Treasurer of the United States

Treasurer of the United States
Treasurer of the United States
	Incumbent; Marilynn Malerba ; since September 12, 2022
	United States Department of Treasury
Reports to	United States Secretary of the Treasury
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	September 6, 1777;245 years ago
First holder	Michael Hillegas

Last updated September 22, 2022

The treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who has direct oversight over the United States Mint and Fort Knox, and is a key liaison with the Federal Reserve.^[1] The treasurer serves as a senior advisor to the secretary of the treasury in the areas of community development and public engagement.

History

On July 29, 1775, the Second Continental Congress created the Treasury Office for the purpose of managing revolutionary war finances. Congress selected both George Clymer and Michael Hillegas as the first joint United Colonies Treasurers. However, on August 6, 1776, Clymer resigned from the post making Hillegas the sole officeholder. The position received its current name in 1778, while Hillegas was still in office.^[1]

Georgia Neese Clark Gray became treasurer on June 21, 1949, making her the first woman to hold the office. Since then, every subsequent treasurer has been a woman, and seven of the past eleven treasurers have also been Hispanic, starting with Romana Acosta Bañuelos, who became the first person of color to hold the position.^[7]^[8]

Treasurer assigned ceremonial supervision of the United States Savings Bonds Division (now the Savings Bond Marketing Office within the Bureau of the Public Debt) since 1979, and Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint since 1981, with both agencies directors reported directly to the treasurer, who then reported to the deputy secretary of the treasury.^[9]^[1] Office of the Treasurer has been dropped off these formal oversight duties in 2002 after another major reorganization. Officeholder currently advises the director of the United States Mint, the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the secretary, and the deputy secretary of the treasury on matters relating to coinage, currency, and the production of other instruments by the United States.

The requirement of the United States Senate confirmation for the appointment was dropped in August 2012.^[10]

In the last 60+ years, since Elizabeth Rudel Smith resignation, the length of time the office has been vacant totals more than 4,600 days or twelve and a half years, while in the 170+ years prior to that, such time totaled less than a year.

List of treasurers

No.	Name	Term of office	President(s) served under
1	Michael Hillegas	July 29, 1775 – September 11, 1789 (14 years, 44 days)	George Washington (also served under Confederation Congress)
1	Hillegas served jointly with George Clymer until August 6, 1776. The title of the office was "Treasurer of the United Colonies" until May 1777.^[11]
2	Samuel Meredith	September 11, 1789 – December 1, 1801 (12 years, 81 days)	George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson
3	Thomas T. Tucker	December 1, 1801 – May 2, 1828 (26 years, 153 days) (served the longest term)	Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams
33 days vacant
4	William Clark	June 4, 1828 – May 26, 1829 (356 days)	John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson
5	John Campbell	May 26, 1829 – July 20, 1839 (10 years, 55 days)	Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren
2 days vacant
6	William Selden	July 22, 1839 – November 23, 1850 (11 years, 124 days) (served under the most presidents)	Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore
4 days vacant
7	John Sloane	November 27, 1850 – April 1, 1853 (2 years, 125 days)	Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce
3 days vacant
8	Samuel L. Casey	April 4, 1853 – December 22, 1859 (6 years, 262 days)	Franklin Pierce James Buchanan
68 days vacant
9	William C. Price	February 28, 1860 – March 21, 1861 (1 year, 21 days)	James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln
10	Francis E. Spinner	March 16, 1861 – July 30, 1875 (14 years, 136 days)	Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant
11	John C. New	June 30, 1875 – July 1, 1876 (1 year, 1 day)	Ulysses S. Grant
12	A. U. Wyman	July 1, 1876 – June 30, 1877 (364 days)	Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes
13	James Gilfillan	July 1, 1877 – March 31, 1883 (5 years, 273 days)	Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur
14	A. U. Wyman	April 1, 1883 – April 30, 1885 (2 years, 29 days)	Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland
15	Conrad N. Jordan	May 1, 1885 – March 23, 1887 (1 year, 326 days)	Grover Cleveland
62 days vacant
16	James W. Hyatt	May 24, 1887 – May 10, 1889 (1 year, 351 days)	Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
17	James N. Huston	May 11, 1889 – April 24, 1891 (1 year, 348 days)	Benjamin Harrison
18	Enos H. Nebeker	April 25, 1891 – May 31, 1893 (2 years, 36 days)	Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
19	Daniel N. Morgan	June 1, 1893 – June 30, 1897 (4 years, 29 days)	Grover Cleveland William McKinley
20	Ellis H. Roberts	July 1, 1897 – June 30, 1905 (7 years, 364 days)	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
21	Charles H. Treat	July 1, 1905 – October 30, 1909 (4 years, 121 days)	Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft
22	Lee McClung	November 1, 1909 – November 21, 1912 (3 years, 20 days)	William Howard Taft
23	Carmi A. Thompson	November 22, 1912 – March 31, 1913 (129 days) (served the shortest term)	William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson
24	John Burke	April 1, 1913 – January 5, 1921 (7 years, 279 days)	Woodrow Wilson
117 days vacant
25	Frank White	May 2, 1921 – May 1, 1928 (6 years, 365 days)	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
30 days vacant
26	Harold Theodore Tate	May 31, 1928 – January 17, 1929 (231 days)	Calvin Coolidge
27	W. O. Woods	January 18, 1929 – May 31, 1933 (4 years, 133 days)	Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt
28	William Alexander Julian	June 1, 1933 – May 29, 1949 (15 years, 362 days)	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
23 days vacant
29	Georgia Neese Clark	June 21, 1949 – January 27, 1953 (3 years, 220 days)	Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower
30	Ivy Baker Priest	January 28, 1953 – January 29, 1961 (8 years, 1 day)	Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy
31	Elizabeth Rudel Smith	January 30, 1961 – April 13, 1962 (1 year, 73 days)	John F. Kennedy
265 days vacant
32	Kathryn O'Hay Granahan	January 3, 1963 – November 22, 1966 (3 years, 323 days)	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
898 days vacant
33	Dorothy Andrews Elston ^[12]	May 8, 1969 – July 3, 1971 (2 years, 56 days)	Richard Nixon
167 days vacant
34	Romana Acosta Bañuelos	December 17, 1971 – February 14, 1974 (2 years, 59 days)	Richard Nixon
127 days vacant
35	Francine Irving Neff	June 21, 1974 – January 19, 1977 (2 years, 212 days)	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
236 days vacant
36	Azie Taylor Morton	September 12, 1977 – January 20, 1981 (3 years, 130 days)	Jimmy Carter
56 days vacant
37	Angela Marie Buchanan	March 17, 1981 – July 5, 1983 (2 years, 110 days)	Ronald Reagan
79 days vacant
38	Katherine D. Ortega	September 22, 1983 – July 1, 1989 (5 years, 282 days)	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
163 days vacant
39	Catalina Vasquez Villalpando	December 11, 1989 – January 20, 1993 (3 years, 40 days)	George H. W. Bush
405 days vacant
40	Mary Ellen Withrow	March 1, 1994 – January 20, 2001 (6 years, 325 days)	Bill Clinton
208 days vacant
41	Rosario Marin	August 16, 2001 – June 30, 2003 (1 year, 318 days)	George W. Bush
569 days vacant
42	Anna Escobedo Cabral	January 19, 2005 – January 20, 2009 (4 years, 1 day)	George W. Bush
198 days vacant
43	Rosa Gumataotao Rios	August 6, 2009 – July 11, 2016 (6 years, 340 days)	Barack Obama
343 days vacant
44	Jovita Carranza	June 19, 2017 – January 14, 2020 (2 years, 209 days)	Donald Trump
972 days vacant
45	Marilynn Malerba	September 12, 2022 – present (10 days)	Joe Biden

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References

1 2 3 "Treasurer". home.treasury.gov. U.S. Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
↑ 12 U.S.C. § 467 : Deposits of gold coin, gold certificates, and Special Drawing Right certificates with United States Treasurer
↑ 2 U.S.C. § 157 : Funds of Library of Congress Trust Fund Board; management of
↑ "Act of Congress Establishing the Treasury Department". home.treasury.gov. U.S. Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
↑ "What is lawful money? How is it different from legal tender?". federalreserve.gov. September 29, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
↑ "Malerba Sworn in as 1st Native American in US Treasurer Post". voanews.com. Associated Press. September 12, 2022. Archived from the original on September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
↑ Hocking, Bree (February 15, 2005). "Latina Treasurer Trend Creates a Mystery in D.C." rollcall.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2005.
↑ Cruz, Lenika (August 13, 2014). "Why Have All the U.S. Treasurers Since 1949 Been Women?". theatlantic.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
↑ "Records of the Treasurer of the United States". archives.gov. National Archives. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
↑ Carey, Maeve P., Presidential Appointments, the Senate's Confirmation Process, and Changes Made in the 112th Congress, Congressional Research Service, Oct. 9, 2012.
↑ US Treasury website "History of the Treasury"
↑ Treasurers of the United States

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[TreasuryHistory-1] 1 2 3 "Treasurer". home.treasury.gov. U.S. Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

[2] 12 U.S.C. § 467 : Deposits of gold coin, gold certificates, and Special Drawing Right certificates with United States Treasurer

[3] 2 U.S.C. § 157 : Funds of Library of Congress Trust Fund Board; management of

[4] "Act of Congress Establishing the Treasury Department". home.treasury.gov. U.S. Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

[5] "What is lawful money? How is it different from legal tender?". federalreserve.gov. September 29, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

[6] "Malerba Sworn in as 1st Native American in US Treasurer Post". voanews.com. Associated Press. September 12, 2022. Archived from the original on September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.

[7] Hocking, Bree (February 15, 2005). "Latina Treasurer Trend Creates a Mystery in D.C." rollcall.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2005.

[8] Cruz, Lenika (August 13, 2014). "Why Have All the U.S. Treasurers Since 1949 Been Women?". theatlantic.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.

[9] "Records of the Treasurer of the United States". archives.gov. National Archives. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

[10] Carey, Maeve P., Presidential Appointments, the Senate's Confirmation Process, and Changes Made in the 112th Congress, Congressional Research Service, Oct. 9, 2012.

[11] US Treasury website "History of the Treasury"

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v t e United States Department of the Treasury
Headquarters: Treasury Building and Freedman's Bank Building Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Internal Revenue Service Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Office of Inspector General Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of Tax Policy
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs	Office of East Asia Office of South and Southeast Asia Nations Office of Europe & Eurasia Office of the Western Hemisphere Office of International Monetary Policy Office of Banking and Securities Office of International Debt Policy Office of Development Policy Office of Financing Operations Office of African Nations Office of the Middle East and North Africa Office of International Trade Office of International Investment Office of Trade Finance Office of Technical Assistance Office of Risk and Research Analysis Exchange Stabilization Fund
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance	Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Federal Financing Bank Office of Debt Management Office of Financial Institutions Office of Financial Markets Office of Financial Stability Office of Fiscal Service Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence	Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Office of Intelligence and Analysis Office of Foreign Assets Control Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture
Treasurer of the United States	Bureau of Engraving and Printing United States Mint