---
type: Person
title: "Steve Whidden"
description: "Sheriff, Hendry County — Hendry County, FL"
role: "Sheriff, Hendry County"
party: "R"
level: "county"
branch: "executive"
state: "FL"
contact:
  email: "pwegcscheid@hendrysheriff.org"
  phone: "(863) 674-5600"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-01"
  current: true
ids:
  person: "f8f884ab-784b-4971-b8ca-85d6bcc870e5"
  office: "dd343512-f90f-4d96-a814-a56789db8a93"
  tenure: "f50f7f18-b53f-431d-b826-3b1e309b816c"
  jurisdiction: "f94ffd41-cdb1-48e2-8ad6-5b99ad3035dd"
sources:
  - field: office
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: tenure
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census TIGER 2024"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, county, executive, fl]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Steve Whidden

Current Sheriff, Hendry County (Hendry County, FL).

## Sources

- office: Florida Association of Counties
- tenure: Florida Association of Counties
- jurisdiction: Census TIGER 2024

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).