Who We Are
Former Lake County Prosecuting Attorneys
Each County in Ohio has a Prosecuting Attorney who is elected quadrennially. Since the establishment of Lake County in 1840, thirty-five attorneys have served as Lake County's Prosecuting Attorney. Initially the term of office for Prosecuting Attorney was two years. Circa 1928, the General Assembly increased the term of office for the Prosecuting Attorney to four years.
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William L. Perkins |
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1840-1840 |
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C. Case |
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1840-1842 |
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Charles B. Smythe |
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1842-1844 |
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Salmon B. Axtell |
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1844-1848 |
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William Matthews |
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1848-1853 |
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Alva L. Tinker |
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1853-1857 |
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Charles J. Bomer |
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1857-1859 |
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William L. Perkins |
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1859-1863 |
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W. W. Nevison |
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1863-1867 |
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Jerome B. Burrows |
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1867-1869 |
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Alva L. Tinker |
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1869-1873 |
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John W. Tyler |
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1873-1875 |
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E. J. Sweeney |
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1875-1877 |
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Lord Sterling |
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1877-1879 |
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Clinton D. Clark |
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1879-1886 |
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Homer Harper |
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1886-1895 |
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Harry P. Bosworth |
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1895-1903 |
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E. F. Blakely |
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1904-1910 |
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Homer Harper |
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1911-1914 |
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George C. Von Beselor |
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1915-1918 |
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R. N. Whitcomb |
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1919-1920 |
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Ralph M. Ostrander |
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1921-1922 |
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Morgan Giblin |
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1923-1924 |
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Seth Paulin |
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1925-1928 |
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J. Frank Pollock |
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1929-1932 |
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Howard U. Daniels |
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1933-1936 |
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Lester W. Donaldson |
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1937-1948 |
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Thomas J. Blakely |
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1949-1952 |
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John M. Parks |
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1953-1956 |
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Edward A. Ostrander |
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1957-1960 |
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Fred V. Skok |
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1961-1972 |
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Paul H. Mitrovich |
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1973-1976 |
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John E. Shoop |
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1977-1988 |
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Steven C. LaTourette |
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1989-1994 |
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Charles E. Coulson |
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