• John Beckwith (1853-1879) - Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff William Brady during the Lincoln County War of New Mexico, was killed by a rustler.

• Robert "Bob" W. Beckwith (1850-1878) - Brother of John Beckwith, Bob was a deputy sheriff under Sheriff William Brady during the Lincoln County War of New Mexico, and was killed during the battle at the McSween house.

• Johnny Behan (1845-1912) - Corrupt Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff, sided with the Cowboy faction against the Earps in Tombstone.

• Hamilton Bell (1853-1947) - Sheriff of Ford County, Kansas for three decades following lawman Bat Masterson. He arrested more alleged outlaws, with a warrant, than any other lawman in the West.

• James W. Bell, aka: Lone Bell (18??–1881) - Texas Ranger in the mid 1870's and deputy sheriff under Pat Garrett during the Lincoln County War. He was killed by Billy the Kid while he was guarding the outlaw in the Lincoln courthouse on April 28, 1881.

• John X. Beidler (1831-1890) - A farmer in Kansas, Beidler was associated with John Brown before the abolitionist was executed. He then moved to Texas, Colorado and Montana, where he became a member of a vigilante committee, before becoming a legitimate U.S. Deputy Marshal.

• William J. Brady (1825-1878) - Sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, killed in the Lincoln County War by Billy the Kid.

• George Bravin (1862-1918) - Bravin served as a Tombstone Deputy Sheriff, a U.S. Deputy Marshal, and a Pearce, Arizona Constable.

• William Milton Breakenridge (1846–1931) - Cochise County, Arizona Deputy Sheriff under Johnny Behan during the time of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Went on to serve as a U.S. Deputy Marshal, a surveyor, and as a detective for the Southern Pacific Railroad.

• Richard M. Brewer (1850-1878) - Constable in Lincoln County, New Mexico and involved in the Lincoln County War.

• Jack L. Bridges (1838-??) - Lawman in Kansas City and Dodge City, U.S. Deputy Marshal in Hays and Wichita, Kansas.

• William L. "Buffalo Bill" Brooks (1832–1874) - Lawman turned outlaw, Brooks served as Marshal in Newton and Dodge City, Kansas, before being arrested for horse theft. He and two other men were lynched by a vigilante mob in Caldwell, Kansas on July 29, 1874.

• Henry Newton Brown (1857–1884) -  Fought with the Regulators in the Lincoln County War of New Mexico. He then worked as a sheriff in Tascosa, Texas and a marshal in Caldwell, Kansas. While serving as a lawman, he made a failed attempt to rob a bank in Medicine Lodge, Kansas on April 30, 1884. He was immediately captured and hanged the same day by vigilantes.

• Neal Brown (1850–????) - Dodge City, Kansas Assistant Marshal and U.S. Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma Territory.

• Seth Bullock (1849-1919) - Lewis and Clark County, Montana Sheriff, Lawrence County, South Dakota Sheriff, and U.S. Deputy Marshal in Dakota Territory.

• Matthew "Matt" Burts (18??-??) - A lawman and outlaw, Burts rode with Burt Alvord, Billie Stiles and the Owens brothers. He served briefly as a deputy town constable in Pearce, Arizona in 1899. He was imprisoned for robbery, and killed by a ranching neighbor in California in November 1925.

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• California State Rangers - California's first state-wide law enforcement agency, formed in 1853.

• Frank M. Canton, aka: Joe Horner (1849–1927) - Johnson County, Wyoming Sheriff where he fought in the Johnson County War. Later moved to Oklahoma where he became a U.S. Deputy Marshal and Q County, Oklahoma Under Sherriff.

• James Carlyle (18??-1880) - Carlyle was a deputy sheriff in Las Vegas, New Mexico when he was killed by on December 1, 1880.

• T. Jeff Carr - The first sheriff of Laramie County, Wyoming Territory, in 1869. He made Wild Bill Hickok check his guns in Cheyenne and in 1876, arrested Jack McCall, the man who shot Hickok. Later served as a U.S. Deputy Marshal for Wyoming.

• Joe Carson (18??-1880) - Part of the Dodge City Gang of Las Vegas, New Mexico, Carson was the town constable. He was killed by outlaw John Dorsey when he asked him to check his guns on January 22, 1880.

• Tom Carson - A lawman and nephew of Kit Carson, Carson was a Deputy City Marshal in  Abilene, Kansas under Wild Bill Hickok. Later, he worked as a lawman in Dodge City, where he was killed.

• “Tex” Carter - A gunfighter for Jim Lacy, Opium Bob, and Dutch Charley Bates, Carter escaped a lynch mob on March 22, 1881, at Rawlins, Wyoming and later became a sheriff in Nebraska.

• L.B. Caruthers - A lawman, Caruthers served with the Texas Rangers during the Higgins-Horrell feud and fought the Evans Gang in 1880.

• Willard Erastus Christianson, aka: Matt Warner, Ras Lewis (1864-1938) - Both an outlaw and a lawman, Christianson started started out as an outlaw, changing his name to Matt Warner. He rode with Butch Cassidy and wound up in prison. Afterwards, he served as Justice of the Peace deputy sheriff in Carbon County, Utah.

• Emanuel "Mannie" Clements, Jr. (18??-1908) - Served under Sheriff Dave Allison as deputy sheriff at Pecos City, Texas. He later worked for Jim Miller during the Miller-Frazer feud in Pecos, Texas in 1891.  While serving as a lawman in EI Paso, Texas he was killed on December 29, 1908.

• Chas Coe - A lawman and outlaw, he killed two men in Grayson County, Texas in 1884 and was indicted for murder.

• Charles Francis Colcord (1859-1934) - U.S. Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma Territory, Chief of Police in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• Thalis T.Cook - (1858-??) - A lawman, Cook served as a Texas Ranger for several years in the 1880s and 1890s, during which he killed many outlaws including Fine Gilliland and the Friar brothers.

• Scott Cooley (1845-1876?) - A llawman and gunfighter, he killed Deputy Sheriff Worley during the Mason County War in Texas in 1875. When the Texas Rangers were brought in to settle the "war," Cooley disappeared, only to have mysteriously died a short time later.

• David J. Cook (1842–1907) - Denver, Colorado Marshal, responsible for over 3,000 arrests.

• William R. Cruger (1840-1882) - Deputy to John M. Larn in Shackleford County, Texas. Later became sheriff and arrested former boss, Larn, who had turned to outlawry. Moved to Tennessee where he served as marshal in Princeton and was killed by a drunken prisoner.

• Timothy Isaiah Courtright, aka: Long-Haired Jim (1848-1887) - A lawman and outlaw, Courtright was elected city marshal of Fort Worth, Texas in 1876. He became a U.S. Deputy Marshal in 1883, but became a fugitive after his posse killed two ranchers. He was later acquitted. He was killed by Luke Short in a gunfight in 1887.

• Edward Crawford - Served on the Ellsworth, Kansas police force in the early 1870s, until he was discharged for killing suspected murderer Cad Pierce. Crawford was later killed by Pierce's brother.

• Samuel M. "Doc" Cummings (18??-1882) - Cummings worked as a Deputy Marshal in EI Paso, Texas, in 1881 under Dallas Stoudenmire. He was killed by Jim Manning on February 14, 1882.

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• Frank Dalton (1859-1887) - The older brother of the boys who formed the Dalton Gang, Frank was a U.S. Deputy Marshal at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Involved in a number of gunfights during his short career, he was killed, along Deputy J.R. Cole in 1887 by a man named Dave Smith.

• Grattan “Grat” Dalton (1865-1892) - A member of the deadly Dalton Gang, Grat was first a U.S. Deputy Marshal before he chose a life a crime -- a decision that would get him killed in the Coffeyville Raid.

• John Doherty - Doherty served as the Mora County, New Mexico Sheriff before he was later murdered.

• Cornelius "Lame Johnny" Donahue (1850-1878) - A lawman and an outlaw, Donahue came from the east to be a cowboy in Texas, but failing that, he became a horse thief. He wound up in Deadwood, South Dakota, where he was a deputy sheriff before returning to a life of crime and being hanged by vigilantes.

• Leslie Dow (18??-1897) - A gunfighter and a lawman, Dow killed killed Zack Light in a gunfight in the late 1880s. He later became sheriff of Eddy County, New Mexico on November 27, 1896. He was killed the next April by the former sheriff, Dave Kemp.

• William Downing - Served as a Deputy sheriff in Willcox, Arizona under Burt" Alvord in the late 1890's. Later, when Alvord turned outlaw, Downing allowed him to escape.

• John Riley Duncan (1850-1911) - Dallas police officer, detective and Texas Ranger, most noteworthy in the capture of John Wesley Hardin.

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