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Harvey County was created from portions of Sedgwick, McPherson & Marion counties by an act of the Kansas Legislature on February 29, 1872.
After Harvey County was created by the legislature, a census of the residents was taken and sent to the Governor along with a petition to temporarily appoint three Commissioners and a County Clerk and assign the City of Newton as the county seat.
Harvey County was officially organized with the signature of Governor James Harvey on April 4, 1872.
Harvey County was named after Governor James Harvey.
The first election in Harvey County was held May 20, 1872 to elect all county officers and set the county seat as Newton.
1 | H.W. Bailey | April 1872 - October 1874 |
2 | D. W. Bunker | October 1874 - September 1875 |
3 | H. W. Bunker | September 1875 - January 1880 |
4 | John C. Johnston | January 1880 - January 1888 |
5 | R. H. Farr | January 1888 - January 1892 |
6 | L. P. Murphy | January 1892 - January 1896 |
7 | S. M. Spangler | January 1896 - January 1900 |
8 | John L. Caveny | January 1900 - January 1905 |
9 | B. O. Hagry | January 1905 - January 1909 |
10 | J. A. Hunter | January 1909 - January 1915 |
11 | C. A. Young | January 1915 - November 1919 |
12 | A. W. McBurney | November 1919 - November 1923 |
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address
13 | C. A. Young | November 1923 - January 1933 |
14 | E. S. Spangler | January 1933 - January 1935 |
15 | Oscar Jones | January 1935 - January 1945 |
16 | C. A. Young | January 1945 - September 1950 |
17 | Oscar Jones | September 1950 - January 1954 |
18 | Clay E. Hedrick | January 1954 - January 1961 |
19 | Wanda H. Benedix | January 1961 - January 1965 |
20 | Glen Randall | January 1965 - January 1971 |
21 | Kay Grochowsky | January 1971 - January 1975 |
22 | Virginia Sharer (McCune) | January 1975 - January 1977 |
23 | Margaret Wright | January 1977 - December 2004 |
24 | Joyce J. Truskett | December 2004 - December 2014 |
Rick Piepho
County Clerk & Election Officer
25 Rick Piepho - December 2014 - Present