Vermont State Treasurer

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State Treasurer of Vermont
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Seal of the State Treasurer of Vermont
Mike Pieciak on All Things LGBTQ (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Mike Pieciak
since January 5, 2023
Style The Honorable
Term length Two years, no term limit
Inaugural holder Ira Allen
1778
Formation Constitution of Vermont
Website State Treasurer's Office

The State Treasurer's Office is responsible for several administrative and service duties, in accordance with Vermont Statutes. These include: investing state funds; issuing state bonds; serving as the central bank for state agencies; managing the state's cash balances, check processing and reconciliation; safeguarding and returning unclaimed or abandoned financial property; and administering three major pension plans for public employees. [1] The Treasurer is fifth (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Senate, and Secretary of State, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Vermont. [2] [3] [4]

The incumbent is Mike Pieciak who assumed in the office in January 2023. He succeeded Beth Pearce, who was appointed to the office in January, 2011 when Jeb Spaulding resigned to become Secretary of Administration in the cabinet of Governor Peter Shumlin, and has been subsequently elected. Pearce had been Spaulding's deputy. [5] [6]

List of Vermont State Treasurers (1778–present)

ImageNameTerm of OfficePolitical Party
IraAllenEngraving.jpg Ira Allen 17781786No party affiliation
Samuel Mattocks 17861800No party affiliation
Benjamin Swan 18001833 Federalist, Independent
Augustine Clarke 18331837 Anti-Masonic
Allen Wardner.jpg Allen Wardner 18371838 Whig
Henry Fisk Janes 18381841Whig
John Spaulding 18411846Whig
Elisha Payne Jewett (Vermont State Treasurer).jpg Elisha P. Jewett 18461847Whig
George Howes 18471853Whig
John A. Page.jpg John A. Page 18531854 Democratic
Henry Miner Bates (Vermont Treasurer).jpg Henry M. Bates 18541860 Republican
John b page.jpg John B. Page 18601866Republican
John A. Page.jpg John A. Page 18661882Republican
William Henry DuBois.jpg William H. Dubois 18821890Republican
Henry Francis Field (Vermont State Treasurer).jpg Henry F. Field 18901898Republican
John L. Bacon.jpg John L. Bacon 18981906Republican
Edward Harrington Deavitt.jpg Edward H. Deavitt 19061915Republican
Walter F. Scott (Vermont Treasurer).jpg Walter F. Scott 19151923Republican
Thomas H. Cave.jpg Thomas H. Cave 19231943Republican
Levi R. Kelley 19431949Republican
George H. Amidon 19491965Republican
Peter J. Hincks 19651968Democratic
Madelyn Davidson 19681969Democratic
Frank H. Davis 19691975Republican
Stella Hackel (cropped).JPG Stella B. Hackel 19751977Democratic
Emory A. Hebard.JPG Emory A. Hebard 19771989Republican
Paul W. Ruse Jr. 19891995Democratic
Jim Douglas-2009 (cropped).jpg James H. Douglas 19952003Republican
Jeb Spaulding.jpg George B. "Jeb" Spaulding 20032011Democratic
Beth Pearce.jpg Beth Pearce 20112023Democratic
Mike Pieciak on All Things LGBTQ (cropped).jpg Mike Pieciak 2023presentDemocratic [7] [8] [9] [10]

Notes

  1. About the Treasurer's Office page Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine , Vermont State Treasurer's web site, accessed November 26, 2011
  2. "Constitution of the State of Vermont". Vermont General Assembly . Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. "3 V.S.A. § 1 — Vacancy, absence from State". Vermont General Assembly . Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. "20 V.S.A. § 183 — Additional successor to office of governor". Vermont General Assembly . Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. Press Release, Governor-Elect Shumlin Appoints Beth Pearce as Vermont’s Next State Treasurer Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine , by Shumlin for Governor Campaign, December 20, 2010
  6. News story, Deputy Vt. Treasurer to Take Top Job Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine , WCAX-TV, December 20, 2010
  7. Early History of Vermont, by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 3, 1902, page 380
  8. Vermont State Treasurers, Terms of Service Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine , published by Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, accessed November 26, 2011
  9. Duffort, Lola (November 8, 2022). "Mike Pieciak elected Vermont's next treasurer". VTDigger.
  10. Bradley, Pat (January 5, 2023). "Vermont Gov. Phil Scott delivers inaugural address as fourth term begins". WAMC Radio. Albany, NY.

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