Connecticut State Treasurer

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State Treasurer of Connecticut
Connecticut State Treasurer Seal.png
Seal of the State Treasurer
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Incumbent
Erick Russell
since 2023
Formation1639
First holder Thomas Welles
Website portal.ct.gov/OTT

The Connecticut State Treasurer serves the office of treasurer for the state of Connecticut.

List of state treasurers

#ImageNameTook officeLeft officeParty
1 Thomas Welles 16391641
2William Whiting16411648
3 Thomas Welles 16481652
4John Talcott, Sr.16521660
5John Talcott, Jr.16601676
6 William Pitkin 16761679
7Joseph Whiting16791718
8John Whiting17181750
9Nathaniel Stanly17501756
10 Joseph Talcott 17561769
11John Lawrence17691789
12 Jedediah Huntington.png Jedediah Huntington 17891790
13Peter Colt17901794
14Andrew Kingsbury17941818
15Isaac Spencer18181835
16Jeremiah Brown18351838
17Hiram Ryder18381842
18Jabez L. White, Jr.18421844
19Joseph B. Gilbert18441846
20Alonzo W. Birge18461847
21Joseph B. Gilbert18471849
22Henry D. Smith18491851
23Thomas Clark18511852
24Edwin Stearns18521854
25Daniel Camp18541855
26Arthur B. Calef18551856
27Frederick P. Coe18561857
28Frederick S. Wildman18571858
29Lucius J. Hendee18581861
30Ezra Dean18611862
31Gabriel W. Coite18621866
32Henry G. Taintor18661867
33Edward S. Moseley18671869
34David P. Nichols18691870
35Charles M. Pond18701871
36David P. Nichols18711873
37William E. Raymond18731877
38Edwin A. Buck18771879
39Talmadge Baker18791881
40David P. Nichols1881January 2, 1882Republican
41James D. Smith18821883Republican
42Alfred R. Goodrich18831885Democratic
43V. B. Chamberlain18851887Republican
44 Alexander Warner.jpg Alexander Warner 18871889Republican
44 Edward Stevens Henry (Connecticut Congressman).jpg E. Stevens Henry 18891893Republican
45Marvin H. Sanger18931895Democratic
46George W. Hodge18951897Republican
47Charles W. Grosvenor18971899Republican
48Charles S. Mersick18991901Republican
49Henry H. Gallup19011905Republican
50James F. Walsh19051907Republican
51Freeman F. Patten19071911Republican
52Costello Lippitt19111913Republican
53Edward S. Roberts19131915Democratic
54F. S. Chamberlain19151919Republican
55G. Harold Gilpatric19191924Republican
56Anson T. McCook19241924Republican
57 Ernest E. Rogers.jpg Ernest E. Rogers 19251929Republican
58 Samuel R. Spencer, Connecticut politician circa 1918.jpg Samuel R. Spencer 19291931Republican
59 Roy C. Wilcox 19311933Republican
60J. William Hope19331935Republican
61John S. Addis1935September 29, 1937Democratic
62Thomas Hewes19371937Democratic
63Guy B. Holt19371939Democratic
64 JosephETalbot.jpg Joseph E. Talbot 19391941Republican
65 Frank M. Anastasio 19411943Democratic
66 Carl M. Sharpe 19431945Republican
67 William T. Carroll 19451947Democratic
68 Joseph A. Adorno 19471955Republican
69 John Ottaviano Jr. 19551959Republican
70 John A. Speziale 19591961Democratic
71 Donald J. Irwin.jpg Donald J. Irwin 19611963Democratic
72 Gerald A. Lamb 19631970Democratic
73 John A. Iorio 19701971Democratic
74 Robert I. Berdon.png Robert I. Berdon 19711973Republican
75 Alden A. Ives 19731975Republican
76 Henry E. Parker (1928-2018), Secretary of the State of Connecticut, 1977.jpg Henry E. Parker 19751986Democratic
77 Joan R. Kemler 19861987Democratic
78 Francisco L. Borges 19871993Democratic
79 Joseph M. Suggs Jr. 19931995Democratic
80 Christopher Burnham.jpg Christopher B. Burnham 19951997Republican
81 Paul J. Silvester 19971999Republican
82 Denise Nappier 19992019Democratic
83 Shawn Wooden 20192023Democratic
84 Erick Russell, Treasurer of Connecticut Cropped.jpg Erick Russell 2023presentDemocratic

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