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U.S. Marshals Service

History - List of USMS Directors and Predecessors

Name Title Appointed
Clive W. Palmer  Head (Chief), Executive Office for United States Marshals December 20, 1957
     
James J.P. McShane Head (Chief), Executive Office for United States Marshals June 21, 1962
     
Carl Turner Chief, Executive Office for United States Marshals March 5, 1969
     
Wayne B. Colburn Director, U.S. Marshals Service January 16, 1970
     
William E. Hall Director, U.S. Marshals Service May 23, 1976
     
Stanley E. Morris Director, U.S. Marshals Service October 23, 1983
     
K. Michael Moore Director, U.S. Marshals Service November 6, 1989
     
Henry E. Hudson Acting Director, and Director, U.S. Marshals Service February 24, 1992 (Acting) & August 12, 1992 (Director)
     
John J. Twomey  Acting Director, U.S. Marshals Service October 17, 1993
     
Eduardo Gonzalez  Director, U.S. Marshals Service November 18, 1993
     
George Ray Havens Acting Director, U.S. Marshals Service June 21, 1999
     
John W. Marshall     Director, U.S. Marshals Service November 17, 1999
     
Louie McKinney Acting Director, U.S. Marshals Service January 21, 2001
     
Benigno G. Reyna Director, U.S. Marshals Service October 30, 2001
     
John F. Clark  Acting Director and Director, U.S. Marshals Service August 1, 2005 (Acting) & March 17, 2006 (Director)
     
Stacia A. Hylton Director, U.S. Marshals Service December 31, 2010
 
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