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Treasurer of the United States
The Treasurer of the United States is the only position within the United States Department of the Treasury older than the Department itself. It was established on September 6 , 1777 .
The Treasurer was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department of the Treasury. Responsibility for oversight of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing , the United States Mint , and the United States Savings Bonds Division (now the Savings Bond Marketing Office within the Bureau of the Public Debt ) was assigned to the Treasurer in 1981 . The Treasurer reports to the Secretary of the Treasury through the Assistant Secretary (Management)/Chief Financial Officer.
The Treasurer's signature, along with the Treasury Secretary's, must appear on Federal Reserve notes before they can become legal tender.
In 1949, eager to appoint a woman to a prominent political position President Truman appointed Georgia Neese Clark Treasurer. Since then, every subsequent Treasurer has been a woman.
Treasurers of the United States
Name
Term of Office
President(s) served underMichael Hillegas July 29 , 1775 - September 11 , 1789 none Samuel Meredith September 11 , 1789 - 1 December , 1801 George Washington , John Adams ,Thomas Jefferson Thomas T. Tucker
December 1 , 1801 - May 2 , 1828 Thomas Jefferson , James Madison ,James Monroe , John Quincy Adams William Clark
June 4 , 1828 - May 31 , 1829 John Quincy Adams , Andrew Jackson John Campbell May 26 , 1829 - July 20 , 1839 Andrew Jackson , Martin Van Buren William Selden
July 22 , 1839 - November 23 , 1850 Martin Van Buren , William Henry Harrison ,John Tyler , James K. Polk , Zachary Taylor , Millard Fillmore John Sloan November 27 , 1850 - April 6 , 1852 Millard Fillmore Samuel Casey
April 4 , 1853 - December 22 , 1859 Franklin Pierce , James Buchanan William C. Price
February 28 , 1860 - March 21 , 1861 Franklin Pierce , Abraham Lincoln F.E. Spinner
March 16 , 1861 - July 30 , 1875 Abraham Lincoln , Andrew Johnson ,Ulysses S. Grant John C. New
June 30 , 1875 - July 1 , 1876 Ulysses S. Grant A.U. Wyman
July 1 , 1876 - June 30 , 1877 Ulysses S. Grant , Rutherford B. Hayes James Gilfillan
July 1 , 1876 - June 30 , 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes , James A. Garfield ,Chester A. Arthur Conrad N. Jordan
May 1 , 1885 - March 23 , 1887 Grover Cleveland James W. Hyatt
May 24 , 1887 - May 10 , 1889 Grover Cleveland , Benjamin Harrison J.N. Huston
May 11 , 1889 - April 24 , 1891 Benjamin Harrison Enos H. Nebecker
April 25 , 1891 - May 31 , 1893 Benjamin Harrison , Grover Cleveland D.N. Morgan
June 1 , 1893 - June 30 , 1897 Grover Cleveland , William McKinley Ellis H. Roberts
July 1 , 1897 - June 30 , 1905 William McKinley , Theodore Roosevelt Charles H. Treat
July 1 , 1905 - October 30 , 1909 Theodore Roosevelt , William Howard Taft Lee McClung
November 1 , 1909 - November 21 , 1912 William Howard Taft Carmi A. Thompson
November 22 , 1912 - March 31 , 1913 William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson John Burke April 1 , 1913 - January 5 , 1921 Woodrow Wilson Frank White
May 2 , 1921 - May 1 , 1928 Warren G. Harding , Calvin Coolidge H.T. Tate
May 31 , 1928 - January 17 , 1929 Calvin Coolidge W.O. Woods
January 18 , 1929 - May 31 , 1933 Calvin Coolidge , Herbert Hoover ,Franklin Delano Roosevelt William Alexander Julian
June 1 , 1933 - May 29 , 1949 Franklin Delano Roosevelt , Harry S. Truman Georgia Neese Clark
June 21 , 1949 - January 27 , 1953 Harry S. Truman , Dwight D. Eisenhower Ivy Baker Priest
January 28 , 1953 - January 29 , 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower , John F. Kennedy Elizabeth Rudel Smith
January 30 , 1961 - April 13 , 1962 John F. Kennedy Kathryn O'Hay Granahan
January 3 , 1963 - November 22 , 1966 John F. Kennedy , Lyndon Johnson Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis
May 8 , 1969 - July 3 , 1971 Richard Nixon Romana Acosta Bañuelos
December 17 , 1971 - February 14 , 1974 Richard Nixon Francine Irving Neff
June 21 , 1974 - January 19 , 1977 Gerald Ford Azie Taylor Morton September 12 , 1977 - January 20 , 1981 Jimmy Carter Angela Marie Buchanan
March 17 , 1981 - July 5 , 1983 Ronald Reagan Katherine D. Ortega September 22 , 1983 - July 1 , 1989 Ronald Reagan , George H. W. Bush Catalina Vasquez Villalpando
November 20 , 1989 - January 20 , 1993 George H. W. Bush Mary Ellen Withrow March 1 , 1994 - January 20 , 2001 Bill Clinton Rosario Marin August 16 , 2001 - June 30 , 2003 George W. Bush Anna Escobedo Cabral December 13 , 2004 - presentGeorge W. Bush
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