Committee to Elect Richard Lankford for Sheriff

Committee to Elect Richard Lankford for Sheriff is located in College Park, United States on P.O. Box 87514. Committee to Elect Richard Lankford for Sheriff is rated 3 out of 5 in the category political organization in United States. A resident of Fulton County, Georgia for more than 40 years, Richard Lankford has a 25 year history as a Deputy Sheriff. He moved successfully through the ranks of the Sheriff’s Department, and in 1981 attained the rank of Captain. In 1984, Richard ran a successful campaign for Sheriff and on January 1, 1985, was sworn in by Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris as the High Sheriff of Fulton County, becoming the first African American to be elected Sheriff in the history of the State of Georgia.