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It was recently announced that the new U.S. Marshals Museum will open July 1st of this year in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The museum project was started in 2007 when former U.S. Marshal Service Director John Clark selected Fort Smith as the future home of the U.S. Marshal Museum.
The U.S. Marshals have had a rich history and legacy, with several notable U.S. Marshals such as Wyatt Earp (see Notable Marshals section below).
The Office of the United States Marshals was created on September 24, 1789. For the past 234 years, U.S. Marshals have been involved in virtually every federal law enforcement initiative. It is the enforcement arm of the federal courts. Duties of U.S. Marshals includes the following:
  • protecting federal judges.
  • apprehending federal fugitives.
  • housing and transporting federal prisoners.
  • operating the Witness Protection program.
  • managing and selling seized assets acquired by criminals through illegal activities.

Contents

Overview of the new U.S. Marshals Museum

The U.S. Marshals Museum will tell the rich story of America’s oldest federal law enforcement agency, the constitution, and the Rule of Law through immersive and interactive exhibit experiences that will educate and entertain visitors of all ages.
The Museum features a unique exterior with a modified star-shaped design signifying the star badge worn by courageous U.S. Marshals.
Inside, five galleries will educate guests on the critical and ever-evolving role in upholding the Rule of Law, driven by justice, integrity, and service.
  1. To Be a Marshal
  2. Campfire Stories
  3. Frontier Marshals
  4. A Changing Nation
  5. Modern Marshals
The Museum’s National Learning Center will combine the Museum experience with educational programming focused on the Constitution, the Rule of Law and civic literacy. It will engage local and national audiences using a variety of resources.
Guests will also get to pay tribute to the more than 350+ Marshals killed in the line of duty since 1789 by visiting the Samuel M. Sicard Hall of Honor.

#1 - To Be A Marshal

In the first gallery, you will be led to understand the role of a Marshal, how the agency was founded, its principles and duties, and a broad overview of its history. You’ll explore a high-level timeline of the history of the Marshals, beginning with the inception of their role in the Judiciary Act of 1789 and continuing to the vital work of the Service today. Set into the timeline, a series of interactive exhibits will uncover the different types of work for which the U.S. Marshals are responsible, from supporting the courts to protecting witnesses, and from tracking down fugitives to managing operations for disaster relief.

#2 The Campfire | Stories Under The Stars

Positioned as a central hub in the Museum, the Campfire will provide the stage and setting where storied moments of marshal history will be presented.
On an elevated dais at the center of the room, a group of four figures from different eras sit around a flickering campfire. Shadowy images shift and play across the walls of the space, as storied moments of marshal history flare briefly to life and then fade away in media, and voices float in with scraps and fragments of tales and memories of Marshals’ lives and achievements. You’ll want to pause and sit a while, listening and watching as the stories play out and the mood of the space changes. As you continue on your journey through the Museum, you will return to the Campfire area, discovering new stories each time you visit.

#3 Frontier Marshals

In the newly formed United States, the Marshals were truly the first lawmen. From those early colonial days, the Marshals’ role evolved into expanded responsibilities and challenges as they became the symbol of law and order in the western frontier and Indian Territory. Through a variety of exhibits depicting an Old West frontier town such as a saloon and a Marshal’s office, tales of Frontier Marshals will come to life, including some about Fort Smith’s iconic frontier figures. A particularly intriguing part of this gallery is the exhibit that tells the incredible story of Bass Reeves, a man who escaped slavery to later become a United States Marshal. Tactics that walked the line between guile and guts were used for survival by Frontier Marshals – just as they are used by U.S. Marshals today.

#4 A Changing Nation

As you leave the frontier, you’ll enter a more formal, pillar framed gallery themed with the idea that Marshals are bound by duty to uphold the law, however ideologically distant they are from the Marshal’s own beliefs. A series of portals will lead to three rooms, each focused on a specific broad area of challenge within this duty. In the final portal, you’ll step into the Marshals Challenge in which you’ll journey into the ever-changing, complicated work of the Marshals Service. You’ll examine the role of the Marshals during the struggle for civil rights in America and their involvement in integration and the protection of justice for all. Scenes and exhibits will also acquaint you with how the Marshals have played a central role during turbulence such as Prohibition, violent white supremacists protestations, riots, bombings, and natural disasters.

#5 Modern Marshals

In this fascinating gallery, you’ll be immersed in the active, exciting, and expansive work Marshals do today. Exhibits here will showcase the tactics and technologies utilized by the Marshals in their tracking, apprehension, and extradition of fugitives in the U.S. and dangerous environments such as Iraq and Colombia. The names and faces of the 15 Most Wanted will be shown on a running display along the top edge of the room. At the core of this gallery you’ll hear “What We Stand For,” an inspiring explanation in the words of Marshals – present and past – speaking of why their work matters, what it has meant to them and others, and what the future holds for the Marshals organization and the nation they serve.

Samuel M. Sicard Hall of Honor | Stories of the Fallen

Beyond the open area of the Museum’s lobby, you will find the Samuel M. Sicard Hall of Honor, an exhibit honoring the Marshals, Deputies, and Special Deputies who have given their lives while serving our country. In this beautifully lit and peaceful space with a wide glass wall looking out across to the Arkansas River and the Oklahoma countryside, the Hall of Honor will proudly display the names of all the men and women who fell in the line of service.
Also in this area, you will find a digital interactive display to help you dig deeper into the stories of these fallen Marshals and the sacrifices they made. Using a simple touchscreen interface, you can browse and search the list of Marshals by name, date, location, or even incident. For some Marshals, there will be a full register of information: photos from family members, oral history remembrances, documents, and more. For others, there may only be a line or two.

History of the U.S. Marshal Service

The First Generation of 16 Marshals

The Office of the United States Marshals was created on September 24, 1789, with the passage of the Judiciary Act by Congress. On September 26, 1789, President George Washington selected the first 13 U.S. Marshals, one for each federal district. By 1791, he had selected three more. The first generation of U.S. Marshals had the following history:
  • 14 served in the military during the Revolutionary War.
  • By the end of the war, one was a Private, one served briefly as Captain, two were Majors, three were Lieutenant Colonels, five were Colonels, and one was a Brigadier General. One, too young to serve, was a General's Aide.
  • Of the two who did not serve in the war, one turned his trading ships into privateers and represented the Continental Congress in his state, and the other worked as a Counselor to his Governor and sat in his state's legislature.
  • Most had lived their entire lives in the districts they served.
  • One again served in the War of 1812.
The list below shows their name, state, and life span, of the first generation of 16 U.S. Marshals. A brief biography of each Marshal can be found here at the bottom of the History page.
  1. Allan McLane Delaware (1746 - 1825)
  2. Clement Biddle Pennsylvania (1740 - 1814)
  3. Thomas Lowry New Jersey (1737 - 1806)
  4. Robert Forsyth Georgia (1754 - 1794)
  5. Phillip Bradley Connecticut (1738 - 1821)
  6. Jonathan Jackson Massachusetts (1743 - 1810)
  7. Nathanial Ramsay Maryland (1741 - 1817)
  8. Isaac Huger South Carolina (1742 - 1797)
  9. John Parker New Hampshire (1732 - 1791)
  10. Edward Carrington Virginia (1748 - 1810)
  11. William Smith New York (1755 - 1816)
  12. Samuel McDowell Kentucky (1764 - 1834)
  13. Henry Dearborn Maine (1751 - 1829)
  14. John Skinner North Carolina 1760 - 1819
  15. William Peck Rhode Island 1755 - 1832
  16. Lewis R. Morris Vermont 1760 - 1825

Additional Historical Resources

The U.S. Marshals website has the following additional historical sections.
  • Directors and Organizational Leadership - Brief descriptions of key leaders.
  • Historical Reading Room - Contains information on events such as The Three Guardsman of :Oklahoma or Deputies versus the Wild Bunch.
  • Recommended Reading - Books available for further insight on the U.S. Marshal history.
  • Research Source - a source list has been compiled to aid in genealogical searches.
  • Roll Call of Honor - a list of over 200 Marshals killed in the line of duty since 1794.
  • Timeline - A timeline of key events in the history of the U.S. Marshal service.
  • U.S Marshals from 1789 to 2018 - a pdf file can be found with a listing of U.S. Marshals in all 50 states.

Roll Call of Honor

The following list of those Marshals who died in the line of duty is from the U.S. Marshals website. The list shows each Marshal's name, date of desth, and their districts. This list is a starting point to development of wikitree profiles to honor these lawmen. As profiles for them are developed, please link this list to the wikitree profile (as I've done for #277, Degan).
  1. Robert Forsyth 01/11/1794 District of Georgia (D/GA)
  2. John Gatewood 02/02/1839 Southern District of Alabama (S/AL)
  3. Edward Gorsuch 09/11/1851 Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E/PA)
  4. James Batchelder 05/26/1854 District of Massachusetts (D/MA)
  5. William H. Richardson 11/17/1855 Northern District of California (N/CA)
  6. Leonard Armes 04/20/1860 District of Kansas (D/KS)
  7. Theodore W. Moses 12/06/1869 Western District of Missouri (W/MO)
  8. Thomas P. Foley 04/27/1870 District of Virginia (D/VA)
  9. William P. Storey 05/02/1870 District of Utah (D/UT)
  10. C.R.V. Schefsky 09/07/1870 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  11. Ellis T. Jenkins 02/15/1871 Eastern District of Missouri (E/MO)
  12. William H. Reeves 03/01/1871 Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
  13. William A. Looper 03/03/1871 Western District of South Carolina (W/NC)
  14. John Zeke 02/16/1872 Oklahoma
  15. W. T. Bentz 02/22/1872 Oklahoma
  16. Clement McCausland 03/27/1872 District of Minnesota (D/MN)
  17. Black S. Beck 04/15/1872 Oklahoma
  18. Sam Beck 04/15/1872 Oklahoma
  19. William Hicks 04/15/1872 Oklahoma
  20. George Selvidge 04/15/1872 Oklahoma
  21. Jim Ward 04/15/1872 Oklahoma
  22. Riley Woods 04/15/1872 Oklahoma
  23. William Beck 04/16/1872 Oklahoma
  24. Jacob G. Owens 04/16/1872 Oklahoma
  25. Caleb N. Keith 05/02/1872 Western District of North Carolina (W/NC)
  26. Maddison F. Mitchell 06/18/1872 District of South Carolina (D/SC)
  27. Frank Griffin 10/06/1872 Eastern District of Texas (E/TX)
  28. Marcus L. Parker 03/22/1873 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR) (Died in District of Kansas) (D/KS)
  29. John C. Stephenson 07/11/1873 Southern District of New York (S/NY)
  30. R. T. Dunn 08/08/1873 Northern District of Mississippi (N/MS)
  31. John P. Fries 10/25/1873 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  32. Perry Duval 11/02/1873 Oklahoma
  33. Noah H.H. Burns 02/15/1874 Western District of North Carolina (W/NC)
  34. James P. Everette 07/10/1874 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  35. William Spivey 08/06/1874 Oklahoma
  36. Alfred F. Duckworth 03/01/1876 Western District of North Carolina (W/NC)
  37. Arthur J. Harrington 06/06/1876 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  38. Felix H. Torbett 10/01/1876 Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
  39. Albert Gibson 01/26/1877 Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
  40. Augustine McIntyre 02/10/1877 Northern District of Georgia (N/GA)
  41. Van B. Hendrix 02/12/1877 District of South Carolina (D/SC)
  42. M. R. Greene 05/12/1877 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  43. George Ellis 12/10/1877 District of Kentucky (D/KY)
  44. William Brady 04/01/1878 District of New Mexico (D/NM)
  45. George Hindman 04/01/1878 District of New Mexico (D/NM)
  46. Rufus Springs 04/19/1878 District of South Carolina (D/SC)
  47. Harry T. McCarty 07/13/1878 District of Kansas (D/KS)
  48. J. H. Adams 09/02/1878 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  49. Cornelius Finley 09/02/1878 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  50. Jack Kimbrew 09/11/1878 Northern District of Georgia (N/GA)
  51. William H. Anderson 11/08/1878 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  52. Lorenzo C. Crowell 01/10/1879 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  53. James Kirby 09/01/1879 Southern District of New York (E/NY)
  54. Willard Ayers 08/11/1880 Oklahoma
  55. John B. Hardie 12/08/1880 Northern District of Alabama (N/AL)
  56. Henry Seagraves 04/08/1881 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  57. Robert Olinger 04/28/1881 District of New Mexico (D/NM)
  58. Thomas Young 08/25/1882 Oklahoma
  59. Dave H. Layman 04/10/1883 Oklahoma
  60. John McWeir 07/02/1883 Oklahoma
  61. John Collins 08/10/1883 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  62. Addison Beck 09/27/1883 Oklahoma
  63. Lewis Merritt 09/27/1883 Oklahoma
  64. William Leech 04/10/1884 Oklahoma
  65. Walter R. Killion 05/24/1884 District of Kentucky (D/KY)
  66. L. J. McDonald 07/12/1884 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  67. Bud Pusley 11/09/1884 Oklahoma
  68. Harold L. Gosling 02/21/1885 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  69. Jim Guy 05/01/1885 Oklahoma
  70. Bill Kirksey 05/01/1885 Oklahoma
  71. Andy Roff 05/01/1885 Northern District of Texas (N/TX)
  72. James Roff 05/01/1885 Northern District of Texas (N/TX)
  73. William L. Miller 07/06/1885 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  74. Miller Hurst 10/11/1885 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  75. Tom C. Hall 03/18/1886 District of New Mexico (D/NM)
  76. J. E. Richardson 03/29/1886 Oklahoma
  77. Dick Townsend 04/03/1886 Northern District of Texas (N/TX)
  78. Henry Miller 04/09/1886 Oklahoma
  79. William Irwin 04/13/1886 Oklahoma
  80. Sam Sixkiller 12/24/1886 Oklahoma
  81. William Kelly 01/17/1887 Oklahoma
  82. Mark Kuykendall 01/17/1887 Oklahoma
  83. Henry Smith 01/17/1887 Oklahoma
  84. William Fields 04/10/1887 Oklahoma
  85. Dan Maples 05/04/1887 Oklahoma
  86. John Carleton 11/05/1887 Northern District of Texas (N/TX)
  87. Frank Dalton 11/27/1887 Oklahoma
  88. E. A. Stokley 12/03/1887 Oklahoma
  89. John Trammel 06/26/1888 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
  90. John Phillips 06/30/1888 Oklahoma
  91. William Whitson 06/30/1888 Oklahoma
  92. Mose McIntosh 11/09/1888 Oklahoma
  93. Thomas Goodson 12/01/1888 Eastern District of Tennessee (E/TN)
  94. Z. W. Moody 03/15/1889 Oklahoma
  95. Russell Wireman 03/26/1889 District of Kentucky (D/KY)
  96. Jim Williams 06/05/1889 Oklahoma
  97. Joe Lundy 06/10/1889 District of Kansas (D/KS)
  98. James O. Hager 08/10/1889 West Virginia
  99. W. B. Saunders 02/13/1890 Northern District of Florida (N/FL)
  100. Robert Cox 04/14/1890 Oklahoma
  101. Charles H. Fusselman 04/17/1890 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  102. Jim Billy 07/13/1890 Oklahoma
  103. David Sigemore 07/31/1890 Oklahoma
  104. Samuel L. Estrange 11/21/1890 Northern District of Florida (N/FL)
  105. William Pitts 11/30/1890 Eastern District of Texas (E/TX)
  106. Marion Prickett 12/15/1890 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
  107. Steve Pensoneau 02/06/1891 Oklahoma
  108. J.C. Arnold 02/26/1891 Western District of Washington (W/WA)
  109. J. Locke Ezzell 04/08/1891 Northern District of Alabama (N/AL)
  110. Bernard Connelley 08/19/1891 Oklahoma
  111. Ed Short 08/23/1891 Oklahoma
  112. Joseph S. Wilson 09/23/1891 Oklahoma
  113. R. L. Taylor 10/01/1891 Oklahoma
  114. George Thornton 10/28/1891 Oklahoma
  115. Calixtro Garcia 10/30/1891 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  116. George Wise 10/30/1891 Western District of Texas (W/TX)
  117. Dan Osborne 11/20/1891 Northern District of Alabama (N/AL)
  118. Josiah Poorboy 12/08/1891 Oklahoma
  119. Thomas Whitehead 12/08/1891 Oklahoma
  120. John B. Pemberton 02/20/1892 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
  121. Charles K. Stuart 03/04/1892 Eastern District of Tennessee (E/TN)
  122. George Wellman 05/09/1892 District of Wyoming (D/WY)
  123. James H. Ballenger 07/22/1892 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  124. Vernon C. Wilson 09/13/1892 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  125. John Fields 10/12/1892 Oklahoma
  126. Tom C. Smith 11/04/1892 Oklahoma
  127. Floyd Wilson 12/13/1892 Oklahoma
  128. C. B. Brockus 02/16/1893 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  129. Calloway B. Garner 06/24/1893 Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
  130. Sherman Russell 07/12/1893 Oklahoma
  131. J. Perry Griggs 08/10/1893 Northern District of Alabama (N/AL)
  132. Joe Gaines 08/22/1893 Oklahoma
  133. Richard Speed 09/01/1893 Oklahoma
  134. Thomas J. Hueston 09/02/1893 Oklahoma
  135. Lafayette Shadley 09/03/1893 Oklahoma
  136. Henry Schubert 10/03/1893 District of Montana (D/MT)
  137. Bill Harrison 05/09/1894 Oklahoma
  138. Thomas L. Martin 06/04/1894 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
  139. Richard Zeff 07/06/1894 Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
  140. William A. Pross 07/12/1894 Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
  141. Jesse B. Bristol 07/12/1894 Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
  142. Abner D. McLellan 07/20/1894 Oklahoma
  143. M. W. Joe Nix 08/03/1894 Oklahoma
  144. Thomas Grissom 09/13/1894 Eastern District of Arkansas (E/AR)
  145. Robert Pate 09/28/1894 Eastern District of Arkansas (E/AR)
  146. Lincoln Keeney 11/24/1894 Oklahoma
  147. Newton LeForce 12/05/1894 Oklahoma
  148. John Beard 12/09/1894 Oklahoma
  149. Jim Nakedhead 02/27/1895 Oklahoma
  150. W. C. McDaniels 03/16/1895 Oklahoma
  151. Seth H. Stalcup 04/25/1895 Western District of North Carolina (W/NC)
  152. Lawrence Keating 07/26/1895 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
  153. John Garrett 07/30/1895 Oklahoma
  154. John Davis 08/01/1895 Oklahoma
  155. Boyd Arnett 08/20/1895 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  156. John McHenry 12/26/1895 Eastern District of Texas (E/TX)
  157. Edward E. Thurlo 02/10/1896 Oklahoma
  158. Anthony Dunlevy Garden 02/21/1896 District of West Virginia (D/WV)
  159. John D. Kirby 03/05/1896 District of South Carolina (D/SC)
  160. Thomas R. Madden 04/19/1896 Oklahoma
  161. William H. Guyse 04/23/1896 District of New Mexico (D/NM)
  162. A. W. Johnson 10/21/1896 Oklahoma
  163. William A. Byrd 01/16/1897 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  164. William C. Watts 01/24/1897 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  165. Joe M. Dodson 08/29/1897 Eastern District of Arkansas (E/AR)
  166. B. F. Taylor 08/29/1897 Eastern District of Arkansas (E/AR)
  167. Marion A.B. Tatum 10/19/1897 Northern District of Georgia (N/GA)
  168. James M. Rowan 01/31/1898 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  169. Bill Arnold 03/17/1898 Oklahoma
  170. J. Boley Grady 07/17/1898 Oklahoma
  171. L. S. Hill 07/17/1898 Oklahoma
  172. John T. Sisemore 11/17/1898 Western District of Louisiana (W/LA)
  173. Joseph Heinrichs 03/15/1899 Oklahoma
  174. Hickman Bruner 06/22/1899 Oklahoma
  175. Edward J. Farr 07/16/1899 District of New Mexico (D/NM)
  176. Henry M. Love 07/20/1899 District of New Mexico (D/NM)
  177. James M. Blair 08/21/1899 Kentucky
  178. William H. Greer 10/26/1899 Western District of North Carolina (W/NC)
  179. Henry Peckenpaugh 11/27/1899 Oklahoma
  180. James H. Wilson 07/08/1900 Kentucky
  181. Herbert M. Goddard 08/14/1900 Oklahoma
  182. Tom Taylor 10/13/1900 Oklahoma
  183. Samuel Jackson 10/25/1900 District of Montana (D/MT)
  184. Alexander S. Whiteley 03/21/1901 Southern District of Georgia (S/GA)
  185. Thomas Price 07/20/1901 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  186. John Poe 09/25/1901 Oklahoma
  187. Hugh Montgomery 11/17/1901 Northern District of Mississippi (N/MS)
  188. John A. Montgomery 11/17/1901 Northern District of Mississippi (N/MS)
  189. J. N. Holsonback 01/11/1902 Northern District of Alabama (N/AL)
  190. Lute Houston 10/20/1902 Oklahoma
  191. E. C. Garrison 12/24/1902 Southern District of Georgia (S/GA)
  192. John B. Jones 07/03/1903 Oklahoma
  193. Edward D. Fink 11/28/1904 Oklahoma
  194. J. Henry Vier 02/20/1905 Oklahoma
  195. Z. T. Wade 07/26/1905 Western District of Virginia (W/VA)
  196. Ike L. Gilstrap 03/12/1906 Northern District of Oklahoma (N/OK)
  197. James Bourland 05/24/1906 Oklahoma
  198. James H. Bush 06/27/1906 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
  199. Sam Roberts 07/05/1907 Oklahoma
  200. John Morrison 07/17/1907 Oklahoma
  201. L. P. Dixon 07/19/1907 Oklahoma
  202. George Williams 11/16/1907 Oklahoma
  203. John C. Mullins 12/25/1908 Southern District of Ohio (S/OH)
  204. William B. F. Corbin 03/08/1909 District of South Carolina (D/SC)
  205. Christopher D. Corbin 03/08/1909 District of South Carolina (D/SC)
  206. A. W. Holden 05/07/1909 Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
  207. Charles Escalanti 06/06/1909 Southern District of California (S/CA)
  208. William Duncan 10/08/1910 Eastern District of Virginia (E/VA)
  209. G. W. Dillaway 12/14/1911 Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
  210. Marion Ramey 05/04/1913 Western District of Virginia (W/VA)
  211. John Sloan 05/04/1913 Western District of Virginia (W/VA)
  212. Christopher Keenan 11/09/1913 Western District of Michigan (W/MI)
  213. Holmes Davidson 07/23/1914 Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
  214. William E. Plank 07/23/1914 Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
  215. Joseph C. Akin 02/21/1915 District of Utah (D/UT)
  216. Robert Logan 03/09/1915 Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
  217. C. P. Phelgar 05/14/1915 Western District of Virginia (W/VA)
  218. Charles E. Day 07/28/1918 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  219. John Kavanaugh 10/21/1918 China
  220. J. Ben Wilson 11/14/1918 Southern District of Georgia (S/GA)
  221. Benjamin F. Dixon 01/12/1919 Northern District of Georgia (N/GA)
  222. Clyde D. Calhoun 02/12/1919 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  223. John Haven 03/04/1919 District of Rhode Island (D/RI)
  224. Isaac Evans 09/03/1919 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  225. Orville R. Webster 09/19/1919 Western District of Tennessee (W/TN)
  226. Hugh J. Bartley 06/30/1921 Northern District of Ohio (N/OH)
  227. Jirdan L. Anders 09/09/1921 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  228. George W. Adair 09/11/1921 Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
  229. Will Cross 08/12/1922 Eastern District of Arkansas (E/AR)
  230. Kelly Walker 03/28/1923 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  231. J. H. Short 05/26/1923 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  232. J. Walter Casey 07/16/1923 Western District of Arkansas (W/AR)
  233. Samuel Lilly 07/29/1924 Eastern District of North Carolina (E/NC)
  234. Walter W. Getchell 08/05/1924 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  235. James E. Hill 10/30/1924 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  236. E. F. Flanery 03/28/1928 District of South Dakota (D/SD)
  237. J. Ray Ward 04/15/1928 District of Utah (D/UT)
  238. Adrian Metcalf 07/31/1929 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  239. Ed H. Sherman 04/21/1930 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  240. Reuben Hughett 06/15/1930 Eastern District of Tennessee (E/TN)
  241. Clyde Rivers 05/16/1931 Northern District of Mississippi (N/MS)
  242. W. F. Deiter 03/01/1932 District of Puerto Rico (D/PR)
  243. Robert Sumter 08/09/1933 Eastern District of Oklahoma (E/OK)
  244. Herbert Ray 02/02/1935 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  245. Charles T. Warner 05/23/1935 Northern District of Oklahoma (N/OK)
  246. John F. Gooding 07/18/1935 District of South Carolina (D/SC)
  247. Charles L. Vanstory 02/23/1936 Middle of North Carolina (M/NC)
  248. Raoul Dorsay 11/25/1937 Northern District of California (N/CA)
  249. John Luses 09/08/1938 Northern District of Ohio (N/OH)
  250. Whit G. Wright 08/02/1939 Eastern District of North Carolina (E/NC)
  251. Colby S. Farrar 10/07/1939 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  252. John H. Glenn 07/31/1940 District of Idaho (D/ID)
  253. George Meffan 07/31/1940 District of Idaho (D/ID)
  254. Artis J. Chitty 08/22/1940 Western District of Washington (W/WA)
  255. William J. McCormick 09/04/1941 Eastern District of Wisconsin (E/WI)
  256. John A. Barrow 08/29/1950 Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E/PA)
  257. Fred L. Peterson 07/14/1951 District of Idaho (D/ID)
  258. James Guerin 12/06/1951 District of Nebraska (D/NE)
  259. Edmund L. Schweppe 09/15/1952 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  260. Samuel E. Vaughn 08/08/1953 Middle District of Tennessee (M/TN)
  261. Clarence Toone 02/10/1955 District of Alaska (D/AK)
  262. Fax B. Murphy 08/17/1960 Northern District of West Virginia (N/WV)
  263. Noah R. Friend 11/13/1963 Eastern District of Kentucky (E/KY)
  264. Carl J. Kalafatich 02/23/1968 Southern District of Florida (S/FL)
  265. Mercello Moya 03/30/1971 Southern District of Texas (S/TX)
  266. Hilton E. Schorre 03/30/1971 Southern District of Texas (S/TX)
  267. Henry Dale 07/14/1971 Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
  268. Norman Sherriff 09/24/1971 District of Columbia (D/DC)
  269. Andrew Boehnlein 09/26/1971 Southern District of Ohio (S/OH)
  270. Dick D. McKinney 07/20/1972 Northern District of Iowa (N/IA)
  271. Robert S. Cheshire 02/13/1983 District of North Dakota (D/ND)
  272. Kenneth B. Muir 02/13/1983 District of North Dakota (D/ND)
  273. Emil R. Wehrli 08/11/1988 District of Nebraska (D/NE)
  274. Henry B. Carlson 06/20/1991 District of Minnesota (D/MN)
  275. Harry A. Belluomini 07/20/1992 Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
  276. Roy L. Frakes 07/20/1992 Northern District of Illinois (N/IL)
  277. William F. Degan 08/21/1992 District of Massachusetts (D/MA)
  278. Gene L. Goldsberry 08/05/1993 District of Kansas (D/KS)
  279. Peter P. Hillman 06/08/2000 Eastern District of California (E/CA)
  280. Bucky E. Burke 09/18/2007 District of Columbia (D/DC)
  281. Stanley W. Cooper 01/04/2010 District of Nevada (D/NV)
  282. Derek Hotsinpiller 02/16/2011 Northern District of West Virginia (N/WV)
  283. John Perry 03/08/2011 Eastern District of Missouri (E/MO)
  284. Frank E. McKnight 05/29/2014 District of Rhode Island (D/RI)
  285. Josie Wells 03/10/2015 Southern District of Mississippi (S/MS)
  286. Zacarias Toro 06/14/2015 Southern District of New York (S/NY)
  287. Patrick Carothers 11/18/2016 Middle District of Georgia (SERFTF)
  288. Kenneth J. Doyle 07/26/2017 Southern District of New York (S/NY)
  289. Christopher D. Hill 01/18/2018 Middle District of Pennsylvania (M/PA)
  290. Chase S. White 11/29/2018 District of Arizona (D/AZ)
  291. Norman D. Merkel 01/16/2019 Southern District of Texas (S/TX)
  292. Betty Ann Pascarella 04/06/2020 Southern District of New York (S/NY)
  293. Brian L. Magee 04/06/2020 Southern District of Texas (S/TX)
  294. Anthony C. McGrew 08/15/2020 Southern District of Georgia (S/GA)
  295. Havonia D. Holley 01/05/2021 Northern District of Georgia (N/GA)
  296. Hugh B. Bennett 02/10/2021 District of Utah (D/UT)
  297. Craig A. Kriner 01/23/2021 Northern District of West Virginia (N/WV)
  298. Vincent Gala, Jr. 02/08/2021 Northern District of West Virginia (N/WV)
  299. Jared Keyworth 10/01/2021 Middle District of Louisiana (M/LA)
  300. Michael J. Riley 09/24/2020 Eastern District of Louisiana (E/LA)
  301. Jose E. Gomez 02/06/2022 District of Nevada (D/NV)

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Notable Marshals

  • Nathaniel P. Banks (1816 - 1894) U.S. Marshal of Massachusetts 1879-1888.
  • Jesse D. Bright (1812 - 1875) U.S. Marshal for Indiana; later served as U.S. Senator for Indiana.
  • Seth Bullock (1849 - 1919) Businessman, rancher, sheriff for Montana; sheriff for Deadwood, South Dakota; U.S. Marshal of South Dakota.
  • Charles Francis Colcord (1859 - 1934) Rancher, businessman, and U.S. Marshal for Oklahoma.
  • Phoebe Couzins (1839 - 1913) Lawyer, first women appointed to U.S. Marshals.
  • Henry Dearborn (1751 - 1829) U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine.
  • Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) Former slave and noted abolitionist leader; appointed U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia.
  • Morgan Earp (1851 - 1882) Deputy U.S. Marshal, Tombstone, Arizona, appointed by his brother, Wyatt.
  • Virgil Earp (1843 - 1905) Deputy U.S. Marshal, Tombstone, Arizona.
  • Wyatt Earp (1848 - 1929) Deputy U.S. Marshal ( appointed by the Arizona Territorial Governor.
  • Frank Eaton (1860 - 1958) Deputy U.S. Marshal for Judge Isaac Parker**, author, cowboy, scout, Indian fighter, and mascot for Oklahoma State University ("Pistol Pete"). **[No proof has been found to support Frank's claim that he was a Deputy U.S. Marshall for Judge Parker].
  • Richard Griffith (1814 - 1862) Brigadier General for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  • James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickock (1837–1876), noted Western lawman; served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal at Fort Riley, Kansas 1867–1869.
  • William Ward Lamon (1826–1893), friend, and frequent bodyguard of President Abraham Lincoln, who appointed him U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia.
  • J.J. McAlester (1842–1920), U.S. Marshal for Indian Territory (1893–1897), Confederate Army captain, merchant in and founder of McAlester, Oklahoma as well as the developer of the coal mining industry in eastern Oklahoma, one of three members of the first Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1907–1911) and the second Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma (1911–1915)
  • Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862), U.S. Marshal for Eastern District of Texas; became a brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
  • Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816–1895), U.S. Marshal for Eastern District of Texas. Brother of Benjamin McCulloch; also a Confederate General.
  • James J. P. McShane (1909–1968), appointed U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia by President John F. Kennedy then named chief marshal in 1962
  • John W. Marshall, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia (1994–1999), first African-American to serve as Director of the U.S. Marshals Service (1999–2001)
  • Bat Masterson (1853–1921), noted Western lawman; deputy to U.S. Marshal for Southern District of New York, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
  • Joseph Meek (1810–1875), territorial marshal for Oregon
  • Thomas Morris (1771–1849), U.S. Marshal for New York District
  • David Neagle (1847–1925), shot former Chief Justice of California David S. Terry to protect US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Johnson Field, resulting in U.S. Supreme Court decision In re Neagle
  • John L. Pascucci (1948–present), former Chief of International Operations for the U.S. Marshals Service and author of The Manhunter: The Astounding True Story of the U.S. Marshal Who Tracked Down the World's Most Evil Criminals. Charged with extortion in 1989.
  • Bob Pavlak (1924–1994), U.S. Marshal for the District of Minnesota and Minnesota legislator
  • Henry Massey Rector (1816–1899), U.S. Marshal for Arkansas, later governor of that state
  • Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 1910) is thought by most to be one of the first Black men to receive a commission as a Deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River. Before he retired from federal service in 1907, Reeves had arrested over 3,000 felons.
  • Porter Rockwell (c.1813–1878), Deputy U.S. Marshal for Utah
  • William Stephens Smith (1755–1816), 1789 U.S. Marshal for New York district and son-in-law of President John Adams
  • Dallas Stoudenmire (1845–1882), successful city marshal who tamed and controlled the remote, wild and violent town of El Paso, Texas; became U.S. Marshal serving West Texas and New Mexico Territory just before his death
  • Heck Thomas (1850–1912), Bill Tilghman (1854–1924), and Chris Madsen (1851–1944), the legendarily fearless "Three Guardsmen" of the Oklahoma Territory
  • William F. Wheeler (1824–1894), U.S. Marshal for the Montana Territory
  • Cal Whitson (1845–1926), one-eyed Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Oklahoma Territory; served as the basis for the character Rooster Cogburn of the novel and films True Grit
  • James E. Williams (1930–1999), U.S. Marshal for South Carolina, Medal of Honor recipient

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