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:

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. 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