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 December 2024, the members were:

• 1st District, Phillip Peters.
• 2nd District, Chris Parlier.
• 3rd District, Jeff Flores.
• 4th District, David Couch.
• 5th District, Leticia Perez.

Historic

District 1

Established 1866

1. Henry Hammel, 1866–67<br /> 2. D.W. Weber, 1868<br /> 3. F.W. Craig, 1868–73<br /> 4. A.H. Denker, 1873–74<br /> 5. F.W. Goodale, 1874–78<br /> 6. William Lightner, 1878–80<br /> 7. Alvin Fay, 1881–82<br /> 8. R.H. Evans, 1883–88<br /> 9. Charles F. Bennett, 1889–92, 1913–16<br /> 10. C.J.E. Taylor, 1893–1900<br /> 11. J.W. Kelly, 1901–02<br /> 12. Neils Petersen, 1902–08<br /> 13. William Houser, 1909–12<br /> 14. F. Rinaldi, 1912<br /> 15. C.C. Paxton, 1917–20<br /> 16. J.B. McFarland, 1920–28<br /> 17. W.R. Woollomes. 1929–48, 1953–64<br /> 18. Ardis M. Walker, 1949–52<br /> 19. Morton V. Slater, 1964<br /> 20. LeRoy M. Jackson, 1965–77<br /> 21. Eldon E. (Gene) Tackett, 1977–85<br /> 22. Roy Ashburn, 1985–96<br /> 23. Jon McQuiston 1997–2012<br /> 24. Mick Gleason, 2012–2020<br /> 25. Phillip Peters, 2020–present

District 2

Established 1866

1. J.J. Rhymes, 1866–69<br /> 2. C.T. White, 1870–73<br /> 3. Solomon Jewett, 1873–76<br /> 4. T.F. Kerr, 1876<br /> 5. T.E. Harding, 1876–79<br /> 6. A.J. Halbert, 1880–82<br /> 7. G.H. Wheeler, 1882<br /> 8. J.M. McKamy, 1883–84<br /> 9. John M. Brite, 1885<br /> 10. L.F. Gates, 1886<br /> 11. J. Fontaine, 1888–95<br /> 12. Jeremiah Shields, 1895–1902<br /> 13. Lucas F. Brite, 1903–18<br /> 14. James I. Wagy, 1919–26<br /> 15. J. Perry Brite, 1927–34<br /> 16. George W. Parish, 1935–38<br /> 17. C.W. Harty, 1939–50<br /> 18. John W. Holt, 1951–70<br /> 19. David A. Head, 1971–82<br /> 20. Ben Austin, 1983–94<br /> 21. Steve Perez, 1995–2002<br /> 22. Don Maben, 2003–10<br /> 22. Zack Scrivner, 2011–24<br /> 23. Chris Parlier, 2024-present<br />

District 3

Established 1866

1. Samuel A. Bishop, 1866<br /> 2. J.M. Brite, 1866–73, 1877–80<br /> 3. John Narboe, 1877–80<br /> 4. P.O. O'Hare, 1880–82<br /> 5. L. Crusoe, 1883–84<br /> 6. J.M. McKamy, 1885–90<br /> 7. E.A. McGee, 1891–94<br /> 8. Henry Bohns, 1895–98<br /> 9. J.W. Shaffer, 1899–1902<br /> 10. A.J. Woody, 1903–10<br /> 11. John O. Hart, 1911–18, 1923–34<br /> 12. Harry Rambo, 1919–32<br /> 13. Jay Hinman, 1934–38<br /> 14. Ralph Lavin, 1939–46<br /> 15. Leo G. Pauly, 1946<br /> 16. Barney L. Barnes, 1947–50<br /> 17. Floyd L. Ming, 1951–62<br /> 18. David S. Fairbairn, 1963–71<br /> 19. Eugene Young, 1971–83<br /> 20. Pauline Larwood, 1983–94<br /> 21. Barbara Patrick, 1994–2006<br /> 22. Mike Maggard, 2007–22<br /> 23. Jeff Flores, 2023-present<br />

District 4

Established 1884

1. L. Crusoe, 1885–88<br /> 2. Alfred Morgan, 1889–92<br /> 3. J.W. White, 1893–96<br /> 4. T.J. Bottoms, 1897–1903<br /> 5. F.H. Corsett, 1903–08<br /> 6. J.M. Bush, 1909–16<br /> 7. Stanley Abel, 1917–40<br /> 8. A.W. Noon, 1941–52<br /> 9. Herbert Evans, 1952<br /> 10. Vance A. Webb, 1953–77<br /> 11. Trice Harvey, 1977–86<br /> 12. Karl Hettinger, 1987–92<br /> 13. Ken Peterson, 1993–2002<br /> 14. Raymond Watson, 2002–12<br /> 15. David Couch, 2012–present

District 5

Established 1884

1. G.C. Doherty, 1885–97<br /> 2. E.M. Roberts, 1887–92<br /> 3. Henry Jastro, 1893–1916<br /> 4. H.I. Tupman, 1917–20<br /> 5. Ira Williams, 1921–28<br /> 6. Richard Ashe, 1929–32<br /> 7. Charles Wimmer, 1933–44<br /> 8. Charles P. Salzer, 1945–50, 1961–69<br /> 9. John Hanning, 1951–60<br /> 10. Milton Miller, 1969–73<br /> 11. John Mitchell, 1973–85<br /> 12. Mary K. Shell, 1985–96<br /> 13. Pete Parra, 1997–2004<br /> 14. Michael J. Rubio, 2005–10<br /> 15. Karen Goh, 2010–12<br /> 16. Leticia Perez, 2012—present<br />

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