Treasurer of Illinois | |
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Term length | Four years, no term limits |
Inaugural holder | John Thomas |
Formation | October 2, 1818 |
Salary | $135,669 (2016) [1] |
Website | illinoistreasurer |
The Treasurer of Illinois is an elected official of the U.S. state of Illinois. The office was created by the Constitution of Illinois.
The current Treasurer of Illinois is Democrat Mike Frerichs. He was first elected to head the State Treasury in 2014 in a close race with Republican Party candidate Tom Cross.
The Treasurer is responsible, pursuant to Article V, Section 18 of the state constitution, for the safekeeping and investment of the monies and securities deposited in the public funds of Illinois. As such, the Treasurer is not the chief financial officer of Illinois. That post is reserved for a separate elected official, the Comptroller. [2] Rather, the Treasurer functions as the chief banking and investment officer of the state. [3]
The Illinois Constitution provides that the treasurer must, at the time of his or her election, be a United States citizen, at least 25 years old, and a resident of the state for at least 3 years preceding the election. [2]
The Treasurer is fifth (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Comptroller, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois. [4] [5]
The Treasurer's office operates a web page describing the office's powers and duties. [6]
# | Image | Name | Political Party | Term |
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1 | John Thomas | Democratic-Republican | 1818–1819 | |
2 | R. K. McLaughlin | Democratic-Republican | 1819–1823 | |
3 | Abner Field | Democratic-Republican | 1823–1827 | |
4 | James Hall | Democratic | 1827–1831 | |
5 | John Dement | Democratic | 1831–1836 | |
6 | Charles Gregory | Democratic | 1836–1837 | |
7 | John D. Whiteside | Democratic | 1837–1841 | |
8 | Milton Carpenter | Democratic | 1841–1848 | |
9 | John Moore | Democratic | 1848–1857 | |
10 | James Miller | Republican | 1857–1859 | |
11 | William Butler | Republican | 1859–1863 | |
12 | Alexander Starne | Democratic | 1863–1865 | |
13 | James H. Beveridge | Republican | 1865–1867 | |
14 | George W. Smith | Republican | 1867–1869 | |
15 | Erastus N. Bates | Republican | 1869–1873 | |
16 | Edward Rutz | Republican | 1873–1875 | |
17 | Thomas S. Ridgway | Republican | 1875–1877 | |
18 | Edward Rutz | Republican | 1877–1879 | |
19 | John C. Smith | Republican | 1879–1881 | |
20 | Edward Rutz | Republican | 1881–1883 | |
21 | John C. Smith | Republican | 1883–1885 | |
22 | Jacob Gross | Republican | 1885–1887 | |
23 | John Riley Tanner | Republican | 1887–1889 | |
24 | Charles Becker | Republican | 1889–1891 | |
25 | Edward S. Wilson | Democratic | 1891–1893 | |
26 | Rufus N. Ramsay | Democratic | 1893–1894 | |
27 | Elijah P. Ramsay | Democratic | 1894–1895 | |
28 | Henry Wulff | Republican | 1895–1897 | |
29 | Henry L. Hertz | Republican | 1897–1899 | |
30 | Floyd K. Whittlemore | Republican | 1899–1901 | |
31 | Moses O. Williamson | Republican | 1901–1903 | |
32 | Fred A. Busse | Republican | 1903–1905 | |
33 | Len Small | Republican | 1905–1907 | |
34 | John F. Smulski | Republican | 1907–1909 | |
35 | Andrew Russel | Republican | 1909–1911 | |
36 | Edward E. Mitchell | Republican | 1911–1913 | |
37 | William Ryan Jr. | Democratic | 1913–1915 | |
38 | Andrew Russel | Republican | 1915–1917 | |
39 | Len Small | Republican | 1917–1919 | |
40 | Fred E. Sterling | Republican | 1919–1921 | |
41 | Edward E. Miller | Republican | 1921–1923 | |
42 | Oscar Nelson | Republican | 1923–1925 | |
43 | Omer N. Custer | Republican | 1925–1927 | |
44 | Garrett D. Kinney | Republican | 1927–1929 | |
45 | Omer N. Custer | Republican | 1929–1931 | |
46 | Edward J. Barrett | Democratic | 1931–1933 | |
47 | John C. Martin | Democratic | 1933–1935 | |
48 | John Henry Stelle | Democratic | 1935–1937 | |
49 | John C. Martin | Democratic | 1937–1939 | |
50 | Louie E. Lewis | Democratic | 1939–1941 | |
51 | Warren Wright | Republican | 1941–1943 | |
52 | William G. Stratton | Republican | 1943–1945 | |
53 | Conrad F. Becker | Republican | 1945–1947 | |
54 | Richard Yates Rowe | Republican | 1947–1949 | |
55 | Ora Smith | Democratic | 1949–1951 | |
56 | William G. Stratton | Republican | 1951–1953 | |
57 | Elmer J. Hoffman | Republican | 1953–1955 | |
58 | Warren Wright | Republican | 1955–1957 | |
59 | Elmer J. Hoffman | Republican | 1957–1959 | |
60 | Joseph D. Lohman | Democratic | 1959–1961 | |
61 | Francis S. Lorenz | Democratic | 1961–1963 | |
62 | William J. Scott | Republican | 1963–1967 | |
63 | Adlai Stevenson III | Democratic | 1967–1970 | |
64 | Charles W. Woodford | Democratic | 1970–1971 | |
65 | Alan J. Dixon | Democratic | 1971–1977 | |
66 | Donald R. Smith | Republican | 1977–1979 | |
67 | Jerome Cosentino | Democratic | 1979–1983 | |
68 | James Donnewald | Democratic | 1983–1987 | |
69 | Jerome Cosentino | Democratic | 1987–1991 | |
70 | Pat Quinn | Democratic | 1991–1995 | |
71 | Judy Baar Topinka | Republican | 1995–2007 | |
72 | Alexi Giannoulias | Democratic | 2007–2011 | |
73 | Dan Rutherford | Republican | 2011–2015 | |
74 | Mike Frerichs | Democratic | 2015–present |
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In 2011, the incumbent Treasurer along with the Comptroller (also former Treasurer) Judy Baar Topinka introduced legislation to allow voters to decide whether the offices should be merged. [11] The legislation was opposed by Michael Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. [12]
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