Kansas State Treasurer

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State Treasurer of
the State of Kansas
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Incumbent
Steven C. Johnson
since January 9, 2023
Term length Four years, renewable once
Website kansasstatetreasurer.com

The State Treasurer of Kansas is the chief custodian of Kansas's cash deposits, monies from bond sales, and other securities and collateral and directs the investments of those assets. The Treasurer provides for the safe and efficient operation of state government through effective banking, investment, and cash management. [1]

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The treasurer oversees an office that currently handles over $20 billion and an annual operating budget of $3.5 million. Key programs in the office are Bonds Services, Cash Management, Unclaimed Property, the Ag Loan and Housing Loan Deposit Programs and the Kansas 529 Education Savings Program, which has more than 143,000 accounts with total assets of over $2.7 billion. The Treasurer's office is a fee-funded agency. The treasurer also serves as a member of the Kansas Public Employee's Retirement System (KPERS) and the Pooled Money Investment Board.[ citation needed ]

Divisions

Office holders

Territorial Treasurers

NameTermParty
Thomas Cramer1855–1859 Democratic
Robert Mitchell1859–1861

State Treasurers

NameTermParty
William Tholen
Elected, didn't serve [2]
1859 Republican
Hartwin Dutton1861–1863
William Spriggs1863–1867
Martin Anderson1867–1869
George Graham1869–1871
Josiah Hayes1871–1874
Samuel Lappin1874–1875
John Francis1875–1883
Samuel Howe1883–1887
James Hamilton1887–1890
William Sims1890
Solomon Stover1891–1893
William Biddle1893–1895 Populist
Otis Atherton1895–1897Republican
David Heflebower1897–1899Populist
Frank Grimes1899–1903Republican
Thomas Kelly1903–1907
Mark Tulley1907–1913
Earl Akers1913–1917
Walter Payne1917–1921
E.T. Thompson1921–1925
Carl White1925–1929
Tom Boyd1929–1933
William Marion Jardine 1933–1934
J.J. Rhodes1934–1938
Jibo Hewitt1938–1939Democratic
Walter Wilson1939–1945Republican
Elmer Beck1945–1947
Richard Fadely1947–1959
George Hart1959–1961Democratic
Walter Peery1961–1973Republican
Tom Van Sickle 1973–1975
Joan Finney 1975–1991Democratic
Sally Thompson 1991–1998
Clyde Graeber1998–1999Republican
Tim Shallenburger 1999–2003
Lynn Jenkins 2003–2008
Dennis McKinney 2009–2011Democratic
Ron Estes 2011–2017Republican
Jake LaTurner 2017–2021
Lynn Rogers 2021–2023Democratic
Steven C. Johnson 2023–presentRepublican

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References

  1. "Kansas State Treasurers". kshs.org. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. "History of the Kansas State Treasurer". Kansas State Treasurer. Retrieved December 22, 2015.