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Sheriff
Madison County Sheriff's Office, Missouri
| Appointee | Katy McCutcheon |
|---|---|
| Role | Sheriff |
| Organisation | Madison County Sheriff's Office, Missouri |
| Domain | Law Enforcement |
| Start | 1 January 2017 |
| End | Currently in role |
| Notes | First woman elected sheriff in Missouri history (joint state first with Cindi Mullins of Saline County elected same cycle) |
Katy McCutcheon was elected sheriff of Madison County, Missouri in November 2016 and took office in January 2017, becoming a joint first-woman-elected sheriff in Missouri state history. Cindi Mullins was elected sheriff of Saline County, Missouri in the same November 2016 cycle, and the two women took office at the same time. Contemporary Missouri press records them jointly as the state's first elected women sheriffs.
Before her election, McCutcheon spent fifteen years in Madison County public service as the county's 911 director and deputy coroner.
The pre-McCutcheon Missouri record contains an earlier name often mistakenly cited as Missouri's first woman sheriff: Minnie Mae Talbot of Lafayette County, 1919, who succeeded her husband as sheriff after he was killed in the line of duty. The pathway was widow succession by appointment; she is documented in this dossier as historical context rather than as a separate entry. The Mullins joint event in Saline County is also recorded as context inside this dossier.
