Lawmen List -  U-Z

Index   A  B  C D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

U

• U.S. Marshals (1789-present) - Created more than 200 years ago in 1789, the congressional act also established the federal judicial system.

• David "Big Dave" Updyke (1830-1866)  - Though thought to have been the leader of a vicious gang of outlaws, Updyke  was elected sheriff of Ada County, Idaho, in 1865. He was lynched on April 14, 1866, for allegedly aiding horse thieves and murderers.

V

• Antonio Jose Valdez, aka: EI Mico, EI Patas de Rana) -  Both an outlaw and lawman, Valdez was one of Silva's White Caps of Las Vegas, New Mexico. He later became city marshal of Wagon Mound, New Mexico.

• Stephen Venard (1823-1891) - Nevada City, California Marshal and Wells Fargo Detective.

• Joseph "Joe” W. Ventioner (1852-1941) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the spring of 1895 in Oklahoma by Marshal Evett Nix. Residing just three miles of the Doolin-Dalton Gang hide-out, in Lenora, on the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation, he was one of the strongest forces in driving them from the area and was best known for tracking down and killing ruthless Oklahoma outlaw, George "Red Buck” Weightman in 1896.

W

• Fredrick Tecumseh "Fred" Waite (1853-1895) - A Chickasaw Indian, Waite was a short-time member of Billy the Kid's Gang and gunfighter for the Regulators during the Lincoln County War, but, would later serve as a lawman and prominent politician.

• Lyman W. Wakefield - Served as a Field Deputy for the U.S. Marshals in Arizona Territory before becoming the sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona in the 1890's. He shot and killed outlaw Pedro Chavez.

• William Alexander Anderson "Bigfoot" Wallace (1817-1899) - Served as a Texas lawman for several years before joining the Texas Rangers and soon made captain. He died on January 7, 1899.

• Richard "Dick" Clayton Ware (1851-1902) - While serving as a Texas Ranger, Ware shot Sam Bass at Round Rock, Texas. Later served as Mitchell County, Texas Sheriff and as a U.S. Deputy Marshal in West Texas. He was killed by Constable John Selman in El Paso, Texas.

• Matt Warner  - See Willard Erastus Christianson

• Frank J. Wattron - Navajo County, Arizona Sheriff.

• John Joshua (J.J.) Webb (1847-1882) -  Both an lawman and an outlaw, Webb served as a Dodge City, Kansas Deputy Marshal before moving on to Las Vegas, New Mexico. There, he served as a "crooked lawman" when the Dodge City Gang was in control.

• John Welch - Served as Judge Roy Bean's deputy in Langtry, Texas in 1893.

• Justus P. Welles - Served as a U.S. Deputy Marshal in the Arizona Territory.

• John Wemett - Deputy Sheriff of Val Verde County, Texas in 1909 under Sheriff C.C. Bartley.

• Duval West (1861-1949) - Starting out as a prospector and a cowboy, West later became a U.S. Deputy Marshal in Texas. He fought  the Bill Whitley Gang after the in the "Great Harwood Train Robbery" in 1888. Later, he became a lawyer and a federal judge.

• Parker Weston - Served as a Texas Ranger under Captain Frank Johnson in 1906.

• Ben Wheeler - See Ben A. Robertson

• Harry Cornwall Wheeler (1875-1925) - Wheeler worked briefly as a miner in Tombstone before joining the Arizona Rangers in 1903.  He soon obtained the rank of captain and commanded the Arizona Rangers until they were disbanded in 1909.  Later, he was elected sheriff of Cochise County.

• William Fletcher Wheeler (1824-1894) - The third U.S. Marshal in Montana Territory from 1869-1878.

• Fred White (1849-1880) - Tombstone Marshal Fred White was killed in in October, 1880 when a group of five outlaws were shooting up the town.

• Harvey Howard Whitehill (1837-1906) Miner and Grant County, New Mexico, Sheriff. 

• Chauncey "Cap" Belden Whitney (1842-1873) - Ellsworth, Kansas constable and county sheriff.

• J. Shelby "Sheb" Williams (1850-1931) - Appointed a U.S. Marshal for East Texas and the Indian Territory by President Grover Cleveland on January 15, 1894. He was reappointed by President William McKinley. Williams was owner of the first ship above White Horse Rapids in the Yukon Territory and of the first steam dredge for mining gold there. He was an advisor to the United States Department of Agriculture, Chairman of the American Cotton Congress, and campaign manager for Texas Governor Oscar B. Colquitt.

• William "Billy" Wilson - See David L Anderson

• Frank Wolcott (1840-1910) - U.S. Deputy Marshal in Wyoming, discharged for "offensive behavior." Led a group of 50 gunfighters in the Johnson County War.

• Chauncey "Cap" Belden Whitney (1842-1873) - The first city marshal of Ellsworth, Kansas in 1871, and became sheriff of the county in 1872. He was killed by Billy Thompson on August 18, 1873.

• William "Bill" R. Wren - Fought in the Horrell-Higgins Feud of Lampasas County, Texas. Later became a county sheriff.

• W.W. "Boss” Wright (18??-1856) - Nevada County, California Sheriff. He was killed in the line of duty by citizens when they mistakenly thought he was an escaped convict on November 3, 1856.

X

Y

• Jacob "Blake Jake” Yoes (1839-1906) - One of the best known of Judge Isaac Parker’s U.S. Marshals, Yoes was also a miner, an entrepreneur, and a politician.

Z

Lawman Summaries

Lawman Full Articles

Index   A  B  C D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z