Pennsylvania Treasurer
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The Pennsylvania Treasurer is the head of the Pennsylvania Department of the Treasury, which is the custodian of virtually all the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's funds.

Robert McCord was elected Treasurer in the November 2008 general election
Pennsylvania State Treasurer election, 2008
Pennsylvania's election for Treasurer was held on November 4, 2008. Democratic incumbent Treasurer Robin Wiessmann had been appointed by Governor Ed Rendell to fill Bob Casey Jr.'s term when he was elected to the U.S...

 and took office in January 2009.

List of Pennsylvania Treasurers

NameTermParty
Samuel Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter was a Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania. He signed the historic document "The Declaration of Fealty, Christian Belief and Test" dated 10 September 1695; the original is in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania...

4 June 1704–1710, 1711–1713
David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman and public official...

1777–1789
Christian Febiger
Christian Febiger
Hans Christian Febiger was an American Revolutionary War commander, confidante of General George Washington and an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati...

1789–1797
Peter Baynton 1797–1801
Jacob Carpenter 1801–1802
Isaac Weaver 1802–1807
William Findlay 1807–1817
R. M. Crain 1817–1820
John B. Trevor
John B. Trevor (Pennsylvania politician)
John B. Trevor was Pennsylvania State Treasurer from 1820 to 1821. He also served as Prothonotary of Fayette County, Pennsylvania from 1822 to 1824 and was the first cashier of the Connellsville Navigation Company, serving from 1816 to 1819....

1820–1821
William Clark 1821–1827
Alexander Mahon 1827–1835
Joseph Lawrence
Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania)
Joseph Lawrence was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:Joseph Lawrence was born near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania. He moved with his widowed mother to a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1789, and attended the common schools...

1835–1836
Daniel Sturgeon
Daniel Sturgeon
Daniel Sturgeon was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate....

1836–1840
Almon H. Reed 1840–1841
John Gilmore
John Gilmore (representative)
John Gilmore was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Gilmore born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1780. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Washington...

1841–1842
Job Mann
Job Mann
Job Mann was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Job Mann was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford Academy. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners in 1816...

1842–1845
James Ross Snowden
James Ross Snowden
James Ross Snowden was treasurer of the United States Mint from 1847 to 1850, and director of the Mint from 1853 to 1861. A notable numismatist of his day, Snowden contributed to such publications as Bouvier's Law Dictionary as well as publishing several numismatic works of his own.-Published...

1845–1847
John Banks
John Banks (United States)
John Banks was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Banks was born near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in 1819...

1847–1848
Arnold Plumber 1848–1849
Gideon J. Ball 1849–1850
John M. Bickel 1850–1854
Joseph Bailey
Joseph Bailey (congressman)
Joseph Bailey was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Bailey was born in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and learned the trade of a hatter, which he carried on in Parkersville, Pennsylvania. He served in the...

1854–1855 Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Eli Slifer 1855–1856
Henry S. Magraw 1856–1859
Eli Slifer 1859–1861
Henry D. Moore 1861–1863 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

William V. McGrath 1863–1864
Henry D. Moore 1864–1865 Republican
William H. Kemble 1865–1868
W. W. Irwin 1868–1869
Robert W. Mackey 1869–1870
W. W. Irwin 1870–1871
Robert W. Mackey 1871–1876
Henry Rawle 1876–1878
Amos C. Noyes 1878–1880
Samuel Butler 1880–1882
Silas M. Bailey 1882–1884
William Livsey 1884–1886
Matthew Quay
Matthew Quay
Matthew Stanley Quay was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; "kingmaker" . "Boss" Quay's political principles and actions stood in contrast to an unusually attractive personality...

1886–1887 Republican
William Livsey 1887–1888
William B. Hart 1888–1889
William Livsey 1889–1890
Henry K. Boyer 1890–1892
John W. Morrison 1892–1894
Samuel M. Jackson 1894–1896
Benjamin J. Haywood 1896–1898
James S. Beacom 1898–1900 Republican
James E. Barnett 1900–1902
Frank G. Harris 1902–1904
William L. Mathues
William L. Mathues
William L. Mathues was a former Treasurer of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Mathues was one of the people convicted in connection to the Pennsylvania State Capitol graft scandal. He died of pneumonia in 1908 before he was supposed to go to prison.- References :...

1904–1906 Republican
William H. Berry
William H. Berry
William H. Berry was a former Treasurer of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He also was the mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania shortly in 1905, before resigning to run for Treasurer. Berry was born on September 9, 1852 in Edwardsville, Illinois. Berry died on June 19, 1928 in a hospital in Chester.-...

1906–1908 Democratic
John O. Sheatz 1908–1911 Republican
Charles Frederick Wright
Charles Frederick Wright
Charles Frederick Wright was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles F. Wright was born in Forest Lake Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Montrose Academy in 1874, and worked as a teller for the First National Bank of Montrose, Pennsylvania,...

1911–1913 Republican
Robert K. Young 1913–1917 Republican
Harmon M. Kephart 1917–1921 Republican
Charles A. Snyder 1921–1925 Republican
Samuel S. Lewis
Samuel S. Lewis
Samuel S. Lewis was the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943.Lewis was born in York, Pennsylvania. He also served as Pennsylvania State Auditor General and Pennsylvania State Treasurer....

1925–1929 Republican
Edward Martin 1929–1933 Republican
Charles A. Waters 1933–1937 Republican
F. Clair Ross 1937–1941 Democratic
G. Harold Wagner
G. Harold Wagner
The text below is a faithful transcript of an obituary published in the April 21, 1960 edition of the Wilkes-Barre Record newspaper. Grammatical and potential spelling errors are included below exactly as found in the 1960 newspaper article. The purpose of this transcript is to provide an...

1941–1945 Republican
Ramsey S. Black 1945–1949 Democratic
Charles R. Barber 1949–1953 Republican
Weldon B. Heyburn 1953–1957 Republican
Robert F. Kent 1957–1961 Republican
Grace M. Sloan 1961–1965 Democratic
Thomas Z. Minehart 1965–1969 Democratic
Grace M. Sloan 1969–1977 Democratic
Robert E. Casey 1977–1981 Democratic
R. Budd Dwyer 1981–1987 Republican
G. Davis Greene, Jr. 1987–1989 Democratic
Catherine Baker Knoll
Catherine Baker Knoll
Catherine Baker Knoll was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, serving under Governor Ed Rendell from 2003 to 2008.-Background:...

1989–1997 Democratic
Barbara Hafer
Barbara Hafer
Barbara Hafer is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.-Early political career:...

1997–2005 Republican
Bob Casey, Jr.
Bob Casey, Jr.
Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Jr. is the senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Pennsylvania Treasurer, and Pennsylvania Auditor General. He is the son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr..He is the first Democrat elected to a full term in...

2005–2007 Democratic
Robin L. Wiessmann
Robin Wiessmann
Robin L. Wiessmann served as Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2009. She was appointed by Governor Ed Rendell in 2007. She was unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate on April 30, 2007 to fill the unexpired term of Bob Casey who resigned to take his United States Senate seat...

2007–2009 Democratic
Robert McCord
Robert McCord
Robert M. "Rob" McCord is the Treasurer of Pennsylvania.- Biography :Born on March 5, 1959, Robert Maxwell McCord was born in California. When he was 10 he moved to Ardmore PA and later attended Lower Merion High School. After graduating from Lower Merion High, McCord took a year off and then went...

2009–present Democratic

See also

  • Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Attorney General
    Pennsylvania Attorney General
    The Pennsylvania Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1980. Currently, the office is held by Linda Kelly.- Authority and Responsibilities :...

  • Pennsylvania Auditor General
    Pennsylvania Auditor General
    The Pennsylvania Auditor General is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850. The current Auditor General of Pennsylvania is Jack Wagner.- History :...

  • Pennsylvania General Assembly
    Pennsylvania General Assembly
    The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. In colonial times , the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly. Since the Constitution of 1776, written by...

  • Pennsylvania State Capitol
    Pennsylvania State Capitol
    The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is in downtown Harrisburg. It was designed in 1902 in a Beaux-Arts style with Renaissance themes throughout...


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