Madison Police Chiefs

1. Fred Mohr, 1856-1857 (His title was city marshal.)
2. Andrew Bishop, 1857-1858, 1862-1863,1872-1875, 1877-1879, 1881
3. John Shealey, 1859, 1867, 1870
4. Fred S. Van Bergen, 1860-1861
5. John B. Hyland, 1864
6. Ira W. Bird, 1865
7. Ben F. Larkin, 1866
8. William Hickey, 1867 (failed to qualify)
9. Joshua W. Tolford, 1868
10. Theodore C. Botsford, 1869
11. Charles C. Hammer, 1871
12. Frank Dorn, 1876
13. Benjamin D. Miner, 1880 (Jan. - Aug.)
14. John L. Lewis, 1880, 1882-1885
15. Edward Lyons, 1886
16. John E. Adamson, 1887-1894 (Big Jack)
17. Charles W. Heyl, 1895 (later became fire chief)
18. E.S. Parkison, 1896
19. Henry C. Baker, 1897-1907
20. Thomas Shayghnessy, 1907-1925
21. Frank Trostle, 1925-1930
22. Harry Davenport, 1930 (May - December)
23. William H. McCormick, 1931-1948
24. Bruce Weatherly, 1949-1959 (Madison's first "outside chief," from San Antonio, Texas.)
25. Wilbur H. Emry, 1959-1972
26. David C. Couper, 1973-1993 (Longest tenure as Madison Police Chief)
27. Richard K. Williams, 1993-2004
28. Noble Wray 2004-