Kern County Board of Supervisors

The Kern County Board of Supervisors is the legislative and executive body that governs Kern County, California.

Modern

As of May 2020 the members were:

• 1st District, Mick Gleason.
• 2nd District, Zack Scrivner.
• 3rd District, Mike Maggard.
• 4th District, David Couch.
• 5th District, Leticia Perez.

Historic

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District 1

Established 1866

1. Henry Hammel, 1866–67
2. D.W. Weber, 1868
3. F.W. Craig, 1868–73
4. A.H. Denker, 1873–74
5. F.W. Goodale, 1874–78
6. William Lightner, 1878–80
7. Alvin Fay, 1881–82
8. R.H. Evans, 1883–88
9. Charles F. Bennett, 1889–92, 1913–16
10. C.J.E. Taylor, 1893–1900
11. J.W. Kelly, 1901–02
12. Neils Petersen, 1902–08
13. William Houser, 1909–12
14. F. Rinaldi, 1912
15. C.C. Paxton, 1917–20
16. J.B. McFarland, 1920–28
17. W.R. Woollomes. 1929–48, 1953–64
18. Ardis M. Walker, 1949–52
19. Morton V. Slater, 1964
20. LeRoy M. Jackson, 1965–77
21. Eldon E. (Gene) Tackett, 1977–85
22. Roy Ashburn, 1985–96
23. Eric Hesslink 1997–2012
24. Mick Gleason, 2012–present

25. Phillip Peters, elected 2020

District 2

Established 1866

1. J.J. Rhymes, 1866–69
2. C.T. White, 1870–73
3. Solomon Jewett, 1873–76
4. T.F. Kerr, 1876
5. T.E. Harding, 1876–79
6. A.J. Halbert, 1880-82
7. G.H. Wheeler, 1882
8. J.M. McKamy, 1883–84
9. John M. Brite, 1885
10. L.F. Gates, 1886
11. J. Fontaine, 1888–95
12. Jeremiah Shields, 1895–1902
13. Lucas F. Brite, 1903–18
14. James I. Wagy, 1919–26
15. J. Perry Brite, 1927–34
16. George W. Parish, 1935–38
17. C.W. Harty, 1939–50
18. John W. Holt, 1951–70
19. David A. Head, 1971–82
20. Ben Austin, 1983–94
21. Steve Perez, 1995–2002
22. Don Maben, 2003–10
22. Zack Scrivner, 2011–present

District 3

Established 1866

1. Samuel A. Bishop, 1866
2. J.M. Brite, 1866–73, 1877–80
3. John Narboe, 1877–80
4. P.O. O'Hare, 1880–82
5. L. Crusoe, 1883–84
6. J.M. McKamy, 1885–90
7. E.A. McGee, 1891–94
8. Henry Bohns, 1895–98
9. J.W. Shaffer, 1899–1902
10. A.J. Woody, 1903–10
11. John O. Hart, 1911–18, 1923–34
12. Harry Rambo, 1919–32
13. Jay Hinman, 1934–38
14. Ralph Lavin, 1939–46
15. Leo G. Pauly, 1946
16. Barney L. Barnes, 1947–50
17. Floyd L. Ming, 1951–62
18. David S. Fairbairn, 1963–71
19. Eugene Young, 1971–83
20. Pauline Larwood, 1983–94
21. Barbara Patrick, 1994–2006
22. Mike Maggard, 2007–present

District 4

Established 1884

1. L. Crusoe, 1885–88
2. Alfred Morgan, 1889–92
3. J.W. White, 1893–96
4. T.J. Bottoms, 1897–1903
5. F.H. Corsett, 1903–08
6. J.M. Bush, 1909–16
7. Stanley Abel, 1917–40
8. A.W. Noon, 1941–52
9. Herbert Evans, 1952
10. Vance A. Webb, 1953–77
11. Trice Harvey, 1977–86
12. Karl Hettinger, 1987–92
13. Ken Peterson, 1993–2002
14. Raymond Watson, 2002–12
15. David Couch, 2012–present

District 5

Established 1884

1. G.C. Doherty, 1885–97
2. E.M. Roberts, 1887–92
3. Henry Jastro, 1893–1916
4. H.I. Tupman, 1917–20
5. Ira Williams, 1921–28
6. Richard Ashe, 1929–32
7. Charles Wimmer, 1933–44
8. Charles P. Salzer, 1945–50, 1961–69
9. John Hanning, 1951–60
10. Milton Miller, 1969–73
11. John Mitchell, 1973–85
12. Mary K. Shell, 1985–96
13. Pete Parra, 1997–2004
14. Michael J. Rubio, 2005–10
15. Karen Goh, 2010–12
16. Leticia Perez, 2012—present

References

1. Names from 1866 to 1987 are from Camille Gavin and Kathy Leverett, Kern's Movers and Shakers, Kern View Foundation (1987), 208 pps., page 64