Former Lake County Prosecuting Attorneys
| Who We Are Former Lake County Prosecuting Attorneys Each County in Ohio has a Prosecuting Attorney who is elected quadrennially. Since the establishment of Lake County in 1840, thirty-five attorneys have served as Lake County’s Prosecuting Attorney. Initially the term of office for Prosecuting Attorney was two years. Circa 1928, the General Assembly increased the term of office for the Prosecuting Attorney to four years. |
| William L. Perkins 1840-1840 | Homer Harper 1911-1914 |
| C. Case 1840-1842 | George C. Von Beselor 1915-1918 |
| Charles B. Smythe 1842-1844 | R. N. Whitcomb 1919-1920 |
| Salmon B. Axtell 1844-1848 | Ralph M. Ostrander 1921-1922 |
| William Matthews 1848-1853 | Morgan Giblin 1923-1924 |
| Alva L. Tinker 1853-1857 | Seth Paulin 1925-1928 |
| Charles J. Bomer 1857-1859 | J. Frank Pollock 1929-1932 |
| William L. Perkins 1859-1863 | Howard U. Daniels 1933-1936 |
| W. W. Nevison 1863-1867 | Lester W. Donaldson 1937-1948 |
| Jerome B. Burrows 1867-1869 | Thomas J. Blakely 1949-1952 |
| Alva L. Tinker 1869-1873 | John M. Parks 1953-1956 |
| John W. Tyler 1873-1875 | Edward A. Ostrander 1957-1960 |
| E. J. Sweeney 1875-1877 | Fred V. Skok 1961-1972 |
| Lord Sterling 1877-1879 | Paul H. Mitrovich 1973-1976 |
| Clinton D. Clark 1879-1886 | John E. Shoop 1977-1988 |
| Homer Harper 1886-1895 | Steven C. LaTourette 1989-1994 |
| Harry P. Bosworth 1895-1903 | Charles E. Coulson 1995- |
| E. F. Blakely 1904-1910 |