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[edit] How long do they serve?
How long does a commissioner serve?
It used to be that commissioners had unlimited tenure: Guy Helvering may have been the longest- serving Commissioner, at 10 years, 4 months (6/6/1933 — 10/8/1943). The IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 set a five-year term of office. The Commissioner serving when this Act became law, Charles Rossotti, served the full five years, from November 1997 to November 2002.
[edit] Potential Reference Sources
Thoughts on the reliability of the Tax History Project? They have a list of commissioners from 1862 onward. Tim.kennedy 01:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I think the website for www.taxhistory.org should be OK. Also, I can check it against CCH's website, which is highly authoritative. (CCH also has the list of Commissioners.) Famspear 02:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Wikitabled the list, I'm going to leave it up to someone more invested in this article to check and decide whether to post it:
| No. |
Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Start of Term |
End of Term |
| 1 |
George S. Boutwell |
July 17, 1862 |
March 4, 1863 |
| 2 |
Joseph J. Lewis |
March 18, 1863 |
June 30, 1865 |
| 3 |
William Orton |
July 1, 1865 |
October 31, 1865 |
| 4 |
Edward A. Rollins |
November 1, 1865 |
March 10, 1869 |
| 5 |
Columbus Delano |
March 11, 1869 |
October 31, 1870 |
| 6 |
Alfred Pleasonton |
January 3, 1871 |
August 8, 1871 |
| 7 |
John W. Douglass |
August 9, 1871 |
May 15, 1875 |
| 8 |
Daniel D. Pratt |
May 15, 1875 |
July 31, 1876 |
| 9 |
Green B. Raum |
August 2, 1876 |
April 30, 1883 |
| 10 |
Walter Evans |
May 21, 1883 |
March 19, 1885 |
| 11 |
Joseph S. Miller |
March 20, 1885 |
March 20, 1889 |
| 12 |
John W. Mason |
March 21, 1889 |
April 18, 1893 |
| 13 |
Joseph S. Miller |
April 19, 1893 |
November 26, 1896 |
| 14 |
William St. John Forman |
November 27, 1896 |
December 31, 1897 |
| 15 |
Nathan B. Scott |
January 1, 1898 |
February 18, 1899 |
| 16 |
George W. Wilson |
March 1, 1899 |
November 27, 1900 |
| 17 |
John W. Yerkes |
December 20, 1900 |
April 30, 1907 |
| 18 |
John G. Capers |
June 5, 1907 |
August 31, 1909 |
| 19 |
Royal E. Cabell |
September 1, 1909 |
April 27, 1913 |
| 20 |
William H. Osborn |
April 28, 1913 |
September 25, 1917 |
| 21 |
Daniel Calhoun Roper |
September 26, 1917 |
March 31, 1920 |
| 22 |
William M. Williams |
April 1, 1920 |
April 11, 1921 |
| 23 |
David H. Blair |
May 27, 1921 |
May 31, 1929 |
| 24 |
Robert H. Lucas |
June 1, 1929 |
August 15, 1930 |
| 26 |
David Burnet |
August 20, 1930 |
May 15, 1933 |
| 27 |
Guy T. Helvering |
June 6, 1933 |
October 8, 1943 |
| 28 |
Robert E. Hannegan |
October 9, 1943 |
January 22, 1944 |
| 29 |
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr. |
March 1, 1944 |
June 30, 1947 |
| 30 |
George J. Schoeneman |
July 1, 1947 |
July 31, 1951 |
| 31 |
John B. Dunlap |
August 1, 1951 |
November 18, 1952 |
| 32 |
T. Coleman Andrews |
February 4, 1953 |
October 31, 1955 |
| 33 |
Russell C. Harrington |
December 5, 1955 |
September 30, 1958 |
| 34 |
Dana Latham |
November 5, 1958 |
January 20, 1961 |
| 35 |
Mortimer M. Caplin |
February 7, 1961 |
July 10, 1964 |
| 36 |
Sheldon S. Cohen |
January 25, 1965 |
January 20, 1969 |
| 37 |
Randolph W. Thrower |
April 1, 1969 |
June 22, 1971 |
| 38 |
Johnnie M. Walters |
August 6, 1971 |
April 30, 1973 |
| 39 |
Donald C. Alexander |
May 25, 1973 |
February 26, 1977 |
| 40 |
Jerome Kurtz |
May 5, 1977 |
October 31, 1980 |
| 41 |
Roscoe L. Egger |
March 14, 1981 |
April 30, 1986 |
| 42 |
Lawrence B. Gibbs |
August 4, 1986 |
March 4, 1989 |
| 43 |
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. |
July 5, 1989 |
February 2, 1992 |
| 44 |
Shirley D. Peterson |
February 3, 1992 |
January 20, 1993 |
| 45 |
Margaret Milner Richardson |
May 27, 1993 |
May 31, 1997 |
| 46 |
Charles O. Rossotti |
November 13, 1997 |
November 6, 2002 |
| 47 |
Mark W. Everson |
May 1, 2003 |
present |
Source: Tax History Project
No article on Guy Helvering; I guess he only lives on in case captions. Green Raum, a Civil War commander turned anti-moonshiner, seems like another fascinating figure without an article. Tim.kennedy 07:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
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- As time allows, I'll try to check this table against the CCH list, and transfer the table to the article if it's accurate. Stay tuned. Yours, Famspear 15:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
