Treasurer of the United States facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Treasurer of the United States
Incumbent Jovita Carranza since April 28, 2017
Appointer	The President
Formation	September 6, 1777

The Treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department. Today, they are in charge of the country's currency creation.

Requirement for Senate confirmation for the appointment was dropped as of August 10, 2012.

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)
	Hillegas served jointly with George Clymer until August 6, 1776. The title of the office was "Treasurer of the United Colonies" until May 1777.
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)	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. Nebecker	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/Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis	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 8, 2016 (6 years, 337 days)	Barack Obama
346 days vacant
44	Jovita Carranza	June 19, 2017 – present (7 years, 155 days)	Donald Trump

See also

In Spanish: Tesorero de los Estados Unidos para niños