Before Lowry was chosen in the first instance Edwin B. Lyon occupied the office from October, nineteen hundred, to January, nineteen one. After Lowry had served two terms, Lyon was elected and he held the office for two terms. In nineteen ten Oscar F. Ward took over the sheriff's office, after which he served three terms. Then the law enforcement duty fell to Geo. W. Hill, who is beginning his fourth term, the longest period served by any one man.

County Attorneys

The office of the county prosecutor has been remarkably well filled' in Sioux county. Mention has heretofore been made under the bench and bar division, but here in the proper sequence are the names of the persons whom the county has honored and whom have honored the county. The service has been by no means entirely upon one side.

Edward D. Satterlee, after serving the county under special appointment as county clerk in helping the organization, was elected the first county prosecutor. L. O. Hull was elected and took the office over in eighteen ninety. He almost immediately retired from the office, and Geo. Walker was appointed on January twentieth. Hugh L. Conley succeeded him by election, and was re-elected. Then Alvin T. Clark was elected but he resigned in December, eighteen ninety-five. Grant Guthrie was appointed to fill the vacancy, afterwards elected for a full term. M. J. O'Connell was elected and took the office in eighteen ninety-nine, being reelected five times, making a total service of twelve years. Fern Samuel Baker, who succeeded him, has a record about as long. By the close of his present term he will have attained the distinction of being the one who has had the longest period of service. Baker is also coroner.