • 1864 - Evan Shriver
  • 1866 - W. C. Smith
  • 1868 - John Brady
  • 1872 - J. B. Marshall
  • 1874 - J. H. Hibbard
  • 1878 - T. G. Stephenson
  • 1883 - D. P. Hougland
  • 1892 - Samuel McPherson
  • 1898 - I. H. Segate
  • 1901 - S. W. Allison
  • 1909 - Harry King, Sr.
  • 1913 - W. W. Anderson
  • 1917 - George Ellis
  • 1921 - Wyatt E. Hayes
  • 1929 - J. O. Johnson
  • 1937 - J. S. Steed
  • 1941 - Ollie Turner
  • 1945 - George Russell
  • 1957 - Herman F. Higgins
  • 1961 - Harry King, Jr.
  • 1965 - Kenneth J. Heard
  • 1969 - Victor W. Kearns, Jr.
  • 1973 - John J. Franke, Jr.
  • 1981 - Johnna Lingle
  • 2001 - Susie Wolf
  • 2005 - John Segale
  • 2009 - Jim Allen

District No. 3

  • 1861 - Leonard Bradbury
  • 1862 - E. Mason
  • 1865 - Thomas Hogan
  • 1866 - C. L. Dille
  • 1868 - John Fulcher
  • 1870 - H. W. McClintock
  • 1874 - V. R. Ellis
  • 1876 - Alex Miller
  • 1878 - Thomas Pearce
  • 1881 - A. Fritz
  • 1887 - R. R. Moore
  • 1890 - I. D. Hibner
  • 1896 - C. K. Dow
  • 1899 - John T. Cramer
  • 1905 - John W. Perkins
  • 1909 - Joe Hibner
  • 1913 - F. M. Gordon
  • 1917 - W. T. Turner
  • 1921 - C. W. Skinner
  • 1925 - Fred Thomas
  • 1929 - Frank Moore
  • 1935 - Ollie Turner
  • 1937 - L. R. Penner
  • 1953 - Clyde L. Curry
  • 1957 - Harry King, Jr.
  • 1961 - Herman F. Higgins
  • 1969 - Robert R. Davis
  • 1977 - Robert C. Bacon
  • 1985 - Kent E. Crippin
  • 1990 - Danny L. Hosfield
  • 1993 - Annabeth Surbaugh
  • 2003 - David A. Lindstrom
  • 2013 - Steven C. Klika

District No. 4

  • 1983 – Janet D. Leick
  • 1986 – Joan Bengtson
  • 1987 – Murray L. Nolte
  • 1994 – Elaine Beckers-Braun
  • 1998 – George R. Gross
  • 2003 - Dolores Furtado
  • 2007 - Ed Eilert
  • 2011 - Jason Osterhaus

District No. 5

  • 1983 - Bruce R. Craig
  • 1998 - Douglas E. Wood
  • 2011 - Michael Ashcraft

District No. 6

  • 2003 - John M. Toplikar
  • 2009 - Calvin Hayden
  • 2013 - John M. Toplikar
  • 2017 - Mike Brown