Treasurer of the United States

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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. Five of the past nine Treasurers have also been Hispanic.

Treasurers of the United States

No.	Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Michael Hillegas	July 29, 1775 - September 11, 1789	George Washington; Also served under Confederation Congress
2	Samuel Meredith	September 11, 1789 - 1 December 1801	George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
3	Thomas T. Tucker	December 1, 1801 - May 2, 1828	Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
4	William Clark	June 4, 1828 - May 31, 1829	John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson
5	John Campbell	May 26, 1829 - July 20, 1839	Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
6	William Selden	July 22, 1839 - November 23, 1850	Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
7	John Sloan	November 27, 1850 - April 6, 1852	Millard Fillmore
8	Samuel Casey	April 4, 1853 - December 22, 1859	Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan
9	William C. Price	February 28, 1860 - March 21, 1861	Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln
10	F.E. Spinner	March 16, 1861 - July 30, 1875	Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant
11	John C. New	June 30, 1875 - July 1, 1876	Ulysses S. Grant
12	A.U. Wyman	July 1, 1876 - June 30, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes
13	James Gilfillan	July 1, 1877 - March 31, 1883	Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
14	A.U. Wyman	April 1, 1883 - April 30, 1885	Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland
15	Conrad N. Jordan	May 1, 1885 - March 23, 1887	Grover Cleveland
16	James W. Hyatt	May 24, 1887 - May 10, 1889	Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison
17	J.N. Huston	May 11, 1889 - April 24, 1891	Benjamin Harrison
18	Enos H. Nebecker	April 25, 1891 - May 31, 1893	Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland
19	D.N. Morgan	June 1, 1893 - June 30, 1897	Grover Cleveland, William McKinley
20	Ellis H. Roberts	July 1, 1897 - June 30, 1905	William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
21	Charles H. Treat	July 1, 1905 - October 30, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
22	Lee McClung	November 1, 1909 - November 21, 1912	William Howard Taft
23	Carmi A. Thompson	November 22, 1912 - March 31, 1913	William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
24	John Burke	April 1, 1913 - January 5, 1921	Woodrow Wilson
25	Frank White	May 2, 1921 - May 1, 1928	Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
26	Harold Theodore Tate	May 31, 1928 - January 17, 1929	Calvin Coolidge
27	W.O. Woods	January 18, 1929 - May 31, 1933	Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
28	William Alexander Julian	June 1, 1933 - May 29, 1949	Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
29	Georgia Neese Clark	June 21, 1949 - January 27, 1953	Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower
30	Ivy Baker Priest	January 28, 1953 - January 29, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy
31	Elizabeth Rudel Smith	January 30, 1961 - April 13, 1962	John F. Kennedy
32	Kathryn O'Hay Granahan	January 3, 1963 - November 22, 1966	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
33	Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis	May 8, 1969 - July 3, 1971	Richard Nixon
34	Romana Acosta Bañuelos	December 17, 1971 - February 14, 1974	Richard Nixon
35	Francine Irving Neff	June 21, 1974 - January 19, 1977	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
36	Azie Taylor Morton	September 12, 1977 - January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
37	Angela Marie Buchanan	March 17, 1981 - July 5, 1983	Ronald Reagan
38	Katherine D. Ortega	September 22, 1983 - July 1, 1989	Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
39	Catalina Vasquez Villalpando	November 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
40	Mary Ellen Withrow	March 1, 1994 - January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
41	Rosario Marin	August 16, 2001 - June 30, 2003	George W. Bush
42	Anna Escobedo Cabral	December 13, 2004 - present	George W. Bush

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