Which character in The Hateful Eight claims to be Red Rock's new sheriff?

Chris Mannix claims to be Red Rock’s new sheriff in The Hateful Eight. He makes that claim while traveling through a Wyoming blizzard and joining the stagecoach carrying bounty hunter John Ruth and prisoner Daisy Domergue.

Mannix says his father, Erskine Mannix, was a Confederate-aligned militia leader known as the head of Mannix’s Marauders. His asserted sheriff status gives him authority in the tense stagecoach conversation, although the film’s characters repeatedly question whether he is telling the truth.

The other options are different members of the cabin’s dangerous group: Jody Domergue is Daisy’s brother, Joe Gage is a traveler who claims to be heading to visit his mother, and Oswaldo Mobray presents himself as Red Rock’s new hangman. The uncertainty surrounding Mannix’s identity fuels the film’s mystery.