The first election for county attorney (then called a district attorney) was in 1856. In October 1856 the name of Jesse Ayer, a 26 year old Canadian, was on the ballot. He was elected as District Attorney, but never took office. He had left in August for Monongalia County (now called Kandiyohi County). He was one of the developers of Columbia (now called Spicer). His family returned to Henderson at the time of the Indian Conflict of 1862. Because Mr. Ayer left, his office was filled by appointment of M. J. Severance.
Past County (District) Attorney's
Name
| Years Served
|
|---|
M.J Severance
| 1857 to 1858
|
Elijah Perry
| 1858 to 1861
|
Thomas Russell
| 1862 to 1864
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Francis Belfoy
| 1864
|
Daniel Pickit
| 1865 to 1868
|
Edmund Neff
| 1869 to 1872
|
Daniel Pickit
| 1873 to 1875
|
Samuel Fowler
| 1875 to 1880
|
| Sylvester Kipp | 1881 to 1883
|
William Leeman
| 1883 to 1884
|
Sylvester Kipp
| 1885 to 1887
|
William Leeman
| 1887 to 1892
|
E.H. Huebner
| 1893 to 1906
|
Charles Quandt
| 1906 to 1914
|
A.L. Young
| 1914 to 1916
|
C.H. MacKenzie
| 1917 to 1922
|
O.S. Vesta
| 1923 to 1926
|
H.H. Bonniwell, Jr.
| 1927 to 1937
|
Charles W Quandt
| 1938
|
Everett L. Young
| 1939 to 1950
|
R.G. Williamson
| 1951 to 1963
|
William P. Scott
| 1963 to 1967
|
Raphael J. Miller
| 1967 to 1978
|
Thomas G. McCarthy
| 1979 to 1988
|
David E Schauer
| 1988 to 2021
|
Donald E Lannoye
| 2021 to Present
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