VICTOR D. CRIST

EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE!

CLERK OF COURT & COMPTROLLER

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA

History of the Clerk's Office

Clerk

Dates in Office

Entered Service

Victor D. Crist	1/7/2025 to present	Elected
Cindy Stuart	1/5/2021 to 1/6/2025	Elected
Pat Frank	1/2005 to 01/4/2021	Elected
Richard Ake	11/21/1985 to 1/3/2005	Elected
James F. Taylor, Jr.	12/29/1955 to 11/20/1985	Elected
Melvin H. Sweat	12/18/1955 to 12/29/1955	Appointed
Charles H. Pent	1/1941 to 12/18/1955	Elected
Myrtle M. Culbreath	10/5/1938 to 1/1941	Appointed, then Elected
Charles E. Culbreath	1/3/1933 to 10/4/1938	Elected
William A. Dickerson	1/6/1925 to 1/2/1933	Elected
W.R. Watkins	1/4/1921 to 1/5/1925	Elected
William P. Culbreath	1/1/1913 to 1/3/1921	Elected
Charles M. Knott	1/1/1905 to 1/1/1913	Elected
D.J. Galvin	7/12/1904 to 1/1/1905	Appointed
Darwin B. Givens	1/1904 to 7/12/1904	Appointed
W.L. Hanks	1/1901 to 5/1904	Elected
Henry L. Mitchell	1/1897 to 1/1/1901	Elected
Charles Wright	3/1894 to 1/1897	Appointed
John T. Lesley	5/1893 to 3/1894	Appointed
Warren A. Givens	2/1885 to 5/1893	Elected
William Charles Brown	2/1877 to 2/1885	Elected
W.F. White	3/1873 to 2/1877	Elected
Charles Hanford	9/1872 to 3/1873	Appointed
Matthew P. Lyons	10/1868 to 9/1872	unknown
John T. Givens	7/1866 to 8/1868	Appointed
Tasper J. Given	1/20/1866 to 7/1866	Elected
W.P. Wilson	11/9/1863 to 12/31/1865	Elected
William B. Henderson	11/8/1861 to 11/8/1863	Elected
J.M. Hayman	11/26/1859 to 11/7/1861	Elected
William A. Lively	8/9/1856 to 11/19/1859	Appointed, then Elected
Joab Griffin	11/27/1855 to 8/9/1856	Elected
Robert H. Hardee	1/27/1855 to 11/27/1855	Elected
Simon Thurman	6/1854 to 1/1855	Appointed
Martin Cunningham	11/24/1849 to 6/1854	Elected
L.W. Roberts	1848 to 11/1849	Appointed
E.A. Ware	1846 to 1848	Elected
Manuel Olivella	2/7/1842 to 1846	Elected
James Lynch	1/1/1836 to 1842	Elected

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