Alabama State Treasurer
State Treasurer of Alabama | |
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Seal of the State Treasurer of Alabama | |
Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four years, 2 term limit |
Inaugural holder |
Jack Ross 1819 |
Formation | Alabama Constitution |
Website | State Treasurer's Office |
The Alabama State Treasurer acts as the head banker for the State of Alabama, handling deposits, withdrawals, redemptions of state warrants, and investments of state funds.[1] The position was created in 1819 when Alabama became a state. Its constitution established the Office of the Treasurer of State, a position that would be elected by the legislature. Individuals serving as state treasurer were elected annually by the General Assembly from 1819 to 1861. Beginning in 1861, the treasurer was elected biennially from until 1868 and was elected by popular vote for a term of two years in 1868. The treasurer began to be elected to a four-year term as a result of the 1901 Constitution but could not serve successive terms until a 1968 amendment.[2]
The current Alabama State Treasurer is Young Boozer.[3]
List of Treasurers
Name | Term |
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Jack Ross | 1819 to 1822 |
John Perry | 1822 to 1829 |
Hardin Perkins | 1829 to 1834 |
William Hawn | 1834 to 1840 |
Samuel Frierson | 1840 to 1846 |
William Graham | 1846 to 1860 |
Duncan Graham | 1860 to 1865 |
Lyd Saxon | 1865 to 1868 |
Arthur Bingham | 1868 to 1870 |
James Grant | 1870 to 1872 |
Arthur Bingham | 1872 to 1874 |
Daniel Crawford | 1874 to 1878 |
Isaac Vincent | 1878 to 1883 |
Frederick Smith | 1883 to 1888 |
John Cobbs | 1888 to 1892 |
J. Craig Smith | 1892 to 1896 |
George Ellis | 1896 to 1900 |
J. Craig Smith | 1900 to 1907 |
Walter D. Seed Sr. | 1907 to 1911 |
John Purifoy | 1911 to 1915 |
William Lancaster | 1915 to 1919 |
Robert Bradley | 1919 to 1923 |
George Ellis | 1923 to 1927 |
William Allgood | 1927 to 1931 |
Sidney Blann | 1931 to 1935 |
Charles McCall | 1939 to 1941 |
Walter Lusk | 1941 to 1947 |
John Brandon | 1947 to 1951 |
Sibyl Pool | 1951 to 1955 |
John Brandon | 1955 to 1959 |
Agnes Baggett | 1959 to 1963 |
Mary Texas Hurt Garner | 1963 to 1967 |
Agnes Baggett | 1967 to 1975 |
Melba Till Allen | 1975 to 1978 |
Annie Laurie Gunter | 1978 to 1987 |
George Wallace Jr. | 1987 to 1995 |
Lucy Baxley | 1995 to 2003 |
Kay Ivey | 2003 to 2011 |
Young Boozer | 2011 to present |